#megan whalen turner

[dabblingreturns]

Here is the deal. Nothing is the locked tomb except the locked tomb (and arguably homestuck) but I also generally discourage reading a book more than three times in a row without somthing in between. And sometimes in the dark of night on the toilet at 3am....I start to panic that no other story will rewrite my brain in such wonderfull ways.

But there are stories that do send a lot of the same juicy neurotransmitters though my brain.

I think the trick is that none of them are trying to be the locked tomb.....but they were constructed with the same thoughtfull care as the locked tomb

Please add your own on. I need more

The queens theif series by Megan Whan Turner. It's 5 books published between 1996 and 2020. The first book, The Theif won a Newbury award. But I'd say that the series is suitable for adults. The narration is intimate without ever being explicit. And it is amazing. It's best to go in blind and to read in order. It will make you feel all the feelings. You will howl and cry and laugh and gnash your teeth.

Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in dungeon by Ryoko kui. Read the Manga or watch the anime; both are stunning and funny and engaging. Then go back and think about what you have seen again. And dig into the extra material the author has put out. The world and charecters are consistent and clever and deep and you will love them. Ryoko loves her charecters. She loves her world. And she's kindly invited us into it. And the hours you spend thier will never feel wasted.

#the locked tomb #book recs #queens thief #megan whalen turner #dungeon meshi #tlt #ryoko kui #books that make me chew the wall paper #just to be clear....there are other books i love...other books i recommend for many other reasons....but these are special

[holespoles]

Megan Whalen Turner

#Megan Whalen Turner #illlustration

[makethosenarratorsfight]

UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; FINALS.

Eugenides Propaganda:

the entire plot hinges on a detail he lets the reader (and every other character) assume is true. I don't want to spoil it because it's a really fun reveal but he is lying from the first second he appears on the page and you can't trust him to tell the full truth about ANYTHING related to himself and his goals. he mostly does it to keep his advantage and not have other characters be suspicious of him but it's just so fun when you realise he's been lying the whole time

Lemony Snicket Propaganda:

(I would like to preface this by saying that Lemony Snicket is the author's pen name, not a real person, and he exists as a character in-universe as well as being the one in-universe who writes the books!) I'd say he's unreliable because he spent time collecting information about the Baudelaire kids and then... wrote books about it. He has no idea what any of their dialogue actually was, what they were thinking, or even the whole plot, he's just doing research into the incidents and then filling in the gaps to make it a story. What ACTUALLY happened to the Baudelaires? Nobody really knows for sure

While the Baudelaire siblings are in potentially life threatening danger, he will randomly start talking about his own life and just leave the siblings hanging. For example, once Count Olaf was threatening to kill Violet, and then Lemony randomly began talking about how he met the love of his life at a costume party. This man CANNOT stay on topic. Usually when a new character is introduced, Lemony tells us right at the start that they’re either going to die or that the Baudelaire siblings will never see them again. Foreshadowing is not subtle in these books. CONSTANTLY emphasizes how miserable he feels while writing these books. At one point he admits that he had to put his pencil down and go cry for a while because of how sad it made him. Once he filled an entire page with nothing but the word “ever” to emphasize how dangerous it is to put forks in electrical outlets. He also repeated a paragraph about deja vu later on in the book to give the reader deja vu.

#lemony snicket #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue books #asoue netflix #eugenides #queens thief #queen's thief #the queens thief #the queen's thief #megan whalen turner #unreliable narrator battle #unreliable narrators #polls #finals #this is gonna be a coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb isn't it.

[twowhoodles]

Resolutions can lead to guilt So instead, I remind you: Start as you mean to go on. Also: it’s never too late to start. Lastly: Make Bad Art.

Mole god original sketch by Megan Whalen Turner. “Make Bad Art” addition inspired by Oftheides on Geninsula. Embroidery by me.

#mole god #megan whalen turner #MWT #the queen’s thief #geninsula #make bad art #embroidery

[captain-hooks]

Attolias! I've never managed to pin down designs for Queen's Thief characters, and I'm not sure I've got it yet but Momma didn't raise a quitter

#she did raise an unreasonable perfectionist though so #Sisyphean torment etc etc #the queens thief #tqt #megan whalen turner #queens thief #the queen of attolia #attolia irene #fanart #my art

[emilybeemartin]

I told you I have a thing for Kings Who Sit Really Stupid; here's the OG

#eugenides #the queens thief #gen #megan whalen Turner #sketchbook #colored pencil

[cosmere-cat]

So I started reading the Queen's Thief series and uh

#tqt #the queen's thief #the thief #the queen of attolia #megan whalen turner #why is there such a sudden and complete shift ;_; #i totally went into this book like “so ready for more fun adventures with this whimsical character” #and was immediately swamped with BAM trauma trauma angst trauma

[mothsartart]

i’m playing around with a new style rather than writing my midterm

#irene attolia #qoa #qt #megan whalen turner #mwt #tqt #attolia irene #queen of attolia #a friend of mine suggested this could be in qoa when irene is sneaking down to check on the thief in her dungeon #love #my art #irene

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Since I can’t help myself-

The Queens Thief books as John Mulaney quotes:

The thief

The Queen of Attolia

The King of Attolia

A Conspiracy of Kings

Thick as Thieves

Return of the Thief

#tqt #qt books #the queens thief #the queen of attolia #the king of attolia #the thief #mwt #megan whalen turner #a conspiracy of kings #thick as thieves #return of the thief #attolis eugenides #gen #attolia irene #costis ormentiedes #sophos #sounis #Eddis

[ihamtmus]

Kiss (Your Queen)

I tried adding certain Symbolic Elements (and removing other elements such as A Hand) to match the characters and the theme of the series more.

I started working on this more than 2 years ago and then stopped because I couldn’t get it right, and also didn’t feel like drawing the patterns on the clothes haha 😆

I remembered about it during my vacation and decided to finish it quickly. I’m not 100% satisfied with it but at least it’s finished now! ☺️🌸

#queen's thief #irenides #tqt #the queens thief #megan whalen turner #irene attolia #eugenides #my art #gabi tries out new art styles #my post #i have one more qt wip i should finish it as well

[regretssweater]

meme i made for my coworkers :3

#megan whalen turner #attolis eugenides #the thief #the queens thief #tqt

[saessenach]

a path, but not a plan

Sophos and Irene in A Conspiracy of Kings, a gift illustration I made for @alecjmarsh as part of the @hamiathesgiftexchange

#the queen's thief #a conspiracy of kings #sophos #attolia irene #megan whalen turner #tqt #my art #artists on tumblr #digital illustration #procreate #fanart #digital art #title is from asaf avidan's labyrinth song #which suits sophos to a t #this was lots of fun to draw

[runfreebirdrun]

i'm halfway through the third book of The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner and i think they're really fun, big recommend if you like plot twists and suspense and vaguely Grecian fantasy and authors who don't let the audience know nearly enough. Gen is my worstie

#i hate him i love him i hate that i love him #runfreebirdrunart #the queen's thief #megan whalen turner #eugenides #eddis helen #this isn't to say that Eugenides is tall this to say that Eddis is short

[dandelion-jester]

Started reading The Queen's Thief series and let me just say that I've not been able to read a physical book in months! I've been living off audiobooks. But this 300 page complaint from a bitchy little thief has me HOOKED! I'm speeding through it, it's so good!

#the thief #the queens thief #megan whalen turner #writing #writeblr #writer #fantasy #books #author #reader #reading #tbr #reading slump

[iosagol]

"I thought we were Immakuk and Ennikar."

#Thick as thieves #the queen's thief #Megan Whalen Turner #Costis Ormentiedes #Kamet King-namer #Costis & Kamet #Immakuk & Ennikar #Queen's Thief fanart #Only took me six years to get around to it :D #Two sillies #Alcohol markers #ATTOLIA ATTOLIA

[captain-hooks]

Won’t name names but I read kind of a disappointing political fantasy book and it has me pining for the BEST political fantasy books, Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series, naturally

#I was put on this earth to make content for the little fandoms truly #the queen's thief #the queens thief #tqt #megan whalen turner #the thief #eugenides #fanart #my art