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My problem (or rather, the complete lack thereof) was not that over the years he had taken several significant steps, as a magician, to equalise our relationship. It was not his perpetually clumsy manner of joking, nor did it have anything to do with his futile attempts at indistinct apologies and forced expressions of gratitude. It was not his crooked smiles, which for some reason always twitched at the left corner of his lips, nor even in his habit of falling asleep well after midnight, his head bowed on the surface of the wooden table, that wooden table on which he worked until his fingers were covered with small bruises where he held his ballpoint pen.
It was that instead of looking at him, as only the worst traitor of their kind would do, I rather looked through him. There was something fundamentally strange about the mere existence of the human body. The concept was so distant from me, buried deep in the indistinguishable connections of bones and tangled pathways of neurons, that it became harder for me to understand when it became so close to me.
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The concept of looking at someone you once shared a body with from an outside perspective can feel rather strange.
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This commitment to change is chosen.
It happens by mutual agreement.-bell hooks
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When This House Don't Feel Like Home by ComeHady for NariNick
Fandoms: Bartimaeus - Jonathan Stroud
18 Aug 2025
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"Does it hurt?"
As if in slow motion in an old film, she watched Bartimaeus stop, turning to her with the clearest emotion of unfiltered perplexity that she knew not only in a human being, but in anyone.
His body froze in the middle of an unfinished step, his eyebrows raised slightly, his lips pressed into a thin line. Kitty had forgotten that Bartimaeus didn't need to blink — he had only done so to imitate something human, something far from his own nature. He lost such small details very quickly, but rarely for long. Unless he wanted to scare her, and something intuitive told her that this was not the case.
"What?" The voice with which he uttered this did not seem angry, shocked, or sad to her. In fact, it sounded like complete and utter emptiness, and if Kitty didn't know him better, she would already be taming the goosebumps on her skin.
"Your side," she explained, stopping at the top of the stairs. "Does it hurt?"
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Kitty is lost in search for freedom in a world that doesn't allow it, the thing Bartimaeus is really familiar with.
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Mischievous Spirits by Nevigatore
Fandoms: Bartimaeus - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
18 May 2025
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Then I felt a shift.
I couldn’t say what it was or where it came from, but it was massive.
And I was in the middle of it.
How typical.Bartimaeus goes from London to London. It doesn't seem that problematic at first.
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I tilted my head, and the reflection repeated my movement in synchronous unison, not a moment behind. Something inside me clenched, tied in an unpleasant, tight knot somewhere in my stomach, and then sent a deceptive tingle across my skin. I went forward, a step or two closer, looking at the unnatural fade of the colours, the pervasive absence of any shades. The complete dominance of painful, all-absorbing order in every tiny detail, down to the symmetry of the threads of the shaggy fabric, the even prints on my fingertips.
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— Якась це дурня, — смаглявий хлопець, риси обличчя якого застаріли років так на кілька тисяч, і для знавців видались би подібними до шумерських, несхвально трусонув брунатними кучерями. — Хіба ці кволі язички скидаються на справжній вогонь? Аж ніяк. Тріскотіння очевидно штучне. Я навіть бачу, де обрізається ця дешева голограма! Якщо спитаєш мене, то природне полум'я має виглядати так, — юнак підняв руку до обличчя, і з долоні вистрибнув та затримався невеличкий вогник, що освітив очевидно задоволену й гордовиту усмішку.
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A decade after the events of Ptolemy’s Gate, Kitty summons Bartimaeus.
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Several years after the London Rebellion, Kitty Jones summons a being from her past, seeking closure.
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“Do you think that this is a good way of dealing with grief, Kitty?”
“Says the guy who is still walking around in the image of his ex after two millennia.” she countered.
“Fair.” I said.Kitty summons Bartimeaus with very improper motives.
They deal with their grief for Nathaniel in the only way they can think of...
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A glimpse into a world in which the characters do meet again.
Major Spoilers for the first 3 books!!!
What if Bartimeaus had been given the opportunity to move between the worlds freely?
What if he met Queezle again in the other place?
What if Nathaniel had survived?
What if Kitty hadn't had to make her journey alone? -
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I never liked the idea of earth, but some things just make you ache for how they were before.
Almost like you would've been, if you'd died any earlier.The Bartimaeus trilogy; post Ptolemy's Gate- Bartimaeus POV. Or at least, supposed to be.
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The grave stands quiet and empty, in complete silence, in an inconspicuous cemetery in London.
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Могила стоятиме тиха та пуста, у повній тиші, на непримітному кладовищі Лондона.
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Back to work's stress, as usual. Back to me, as usual. by Theonlygamergost
Fandoms: Bartimaeus - Jonathan Stroud
30 Mar 2022
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While Kitty is finally able to travel the world, Nathaniel rebuilds London.
It isn't easy to share a djinn tho, especially when one showed her complete trust, and the other is... well, his boyfriend.––––––––––
Nathaniel lives because Bartimaeus deserves to be happy. And because England needs a good leader.
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Essence of the Spirit by phantomhivemast3r
Fandoms: Bartimaeus - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
01 Aug 2021
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During an assignment in the government archives, Nathaniel, Bartimaeus, and Kitty come across a scrying glass that’s a portal to another world—a world where Spirits aren’t made of magic and essence, but are the sorrowful souls of those dearly departed. However, before Nathaniel and Kitty can enlist the help of Lockwood and Co. to get home, they must convince the ghost-hunters they mean no harm—a task made difficult when it comes to the obviously unhuman Bartimaeus at their side.
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Nathaniel and Kitty have breakfast in bed on a lazy Saturday morning.
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- Part 6 of Bartimaeus Prompts 2020
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If At First You Don't Succeed... by phantomhivemast3r
Fandoms: Bartimaeus - Jonathan Stroud
08 Mar 2020
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After the events of Ptolemy's Gate, Kitty attempts to put things right between Bartimaeus and Nathaniel. Unfortunately, it doesn't go quite as planned.
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In which Nathaniel wonders about this falling-in-love business, and Bartimaeus isn't a total rascal.
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"And if you work hard and do everything your master tells you, one day you will go there too, and I will be as proud of you as can be", said Mrs Underwood. Nathaniel wonders if this is true in the after Nouda's coup world.
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- Part 2 of Bartimaeus Prompts 2020
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One lovely springtime day, Kitty pays Nathaniel a visit.