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““The most important attribute of a magician is knowledge.” He paused, then looked at each of the novices who had spoken in turn. “Without it his strength is useless, he has nothing to be skilled or talented in, despite his best intentions.””

—  Trudi Canavan, The Novice (Black Magician Trilogy, #2)

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I now understand the struggle of being in a tiny fandom

I just looked for fanfics on ao3 of the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan (one of my fav book series) and there's literally only 57 fics. I'm dying 😭

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I instantly thought of Tayend when I saw those boots❤ I had to draw his wearing them, sorry

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Sometimes I wish the BMT fandom wouldn't be as dead but then I think about antis of today certainly cancelling Akkanea and I'm suddenly content with the fandom being ancient and tiny.

(Should I even start about Age of the Five and Mirar/Auraya? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

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thinking about the black magician trilogy again tonight and how it was my first experience with queer rep in a novel (or any media)

those books are so important to me and I've only ever met one person who actually knew them too

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6. TOUCH AND GO bruises | touch starved | hunger Sonea (The Black Magician Trilogy)

I really miss this stubborn, practical girl and her self-appointed dad.  Apologies if I forgot some magic rules.

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Sonea had known what was going on, at first.  She was sure of it.  Now it was harder and harder to stay alert, much less remember how she had gotten here.  The floor shook and dipped under her.  It didn’t smell great, either.  She kept deciding to get up and then not doing it, even though she was going to be late.  Did she have classes today?  She was angry about something, but it kept slipping away.

The shaking around stopped, and there was a bright light.  Someone said, “Oh, yeah.  This will be plenty to get us to the border.”

“I told you,” said another voice.  “If we feed her less, we don’t have to dose her as much.”

Czytaj dalej

[akkanea]

Trust me - Chapter 15 - Themi - Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan [Archive of Our Own]

In case you might be interested to know that I have ~finally ~ updated the story, I'll just leave this here.

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Some lovely Black Magician Trilogy/Traitor Spy trilogy fanart I was gifted! Sonea and baby Lorkin. It’s so peaceful and heartwarming.

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Look who's translated another chapter in her attempt to revive a long-dead fandom!

Please give it a shot if you still remember Sonea and Akkarin and are a bitch for BAMF!Sonea as much as I am lmao

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someone talk to me about the black magician trilogy. not a request btw

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... i was gonna write some excuse or explanation for this but I don't have one. enjoy. (i made this while i was reading book 3 of the black magician trilogy and had not finished yet!)

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rat brain continues to rat brain. so im trying to do things that like Aren't online or involve me being very up in my brain,,,,so im gonna be rereading the black magician trilogy

anyways consider this A Warning-

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Warring with being mad that dannyl and tayend never even kissed on page and loving the fact that they are one of only 2 couples to say they loved each other

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one of my biggest fears is that "booktok" gets its grubby little hands on any books written by trudi canavan. i know its very pretentious blah blah blah but if a book has the word tiktok anywhere near it i wont touch it.

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The Black Magician trilogy, by Trudi Canavan (January 2023)

sorry you're getting the kinda ugly French covers because the other covers are worse

This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work-—until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders...and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield. What the Magicians' Guild has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control.

Would I recommend it to anyone? I've already had two of my friends read it, hehe. So yes, it's a good ol' fantasy series like we like them.

Level of (dis)satisfaction based on the summary and my expectations? It was a reread, this series is one I grew up with so it's one of my favorites. Since it had been a while since I'd last read it, I wanted to see if it stood the test of time in a way.

My thoughts on it? Some elements have aged and I think some of the romances we see are pretty awkward. But I'm still in love with the world and the story as a whole.

French version under the cut

Comme chaque année, les magiciens d'Imardin se réunissent pour nettoyer la ville des indésirables. Protégés par un bouclier magique, ils avancent sans crainte au milieu des vagabonds, des orphelins et autres malandrins qui les haïssent. Soudain, une jeune fille ivre de colère leur jette une pierre... qui traverse sans effort le bouclier magique dans un éclair bleu et assomme l'un des mages.

Ce que la Guilde des magiciens redoutait depuis si longtemps est arrivé : une magicienne inexpérimentée est en liberté dans les rues ! Il faut la retrouver avant que son pouvoir incontrôlé la détruise elle-même, et toute la ville avec elle. La traque commence...

Est-ce que tu le conseillerais à quelqu’un ? J'ai déjà fait lire la série à deux amis, héhé. Du coup oui, c'est une bonne série de fantasy comme on les aime.

Niveau de déception/satisfaction par rapport au résumé et tes attentes ? C’était une relecture, cette série fait partie de celles qui ont bercé mon adolescence et c’est donc une de mes préférées. Comme ça faisait des années que je l’avais pas lue, je voulais voir si elle était à l’épreuve du temps en quelque sorte.

Avis sans spoiler ? Certains éléments ont vieilli et je trouve que les différentes romances qu’on a au fil des tomes sont assez maladroites. Mais je suis toujours aussi fan de l’univers et de l’histoire de manière générale.

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I really love the BMT-Fandom over at ao3. Everyone is so grown up an nice and cheering everyone making you just feel good. Also all the new fanfic’s are so good! All these little details…

But maybe that’s the perk of writing in a Fandom that’s old and not to popular- everyone is grown up and the people sticking to it just have read the books so often they can’t write something OOC.

(After remembering how long it had been since I’ve read the books the first time I am now feeling old myself)

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I read a fantasy book series called The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan. It primarily follows a female protagonist, but somewhere in the second book it also starts adopting the viewpoint of a male character in the story, Dannyl, and his interactions with another man who is attracted to him and is a "lad" (the admittedly hilarious term for a gay man in the world).

This intrigued me because male-male attraction had never featured in any of the other dozen or more fantasy series I had read. I couldn't put my finger on why I was so absorbed into this little side-plot at the time, but now it's clear I was in the desert of heteronormativity and craving queer media and stories wherever I could find them. The character Dannyl originally presents as straight, politely rejecting the attraction of the other man while also sympathizing with his plight (as Dannyl himself had been teased along similar lines in school). However, it turns out that Dannyl had actually been subconsciously using his magic to suppress his homosexual attraction to avoid ridicule and persecution, and he only realizes this after a dreadful ordeal leaves him drained of all his magic. I had barely seen any portrayals of the psychological toll of being in the closet, let alone one in a fantasy world, and this really stuck with me.

Dannyl in the end decides to accept who he is and be with the man he loves, and I think this was also one of the first times I can recall a gay love story being celebrated as opposed to mocked or, at most, briefly acknowledged. I think it was a subtle gay awakening for me, opening my mind to the possibility of happiness and love in non-heteronormative relationships.