I read the spoilers and I’m not happy... argh I like that its not like the other stories but... I’m getting trauma from when I read amber spyglass as a child.
I get it, shes in a whole ass other universe and everyone is tryna rape her and shit but girl needs to get her act together. It's been a while since she arrived, but she decides to seduce her saviour??? GIRL WHAT. Do you WANT to be assaulted??? Second thing, after a few days and a few of these incidents you'd think she'll expect worse and be more careful. Sleeping on the ground in the middle of the forest where zombies are- NAH. I'd be up in the trees with the birds and the bees fck sleeping on the floor with ZOMBIES. Okay, she now has a hot bodyguard. And then she holds onto his bag for no reason?? Bish thats thievery, his intentions were pretty obvious and she is not using her brains. Thats probably why the mannocks ignored her because they couldn't detect any brains in that walnut of a skull she has. She makes no effort to learn the language, when she can't talk she doesn't even try to draw things in the dirt to try to get the guy to understand her. Normally the first thing you try to learn is someone's name right? Now at the hotel, after all this guys done for her, she suspects him when he's obviously paying for a room??? She trusted him for WAY less. And last but not least- truly the most otherworldy and incomprehensible plot hole in this whole thing- HOW TF DID HER RIPPED ASS SHIRT MAGICALLY REAPPEAR?? She's been here for weeks, hiking, running, working in mines, that things been dirty and ripped and it's somehow back?? Is it magic??? I've rambled enough but UGH it's FRUSTRATING. Does she even deserve sympathy at this point?? I SAY NOT.
Lowkey feel bad for Helena though. She ain’t want none of this but she doesn’t have the authority to refuse. It’s all because of this dumb blonde guy fr. His mum also. I bet the Prince didn’t even know about the dress, he probably thinks Eris wore the same dress on purpose, but actually it was the Empress who orchestrated it. I didn’t even realise she was a character in this because shes done jack shit this whole time lmao. I like Eris’s way of handling things though, keeping calm and composed on the outside. Still wish she could be a bit nicer to her knight.
Nah it’s still fuck Helena!!! She showed up to the fiancé of the crown princes coming of age... WITH THE CROWN PRINCE?! Like girl you CAN say no at least at a time like THAT
Nah it’s still fuck Helena!!! She showed up to the fiancé of the crown princes coming of age... WITH THE CROWN PRINCE?! Like girl you CAN say no at least at a time like THAT Missusmagpie
Nah but precisely because he's the crown prince she can't refuse the invitation. This is kind of medieval times right? Man would just yeet her neck off. Or the empress could have. We had her backstory chapter which shows she was brought up to be servile as she should be. IDK I think this story and it's characters are a bit too emotionally complex for us to just be like "nah she 100% should have done this otherwise she's trash." I just appreciate that they're not all slotted into tropes, and have actual believable personalities.
I read this back a bit, and I really love the way the characters are written. We start with the main character and her unfortunate fate and her hatred for Lupert, and for a while we think she is totally justified and that Lupert is quite psychotic. But as we progress it seems like he has his reasons, and that he’s not totally evil at all, and the FL is capable of reassessing herself and her hatred. I’m really looking forward to seeing how far the rabbit hole goes and why Lupert really killed all those people. I hope the story continues as well as it has so far, I really enjoy reading it.
I read the spoilers and I’m not happy... argh I like that its not like the other stories but... I’m getting trauma from when I read amber spyglass as a child.