Tamsyn Muir's The Locked Tomb Tetralogy - Black market Bones-for-Boners program?

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MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I read the two in three days. They were very good. I should sleep.

I liked that Gideon somehow got the sunglasses from Problem Sleuth and Homestuck.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2021 06:10

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 12:12

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Reading up on the thread, I don't think Harrow and Gideon are terrible for each other. The only time they get close to starting to heal from their incredibly lovely childhood and lives is when they finally start being honest with each other.,

silvergoose posted:

Just in case you weren't aware, the author got her start writing Homestuck fanfic :p

Oh I read her fanfics before. I'd be ashamed to admit it but I'm already a goon.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2021 13:50

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I mean the AU chapters in Harrow were amazing and very much fan-fodder, it's amazing.

Now, Dave and Gideon are different enough that they're different characters, but they would instantly vibe and be bros.

# ¿ Jun 9, 2021 03:23

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Riot Carol Danvers posted:

I never read/participated in Homestuck, so I can only go off of what my friend who used to be a hardcore Homestuck has told me, and from what she's said, Dave Strider was the main inspiration for Gideon Nav. What that means I don't really know.

"DAVE: thats the spooky thing about penis ouija you can never be sure who did the dicks

DAVE: was it you or me or maybe a ghoooost??? "

# ¿ Jun 9, 2021 22:51

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Which lands us in the wonderful world of Ianthe (Vriska).

# ¿ Jun 11, 2021 20:22

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Harrow is Karkat with a thesaurus.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2021 22:39

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

And then the Undertaker shows up.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 03:51

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

silvergoose posted:

That's a completely accurate reading of Harrow, though.

It owns.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 21:17

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Gimme Alecto. I need it.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2021 02:50

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

funkymonks posted:

Need a thread title update.

I am both happy for an extra book and disappointed to wait another year for a conclusion.

Same.

I'm so hype.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2021 20:52

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Wait what's the extra stuff? I got the Gideon paperback but the Harrow hardcover.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2021 02:42

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Entropic posted:

HtN paperback extras:

https://imgur.com/a/bTGprJJ

It�s Judith Deuteros� notes from between the first two books.

Oooh, good poo poo.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2021 17:03

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I kept imagining John as John from Homestuck.

# ¿ Aug 17, 2021 16:59

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

silvergoose posted:

my 6yo to my 3yo, talking about moving a bunch of magnet tiles around

"while you get into pajamas, I'll continue The Work"

and all I could think of is Harrow's goddamn letter

You're raising mighty Alchemists.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2021 05:18

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Where can I preorder? I waaaaaaaaant it!

# ¿ Oct 31, 2021 03:04

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Might as well do a Rollerball AU. Or Motorball from Alita. Or the game from Justice's New Lands music video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxu248aD6PY

# ¿ Dec 22, 2021 05:19

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Re-read Gideon and it was still great. Re-reading Harrow and I'm loving it mroe this time around. First time I read too fast, especially ther Canaan parts since I thought I knew the twist (and I kinda did but kinda didn't) and didn't really appreciate them.

Everyone posted:

Well, there's always... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL9mlqbG5CU

Yes. I am an awful person who deserves to be punished.

Then so am I cause I laughed out loud.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2021 19:19

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Happy Landfill posted:

It's now 2022. Countdown to Nona time

I need more Gideon or Gideon-lke content to last until I get my pre-ordered copy.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2022 05:07

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Everyone posted:

The Ninth House is set in and around the modern 21st century Yale campus. The kicker is that the various secret societies (Skull and Bones, etc.) can do actual magic. Alex Sterns, after displaying a rare magical gift, has been recruited by the groups that attempts to police the societies to make sure they don't get too crazy.

I know I'm not really selling it well, but I love the Alex Sterns character, who isn't even a little bit of a "Mary Sue snowflake" or whatever.

Lol I just ordered a copy cause why not.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2022 22:56

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Everyone posted:

Try not to burn through it too quickly. It's another one kind of like Muir's series which will make you go "God-loving-Dammit when will the next in the series drop?!" But yeah, The Ninth House is some gooood book heroin.

My copy arrived, didn't realize I'd ordered the hardback. Hope it's good!

# ¿ Jan 4, 2022 20:10

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

The book is good enough that I read 140 pages in one day.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2022 16:52

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Everyone posted:

You might want to pace yourself a little. There's at best a hope that Bardugo might release a sequel in 2022, but it's not a very large hope.

Heh, same as it ever was.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 00:33

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Everyone posted:

I know this isn't really the thread for it, but I'd love it if you guys reading The Ninth House would post your impressions/comments about in spoiler space. I've been wanting other people to geek out with over this book for a while now.

Spoiler space?

Finished the book already. It's really good! Didn't get into my brain the way Gideon did, but few things ever did lol.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 20:07

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Yeah, Alex has had a hard life. She's a pretty great main character.

In a way, I feel like this a more honest Harry Potter. The british school system Rowlings idolized was built to turn kids into sociopaths for the Empire, especially the kind of posh institutions that served as inspirations for Hogwarts. Meanwhile this book realizes Yale is a place steeped in evil, with none of the societies really looking good at the end of the book. I appreciated the joke about Skulls and Bones having Geronimo's skull.

Ultimately, the least believable thing in the book isn't the magic but the existence of a good cop.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2022 16:32

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

If you've survived Homestuck (like Muir did), second-person narration won't phaze you.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2022 07:40

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Give us Nona soon.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2022 20:04

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I'm surprised there isn't a fanfic/fanventure of the Locked Tomb crew playing Sburb.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2022 01:01

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

90s Cringe Rock posted:

why do you think it's taking so long to get Nona out

Look, if someone uses the sentence "Mobius Double-Reacharound" to describe the game of body musical chairs...

# ¿ Jan 13, 2022 19:37

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Gideon could be Knight of Time, she already got the sunglasses.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2022 20:55

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

DreamingofRoses posted:

See, this didn�t spoil me because I�ve listened to so many audiobooks in series like Stephen Briggs reading all of PTerry�s stuff. I thought that was just the normal �flat� voice of the narrator, which is why it was the primary voice in Gideon�s book. I wasn�t blindsided when the reveal was made, but not from the voice, I think the penny dropped for me after the meeting with Sextus in the River

Yeah that's where I got it too.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2022 04:58

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I wish Muir would post her AU on AO3 under a pseudonym. I wanna read what she wrote!

MonsieurChoc fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Mar 31, 2022

# ¿ Mar 31, 2022 00:40

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Robo Reagan posted:

i just binged the hell out of GtN and HtN and my big takeaway is this is just warhammer 40k but with space lesbians instead of space marines

So, better.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2022 05:32

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Locked Tomb unfortunately does not have a Mechanicus though.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2022 16:32

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Happy Landfill posted:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Necromancer/Cavalier dynamic something Muir had originally come up with for a homestuck fanfic she wrote?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/335176/chapters/541856

I am evil.

# ¿ May 4, 2022 22:19

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Gideon isn't quite Dave, but they'd get along super well.

# ¿ May 21, 2022 04:33

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I'm guessing I should get around to reading Umineko at some point.

I got it on steam.

# ¿ May 24, 2022 02:09

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I read The Dawhounds cause Tamzyn recommended it and that was a pretty good waiting for Nona book.

Except now I also have to wait for that book�s sequel. gently caress.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2022 18:55

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Chernobyl Princess posted:

That's how they get you. You get addicted to that particular flavor of humor thinly coating a primal, human scream of sorrow and longing, and then you end up with a whole bookshelf full of New Zealand authors.

... Also if anything bad happens to Wajet in book two I will probably cry.

For me it�s the cat. Protect that cat.

�so what other New Zealander novels are good? Nona still isn�t out, I gotta cope.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2022 23:38

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

SurreptitiousMuffin posted:

yeah nah it's stink aye, we've got that oval office who wrote the dawnhounds and people take him seriously, you should see the bloody state

on a more serious note, I think both Taz and I write that veil of humour b/c we're roughly the same age and the NZ literary scene we grew up in was bleak. It was Owen Marshall and Kirsty Gunn. I remember seeing a movie in '04-'05 that ended with the protag laying her head down on the train tracks then slowly smiling as they began to vibrate. There was an Owen Marshall adaptation out just last year that's loving harrowing. We used to joke "it's not NZ lit until somebody drowns". I think there's a generation of writers who came up through that environment and also had a lot of trauma, and we couldn't keep reading poo poo that wallowed in it � there was a need, I think, to find meaning in those howls of pain, and often that involves kinda messy/vulnerable/human-ness, humour as veil and coping mechanism both, reminding us that we're human and stopping us from breaking down under relentless pressure and pain.

It�s the old adage: you laugh or you cry.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2022 05:28

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 12:12

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Wait, are you actually the author!?

# ¿ Jun 30, 2022 20:05

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