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saintlygames · 6 months

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1883.

They haven't left my brain for years and I don't think they're going to anytime soon.

#the watchmaker of filigree street #twofs #the lost future of pepperharrow #thaniel steepleton #keita mori #grace carrow #fanart #book cover #natasha pulley

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elkleggs · 1 month

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I’ve been trying to draw this bloody little watchmaker for years. For anyone who’s read Natasha Pulley’s Watchmaker of Filigree Street, I hope you recognise this as the precise moment Thaniel decides what to do on his wedding night✨

I can’t recommend these novels enough. They’re fucking magic.

#keita mori #thaniel steepleton #natasha pulley #watchmaker of filigree street #the lost future of pepperharrow #illustration #my art #digital art #lgbtq books #lgbt art

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theygotlost · 2 months

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I THINK I HAUVE TUBERCULOSIS

#the watchmaker of filigree street #natasha pulley #thaniel steepleton #keita mori #mine #okay 💕 yay 💕

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mandolinearts · 10 months

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don't forget the umbrella, thaniel. there will be a rainstorm in the afternoon.

#the watchmaker of filigree street #the lost future of pepperharrow #thaniel steepleton #keita mori #natasha pulley #pulleyverse #my art #hhhh they #it's my weird book obsession and i get to choose the soundtrack

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queer-book-character-tournament · 1 year

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Book names + authors under the cut

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard- All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

Maud Blyth/Violet Debenham- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Thaniel Steepleton/Keita Mori- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Scarlett Clark/Mina Pierce- They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

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aurorawest · 5 months

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'They had lived together for three years and never once had Mori knocked on Thaniel's door. It was always the other way around, and Thaniel agonised before he did. He was never sure he was welcome. Mori let him in, always, but Mori was Mori; he wasn't English, wasn't a Christian, had grown up in a place where a knock on the door between friends was unremarkable. It didn't mean he was in love, only that he was being polite. Thaniel didn't dare ask him which it was. It was cowardly, but if he didn't know, he could live hoping.'

'Mori kissed his forehead. Thaniel bumped forward against his chest and felt safe again, but ashamed too. It had been the sort of kiss you might give to a child that had got itself flustered about a spider.'

(The Eel Singers, Natasha Pulley)

Thaniel "I can't breathe when you're not here" Steepleton being terrifically stupid.

#the eel singers #natasha pulley #thaniel steepleton #keita mori #the watchmaker of filigree street #the lost future of pepperharrow

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sunsetxxlover · 7 months

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Just a lovely little photo of one of my favorite books EVER.

#the lost future of pepperharrow #the watchmaker of filigree street #mine #natasha pulley #keita mori #thaniel steepleton #IM UPSEEEEET THEYRE EVERYTHING TO ME???

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msunitedstatesjames · 27 days

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Every Natasha Pulley book ever:

Bulky Man is unintentionally bulky, he's just sort of stronger than everyone because that's the nature of his life. Everyone assumes Bulky Man is violent because of his girth, but he actually hates violence and is really just the nicest little dude inside.

Fragile Dude is little and/or easily breakable. Fragile Dude is brilliant and/or powerful. He too is pretty nice, but he's probably had to use his intellect and/or power to commit some kind of atrocity in the past that he will be attempting to keep secret over the course of the story. This will be revealed 3/4 of the way through the book, but the circumstances surrounding the atrocity will be so horrible that everyone will agree it was probably justified.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are both dissatisfied with their lives to some extent.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude meet through a series of unlikely and often unfortunate events.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are forced to work together in some capacity.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are both a little bit afraid of the other, but there's also some quality that they really like or respect in the other nonetheless.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude continue to work together, but now they're starting to reluctantly take a liking to the other. Neither of them realize that the other actually likes them though.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude have had to help each other out of some sticky situations by now. They're clearly head over heels in love these days, but circumstance and/or society is keeping them from acknowledging it. People have started to hint to Bulky Man that Fragile Dude is actually super shady, so you better watch your back. Bulky Man doesn't really care that much at this point, but he's like, I guess I better look into these accusations.

(Some kind of cute but unusually intelligent animal is usually involved with the plot and/or their relationship by this point. Also, there's at least one loveable child character that usually helps the characters bond.)

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude have a nice, cheerful break from all of the traumatic events they've been experiencing, which inevitably ends in a romantic encounter.

Because of communication issues or societal issues, both chraracters still don't actually believe the other character loves them, and they both act like it was just a one off thing and an accident and that everything is totally fine.

Things are awkward between Bulky Man and Fragile Dude, but the traumatic events have really fired up again so they still have to work together. Plus, they're both just that desperate to be together, even though they think the other character hates them now.

Bulky Man finds out Fragile Dude's secret, but usually he doesn't get it quite right or he's missing some essential information. Bulky Man is temporarily horrified of Fragile Dude. Bulky Man chides himself for being so desperate for affection that he fell in love with some kind of psycho.

At this point, either Bulky Man makes a stupid mistake while being horrified or circumstances just happen to suddenly get a lot worse or both. Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are physically separated, often by force and some kind of authority. At some point in here, Bulky Man realizes he was wrong about Fragile Dude.

A slapdash plot is hatched to save the stolen love interest. Usually Bulky Man has to save Fragile Dude, but occassionally the script is flipped.

Ultimately, the stolen love interest is rescued, though it was a real close thing at some point. The Day is saved, usually through murder/s, caused by a combination of Bulky Man reluctantly bashing some heads in and Fragile Dude using his wits and/or power to get the right people killed. Often, our protagonists are then forced to straight up run away from the Bad Times, leaving their lives and families behind. (The loveable child from earlier will either be tragically left behind or adopted by the now happy couple.)

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are a little bit sad at the things they've lost along the way, but mostly they're going to live happily ever after.

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do-you-ship-it-polls · 11 days

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Do you ship it?

#the watchmaker of filigree street #keita mori #thaniel steepleton #poll #polls #fandom polls #shipping #bookblr #booklr #books #april polls

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amorseart · 11 months

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In honour of a certain clairvoyant’s birthday 🐙

Morse code jewellery inspired by The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Lost Future of Pepperharrow.

Bonus for everyone who, like me, would die for Six because they were Six:

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shadesofblue7 · 9 months

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Natasha Pulley, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow

(top to bottom) pg. 39, pg. 69, pg. 82, pg. 109, pg. 155, pg. 155, pg. 155, pg. 157, pg. 183, pg. 187

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saintlygames · 11 months

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the boys (they're very in love, but are afraid to say it)

#the watchmaker of filigree street #the lost future of pepperharrow #thaniel steepleton #keita mori #natasha pulley #fanart

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teatimereads · 8 months

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i’ve just started reading ‘the watchmaker of filigree street’ and it’s one of my favorite books, but for different reasons than one might think

my favorite part of the book has to be the writing; pulley uses such beautiful prose that i’m enrapture despite the slow moving plot and unremarkable characters. there are so many small details scattered throughout the novel that make for a fascinating read, like the yellow stairs and brown piano notes (my only complaint being i wish sounds were given colors more often)

as a historical novel, the atmosphere feels very comforting and calming, and combined with the slow moving plot, slow burn, steampunk elements, and two passive main characters, this is definitely a ‘for vibes’ book

i think that’s why i love it so much. because it’s not overly complex, action packed, or plot heavy i can just sit back and take my time reading. it’s a book where the magic lies in the small details, the slow pacing, and sudden realizations that those insignificant details mean so much more than you thought

“someone had put a penny on his chest every hours since november, and now the weight of a thousand pennies had lifted at once”

“he could see it as clearly as memory, as if he had missed it so closely that his mind had strayed down the wrong arm of time and had yet to come back”

“his thoughts were starting to take on a strange ring: they had shrunk from their usual size and now the ordinary attic that was his ordinary mind looked like a cathedral at night, with endless galleries and rafters lost in the dark and nothing but the echoes to show where they were”

“he held his thoughts very still, and eased open an imagining of what it would be if mori were telling the truth”

#the watchmaker of filigree street #steampunk #slow burn #lgbtq #book review #thaniel steepleton #keita mori #dark academia

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noisycomet · 11 months

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Happy birthday Mr.Mori. I hope you get to spend a nice evening with your tenant that got away early from a dinner party (with some music) and that you get surprised by a bottle of wine and some blue cake. May you two drink a bit too much and embarrass yourselves and may no scientist winning at the roulette get in your way

#still thinking about what they could have had #(they did get it bur like #it could have been a way smoother ride)#the watchmaker of filigree street #keita mori #twofs #thaniel steepleton

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mandolinearts · 6 months

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cast of the watchmaker of filigree street and the lost future of pepperharrow. I'm not over those books btw 👍

#my art #the watchmaker of filigree street #the lost future of pepperharrow #keita mori #thaniel steepleton #takiko pepperharrow #grace carrow

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queer-book-character-tournament · 2 months

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Thaniel Steepleton- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Iäna Pel-Thenhior- The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Murderbot- The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Vanyel Ashkevron- The Last Herald-Mage Series by Mercedes Lackey

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