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[wentian]

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[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Henry "Monty" Montague- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Kihrin D’mon- A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn lyons

Silas Bell- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Robert Lanyon- The Glass Scientists by S.H. Cotugno

[mercymornsimpathizer]

dying five million times is probably a good bonding activity for a throuple I think

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket Tournament: Round 1D

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near.

Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.

But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all.

Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own.

A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors.

Horror, science fiction, postapocalyptic, young adult

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons series)

Endorsement from submitter: "These books are some of the best adult fantasy out there… great worldbuilding fantastic characters doing all kinds of fascinating stuff with storytelling (do you like footnotes? This series has footnotes! Every book canonically exists in-universe!) as for queer characters/relationships there’s basically every kind of rep you can think of"

Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised. Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins. Then again, maybe he's not the hero, for Kihrin is not destined to save the empire. He's destined to destroy it.

Fantasy, epic fantasy, politics, nonlinear, secondary world, series, adult

[livingasaghost]

they're idiots, your honor

(neil josten, gideon nav, fitzchivalry farseer, kihrin d'mon)

[lyssq]

The Ruin or Kings is truly the pinnacle of unreliable narrators. Kihrin and Talon are telling the story and you cannot trust either of them to tell the proper truth – meanwhile Thurvishar is writing this down and he’s pointing out the mistakes in the above two’s narrative, however we find out later that he himself added stuff that is straight up Not True

[arynneva]

thinking about Kihrin, Teraeth, and Janel again. My favorite throuple. My favorite trio who all are jealous of each other's bond. Who each have a moment where they think they're the "third wheel" of the group.

I love them

[jpdoingwords]

The rewrite is well underway - I've just uploaded the new and improved chapter three :D

Unfinished Business (34785 words) by brasideios Chapters: 13/13 Fandom: Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Assassin's Creed RPF Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alexios/Thaletas (Assassin's Creed) Characters: Alexios (Assassin's Creed), Stentor (Assassin's Creed), Nikolaos (Assassin's Creed), Myrrine (Assassin's Creed), Kassandra (Assassin's Creed), Thaletas (Assassin's Creed), Demosthenes (Assassin's Creed), Alkibiades | Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BCE), Lykinos (Assassin's Creed), Timotheos (Assassin's Creed), Euripides (Assassin's Creed), Brasidas (Assassin’s Creed) Additional Tags: Romantic Relationship, Brasidas in posthumous flashback, Stentor as a developing character, thalexios, Established Relationship, Past Relationship(s), Romantic Fluff, Family, Mother-Son Relationship, Historical, Historical References, Relationship Problems, One small instance of angst, Angst with a Happy Ending Series: Part 3 of Another Kind of Odyssey Summary: Stentor arrives at Stymphalos, where Thaletas and Alexios settled four years previously. He comes with a message: Alcibiades is in Sparta, and wants to see Alexios - urgently. Answering this request will sweep them into events they could not foresee. Note (Aug 24): I am currently rewriting this series, and am working on this part. There are currently inconsistencies between the last part and this one. Please bear with me. Updates are coming soon. I’ve used many historical details to make this story and glossed over some others. I’ve added footnotes to expand on all of that, including references where applicable. I hope you enjoy it, and feedback is welcome! :) Jenn 🤍

[bookwyrminspiration]

convince me to read a chorus of dragons ?

(falling to me knees) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

It's about corruption, the things people (and gods) will justify when they start seeing people as numbers. It's about how we carry the past with us always, and that means both the pain and the people we've loved. It's about brothers. It's about disillusionment. It's about breaking cycles.

It's queer high fantasy, genuinely some of the most complex worldbuilding I've encountered, following Kihrin and Co. It follows 3 points in time in the first book, detailing his backstory.

Raised in the lower circles in the capital of Quur, the biggest empire in the world, 15yo Kihrin is working as a thief--but he robs the wrong house at the wrong time, and crosses paths with a pair up to no good. When they send their demon after him, its commotion brings him into the path of the Royal Houses, who his adoptive father has kept him far away from.

Kihrin realizes why when it turns out he's a bastard son of a royal, and he's forced to leave his life behind to survive in the Upper Circle's cruel pomp and circus--but not for long, when he's kidnapped and sold into slavery.

Bought by a mysterious death cult, Kihrin learns being a royal bastard is the least important thing about him, not when a stranger calling him brother wants him dead. Not when the fate of the universe is in his hands and he doesn't even remember choosing to save it. Not when a corrupted god calls to him.

Not when everyone, including himself, is terrified he's going to destroy the world.

The series is dense and complex, with a large cast of uniquely fleshed out characters. I've barely made a dent into everything going on, and the confusion and relationships and morals the story presents have absolutely enchanted me. It's not for everyone, but I adore it, and if it sounds interesting, I'd highly recommend giving it a chance.

[i-dont-talk-much]

@bookwyrminspiration based off of gut feeling and exactly 0 evidence, i think the two of us might have double-handedly more that doubled the amount of a chorus of dragons content on this website. and i think that’s sad.

anyone who is not quil, please go read a chorus of dragons. it is very good and i love it.

[wentian]

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[lyutenw]

15 Questions Tag

Thank you so much to @frenchywrites for the tag! I am leaving it as an open tag for anyone to join!

I will also be doing the same thing of answering the questions as me and Ellian from my main wip ACOD!

1. Are you named after anyone?

No!

My father says I have the name of the first ever king... I don't know if it's true.

2. When was the last time you cried?

I cry almost every day for various reasons. So the last time would be yesterday since I was watching a movie.

I never cry.

3. Do you have kids?

No and don't plan to!

Not yet, but I need a successor to my throne.

4. Do you use sarcasm?

Not alot, it usually depends on who I'm talking to.

No, I'm a straightforward man.

5. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Their smile and their eyes.

Their posture and how they look at me.

6. What's your eye color?

Brown.

Green.

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

Neither :')

Happy endings despite popular belief.

8. Any special talents?

I can sleep whenever!

I am good with a sword.

9. Where were you born?

Greece.

Oceana.

10. What are your hobbies?

I actually hop from hobby to hobby, so I like drawing, crocheting, writing, reading, playing farm games and crafts in general.

I have no time for hobbies, but I love caring for flowers.

11. Do you have any pets?

Yes! I have a bunny :3

No, unless my horses count as pets.

12. What sports do you play/have played?

So, excluding the gym, I have been a ballerina when I was younger and played basketball for a while.

None, I only "played" with swords.

13. How tall are you?

I am 5' 8 ish.

I am 6' 5.

14. Favorite subject in school?

Physics!

Medicine and herbs.

15. Dream job?

I hope to become a theoretical physicist/ Astrophysicist in the future and an author as a side job<3

King.

[gaymernerdgasm]

Alexios | Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

[dirklagast]

Stop de pensioenroof

[livingasaghost]

[lyssq]

C'indrol and S'arric, Elana and Vol Karoth, Janel and Kihrin. (Sorry Teraeth babe but you didn't fit in this one)

This was inspired by some Zelink animatics I watched and yeah, this part can be about lovers reincarnating and finding each other again again