#missouri kite

[saintlygames]

"But not the man who waited. He wasn't giving Kite that, not for anything."

#the kingdoms #natasha pulley #missouri kite #joe tournier #jem castlereagh #joe zhang #fanart

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Tournament🌊

Round 2A, match 3

Propaganda and image sources under the cut (warning for possible spoilers):

propaganda for Missouri Kite:

art from here

propaganda for Cpt Edward Teach/Blackbeard:

image from here

#missouri kite #the kingdoms #natasha pulley #blackbeard #edward teach #our flag means death #ssbmt polls #ssbmt round 2

[vanillaflowerstuff]

some kingdoms stuff for @thenatashapulleyuniverse 's inktober thingy

#i don't think i'd finished a drawing of them since the first one i did last year #it was nice to revisit them :) #the kingdoms #my art #joe tournier #missouri kite #book fanart #sorry it's not ink

[msunitedstatesjames]

Every Natasha Pulley book ever:

Bulky Man is unintentionally bulky, he's just sort of stronger than everyone because that's the nature of his life. Everyone assumes Bulky Man is violent because of his girth, but he actually hates violence and is really just the nicest little dude inside.

Fragile Dude is little and/or easily breakable. Fragile Dude is brilliant and/or powerful. He too is pretty nice, but he's probably had to use his intellect and/or power to commit some kind of atrocity in the past that he will be attempting to keep secret over the course of the story. This will be revealed 3/4 of the way through the book, but the circumstances surrounding the atrocity will be so horrible that everyone will agree it was probably justified.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are both dissatisfied with their lives to some extent.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude meet through a series of unlikely and often unfortunate events.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are forced to work together in some capacity.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are both a little bit afraid of the other, but there's also some quality that they really like or respect in the other nonetheless.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude continue to work together, but now they're starting to reluctantly take a liking to the other. Neither of them realize that the other actually likes them though.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude have had to help each other out of some sticky situations by now. They're clearly head over heels in love these days, but circumstance and/or society is keeping them from acknowledging it. People have started to hint to Bulky Man that Fragile Dude is actually super shady, so you better watch your back. Bulky Man doesn't really care that much at this point, but he's like, I guess I better look into these accusations.

(Some kind of cute but unusually intelligent animal is usually involved with the plot and/or their relationship by this point. Also, there's at least one loveable child character that usually helps the characters bond.)

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude have a nice, cheerful break from all of the traumatic events they've been experiencing, which inevitably ends in a romantic encounter.

Because of communication issues or societal issues, both chraracters still don't actually believe the other character loves them, and they both act like it was just a one off thing and an accident and that everything is totally fine.

Things are awkward between Bulky Man and Fragile Dude, but the traumatic events have really fired up again so they still have to work together. Plus, they're both just that desperate to be together, even though they think the other character hates them now.

Bulky Man finds out Fragile Dude's secret, but usually he doesn't get it quite right or he's missing some essential information. Bulky Man is temporarily horrified of Fragile Dude. Bulky Man chides himself for being so desperate for affection that he fell in love with some kind of psycho.

At this point, either Bulky Man makes a stupid mistake while being horrified or circumstances just happen to suddenly get a lot worse or both. Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are physically separated, often by force and some kind of authority. At some point in here, Bulky Man realizes he was wrong about Fragile Dude.

A slapdash plot is hatched to save the stolen love interest. Usually Bulky Man has to save Fragile Dude, but occassionally the script is flipped.

Ultimately, the stolen love interest is rescued, though it was a real close thing at some point. The Day is saved, usually through murder/s, caused by a combination of Bulky Man reluctantly bashing some heads in and Fragile Dude using his wits and/or power to get the right people killed. Often, our protagonists are then forced to straight up run away from the Bad Times, leaving their lives and families behind. (The loveable child from earlier will either be tragically left behind or adopted by the now happy couple.)

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are a little bit sad at the things they've lost along the way, but mostly they're going to live happily ever after.

#natasha pulley #the watchmaker of filigree street #The lost future of pepperharrow #the bedlam stacks #the kingdoms #the half life of valery k #the mars house #thaniel steepleton #Keita mori #Merrick tremayne #Raphael (the bedlam stacks) #Joe tournier #missouri kite #Valery kolkhanov #Shenkov #January stirling #Aubrey gale #River gale #books #bookblr #mine

[notorious-nincompoop]

the man who waited

#the kingdoms #missouri kite #natasha pulley #pulleyverse #figured I would share this on the off chance anyone actually sees it

[ailendolin]

I have just finished the audiobook of Natasha Pulley's The Kingdoms and I can't even begin to put into words how much my heart aches for Missouri Kite. The way he just can't bring himself to believe that Joe is there to stay, that Joe actually chose him, the way Joe is aware of that and will gladly spend the rest of his life doing all he can to convince Kite he won't leave again ...

I wonder how long it will take Kite to let down his guard and stop expecting this family he somehow managed to gain to slip through his fingers the moment he looks away. How long it'll be until he stops looking at Joe as if he might disappear in the blink of an eye. How long until he won't wake up in a cold sweat at night, thinking for one horrible moment that Joe is gone again.

#missouri kite #natasha pulley #the kingdoms

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Book names + authors under the cut

Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari- Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Wyatt Croft/Emyr North- The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

Joe Tournier/Missouri Kite- The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

Aristotle Mendoza/Dante Quintana- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

#Kiem Tegnar #Jainan nav Adessari #Winter's Orbit #Everina Maxwell #Wyatt Croft #Emyr North #The Witch King #H.E. Edgmon #Joe Tournier #Missouri Kite #The Kingdoms #Natasha Pulley #pulleyverse #Aristotle Mendoza #Dante Quintana #aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe #aristotle and dante dive into the waters of the world #aridante #Benjamin Alire Sáenz #polls #lgbt books #queer book ship tournament

[edmundofgloucester]

he’s a sea captain. he’s a war criminal. he has older sister issues. he’s gay. he has crucifixes burned into his arms. hes a carpenters son. he murdered a fourteen year old. he was just fished out of the sea. i didnt say his name but he popped into your head didn’t he.

#missouri kite #my beloved my best friend #natasha pulley #the kingdoms

[miserykite]

so what if he did a little murder. it's not his fault it's the babygirl lifestyle.

#missouri kite #some deserved some greatly undeserved but it is what it is yknow

[kazz-brekker]

reading the kingdoms and i see that missouri kite went to the james flint school of “redheaded gay sea captain willing to move heaven and earth to accomplish his goals, has committed a few atrocities, is incredibly violent but cares a lot, motivated by gay love and also rage, and once threw someone overboard for threatening to spill his secrets”

#pie says stuff #the kingdoms #black sails #james flint #natasha pulley #missouri kite #he is not technically a pirate but he did lead a mutiny once and also has a wanted poster so there's that #i. love him so much. i'm not even done with this book yet and i feel insane over him and joe #natasha pulley don't you DARE give this an unhappy ending i will not survive it #missouri has done so many bad things but i also love him #when he threw [redacted] overboard for almost telling [redacted] the truth i was like YOU DID NOT FUCKING JUST DO THAT #and yet. i still care about him. miracle of writing

[saintlygames]

dearest joe...

#the kingdoms #missouri kite #joe tournier #jem castlereagh #joe zhang #natasha pulley #i love them dearly like a photo softly creased in a pocket

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Tournament🌊

Round 1A, match 5

Propaganda and image sources under the cut (warning for possible spoilers):

propaganda for Captain Eyk Larsen:

gif from here

propaganda for Missouri Kite:

art from here

#eyk larsen #1899 #missouri kite #the kingdoms #natasha pulley #ssbmt polls #ssbmt round 1

[vanillaflowerstuff]

i was listening to 'spiracle' by flower face and it reminded me of them for some reason

version without text under the cut ↓

#my art #book fanart #the kingdoms #missouri kite #joe tournier #natasha pulley #just reread the book and i forgot how deranged these two are #thinking about red string of fate/soulmates in a negative way #also i love the word spiracle #i know it's referencing sharks in the song but spiracles are cool okay #also i havent drawn a full scene in a while so hopefully it looks okay

[presidential-raven-boy]

JOE TOURNIER:

#the kingdoms #pulleyverse #natasha pulley #joe tournier #missouri kite #twofs

[notorious-nincompoop]

natasha pulley did not write "you were my family before any of them" or "I've missed you even when I didn't remember you" or "I cannot live any more counting the number of times I've seen you by the stars on your arm" or "I think you're the same thing in three different lights" or "come home, if you remember" for people to sleep on the kingdoms

#the kingdoms #joe tournier #missouri kite #natasha pulley #pulleyverse

[allforthesong]

When I first read The Kingdoms (by Natasha Pulley, yes there are spoilers about to be said) I couldn't remember if I had got the sample on kindle because it was a gay romance or a transgender book. (I download a bunch of samples on kindle and then don't read them for a while).

So whilst reading it, a part of me wondered if Kite and Madeline were actually the same person and he was trans. And honestly my brain is still kind of obsessed with that as a concept even this many months later

#the kingdoms #pulleyverse #natasha pulley #trans characters #missouri kite