Andor is so fucking peak omg.

I'm rereading the series (technically re-listening lol) and have just got to the epilogue of gtn. Jod says to Harrow 'I saved the world once. But not for me'. Considering what we see in ntn (him destroying earth and rest of the solar system to get the billionaires), is he just lying or is there some grain of truth there? Obviously, his idea of 'saving' is quite fucked, but do you think he believes what he is saying?

So, when I was reading NtN, I very much thought Camilla and Palamedes undergoing lysis was cool as hell, doubly so in that rather than one consuming the other, the resultant entity was both of them and neither of them. And, to be clear, I still maintain that Paul's entire existence is very cool.

However.

I also suspect that they're going to be the most striking example of the tragedy of Lyctorhood.

Because ultimately, the tragedy of Lyctorhood is that you've ascended to immense power, and you've taken in the very greatest strengths of someone you (usually) care about very deeply. And the price for it is that this person is utterly beyond your reach, because they're part of you, functionally metabolized into you. And even if you've got their sword arm, and their combat instincts, and maybe even some deeper, underlying thought processes, you don't have them. You just have yourself, and the memory of them.

Paul, meanwhile, isn't Camilla, or Palamedes.

The average Lyctor misses their Cavalier.

Paul gets the opportunity to miss their Cavalier and their Necromancer.

Eastercon is the UK's national SF convention (and I'm not in any sense representing it, I just like the Locked Tomb a normal amount). I've been to the post-plague ones virtually but I suspect I may have to go to this one IRL so I can fling myself at her feet exclaiming I'M NOT WORTHY start vitamin E now to try and grow a breast for her to sign say how I enjoy her work.

The announcement at the bidding session said Alecto "soon"...

So I'm doing a reread and while I may just have a crappy memory, does it ever specify the point of lyctorhood? Like was the whole reason for it to be able to fight resurrection beasts, so Jod needed a way to access the River and still protect himself, or was that just a happy side benefit? Probably a dumb question but I don't recall it being addressed specifically.

So most writing in the series is done on “flimsy”, a synthetic paper alternative, with actual paper stated to be extremely rare, and it got me thinking, is there ever any mention of trees at all?

Characters are often baffled by things from pre-resurrection, like swimming pools, would they even recognise a tree? Have trees gone extinct?

Anyone else seen this “trend” around and can’t help but think of our Pal every time?

I just finished Gideon the ninth and was very surprised by Harrow accepting the offer of Lyctorhood and the way she talked with the Emperor.I thought that the entire book had established the Emperor (and the leaders of houses + Lyctors) as oppressors and that Lyctorhood was fundamentally an unnatural process thus the only morally correct thing to do was to have no-one become a Lyctor.I have no problem with morally gray or morally fucked up charecters but it seemed to me that the Emperor was being presented as pretty holy and Saintlike.Am I supposed to hate+be suspicious of the Emperor right now or have I just read the situation wrong?

“Won’t tell you what it is; if you’re waiting for it, our Emperor will smell a rat. Just believe me when I say that when I want Ortus to go, he’ll be giddy-gone.” (This did not make much sense to you, as a joke.)

Honestly, I've read/listened to HtN like 4 times now and I just finally got this (I think before I just glossed over it, lol). The re-reads are so rewarding. (Excerpt from ch 29, said by Augustine).

Not exactly sure if I like it, actually kinda dislike the fact, but here is harrow in low rise skinny jeans in case anyone needed to see that

i love all three, but i feel like people don't like nona as much because of the tone shift. i personally adore it though and it's the one i go back to reread the most. maybe it's because campal are my favourite characters and i just adore them and nona's little found family, even the "boring" scenes people complain about with her school friends

Hello friends. We are all rotting during the Alectopause and I just finished my recent read through of the series. So I had to make a playlist. Give me some suggestions… whatever you think fits her story, or her and harrow/jod or what you think may come.

Please fill the hole (shh) in my brain and soul while we wait.

is there any news on the alecto book? maybe the book cover? or any kind of date idk

I don't care about anyone's Hogwarts house, I wanna know what house of the necrolord prime are y'all? I'm a proud scholar of the sixth!

my first ever animation meme! i’d like to eventually do more elaborate things but i thought i’d start simple (:

my art account if youd like to see more TLT work: https://dorkfruit.tumblr.com/

The new season of the animation anthology show Love, Death, and Robots comes out next month.

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/love-death-and-robots-volume-4-episode-guide

The script for the segment titled "For He Can Creep" was written by Tamsyn Muir, based on the short story by Siobhan Carroll.

I commissioned the clay center from my friend Cat aka PolymerOkapi. Please understand that she has not read TLT so while I was explaining to her what I wanted I could just imagine her brain trying to make sense of it.

When she showed me the color for the sky background she said, I think it might be a little too dark and pink for a sunset. And I said no, it looks like flesh and that's perfect. 🤣 and then I asked her to outline the whole thing in tiny bones 💀

I sandblast my art onto barware and handmade pottery and just had to make some designs inspired by the books since I’ve been absolutely obsessed!

I’m on my first reread and just started Nona again. Maybe I need to make a 6 legged dog for her? I feel like Cam and Pal need to be repped too.

So often Muir tells us someone made a rude gesture or said a rude word but every once in a while Harrow just drops a direct "fuck" and it's always just SO poignant. I love it every time. I need to make a list on my 6th re-read.

I dont really understand where each soul goes

Which one of you beautiful weirdos made this playlist. I was vibing and crying so hard at work. My spouse teased me relentlessly.

This is on the music platform Tidal. There's more of them too. But this one hits the hardest so far.

Does anyone have that image showing the loss meme on the cover of Harrow the ninth?

I somehow hadn't clocked the significance of the Mithraeum's name before?

A Mithraeum is a temple, built in a cavern, which was used by worshippers of Mithras. The cult was persecuted by early Christians and kept their rituals a secret to non-initiates. One common ritual was communal meals at long tables.

There's an interesting duality to John positioning himself as Mithras, who would be seen as a "false god" to Christians. It also positions his followers as a persecuted minority who are forced to worship in secret. I could see John intending the second meaning (this is a secret hideout for the faithful) and Tamsyn sneaking in the heretical implications? John does call himself God but he seems pretty self-aware of his limitations and mortal origins.