And might I say, just this one thought for now, her obsession with violence would borderline on fucking creepy (or generally just strange), but she lacks the ability to properly write violence into a scene at all and instead it ends up sounding completely ridiculous, over-done, and like she tries too hard, but it’s doesn’t sound like any effort was properly or actively made whatsoever????
Saw this artwork and thought “how beautiful”, only to realize that it’s B/ryce and H/unt from C/City. Oblivion and peace of mind are not and option anymore.
Also, it’s really hard to believe that the book is trash and their relationship even trashier in those moments when I see art that depicts them as two tender and affectionate lovers. It’s sad.
that could literally be rice and f/eyre and i wouldn’t even know because all her characters are the same
If sjm is moving onto the human rebellion now, ig we’ll move into the never-at-all-foreshadowed-or-shown thing about her being a rebel sympathizer? That bit was never really concluded in hoeab although I honestly HOPED it would be dropped because absolutely nothing about what Danika said and did ever implied her having even a hint of sympathy for humans in general or the rebellion specifically.
“actually the cop who tortures people was always on the oppressed ppl’s side even while she was putting them in jail for fighting for their rights” genuinely go fuck yourself s/jm, what the hell.
i feel like ccity is giving us a new look into sj///m’s belief systems we only saw glimpses of in her other work, and i’m not sure why
I imagine part of it is that it’s set in a more modern world where the social issues being “adressed” are closer to irl stuff? There’s just some stuff that doesn’t really come up in medieval fantasy, like police brutality.
I am continuously confused by how much a totalitarian government seems to care about legal technicalities. And yes, I know that Micah is behind the release, but I’d still expect the others to be confused. Letting a known rebel go because of some minor technicality doesn’t seem very dictatorship-like.
I am equally confused by the way Danika talks about Philip Briggs here. Wasn’t she meant to be a rebel sympathizer? Then maybe we should see her, idk, sympathizing with the rebels at some point as foreshadowing for that plot twist later on.
If sjm is moving onto the human rebellion now, ig we’ll move into the never-at-all-foreshadowed-or-shown thing about her being a rebel sympathizer? That bit was never really concluded in hoeab although I honestly HOPED it would be dropped because absolutely nothing about what Danika said and did ever implied her having even a hint of sympathy for humans in general or the rebellion specifically.
DUDE I CAN’T STAND THE FRAGMENTS. THIS COULD JUST BE ONE SENTENCE. IT IS SO FAUX DRAMATIC. THE FUCK.
Also, “approaches its crescendo” is just a very weird way to talk about war? I guess it’s some non-human character talking, but still. “Crescendo” makes me think of music and more like… a great finale, a really exciting part or something like this. It does NOT fit in with a horrible, bloody, desperate war approaching either the most bloody/terrible/desperate point or the end where it’s unsure which side comes out victorious.
