Aug 7
Tumblr, I need you to all look upon my new Lymond Chronicles tattoo.
My life's ambition is now to have someone recognise this reference in the wild.
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Tumblr, I need you to all look upon my new Lymond Chronicles tattoo.
My life's ambition is now to have someone recognise this reference in the wild.
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Was rereading parts of Game of Kings and I truly wish Dorothy Dunnett was still around to grace us with her unparalleled freak and ingenuity. Dunnett I grieve you like a friend I never got the chance to meet.
for the ship game: 🌹😑💔💩✌💚💙👅👎💤💘💦💣👀💖💢
Ship that you have as an OTP: 🌹It's gotta be Lamen!! There is no other real answer to this as far as I'm concerned.
Ship that you're indifferent to: 😑 probably Jace/Viktor...I want to like them but I feel like they're giving me nothing
Ship that makes you sad: 💔 Ooof okay I guess I'm gonna go with Phelim O'liamroe and Oonagh...even though it's probably better (for Phelim) that they never got together. Still, I tear up a bit when I think about Luadhas...I will forgive Lymond many things but I will not forgive him for breaking the bro code with Phelim.
Ship that you find disgusting: 💩 Laurent/ANYONE ELSE WHO ISN'T DAMEN
Ship that you find cute but don't ship: ✌ lots of secondary relationships in capri...ancel/berenger, pallas/lazar, erasmus/kallias...i'm sorry you're all lovely but i just do not give a shit
Ship that you secretly like: 💚 Gabriel/Lymond 😞 I'm sorry I find them very compelling...and they are super distantly related which I'm sure makes it even more attractive to Gabriel. Gabriel wanted to be Lymond's best friend and/or greatest enemy SO BADLY (many such men...) but he was the only one who could reallllly discomfort Lymond in a way that was very pleasing to me. And he was just so evil.
Ship that you used to have as an OTP: 💙 Awww this either has to be Lio/Galo or going even further back my very first OTP Mulder and Scully....
Ship that you find most sexy:👅LAMEN why does this thing keep asking me the same question....Lamen is #1
Ship that you can never see happening: 👎 Damen and Nikandros....yucky
Ship that is canon but you don't ship: 💤 Jerott/Marthe...I don't think they ship each other either so really it's okay. But I guess that's what happens when you can't accept you have a homosexual attraction to someone and resentfully continue on with heterosexuality by marrying that man's sister who looks and talks exactly like him.
Ship that is unpopular but you still like: 💘 Is this also Lamen? They're not unpopular in the fandom obviously but all the Outsiders seem to hate Captive Prince...it's 'problematic' and 'Laurent is horrible' which like yeah, that's why it's awesome.
Ship that is taboo: 💦 Plantcest...it's insane they made this canon
Ship that pisses you off: 💣 DON'T even get me started on this one
Ship you're curious about: 👀 Why would I be curious about a ship and not follow up with it....ummm maybe a lot of the Genshin ships because they have some amazing art? But I can't bring myself to care about or learn any of their backstories...or even their names ha ha
Ship that is most misunderstood: 💢 Honestly I'm gonna say Lamen...why do I see so many fics of crying pregnant Laurent and toxic alpha male Damen, this is not and has never been their dynamic!! They are EQUALS, they are MATCHED they are two pieces of one whole...they understand each other on a level that no one else has ever come close to. Surely if people wanted a traditional dom/sub thing with a macho bullshit dude and a crying twink there are ten thousand other fandoms you could find...
Is it crazy that I kinda ship it?
She even sort of reminds him of Oonagh!
Let my man be stepped on by a murderous mean girl, it'd fix him
idk exactly what i meant by this but i think i stand by it
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I finished The Lymond Chronicles today. I started on the journey in 2020, after reading that Lymond had been one of C.S. Pacat's inspirations for Laurent in Captive Prince. At the time, the books were above my reading level, even though I'd been a voracious reader all my life. I enjoyed the first two books, though I struggled through them, and then decided to put the series down for another time. Then late last year, I picked up the third book. I felt I was a far stronger reader. From there until the end of Pawn in Frankincese, everything was a blur, I read it so fast. After the heaviness of the ending, I had to take another break. So two weeks ago, I decided to pick the books back up and again I devoured the last two.
I'm not quite sure what to do with myself. I am inmensely relieved about the ending and have little to complain about. I wondered how Dunnett would manage to wrap up so many ideas and somehow she wrapped up most. I'm incredibly happy about where the characters end up, namely Lymond and Philippa, my favorites (separately and together!)
But I still have so much to think about and to say about these characters!
I'm still thinking about Marthe and her true intentions. About Lymond's strange dynamic with the Tsar. About what Kuzúm will grow up thinking about his parents. And I so wish we had gotten a final conversation between Lymond and Kate.
Another big thing for me is the sexual and gender fluidity we see in Lymond, which some readers (particularly older ones) seem to understate, but which was such a big driver in my decision to pick up and stick to the books. The bonds with his men are undeniable but I find myself wondering if he ever truly desires other men, or just recognizes his beauty as a weapon to be wielded against any gender. In any case, he hardly ever seems to have sex for pleasure, which in and of itself is rather interesting, given his reputation. So much to unpack. I think I will write extensively about several of these things.
Oonagh O’Dwyer at the French court (that I may or may not finish someday)
Nearly finished pawn in frankincense and here’s a Philippa sketch as she’s grown on me so much this book.
