[ SECRET POST #3556 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3556 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.
[Lord of the Rings trilogy]



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02.
[pride and prejudice; unnamed others]


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03.
[Endeavour]


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04.
[Tim Curry / Movies: IT, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, Legend]


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06.
[Loud House]


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08.
[MST3K]














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Comments

Re: Book club - GRACELING discussion!!!

[diet_poison]

I had some minor issues with it largely related to the parts of it that felt very "typical YA novel"

Out of curiosity, what parts were those? :3

Love your assessment of Katsa, especially how her violent reflexes are a result of her fucked up upbringing and not just Being A Badass Teenager. lol. That's a really good point.

I love how Katsa and Po became close as friends before becoming lovers. Like, really love it. And there is so much more to their relationship overall than the romance.

and I also wish we'd found out more about his motivations than just "He's creepy and evil and likes to torture animals and people!"

I just felt like his fixation with Bitterblue was a little poorly explained

This is true! I really wonder what it is he wanted with her. It was stated that he liked spending time with women and thus implied that he was something of a playboy (surely rather easy for him to do...ugh...guhghhhhh now that I think about it could anyone even really consent to sleeping with him?????) but I really don't think his intentions towards Bitterblue were sexual (and he's enough of a monster as it is). Hmm.

As for Leck himself though I think the sequel actually explores his backstory a bit? I can see why Bitterblue would want to find out more about him, after all.

Personally, one detail I'd really like to know is did he ever actually lose his covered-up eye, and if so, how? He seems ruthless enough to be willing to destroy it himself to hide his Grace, but it could easily have happened in a fight or accident too. I have to think if it wasn't destroyed, someone would have figured it out at some point, but maybe not (and maybe he could use his Grace to cover it up anyway even if they did).

And yeah while it might have been better for the story for him to be alive more at the end I was very relieved when he died. He was that poisonous and creepy. D: And in a way I liked that he didn't have much page time, so to speak, for himself because it made him an even creepier psychological horror villain. It was the fear of him and his power that gripped Katsa even when he wasn't there. His influence reached far beyond himself.

Bitterblue was so great <3

If there was one minor character (besides Raffin, if he counts as minor, strictly speaking) that I'd want to learn more of, it was Captain Faun. How did she discover her Grace? How did she become a captain? I love her position; all of her men are clearly loyal and protective as fuck but also completely respect her authority. How did she earn that? How long as she been at sea? I admit I love the "commanding and confident gray-haired lady badass in charge" trope...

I think I share your headcanon about Raffin and Bann. Makes me want to get to know them both more!