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Ajax and Lysander

Inspired by this scene from Dark Age:

“Is it him?” Kalindora asks a taller, younger knight in armor the color of a storm cloud. His skin is black, his eyes violent amber. The pelt of a pearl leopard sways from his powerful shoulders as he steps forward to examine me. For a moment, it feels as if we’re both looking through a dirty pane of glass, leaning and squinting to see if the apparition on the other side is really a long-lost friend or merely some trick.

I barely recognize the man I once called “brother.”

Only the long lashes of his eyes are the same.

In the eleven years since I last saw him, his plump features, often an item of hushed ridicule on the Palatine, have melted away to reveal an Adonic visage so surly, so passionate, so manly even Cassius might, in a drunken moment, declare some minor flaw in the man in hopes of diluting his own utter jealousy.

Octavia was always disappointed in her little genetic experiment. She would not be now. Ajax, son of the loveless genetic union of Aja and Atlas au Raa, is a masculine specimen.

By the phalera that bedeck Ajax’s armor, I see he has already fulfilled his childhood dreams. He wears not just his Peerless scar, but insignia signifying the office of Storm Knight, and the rank of a full Legate infantry commander.

With my scarless face and my drab civilian vestments, before the two Olympic Knights, I feel my ten-year absence more acutely than ever.

“You are the man who claims to be Lysander au Lune,” Ajax sneers.

“Ajax.” Mistaking his tone for banter, I reach to embrace him. The Stained block my path. I actually feel wounded. “Don’t you recognize me?”

Ajax’s eyes narrow to slits. “Test him with the Manteío.”

Hope you guys like it!! ♥️

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I'm rereading Morning Star while also reading Light Bringer and I stumbled upon this:

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oh the man who narrates darrow in the graphic book understood the assignment because he is absolutely terrifying when he talks to other people and a small puppy when he’s talking to himself in his head.

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Me everytime there is a scene with Darrow and Sevro together sorting stuff out:

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Unpopular Opinion: as much as I love Darrow, reducing Virginia back to an episodic character in LB, even with a point of view, was massively disappointing.

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Syd Mead, late 1970s

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You know I've never actually met a Lysander fan on on site, despite hearing about them for a long ass time. After thi recent book I doubt there are any more, but still I'm curious:

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“Now, now, Reaper, are you going to try and get in my saddle too?”

“Just trying to knock you out of it, Mustang.”

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manifesting 🙌

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Alternative titles for Light Bringer:

Darrow O'Lykos and, yet again, the audacity of this Pixie Bitch.

The Misadventures of the Wayward Chin.

The Reaper of Mars and his himbo collection.

You can take the boy out of the pyramid, but you cannot stop him from becoming a fucking tyrant.

Martian Cookbook: The Reaper Reveals How To Best Kill Annoying Enemies (may contain honey, berserkers and new butchering techniques).

All Quiet on the Martian Front: Virginia Augustus has a Crown.

Hell hath no fury like Victra Julii-Barca.

The Odyssey where they gave Darrow a self-help book, because therapy would have made him overpowered.

Reading for filth: 10 ways you can send your annoying allies into a downward spiral by just telling them the truth in a mean way.

The Archimedes Beginer's Guide: the braincell supply is always scarce.

Don't Drink and Tell Secrets.

How much character growth can a 7 feet tall man even handle?

Lysander au Lune: from bitch to puppet to genocidal maniac.

How to deal with Depression and Hypocrisy by Sevro Barca, Goblin of Mars.

Diomedes au Raa and the Very Bad, Not Good, Fucking Stupid Days.

Atlas au Raa: Fall Skin Collection.

En Vogue: If he cannot be the narrative's favourite, he'll be the most hated.

Darrow O'Lykos: Augustan Traditions Must Live On.

The Spy That Booped My Nose.

Local Lesbian Saves Obsidian Princess.

Reaper Caused Blood on Dancefloor. Again.

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A sketch of Lyria with butterfly clips!

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Darrow with his two razors in Light Bringer ʕっ• ᴥ • ʔっ

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Darrow really went to save Sevro half dead only to have Sevro save his ass yet again

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Since Light Bringer still is occupying my brain (pun not intended), I designed these crappy propaganda posters for the republic defending Mars

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If you don’t go through all the stages of grief multiple times everytime you read a Pierce Brown book, are you even paying attention, Pixie?

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I made an angsty playlist about Cassius and Lysander 🥲

"the boy and the knight" is a chronological exploration of Cassius and Lysander's complicated relationship and individual character arcs from Morning Star to Light Bringer.

Howlers enjoy suffering so why not give this a listen?

Best played after finishing Light Bringer for maximum effect.

I spent too much time and brain space putting this together 😅 idk if anyone is interested in the breakdown of which chunk of songs belong to which book, but I do have it saved in a doc.

EDIT: This looks wonky on desktop so here's the URL if the embed isn't working:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SEOypVJEQR3o9o3EqmWTS?si=1aeC0x0ZTCioZ6fr2a0Xog