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reasons you might want to read tkc:

narrated by two different characters. the framing device is that it's being audio recorded, and you can often see snippets of them being like "don't look at me like that sadie" or "carter just kicked me for saying that"

the god tier character that is sadie kane. she's so in touch with her emotions and unafraid to express them, it's refreshing. she's only 13 in the beginning of the trilogy, and she's so ready to tell people off for being pricks. she chews bubblegum and dyes her hair and she's even british. makes fun of her brother. consistently the funniest character in the series, all while not losing impact as a dramatic figure

the gods are seen really differently than in rr's other books. in pjo, the gods are these all-powerful beings and we mustn't anger them. in tkc, they're your buds. your parents have probably had a fistfight in an applebees parking lot with at least two gods. you see a god for drinks every thursday.

gods literally inhabit the human character's bodies, it's like a venom situation. it makes up for some very funny moments.

where pjo/toa is about acknowledging your family has problems and at times, you're fully right to distance yourself from them, because they're horrible people, tkc is about reconnecting with your family again. it's about finding stability in your family, and how they're, in the end, always the ones that are left there for you

incredibly interesting magic system. they have infrastructure built all over the world. not just two wands (rather a wand and a staff) but also a whole magician's kit.

cast is near-entirely made up of people of colour. two main characters that are both mixed, and the series focuses on how their different appearances affect how people treat them. the magicians are mostly descendants of egyptian rulers

canon polyam couple!!

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finished piece for @demigod-shenanigans from their absolutely LOVELY fic, matters of the heart !! highly, HIGHLY recommend checking it out, along with the other fics in the series! they're all so amazing!!

pipeynas been growing on me

sadizemma | sadie in a timeloop, refusing to let go of her dying relationship with liz and emma

⏎ for @sapphic-summer-riordanverse 2026: week 5: timeloop

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I missed drawing Socrates and Alcibiades.

(Alcibiades needs a more glamorous look)

lil fierrochase doodle :3

I just like her so much

oh I was already going to, don't you WORRY

I have some THOUGHTS about @brooklyn-house's norse!tkc au...

I'm assuming the kane kids died in the explosion and wound up in valhalla, while julius was taken to hel because of the insanely specific valhalla rules. valhalla's warriors, of course, are huge fans of the kanes bc of how insanely powerful they are, but being, yknow, kids, carter and sadie aren't huge fans of all these expectations

amos probably breaks into valhalla to fetch his niece and nephew like how he comes to get them at sadie's house in tkc, I just really like that idea

I'm considering how zia would fit into this. desjardins could be one of the thanes potentially, but zia is pretty young, and are they dead or not? I kind of like the idea of them being a valkyrie, and since that's a women-only position it can cause some interesting drama once he transitions and/or once he realizes that loki may be his father

I also really love the idea of sadie and perhaps zia (or maybe amos?) as rune users. I just feel like it would 1) fit their stories and 2) be sick as hell. plus one of the rules of being a rune user is you have to have undergone great suffering and I think they fit the bill lmao