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… and the Black Prince went to the Bluejay’s side and felt that the words were like a shield for them, the words sung quietly up and down the country… all about the White Hand and the Black Hand of Justice.
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Bluejay!Mo things I love:
- he’s known as a formidable fighter and killer but simultaneously for being soft-hearted and innocent, what a weird interesting dissonance
- high-minded and selfless but not a goody two-shoes which is refreshing, esp for a father figure - reckless, obstinate, sometimes violent and temperamental
- he has the magical ability to function on basically no sleep, his physical endurance must be insane
- his habit of drawing his sword “very slowly", idk that’s just cool
- he’s not comfortable hogging credit from anyone that’s helped out
- he immediately became besties with the Black Prince, the Best Robber
- everyone making him flash his arm scar like it’s photo ID
- how fuckin angry he gets re: assholes like Orpheus, Snapper, Sootbird, etc and “minor” cruelties like the pillories or the Adder killing fairies and bookbinders
- his bloodlust is intense and scary
- him realizing he’s actually not humble or servile at all
- his sign is a pen AND a sword
- how hilariously little self-preservation he has if there’s books or children on the line, then is immediately like ”I immensely regret this”
- Death and the White Women know him personally wtf that is so metal
- ~soulmates~ with Dustfinger
- he’s just badass as fuck, and the all-black outfit + blue jay feathers aesthetic is really something
Bluejay!Mo thing I don’t love:
- I know the shit he’s going through is unreal but please be kinder to Resa :(
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we talk a lot about Mo being the Bluejay and fulfilling his role and saving people as a #vigilante, which is very fair and valid because he did a lot of good, but can we recognize that Black Prince’s role in the creation of the legend, and the original fulfillment of the responsibility the Bluejay is supposed to undertake?
Inkspell has the Black Prince admit to someone else (I forgot who) that he and some of his other men often wore the mask themselves when doing secret missions undermining the Adderhead’s men, like stealing back goods for the people, and that almost all of the reported sightings of the Bluejay, which convinced people he was real in the first place, was actually them
and I love Mo, and I love the poeticism of him becoming the role that was written for him, unwillingly, because he was in a tragic story that needed a hero so badly it forced him to become one, but like
the work of the Bluejay really, really fucks Mo up. he’s super traumatized by the necessity of killing and violence one has to commit to to actually protect these people in the Inkworld. and while I love the concept of “gentle, passive, nearly pacifistic man takes up arms to defend against an evil corrupt oppressive regime”, and I know the nature of Mo’s trauma is on purpose, that’s kind of the whole POINT to the themes of Inkdeath, that the things that make stories so good are not actually fun or adventurous in real life, they are a tragedy, and good people are forced into doing ugly, messy things they never should have been made to, and the reality of oppression and murder is dark and horrifying and the ways people have to struggle to survive are not easy or clean. that’s the whole POINT of Mo’s arc in Inkdeath, I know, and it’s BEAUTIFUL, bUT IT STILL SUPER MESSES WITH HIM AND THAT MAKES ME SAD
and you know who DOESN’T struggle with the role of the Bluejay??? THE BLACK PRINCE. he’s been out here since day 1 since Fenoglio started writing those ballads, taking on the role to disguise himself and his people while fighting for the citizens of the Inkworld. Fenoglio may have written the stories, but the Prince and his men made it the legend.
Mo is an excellent example of the tragic and reluctant hero trope, but the Prince is a PEAK Robin Hood figure, and if given the choice between very beautiful and sad story vs. iconic and cool story……………I have…………………. to pick the version…………………… where everyone is happy and the vigilante hero is someone with style™ who happily taunts the bad guys with witty retorts™
I don’t think I really have a point, this is just a long rambly post about how Bluejay!Black Prince deserves more love and respect, and Mo deserves a nap instead of these huge burdens, and in the AU where Inkheart isn’t so realistically tragic, they both get that
YES!!!! THIS!!! Gosh, he's so wonderful, great, amazing and why isn't everyone talking about him???
He deserves more appreciation and love and HAPPINESS, looking at you Fenoglio!!! 😡
#I love your tags from the rereading stuff😂😂😂#I'm most of the time like: yes same thought that too!!!!#I always thought that Baptistas comment was more sarcastically#Like oh all heroes (have to/are described to) look the same same hair color same skin no exceptions 🙄 and whatever means golden hair🤷🏻♀️#Don't know 🤔🤷🏻♀️#I always thought they have a (aaah English) teasing?? friendship - like they banter a bit (is that the word im confused English isn't mine)#Aaahhh the black prince 💓💓💓#best character ever#Okay😅😅😅 that's just my opinion 😅😅😅#the black prince#someone write the fic where the black prince enters an argentan knife throwing contest and splits someone else's (the piper's? firefox's?)#Yes😂😂😂#Like the Disney movie😂😂😂#inkheart#inkheart trilogy#the bluejay#inkspell#inkdeath#mo folchart
Anonymous asked:
Meggie, Mo, and the Bluejay for the Inkheart Asks pls?
Thank you for the asks 😊
Meggie: Who are your top 3 favorite characters?
The Black Prince, Baptista and either Meggie or Elinor🤔🤔
Mo: What is your favorite part in the books?
Beware, SPOILERS!!
My favorite part is in Inkdeath the when they have to flee the Milksop and go to the Tree with the Human Nests ♥♥
Especially when the Giant comes to their rescue…. So beautiful!!! (Even with all the dangerous stuff happening)
The Bluejay: What is your favorite quote?
As said in my answer to softabomination, I can’t decide on one quote so I will answer this time with another quote than the one I gave previously 😇
Here it is, Baptista introducing us (the reader) to the Bluejay in the Secret Camp (chapter 14 of Inkspell - again):
“The songs give a detailed description of him, though.”, Sootbird gave Fenoglio a searching look. “So they do!”, Baptista leaped to his feet, put his hand to his shabby belt as if he wore a sword there, and peered around as if looking for an enemy. “He’s said to be tall. That’s no surprise. Heroes usually are.”, Baptista began prowling up and down on tiptoe. “His hair,”, he said, stroking his own head, “is dark, dark as moleskin, if were to believe the songs. Now, that’s unusual. Most heroes have golden hair, whatever you take golden hair to look like. We know nothing about his origins, but one thing’s for sure”, and here Baptista assumed a haughty expression, “none but the purest princely blood flows in his veins. How else would he be so brave and noble?” “No, you’re wrong there!”, Fenoglio interrupted him. “The Bluejay is a man of the people. What kind of a robber gets born in a castle?”. “You heard the poet!”, Baptista looked as if he were wiping the haughtiness right away from his brow with his hand. The other men laughed. “So lets get to the face behind the feathered mask.”, Baptista ran his fingers over his own ruined face. “Of course hes handsome and distinguished and pale as ivory! The songs don’t say so, but we know that a heros skin is pale. With due respect, Your Highness!”, he added, bowing mockingly to the Black Prince. “Oh, don’t mind me! I’ve no objection!”, was all the Prince said, his expression unchanged.
And another quote that I love very much (that I have to add because I really can’t decide - sorry not sorry🙃). It’s from a later point in Inkdeath - so I should probably warn you that this could include some kind of SPOILERS:
“The White Women leave silence behind them, Prince, not words.“ "Silence?”, the Black Prince laughed, and embraced him. “What are you talking about? They’ve left joy behind, pure joy! And hope, hope again at last! I feel younger than I’ve felt for years! As if I could tear up trees by the rootswell, maybe not that beech, but many others. By this evening, everyone will be singing that the Bluejay fears Death so little that he seeks it out, and the Piper will tear the silver nose off his face in a rage…”
Thank you again for the asks^^
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Elinor & The Bluejay, asking as someone completely alien to the fandom
Thank you for the ask 😊
Elinor: What made you pick up Inkheart?
Uff, difficult. That’s like 5000 years ago 😉
I got the first book as a gift and it looked beautiful and interesting. I mean, just look at this beautiful cover:
😍😍😍
And the first few pages are captivating (just as the rest ofc) so when I started reading, I was lost 😊
If you like books that have both elements of the real world and a fantasy world, good child-parent relationships, villians that are interesting, darker themes w/o becoming an overall sad story, emotional parts that make you laugh, cry and cry w laughter, lots and lots of wonderful ♥ characters that you’re going to learn about through the 3-book series (and there’s said to be another book soon - so more to look forward to) then the Inkworld series might be something for you (the books are called “Inkheart” (Tintenherz), “Inkspell” (for some ineffable reasons they changed Tintenblut - Inkblood to Inkspell) and “Inkdeath” (Tintentod)) 💕💕
The Bluejay: What is your favorite quote?
Um...my favorite quote...hmm.. I’d say every quote with the Black Prince and his bear♥ (well except some in Inkdeath...with some red berries...SPOILER) 😉 but which of them do I like the most?????🤔
Hmmm...(btw, thanks to your ask I found a continuity mistake in my current Inkworld-WIP🙃, so thank you^^). Okay, after rereading bits of the books I’d say my favorite quote is the indroduction of the Black Prince (chapter 14 of Inkspell):
The Black Prince was not alone. Of course not; his bear was with him, as usual. He was crouching by the fire behind his master, like a shaggy shadow. Fenoglio still remembered the words he had used when he first created the Prince at the very beginning of Inkheart. He recited them quietly to himself as he approached him: An orphan boy with skin almost as black as his curly hair, as quick with his knife as his tongue, always ready to protect those he loved - his two younger sisters, a maltreated bear, or his best friend, his very best friend, Dustfinger [...]
(okay, tbh I still can’t decide which of the quotes I found (including the one above) is my favorite but someone else asked me the same question so I can therefore decide on another quote for their answer 😬😇)
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