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Arcturus after Paige destroys another historical landmark:

#when the ship is criminal and their apologist>>>>#the bone season #paige mahoney #arcturus mesarthim #samantha shannon #the mime order #the song rising #the mask falling #the dark mirror

strandedinscion

if samantha shannon has a million fans, then i am one of them. if samantha shannon has ten fans, then i am one of them. if samantha shannon has only one fan then that is me. if samantha shannon has no fans, then that means i am no longer on earth. if the world is against samantha shannon, then i am against the world.

winter-wise

Something I appreciate about Samantha Shannon's writing is that she can write a character who is a bad person, but will also not shy away from the fact that they did absolutely not deserve what happened to them.

Jaxon Hall is a despicable, awful person. I won't list out every awful thing he did here because it would take too long. However he did not deserve what was done to him at Sheol I, and Shannon makes clear that trauma has left his mark on him (decades of substance abuse which worsens after he resumes communication with his abusers).

Similarly, Galian Berethnet... sucked. He was colonialist, he was trying to literally set himself up as the head of a religion and get everyone else to join in with agreeing that he was spirituality's specialest guy. But he absolutely did not deserve what Kalyba did to him after she shapeshifted into Cleolind. And again, Shannon doesn't shy away from the immense trauma of Galian finding out about his sexual assault. He has every image of Kalyba destroyed and then hangs himself. Was he a good person? Categorically not. If I met him I would not be able to stand the man. Did he deserve what happened to him? Not one bit. Nobody ever would.

Sometimes one of the worst people you will ever meet will have unimaginable trauma. And the trauma won't be the reason why they're a terrible person, and the trauma won't be the result of their own actions, and it won't even mean that they won't stop hurting other people. But the trauma will be there.

#this is not a priory quote #kalyba #canthe #tpotot #the priory of the orange tree #galian berethnet #this is not a bone season quote #jaxon hall #the bone season #tbs #the mime order #tmo #the mask falling #tmf #the song rising #tsr #the dark mirror #tdm #text post

cosmic-wastelander

When I FUCKING GET YOU JAXON MF HALL

(I finished Mime Order and read the prelude of Song Rising, I am in your walls Samantha)

#I’m handing this very well as you can see #the bone season #the mime order #Samantha Shannon #bookblr #the bone season spoilers

thehappinesstheory

wanted to post the finished product for the Dark Mirror release but the current date and the state of this WIP explains why that didn’t happen.

Anyways, happy belated release to the newest novel of my favourite series

#the bone season #tbs #paige mahoney #the mime order #the mask falling #the song rising #the dark mirror #samantha shannon #Happinessdraws

tbs-my-love

When Paige finds Arcturus in Camden, one of the first thing she says to him is “Warden, who did this to you.” — (The Mime Order, Ch 13) I like to imagine she says this in the same way a love interest would in those dark romance novels lol

Once again, Samantha Shannon, master of taking a trope and flipping it on its head 💀

#samantha shannon #tbs-talk #the bone season #paige mahoney #arcturus mesarthim #the mime order

ravenluckarts

I spent the last few weeks binging all of the Bone Season books and had to express it somehow so have a bunch of doodles of Paige (and Arcturus) from each book put together. I really love them as characters and the growth Paige especially goes through

#seriously this series has me in a grippp #the bone season #the mime order #the song rising #the mask falling #ALSO THAT ENDING TO THE MASK FALLING! I am not sure how to cope until the next book comes out in February #my art #fanart #drawing #art #doodle

sshannonauthor

Hi, Tumblr:

The Dark Mirror, the fifth book in the Bone Season series, is coming on 25 February 2025. If you pre-order from the US, the UK or Canada before that date, you can claim a gorgeous 6x9" print by artist Erica Chan.

All retailers are eligible, including special editions. All you have to do is upload your receipt here.

I had a clear vision of this art in my head, and Erica captured it so beautifully. Some details ...

• Paige is holding white aster, the flower of forgetting • Her necklace is inspired by the Petelia Gold Tablet • She’s in free-world gear while Jaxon is still dressed like he’s in the middle of London, naturally • We went back and forth multiple times to ensure Jaxon had precisely the right amount of smirk • Most importantly, Paige hair colour reveal – she’s gone dark blonde for this instalment.

#the bone season #samantha shannon #the dark mirror #the priory of the orange tree #a day of fallen night #the mask falling #the song rising #the mime order