#part of the appeal of awn for me is that breq elevates her so much in her mind but we see her making awful choices | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

gideonisms · 10 months

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I know I say this as a confirmed seivarden stan but I would have killed to see her interact with captain hetnys and sword of atagaris. or with basnaaid! can you imagine? all the class stuff gets explored in ancillary mercy from the seivarden/ekalu angle but imo it would possibly have been more fun to watch her have a status showdown with hetnys and figure out how to treat someone similar to awn, especially since breq is constantly wondering how she would treat awn & comparing basnaaid to awn. I just think there was potential for all of those relationships to be messier and more dramatic which is maybe a personal taste thing but still

#not that ekalu isn't sweet but idk #and my other take is that basnaaid should have made some more controversial choices #part of the appeal of awn for me is that breq elevates her so much in her mind but we see her making awful choices #it's just a fun contrast between narration & what's really going on #and you LIKE awn want her to succeed but you can't deny she's committed some atrocities so it just complicates the book in a cool way #there's a lot of focus on side characters in the later books but imo #we either needed more time with them more distinguishing characteristics or fewer of them #i've finally come around on tisarwat though as like. a well developed character whose personality isn't for me #like she's not just there randomly. it's fine

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