I can understand the "Bartimaeus novels are not made for romantic additions and therefore I do not ship anyone since the books are mosly focusing on platonic love and deeper themes of opression/slavery/revolution" idea and sometimes I, in fact, encourage it! But I also absolutely love the idea of "the ships inside the Bartimaeus fandom are just another way of exploring character's dynamic inside the already mentioned themes via highlighting their relevance and can be a fabulous area of study for different dynamics inside the series without denying or ignoring the deep political messages and intergral platonic nature of the books" and I think this is very precious to me.











