Jan-30-2013, 02:40 PM (UTC)
She’s back with yet more to add in this thread. Is it just me, or do I basically live in here? 
Okay, so post-exams I thought I’d come and get something out which has been confusing me for a while.
When Kennit is stabbed at the end of Ship Of Destiny and they’re trying to take him back to the Vivacia, he has a little chat with Etta, basically telling her to take his charm and give it to Paragon when he’s older. He talks to her like he loves her, and even calls her “my love” at one point. Now this doesn’t sound much like the Kennit I’ve known for three books, who doesn’t actually like Etta that much, tends to blame her for everything that goes wrong in his life, and definitely doesn’t love her.
I know he has a tendency to pretend to be romantic with Etta when someone’s watching him or he wants something from her, but I doubt upholding his reputation as her ‘lover’ would really matter to him at this point since he knows full well that he’s dying.
Now, a couple of minutes later, Wintrow tries to talk to him. Kennit ignores him, saying something like “he doesn’t have time for Wintrow right now”. Considering how close Kennit was to Wintrow – far closer than he was to Etta – I found this both disappointing and weird. He’s got time for a girl he doesn’t particularly like, but not the boy he was practically in love with? Or, you know, at least as much as Kennit was capable of loving anything.
This made me think, was it really Kennit who was talking to Etta, or was it Kennit’s charm? Everyone knows Kennit’s charm loved Etta, or at least liked her a lot more than the real Kennit did. It makes sense to me that even if Kennit’s laying there practically out of it, the charm would want to make Etta think that she’s the last thing he’s thinking of.
I had a whole post on this which was way more detailed, but my internet froze
Okay, so post-exams I thought I’d come and get something out which has been confusing me for a while.
When Kennit is stabbed at the end of Ship Of Destiny and they’re trying to take him back to the Vivacia, he has a little chat with Etta, basically telling her to take his charm and give it to Paragon when he’s older. He talks to her like he loves her, and even calls her “my love” at one point. Now this doesn’t sound much like the Kennit I’ve known for three books, who doesn’t actually like Etta that much, tends to blame her for everything that goes wrong in his life, and definitely doesn’t love her.
I know he has a tendency to pretend to be romantic with Etta when someone’s watching him or he wants something from her, but I doubt upholding his reputation as her ‘lover’ would really matter to him at this point since he knows full well that he’s dying.
Now, a couple of minutes later, Wintrow tries to talk to him. Kennit ignores him, saying something like “he doesn’t have time for Wintrow right now”. Considering how close Kennit was to Wintrow – far closer than he was to Etta – I found this both disappointing and weird. He’s got time for a girl he doesn’t particularly like, but not the boy he was practically in love with? Or, you know, at least as much as Kennit was capable of loving anything.
This made me think, was it really Kennit who was talking to Etta, or was it Kennit’s charm? Everyone knows Kennit’s charm loved Etta, or at least liked her a lot more than the real Kennit did. It makes sense to me that even if Kennit’s laying there practically out of it, the charm would want to make Etta think that she’s the last thing he’s thinking of.
I had a whole post on this which was way more detailed, but my internet froze
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