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~Infodump free space~

Ok I felt SO MUCH PRESSURE to try and figure out the perfect infodump (purely pressure that I have put on myself) that I procrastinated writing this and then I tried to write out what I wanted to talk about but I was foolishly wrote it on my phone and accidentally hit a spot I wasn’t supposed to on my browser and magically everything I wrote disappeared so LETS DO THIS AGAIN round two (drafted in my phone memos)

Allow me to get up on stage and say “please read The Locked Tomb Series by Tamysn Muir”. I literally don’t know anyone that is up to date on the series and I love it a lot 😭 the series is so interesting and funny and silly and devastating, the themes of love and the relationships that we treasure and are burdened with are big parts of the story. If you like stories about supporting women’s wrongs THIS IS THE BOOK. I went into the first book without knowing anything about the story aside from the blurb describing it as “lesbian necromancers in a haunted house in space” and you know, they weren’t wrong. But the story is so good and the narrator between each book shifts in a way that’s unique and engaging and makes you think “what the fuck is going on” PLUS the world building is so interesting. On top of all that I feel like modern day internet culture is intrinsically tied to the way the book is written which I think is silly (we’re talking references to internet memes, streaming, coffee shop AU fics, you name it). Whenever I think about people in the future probably needing a pop culture historian in memes I think “lol this book is totally gonna end up on some future version of sparknotes where they have little tabs that explain each meme” and the idea of having to translate memes that are no longer relevant is ALSO silly. Plus I feel like in general if you don’t get all the memes referenced it doesn’t hurt your ability to understand what’s going on, but if you DO get the reference it’s like finding a little Easter egg.

So really the series is just queer necromancers in space with spooky shit, environmentalism (did I mention there are big things about modern day environmentalism and classism? There are), silly jokes, emotional themes that COULD make you cry (but don’t take my word on it, I’m a cancer sun and I cry all the time) amazing characters and also I think a cult too??? Maybe more than one??? There is so much it’s all good thank you for coming to my Ted Talk now I have to get back to work and stop writing about queer sci-fi fantasy fiction


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I literally listened to this on look for the second half of the first book because I found it around that time and I feel like the track Libertango specifically just absolutely mwa mwa matches the vibes


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Ahhhh god thank you for this push, for some reason I'm halfway through the second one and LOVING IT but I keep putting it down???? WILL JUST FINISH IT, after I finish rereading a darker shade of magic which is so good!!!

I read the first one when it came out I think and it just popped into my head again recently and the reread is great, and I'm so excited to read the completed series!! Awesome I'm so glad you recc it too!!!!

YES they’re all fun and goofy and heartbreaking in equal capacity I can’t wait for you to get caught up! Alecto the Ninth is going to be the last book in the series and hopefully it should be coming out soon but I don’t know when and also I’m too lazy to check LOL

Arent they so good 😭😭 apparently the short story that’s going to be in the paperback for Nona is gonna be a story from Palamedes point of view and I’m mentally struggling with either waiting until it’s posted online or just buying the paperback so I can read it right away

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I need to finish Nona... I'm like, I want to say, 1/3rd through. And I just got so attached to the found family dynamics that I know are not going to last and it is going to kill me. And if I just never finish the book then nothing bad ever happens to the characters, right??? That's how it works!!!!