#tge

[meadow-roses]

Quick Helmer turn around animation! The key frames were drawn on paper in pencil, clean-up, tweens and color were added in OpenToonz.

Helmer and The Green Ember belong to S. D. Smith and the Story Warren.

#tge #animation #video #2d animation #the green ember #rabbitswithswords #helmer #anthro #rabbit

[apollinaresart]

I read The Goblin Emperor last week and it lives in my head rent free now I guess

Csevet is a morning person. Maia… is not

#the goblin emperor #the goblin emperor fanart #tge fanart #tge #csevet aisava #maia drazhar #katherine addison #fantasy books #my art #illustration

[captainkirkk]

A quick review: The Goblin Emperor

I binge-read the last of the The Goblin Emperor today and my brain is still buzzing. Everyone knows that I'm a big fan of stories about people in power choosing consistently to be kind, especially when it's hard and it does not benefit them, and this book DELIVERED.

I loved reading about Maia choosing, over and over again, to be compassionate, even though he was miserable and overwhelmed and it would have been easier to be cruel. Maia felt like the purposefully isolated, abused teenager he was, overwhelmed and powerless when he first came to court, but I adore that we saw the slow, hard-won changes that hebrought about: winning allies simply by being kind and honest, making REAL change for the betterment of his people

Maia has only been ruling for a less than a year (I think) but already the world is benefiting from the care of Emperor Edrehasivar the Bridge-Builder (and what a title!!!). All the birthday messages Maia received - not just platitudes but warm gifts from people whose lives he'd changed - made me tear up

And I also really liked all the hurt/comfort scenes with Maia being surprised by being liked and treated nicely, and winning the loyalty and affection of so many just by virtue of being himself :'))

Anyway if you haven't read The Goblin Emperor, you should definitely give it a chance!! Especially if you also read and enjoyed The Hands of the Emperor

#now i'm off to read everything on ao3 bye #the goblin emperor #tge #my posts #book reviews

[calaathmaza]

[ID: a three panel comic depicting maia, cala, beshelar, and eshevis tethimar from the goblin emperor. 1) maia seated at the throne, his nohecharei behind him. he looks very weary and is saying, "what is your concern, dach'osmer tethimar?" the nohecharei look on past maia in suspicion and disapproval. 2) a closeup of tethimar, looking darkly upward and saying, "our concern...? our concern is..." he launches up, pulling a long, thin knife through the air, cloak billowing behind him as he says, "A KNIFE!" 3) cala and beshelar crowd in front of maia, who looks horrified. cala holds up a hand crackling with maz, and beshelar raises one arm in front of him, the other shielding maia. both are yelling, "NO!!!" end ID]

let me see what you have!!!! A KNIFE

this was @lollians 's idea thank you my beloved

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#how else did you think i was going to draw this scene #the goblin emperor #tge #my art #described #the goblin emperor fanart #maia drazhar #cala athmaza #deret beshelar #eshevis tethimar

[baladric]

shhh sh they're planning the ethuverazheise ubi system

#one must imagine nohecharei just beyond the frame #tge #the goblin emperor #maia drazhar #csevet aisava #the art tag

[heyitsrink]

Maia receiving his daily dose of court gossip from Csevet

#the goblin emperor #maia drazhar #csevet aisava #tge #katherine addison #my besties #i just think they're neat #fanart #fantasy fanart

[tartan-tardis]

More sketches from The Goblin Emperor. It’s quickly becoming my favourite comfort book.

#the goblin emperor #katherine addison #tge #maia drazhar #csevet aisava #csethero ceredin

[telimezh]

ID: A digital drawing of Deret Beshelar and Cala Athmaza from The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. Deret Beshelar is on the left, dressed in faded blue robes and a red baldric with silver embroidery on it. He is shorter, with pointed ears, and pale skin and hair. His arms are crossed and he is looking at Cala with a disapproving expression. Cala is on the right; he is wearing a muted blue outfit with a maroon sash, and a red baldric embroidered with silver. He is taller, with pointed ears, glasses, and pale skin and hair. He is looking at Beshelar with a calm expression, one hand resting on Beshelar's shoulder. The other hand is at Cala's side. end ID.

Beshcala outfit swap >:))

#the main question being: who would have persuaded Deret to do this?? #started this aaaages ago and finally finished it #deret beshelar #cala athmaza #the goblin emperor #tge #also im thinking of changing my name to something more tge themed... shoulda done it earlier but. yeah

[cemchelarna]

Whenever prostration is mentioned in the goblin emperor I've always pictured something like this:

But some curious googling left me more confused as apparently it can also look like this:

Or this:

Or this:

which I guess makes sense as maia refers to people prostrating themselves "full length on the floor" but it also seems like a bit of an impractical way to be constantly greeting the emperor? Although I bet csoru took great delight in making people throw themselves onto the floor for her like this

#idk maybe this is just me being unaware #although im having a hard time imagining csevet on the floor like that #tge #maia drazhar #the goblin emperor

[itsliamgallagher]

Blur - Country House (x)

#WHATEVER!!!!! #I like a pretty slut!!!! #wygd #I have so many gifs don’t worry Liam is coming too #britpop #blur band #blur #music #gif #damon albarn #country house #the great escape #TGE #DA

[aowyn]

ethuverazhid zhas

#drew maia this morning because i love him #the goblin emperor #maia drazhar #tge #said el #art #el did an art #el did an edit #i forgot what tag i use for my art bc i literally never draw lol #also i hadnt realized how fun it is to draw in a sketchbook then color it digitally

[skelkankaos]

If you gave me infinite money and complete creative control and told me to make an adaption of The Goblin Emperor I would make a 90s style point and click adventure game about Thara Celehar. Like. I can see it so vividly in my mind

#so sayeth skelkankaos #tge #the goblin emperor

[captainkirkk]

Maia being overwhelmed by birthday gifts from people whose lives he has touched - because he doesn't understand what they WANT. Because surely so people would not act so kindly towards him without a motive

#maia not realising how much good he has done as emperor or how many lives he has touched in his short reign #i'm crying you guys #he hasnt gotten a birthday gift since he was 8yo and now!! he has so many doesnt know what to do with them #tge #my posts #the goblin emperor

[baladric]

*audible sounds of maia drazhar falling very stupidly in love w the prime twink of the untheileneise court*

#i spent far too much goddamn time on this shit #tge #the goblin emperor #csevet aisava #maia drazhar #the art tag

[sheepydraws]

The Goblin Emperor is just: *indecipherable fantasy name* *gentle world building* *complicated court intrigue* *THE MOST FUCKED UP BACKSTORY YOU EVER HEARD GOOD GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE* *respect women juice* *Maia is best boy*

#tge #the goblin emperor #there are multiple times someone drops the most fucked up tidbit of backstory #and you just have to live with it #imagine being a 35yo man #looking at the 16yo YOU IMPREGNANTED #and saying 'If this is some weird attempt to trick me into loving you I'm not having it''

[lilareviewsbooks]

The Goblin Emperor 5/5: I’m Bored and I’m Having So Much Fun

5/5 stars

446 pages

Contains: an emperor that doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing; kindness as like a plot point; court intrigue!!!

The Goblin Emperor has been on my TBR for years, now. I’d heard someone say, a long time ago, that it was a weird book, and that “you’ve never read something like this before”. Of course, my curiosity was piqued. I love weird, funky little books, that turn you upside down and shake you a bit, especially if they’re speculative fiction. So The Goblin Emperor went into my TBR, until this month, when the mood to read it finally struck me and I sat down with it.

But The Goblin Emperor is not best described by “weird”, in my opinion, nor is “uneventful” a good descriptor, either. I think those of you who have read the book will agree with me that there are several big events throughout the story that capture your attention and are major turning points for the characters. However, it’s impossible to avoid, when recommending this, the fact that it is… boring?

Let me be clear: I don’t mean this in a bad way, at all – I had so much fun reading The Goblin Emperor. Nor am I using it to suggest that Ms. Addison’s writing choices were inadequate. I’m using this word because I think it’s the best way to describe what happens here. 

I’ll explain myself: it’s not that nothing happens in The Goblin Emperor, but the pacing is slow. And not in a bad way – things just take their time. We follow our main character in an almost day-by-day basis. We watch him wake up, have breakfast… And at the end of the day, we are with him as he puts on his pajamas and goes to bed. 

And then there is the fact that Ms. Addison takes what I called an “almost anthropological approach to describing culture” in my review of the Teixcalaani Duology, by Arkady Martine. Much like Ms. Martine does in her two books, A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace, Ms. Addison takes her time to consider every move in its cultural context. If, in A Memory Called Empire, the most striking element of this approach is the Teixcalaani smile, which differs from how other parts of the world chose to do so, here we see this attention to detail in the elvish language.

In this world, “we” is the default first person singular. It’s the formal “I”, and “you” is the formal second person singular. Watching these characters drop this formality barrier or decide to put it up makes for a beautiful addition to the dialogue and character relationships throughout the book. It also, of course, tells us much about this world and this culture, which is bound tightly by strings of formality and tradition. (And is also a reflection of how other languages work, in the real world. French, Italian and Spanish, for example, have formal yous, as I’m sure other non-European languages do, too. This makes me super curious to see how this quirk was translated in languages that already have this as a feature. If anyone knows, please tell me!)

This almost-anthropological lens, however, adds a stillness to the story that makes it move slower, taking more time in each of the character’s movements. Which, in turn, makes this book a little more boring.

But, like I said, this is boring in a good way. This stillness, this slowness, allows us to spend ample time with our characters, really getting to know them. And the world sparkles around them, made so vivid by this attention to detail, this approach to a fictional culture. It feels alive outside of the pages, like we’ve only popped in for a visit, and the clock will continue ticking when we’re not there.

But the crux of the story, and the reason why it needs to slow down, the most, is our protagonist, Maia. Maia is the youngest, half-goblin son of the elvish Emperor, who scorns him. He is secluded to a remote location with his cousin Setheris, until a messenger arrives – the Emperor and all his other sons have died in a freak accident, meaning Maia has inherited the throne. With no education in politics and no friends, Maia journeys to court, where he will learn to rule.

And although he’s put in this position of power, and finds himself, in several ways, helpless and dependent on others, Maia never loses his kindness. He’s a generous soul who strives to make decisions for the good of others, and this is the axis around which the rest of the plot moves, slowly, forwards.

To really understand this kindness, to dig into it and be aware of its various implications, its causes, it’s necessary to spend quite a while in the company of Maia, as he blunders forward. And what a journey it is! I’ll tell you, “boring” might be a good word to describe this book, but so is “compelling”. When it hooks you, it hooks you, and it leaves you wanting to bury yourself further and further into this world, to know more, to spend more time with Maia, and find out all the intricacies of his language.

Thank you for reading this review! I’m working on a list of similar books, which will be called something like “Books for Humanities Nerds”, so if this sounds like your cup of tea, keep an eye out! Have a nice day :)

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