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The whole tower window tug-of-war scene is jussssssssst
Okay, first of all, Gen being a little snot and singing Dite’s song insulting himself and Irene where everyone can hear INCLUDING IRENE
Sophos taking the initiative as one of the few people, politically and personally, who can dump Gen on his behind without consequences (see: ACOK, also Sophos’s general Baby Of The Group nature), to defend his Now Very Good Friend Irene and give Gen some consequences
The absolutely Buster Keaton physicality of the entire scene
Sophos turning back to the window to yell something rude down at Gen only for Gen to be in the window nose to nose with him like
and then the absolute insanity of the Annux of the Little Peninsula and the King of Sounis tug-of-warring in a position that would mean actual death or broken bones at any outcome
And everyone’s just having a grand ol’ time (except Pheris)
the amazing @onebulb made this for me, so here: queen’s thief as vines but now it’s an actual video instead of gross links.
Do you copy the mannerisms of the woman who cut off your hand and destroyed your life, or are you normal
The Thief is a great read that I really enjoyed!
every book in the series that followed it made me deranged and I mean that in the most positive way possible
There are many things I love about The Queen of Attolia but one of my favorites is how relentlessly Gen roasts Eddis throughout.
Our little fashion obsessed lying brat tells her not to wear a pin with a certain scarf and she does it anyway. Fine, he’ll steal the pin and serves her right.
He tells her that her clothes don’t fit and she looks awful.
The magus says she’s “magnetic” on a personal level and Gen responds, “Bro, have you looked at her? She’s ugly!”
The magus, gently and diplomatically, says she’s perhaps not the ideal of conventional beauty and Gen goes on to list all of her physical flaws with absolutely no hesitation like he’s been waiting for a chance to do so.
And I love it so much because he so obviously adores and loves her. It reminds me very much of my relationship with my own sister and how she talks to me.
And I just know that if Gen ever overheard anyone else say Eddis is ugly, he would absolutely not be okay with it. And it just makes me love him all the more.
It would make him so insufferable if he was stoic. It would be too childish, because anyone who has been in some pain knows it's a lot, and it's way better to play it up than to play it down. If it's about attention, you'll get more attention if you play it down and everyone still knows you're injured.
This goes hand in hand with his character. It allows him to pass under the radar because everyone is used to ignoring his moans. It also is a part of his goofier, less mature self, which is why you see as the books go on he becomes more chill. In The Thief he flips out at Pol for cleaning his injured hands. In the Queen of Attolia, he's depressed for the majority of the book, and everyone acknowledges he's not himself, no jokes, grinning, he becomes stoic. The in King of Attolia, he's getting back into his groove and freaks out after the attempt on his life, whining the entire walk back to his room, as well as flipping out at Petrus when he starts doing the stitches (only to show how much control he actually has by calming down and not reacting at all to the stitches), and in a smaller way, he also complains about sword practice. In conspiracy of kings, he's less present, but he has his moments with sword practice. Think as thieves, he briefly complains about brinna hitting him, but again, he doesn't appear much. Then in return of the thief, he complains for the show of it mostly. He walks in on the ambassador kissing Irene and positively flips out, but when Irene gets sick, he doesn't waste any time talking about himself, he doesn't complain about the food that's brought to him (this is before he goes to the kitchens, so it still has sand, jars he can't open, etc) but he puts up with it silently. Then later when they go to war, he has his fair share of poor health. He gets a fever 2 days into riding and he blows it off, saying oh it's just this dumb coat makes me so hot, I'm not sick, and follows it up with complaints about the doctors. And later he's unconscious for several days and reassures the important people that he's alright. Over the course of the 6 books, he goes from complaining about everything to using complaints as a form of communication and only complaining when it's appropriate/acceptable. He whines as they get home after months away because they all know he's happy to be home and excited to see his wife and kids. He knows when he can and can't complain.
Anyway I don't really know where I was going with this but one other thing. Ages ago, I read the false Prince by Jennifer Nielsen. People said the main character was like gen. No hes not. Dont let anyone lie to you. He demonstrates the difference between Gen as a whiner and Gen as a stoic because the main character, Jaron is supposed to be all tough and stoic and LITERALLY CLIMBS A CLIFF WITH BOTH LEGS BROKEN, not to mention he then gets into a sword fight with his arch nemesis and fights until he passes out and then when he regains consciousness, his arch nemesis is like well I beat you but I decided you can have control of the pirates anyway. And since some people obviously have no idea what is plausible, they should really not be trying. That's something that's great about gen. Is it possible for him to just chill no matter the injury? Yeah probably. But would he? No. It adds so much more to him to not walk off every inconvenience and I love his complaining
One of the things that makes Eugenides such a fantastic character is that he’s brave and loyal and noble, but not even a little bit stoic.
He spends so much time moaning and complaining. He gets scared and he cries and he feels no shame about any of it. He broods and wallows. The gods themselves tell him to stop whining.
I know a certain amount of it is a calculated act, but also, he’s mostly leaning into his strengths in those cases. It’s just so rare to see genuine heroism in a character with such traditionally unheroic traits, and I love it. It’s not something to overcome, it’s just who he is — the most inspiring man you’ll ever meet, openly nursing grudges and dishing out petty insults by the dozen.
My sister is dyslexic, so I read these books aloud to her. She completely missed the part about the hand, but not even halfway through goes, "I don't want it to happen, but I feel like Irene and gen will get together" and I had the hardest time not flipping out
My sister, who doesn’t often get into reading, started reading The Queen’s Thief and I am being so so normal about it
Eugenides, right? But what if, for Gen and Irenes anniversary or something, he has a set of wine glasses made that say "you've been poisoned" at the bottom. These glasses will only be used on particular occasions, for instance, when gen and Irene have private dinners, just the two of them; private dinners with Helen and sophos; or dinners to welcome new ambassadors
Eugenides? In the megaron? It’s more likely than you think
Gen is so feral like imagine you wake up in the dead of night and your little cousin is like two inches in front of your face, and your attendants in the SAME ROOM are still asleep, and he just goes “hey, can I borrow some of your soldiers and also a chariot? Gonna go blow up the navy of the country next door”
I’m rereading The King Of Attolia and I forgot how much I love this series!Eugenides is just hilarious, I love him so much. This whole series is so clever and quick witted.
Don’t let the lines fool you, he’s actually shorter than her.
As @curly-cottage-girl and @lilaccatholic requested, here’s Irene and Eugenides in the Barbie meme
Don’t let the lines fool you, he’s actually shorter than her.
As @curly-cottage-girl and @lilaccatholic requested, here’s Irene and Eugenides in the Barbie meme
he's a thief. he's royalty. he makes stupid plans on purpose and rolls with them. the gods personally told him to stop whining. a war started over him and he didn't notice. he's a brilliant mastermind. he frequently falls on his face in the dirt. he loves to make a scene. he's slightly naive. he's a brat. he's a hero. he's just a poor little boy. he's the most babygirl i've ever seen. he's working on his handwriting. he critiques everyone's fashion choices. he's so kind. he's a chronic liar. he steals your food. he steals your comb and your jewelry. he's so scared. he's the bravest. he pisses his family off so much he has to live in the library so they won't beat him up. he doesn't want people staring at him. he's so loyal. he would still call you ugly. he's a viper. he's a wonder.