#ATOGAI

[peachesobviously]

Soft Portrait of Kadou & Evemer from A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

[heyitsrink]

Kadou and Evemer from A Taste of Gold and Iron

[specks-of-time]

he's giving avra helvaçi

[sabertoothjello]

@ankeschoenle Evemer?

Thoughts on hairy bisexual men with brown eyes who are also sluts?

thoughts on love and laughter and sunlight???? what are we even doing here. i need to fuck him

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket Tournament: Round 2A

Book summaries below:

Carry On (Simon Snow series) by Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.

That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here — it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.

Fantasy, romance, mystery, series, young adult

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the body-father of the queen's new child—in an altercation which results in his humiliation.

To prove his loyalty to the queen, his sister, Kadou takes responsibility for the investigation of a break-in at one of their guilds, with the help of his newly appointed bodyguard, the coldly handsome Evemer, who seems to tolerate him at best. In Arasht, where princes can touch-taste precious metals with their fingers and myth runs side by side with history, counterfeiting is heresy, and the conspiracy they discover could cripple the kingdom’s financial standing and bring about its ruin.

Romance, fantasy, romantasy, secondary world, queernorm, adult

[starful02]

Back at it with something different today! Have some memes inspired by Alexandra Rowland's newest queer pirate novel Running Close to the Wind. I struggled keeping my composure as I put these together! 😂 Which is a very similar experience to reading the book actually.🤣 It's available for purchase (and likely upon request at your local library if it doesn't have it yet) just about anywhere but if you'd like to take a peak at before seeking it out, you can do so here:

[tseecka]

JayVik AU Art Prompts

These are purposefully more vague than what I usually write I just wanted them down somewhere.

- Jayce the ballet dancer, Viktor the former dancer who turned to choreography after his illness stole his ability to dance without pain.

- JayVik as ATOGAI Kadou and Evemer DO YOU SEE THE VISION give me JayVik devotion not just obsession (also give me Viktor as royalty, dripping in jewels, a mobility aid disguised or serving secondary purpose as a scepter of symbol of office)

- Ship's doctor Viktor x Pirate Jayce

- Mage!Viktor awaiting PrinceArthur!Jayce, the Once and Future King ("When Runeterra's need is greatest...", Viktor who has guarded his monument for centuries awaiting his return)

- Jayce and Viktor are Jaeger pilots that's it

- SHARDBEARER!JAYCE AND ARTIFABRIAN!VIKTOR. VIKTOR THE ARTIFABRIAN. SIRROUNDED BY BOTH PAINSPREN AND CREATIONSPREN. JAYCE WREATHED IN STORMLIGHT WIELDING A SHARDHAMMER. INSTEAD OF THE VIEW OF THE RAVINE FROM VIKTOR'S "STEEL OASIS" IT'S A WINDOW OUT OF URUTHIRU. FUCK. I MIGHT NEED TO ACTUALLY WRITE THIS ONE. Who wants to do a collab with me

[exhaustedwerewolf]

started rereading a taste of gold and iron slightly by accident (wanted to get a sense of how it opens, got compelled and kept reading) and man. I liked tadek well enough on my first read but on a reread he’s even more compelling and honestly quite tragic. knowing where he’s coming from and how he feels about kadou and also that his instincts are right…

[ankeschoenle]

You guys, I've read parts of this and it's beautiful. It's the sequel to Alexandra Rowland's "A Taste Of Gold And Iron". Pre-oder now, comes out January 12th!

[whisperofthewaves]

reading A Taste of Gold and Iron and all's good so far except.

except. one of the characters is named TADEK. I'm listening to audiobook so I held on to hope the last couple of hours that perhaps the spelling is different, but I just confirmed. no. no it's literally Tadek.

this is worse than the mention of Radomsko in Uprooted 😂😂😂

[thevagabondexpress]

reading a taste of gold and iron and i really like the fact that kadou's initial suspicions turn out to be the correct ones. in any other book siranos would be a red herring and that would be the right authorial decision to make. here, though, kadou's anxiety means that siranos needs to be guilty. he's always being told "oh there's nothing to be worried about, there's no reason to fear" and often there isn't but it doesn't make it any better to have your insecurities and your anxieties invalidated time and time again. we have to see kadou be right, be able to say "yes, this time, i do know what i'm talking about," and new listened to. that's what we need.

[heyitsrink]

you're a godsend

[sabertoothjello]

Re-listening to AToGaI and absolutely fucking DYING at the “I’ll teach him to spar” scene. I laughed so hard I’m CRYING.

“It’ll teach you to manage your anger”

Kadou’s like are you fucking kidding me right now

Well you fuckin asked for it

Evemer’s like…so…something just happened

Not sure what…but something…

Also Evemer gets all poetic about his eyes again IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS

Idiots.

Also also, they just need to stop hanging around in alleys ffs

Evemer gets decked, they kiss, they almost die, they get kidnapped (not in the alley but it started in the alley so I’m using it) like BOYS just leave the alleys. Seriously.

Also again…it’s 3am for me so it’s very possible this would not have been as funny during the day but FUCK this book is hilarious

[ankeschoenle]

Tadek/Melek

An asexual and pansexual become room-mates and have wacky adventures

The show is called ‘All or Nothing’

[starful02]

Life is wild sometimes. I made a small decision almost a year ago, based on a recommendation of one of the most positive individuals to ever grace my life so far, and I firmly believe that it has changed the course of my life. The decision was to sign up for a class about fantasy writing and publishing that my university was offering, which is the exact genre I so desperately want to have a career in (I want to be a writer you see). That fall I took the 8 week class and it happened to be taught by none other than the absolutely wonderful, utterly amazing fantasy author Alex Rowland (aka @ariaste). If you asked myself or any of my peers, we will happily tell you that this class was one of the comfiest, kindest, most encouraging academic experiences we have ever had and that it has changed our lives. Anyone who has taken at least one creative writing class in their life will tell you of the horrors that ruthlessly plague them and all sorts of traumatic incidents endured. This class was a soothing balm to a disheartened soul with trampled ambitions. You might be wondering where I'm going with this? Well, when you take a class with an author, they tend to gush rather happily about their work. It did not take long for me to know in my heart of hearts that I NEEDED to get my hands on Alex's latest book, A Taste of Gold and Iron (aka ATOGAI). And when I finally got the perfect chance to read it a little over a month ago, when I tell you, it was chapter five when I became undeniably aware that this book had snatched my heart and I would gladly let it have it for the rest of my life. If I hadn't already bought all of Alex's books on a strong hunch that I would absolutely, completely and utterly fall in love with ATOGAI, I would have definitely right after I finished that chapter. This is inarguably one of the best books I have ever read, checking all my boxes (including ones I didn't even know I had). I don't think it's possible to praise it enough because it deserves it all. The wait I endured before I could read it was so worth it and I will be forever grateful for the sheer chance that it and it's author entered into my life. It shattered my high expectations and I will never be the same and couldn't be happier about it. Now, I still have to read the other books that Alex has written (and I will savor them like a piece of the finest of desserts and I haven't the slightest doubt, despite that I tend to be more on the quiet side, I will be absolutely mouthing off about them to anyone who will listen), but I want to specifically highlight their upcoming book, Running Close to the Wind (aka RCW). Because I was in their class and a part of their Discord, I have been treated to several chapters of the book and I can very firmly tell you that you need this in your life. It's terribly funny, utterly vibrant, very queer, full of gremlin chaos and pirate shenanigans, all good and wonderful things, right? I knew I needed it in my life half way through Alex reading chapter two to us. It comes out in June of this year and I so highly recommend you give it a look see. You can read an excerpt in the link below!

And if you too decide that you need this book in your life, go preorder it and then come join a Discord full of awesome queer pocket people that are also terribly excited for this book to be in our hands! I will also be posting fanart of ATOGAI and RCW if you also want to keep an eye on this little habitat of mine. :) Either way, best wishes and happy reading!

[exhaustedwerewolf]

tadek being like ‘I lowkey wanted to die for my ex-situationship/your soulmate isn’t that sillygoofy’ and evemer being like ‘that’s none of our business. see a therapist 😐’ not once but twice. your honour I love them all.