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⌈ Secret Post #3526 ⌋

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[Feed The Birds, from Mary Poppins]

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(Once Upon A Time)

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[ Dota 2 esport ]

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[Great British Bake Off, series 3]

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[The Private Report on My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness; linked for nudity/implied porn, illustrated]

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[We Happy Few]

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[Stranger Things]

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Totally called Temeraire getting a new power in the final battle, although it was still super cool how it happened. I'm really looking forward to the second book now and seeing the fallout with China - it's on my Kindle :333

I loved the scene where Laurence visits the navy ships to deliver mail and has a very negative reaction to the way they treat dragons and aviators - such a great contrast to his mindset in the first part of the book, when he would have completely agreed with them. Temeraire clearly took some cues from Laurence with his sense of honor and loyalty, but Laurence became a more open-minded person and I just thought it was really cool to see that character development going on between the two of them.

Also, Jane and the way she and Laurence become basically friends with benefits by the end - I feel like he'd neeeever have entertained the idea of such an attachment before, but it suits him when he's in the Corps because he's able to have female companionship with a woman who completely understands his bond with Temeraire and the fact that the dragon comes first. Emily was also really cute, and how he was able to eventually get his mind around treating her the same as the rest of the young cadets. That scene where he comforts her before battle was especially sweet.

This seems like very much an "origin story" plot for Temeraire and Laurence, focusing on their bond and initial character development and the revelation of Temeraire's species and powers. So I'm looking forward to reading the next books and seeing where Novik takes them, for sure. Oh, and I also hope Hollin shows up again - the ground crewman who got promoted to dragon captain on Laurence's recommendation. He was cool and I'd love to see him again with the dragon he harnesses.

Yes, the scene with the navy ships was so good! I felt a bit bad for him though. He's kind of excited to visit his former comrades for a while - even if it's not the same people, it's like, his old culture, his old way of life, he's still kinda wistful for it...and then once he's there he finds it stifling and a bit backwards.

Yes also about Hollin! I think he's great. I hope he forms a great bond with the Winchester he was sent to harness. Speaking of his arc, I found Levitas' death scene really heartbreaking. ;____;

Tangent: really interesting too with Celeritas and how he wanted Rankin to be his handler at first because he was the son/grandson of former handlers, but he couldn't stand him so he pawned him off. I think he really regretted not finding a way to just keep him out of harness when he could. It's interesting and cool to me how much agency dragons have over who their captain is - I mean, handler's not even really a right word. It's more of a partnership. I wonder if the bad experience with Rankin is what caused Celeritas to retire from the harness and become a trainer. I hope to meet other dragons in positions of authority too throughout the story.

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