Intro :] (its a bit long...I don't expect you to read all of it..or any of it, just the last line :)

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

To begin with I'm totaly new to lj (posting journals and icons and cuts and whatnot) and honestly joined when I found this brilliant group! I read The Theif this summer. It was merely on accident. I arrived at the library just before it was closing and ran around grabbing anything that looked good, unfortunately you can't judge a book by it's cover and I was really unfortunate to have picked out a pile of books only to read them half-way. It was my little brother who checked out The Theif. I had just seen Half Blood Prince in theaters and was on a bit of a Harry potter withdrawal. To my luck I found The Theif, sitting on my desk. Apparently my brother had checked it out with no plans of reading it and left it on my desk.

I went into reading it with the most ridiculous expectations hoping that it would help me through my post-potter syndromes, by the cover it looked like an epic. I remember reading the first chapter expecting Gen to be amazing theif with seriousness and self respect...But he didn't. He bragged about his skills but as the magus had pointed out...he was still in jail. I found myself laughing out loud at his antics and becoming indignant on his behalf (whenever Ambidaes would insult him) But in the end it was true love.

I remember feeling nervous about Attolia in the Theif, I felt like she in and odd way fancied him, and I (like Eddis) became very protective of Gen. I wasn't sure about reading The Queen of Attolia, but in time, I couldn't stay away and I got The Queen and the King and read them in a span of two days. I was beyond love. I was obsessed. (which is a very happy place to be when it comes to this series) But it was a loney place to be. I immediately sent out an email to everyone I knew about the books. I got very few e-mails back and most of them were a long the lines of 'oh okay, Elle maybe I will but have you seen the new TWILIGHT trailer?' I have nothing against Twilight..its just...well, I can hardly see how sparkly vampires can possibly compare to a one handed EX-theif of Eddis King of Attolia, and well...let's just leave it at that.

I had begun to get very lonely. Then I began my internet searches, overly suprised at how under-rated these AMAZING books are. I mean I love Harry Potter, but Megan's books command respect on a whole new level. And then one lovely, golden, sun-lit afternoon I found Sounis. With amazing people that were just as dedicated to the books as the books deserve. I rummaged through the archives and found lovely discussions that quelled the burning questions I had, why did Gen says such, and what was the meaning of this scene..etc. I even found lovely renditions of the King's Wedding Night. And to my great delight I found that the goddess herself, MWT comments from time to time. (Though I wasn't able to find any fan letters :[ )

This site is without a doubt a precious treasure for any stray QT fan, such as myself. You guys are awesome. :] So thanks so much for...existing? hehe, yeah that sounds about right :]

Elle W <3

Comments

[queens-thief.livejournal.com]

Your intro just made my night. I love, love that you found Thief by accident. It was just meant to be, huh? And thank goodnes for Potter withdrawls and the (past) impatient waitng inbetween books! I found amazing books because of those withdrawals.
I am also very new to Livejournal! So maybe we can figure all this out together?
I also loved to hear your reactions to the books. I read them so long ago I only remember my emotions rather than specific responses. So I love hearing yours! It brings it all back.
And yeah I thought Attolia fancied Gen a bit as well, although more as a tool than a person right then.
I hope you convert some of those friends! Maybe after the Twilight fever has died down?
It feels odd to say welcome when I just joined yesterday, but WELCOME!

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was so meant to be!! <> I'm glad it was able to make your day!! That makes me happy :]
I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only new one! This lj business is confusing and I'm suppose to be 'of the computer generation'but it's less threatening to know you have a buddy to figure it out with :]

As a tool, yes, I knew she was dangerous, but I think it was the bit about describing her as 'beautiful' I couldn't help but feel like there was more emotion there [besides the goddess I think she's the only one described as such] and that's probably why I was a bit afraid to read QoA. With Gen, you never know what to expect! I kept thinking 'how could he possibly love her...' I think he even suggested to the magus to have Sounis marry Attolia but then KoA..what an eye opener!

I think I'm going to make a new post with A BUNCHES of Questions I have milling around in my head..if you have any I'll be sure to include them! :D

Elle