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fifteenth-entity · 2 years

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Ok you asked for books so here you go:

Northen Lights (1st book of a trilogy called His Dark Materials)

Treasure Island

Magnus Chase (i won't say pjo cause it is a lot books, this series has only three)

The Last Wild (it is supposed to be for kids/young teens but it's a great book)

Gideon the Ninth

Cemetery Boys

Mistborn

They both die at the end (im reading this now and im not sure if i like it or not but im adding it to the list anyway)

(Half of these are ya but the others recommended a lot of adult fiction so yeah)

... someday i will receive an ask for a book i have read- (/j, i know most of these books tho and i have some Thoughts)

... but damn that's a lot of books, this will take a while, thank you tho

Northern Lights

Okay, I read the synopsis and it definitely seemed up my alley, and then I dug a little deeper into the his dark materials trilogy and suddenly... i couldn't find northern lights? but i found the golden compass, which is a series i know about, and ive been very intrigued for a long time. I don't know what the difference is? this feels like a mystery waiting to be uncovered, unless im completely and totally blind. it says the golden compass and northern lights are pretty much the same book, the first book from the same trilogy, but the synopsis is different, but the characters are the same. I really wanna read golden compass, so by proxy i guess this also means i wanna read northern lights? dont get me wrong, it sounds interesting and the premise sounds like something that's totally up my alley, but im left more confused than i was in the beginning. semi enthusiastic yes? but yeah, i wanna read the golden compass, and northern lights definitely sounds interesting, save for the little hiccup along the way.

2. Treasure Island

again, this is semi cheating, but i've been to plays for treasure island, and i had a bad straight to dvd movie about it, and i REALLY enjoyed it, but i've never seen the disney version. i remember i really liked the protagonist, and to be honest, i didn't even know it was a book? but now that i know, im deeply intrigued. this seems like some good ass pirate fiction, and im really interested now. thanks for bringing this to my knowledge-

3. Magnus Chase

honestly, you did good by bringing up magnus chase instead of pjo, cuz that would've been a resounding ~no~. im not ready for that kind of commitment. buuut magnus chase is a different story. i definitely want to read magnus chase at some point in the future, although i do prefer dark and grimy norse mythology fiction like god of war (yes, i know it's 'greek mythology' and has a lot of inaccuracies, but i really loved the game play of it so we forgive it) and depending on how dark and grimy this series is i might change my mind, so we'll see, but it's definitely on my list.

4. The Last Wild

I assume this is by piers torday, and i have to say... im sadly not convinced. the premise sounds interesting? but i'd be more enticed to read nils holgersson than the last wild. too many bugs in the synopsis.

5. Gideon the Ninth

LMAOO you know i wanna read this. it sounds so dark and grimy and edgy and im just very excited for when i muster up the courage to read it. im expecting a little bit of ebony d'arkness dementia raven way from it, but that's the kinda shit i love, so this is a compliment. also, finally, some good necromancer content.

6. Cemetery boys

OUGH. i wanna read this one so bad. more than gideon the ninth. I'm really really interested, i dont fully understand what's going on in the synopsis, but color me fuckin intrigued, i wanna know what happens, i wanna have some good ass queer fiction, and this seems like the particular subgenre of supernatural that i really enjoy. it's in my sight for the near future, hopefully.

7. Mistborn

... listen, i know this is probably very different, and you know how i feel about heists, and a lot of the other details don't match up, maybe even the dates are different, but this sounds like a six of crows spinoff by a different author. i know mistborn came 10 years earlier, but my expectations for this book, if i am to ever read it, are through the roof, purely because of six of crows. i cant say anything more? because i am not one who knows right now, so... maybe?

8. They both die at the end

you torture me. you know ive been on the hunt for this book and have found it twice yet once in greek and once in jaundice orange and i cannot have it. I WANT TO READ IIIT, i wanna be part of the culture :( and it seems interesting? i really wanna know what this doomsday-ish book will make me feel. plus... gay.

#asks #book list #yay i knew most of these :D

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vethyourhalflingmother · 7 years

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whenever you have free time: can you explain your opinions on what houses vox machina and the mighty nein are in? i 100% agree w gryffindor nott btw

I’d just like to start by clarifying that altho I do feel strongly about some of these opinions (& ive joked about them being unchangeable - which is not true, to be serious), that doesnt mean I don’t wanna hear y’all’s - do you agree w/ me on some & not the others? completely disagree? completely agree for different reasons? tell me (politely pls) & give me some of ur reasons! i think part of the intrigue of sorting our fav characters into hogwarts houses is that it tells us what we value in them & what traits of theirs stand out to us the most - and that subsequently makes it…. fairly subjective (also doesn’t help that the standards for each house are kind of……vague lol)

I expect all of ur essays on this v important question on my desk by 8 am monday morning

now onto answering the actual ask:

The Mighty Nein

Caleb - Ravenclaw; aside from the fact that he obviously values books & advancement of his own magical knowledge, he also seems to think through important decisions in a logical manner (ex. he spent a lot of time thinking about whether he & nott should stay w/ the rest of the mighty nein)

Fjord - Ravenclaw; again, besides the obvious, his interest in studying at the Soltryce Academy, he’s also really observant & intent on learning from those around him, given all the questions he’s asked Caleb & the way he keeps an eye on Jester’s divine magic

Molly - Hufflepuff; altho initially i had some mixed feelings about this, after giving it some thought, im actually most convinced of this one: as many have pointed out, he’s shaping up to be the Mom Friend & taliesin also says he has a moral code that he sticks to - i think being steadfast in the way youre gonna put good into the world (& in how u treat the evils & injustices) is very Hufflepuff

Yasha - Slytherin; though I say this tentatively bc we haven’t seen a lot of her yet - she doesn’t seem like a traditional slytherin in a highly ambitions sense, but she does seem like to stick to her guns & prioritise herself when necessary (“I run into the woods”)

Beau - Gryffindor; she strikes me as fight first, ask questions later kinda gal & going in guns blazing seems very Gryffindor to me - in addition, she also saved nott from that manticore, which struck me as reckless bravery consistent w/ gryffindors

Nott - Gryffindor; i spent some time thinking about this one after @matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll gave some of their reasons for slotting nott as a hufflepuff - ultimately, I think nott’s a gryffindor despite the fact that she doesn’t consider herself brave is bc her actions speak louder than her words (“I cover Caleb’s body with my own” & “I kill the baby manticore”); the willingness to put urself at risk for the people u care about over and over even at ur own expense strikes me as a gryffindor trait (for better or worse, I might add - see my thoughts on Vax’ildammit)

Jester - look I……………………………..honestly don’t fuckin know. Hufflepuff? Slytherin? Idk ask me again in fifty episodes

Vox Machina

Percy - Ravenclaw; initially i had percy as a Slytherin but i think once he got over the whole demon revenge thing he actually turned out to be pretty Ravenclaw - I mean, he does invent things, and he’s not interested at all in being in charge of Whitestone (also what kind of fuckin nerd learns Celestial for the fun of it lmao)

Vex - Slytherin; Lady Vex’ahlia, Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone and Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt - she cares about the title & the money & with very good reason, i think - her ability to obtain what she wants & persevere through the tough times puts her in Slytherin (also - with trinket’s origin story - i think it takes some real fucking grit & confidence to dig urself out of that kind of situation on ur own)

Vax - Gryffindor; this one is a lot to unpack. @swiftbell & i have been arguing about this one on & off for awhile; she thinks Vax is a Hufflepuff (& she has good reason to). there’s a lot of debate about whether hogwarts house are based on who u are vs who u want to be/strive to be & while i think arguments based on the latter r fine, i tend to base mine on the former in this list bc its easier to see actions than try to parse out thought

so that being said, i think Vax is a gryffindor bc while he cares deeply about his found family, he doesn’t exactly place a high price on his own safety; he goes in first, he goes in stupidly, he almost gets himself killed a lot - that kind of drive toward self sacrifice, to me, falls under the reckless bravery of a gryffindor

(as I said to steph: a hufflepuff would die for their loved ones if they absolutely had to, but a gryffindor tends to look at it as one of their first choices - also vax reminds me a lot of sirius black but im gonna stop right here to avoid turning this post into a vax character analysis)

Grog - Gryffindor; grog doesn’t do much thinking, he just does (& im not saying all gryffindors don’t think - obviously many do (@ hermione granger)- but i do they’re the types of people most prone to falling into the trap of not thinking things thru) it’s almost like the opposite of vax’s problem except we’re not talking about vax anymore bc this isnt a vax character study

Keyleth - Gryffindor; i feel like im beating a dead horse here but kiki also doesn’t always think things through & is very prone to action; the difference between her brand of gryffindor as opposed to vax’s & grog’s is that her outcomes are a little more mixed bag

Pike - Hufflepuff; i think pike is a hufflepuff for a lot of the same reasons i think molly is… which is a little surprising so just bear with me a second; she’s very devoted to Sarenrae, which sets up her (mostly) clear perspective of the world and how she should exist & treat people in it; she’s less of a mom friend (altho she still has some of those qualities), and she’s as loyal to her own causes as she is to Vox Machina; she also tends to be very kind & fun-loving w/out being a pushover

Scanlan - im a huge fan of scanlan, which probably means i should have some momentous opinion here…………….but I don’t, I really don’t know - i think once i get to some key points in scanlan’s character development (which i think are coming up in the next like 15 episodes or something), i’ll have a clearer thought

Tiberius - im not sure i remember tiberius well enough to make a full judgment, but I would say Ravenclaw probably if i had to bc of his constant interest in intelligence & learning to be a better sorcerer

Tary - ive heard of him but i dont know him yet so tbd

#idkimoutofideas #i'm sure this was more than u all wanted to know but here you go #i'm a slytherin myself btw #the mighty nein #vox machina #critical role #harry potter au #hogwarts houses #text #asks #answers #long post

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