Everyone's favourite: age of characters!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Okay, I know that this has been discussed and discussed and discussed again, and then discussed some more, but I finally got the paperback of KoA today and read the Eddis short story (I'm a bit slow), so it got me thinking (dangerous).

My point is, it seems we basically have an answer for the age of Eugenides now, right? Because the short story says there's a five year age difference between him and Eddis, and if he's ten in that other short story in which Eddis is about to become Queen (which I've never actually read, so I could be off), and in The Thief, Eddis has been Queen for five years, then Eugenides is fifteen in The Thief, and Eddis is twenty.

My OTHER reason for posting, is, I just noticed that in QoA, Eddis tells Eugenides to steal peace, and Attolia's name (Irene), means peace, and he steals her. This was probably completely obvious to everyone but me, but like I said... slow. XD

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled... stuff.

Comments

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

That icon! Where did you get it?! XD

I know. And how does she feel when he wakes up and flinches away from her as she tries to comfort him?

Definitely not.

See, the problem with the fact that I think their relationship is actually romantic is that it's becoming archetypal in my thought. And somehow I don't think I should be basing my expectations for my own future romantic relationships on Gen/Attolia. It would be mildly problematic.

But how will I know it's true love if no one loses a hand and all the ink pots stay firmly where I put them?

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

It's from those lego stories that somebody did a long time ago. I know, that's really helpful. fizzko made it, so if they're around here somewhere, maybe they can point you in the right direction.

I don't think it's the greatest idea to base your expectations for future romantic relationships on Gen/Attolia, no. I mean, I know I'd regret it if I mutilated my future husband.

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought. I've seen them (and laughed very hard; I believe Checkers made them), but I couldn't probably find them again. And definitely not the icons. But I bet there's an icon tag or something if I really want some icons.

I think anyone would regret that, yeah. But you know, what else can I base my romantic expectations on? Taking any of the models from my favourite literature might be rather unfortunate. If I don't want to mutilate my future husband, I could always fall in love with him after being turned into an old woman, you know. If I decide to model Beren and Luthien, I'll have to constantly run around after my love interest and rescue him from certain death, and then go and rescue him from death itself. Now, I know I wrote about that in my college essay, but that would actually probably be kind of a pain. Other examples? Shasta and Aravis from The Horse and His Boy start out hating each other, but they're not as bad. Darcy and Elizabeth of course are the same way. :P

... Um, Rosie Cotton? I could be Rosie. Just wait around in the Shire until Sam gets back, knowing he's not dead when everyone else thinks he is. Except then I'd never really understand the terrible things my husband has been through, and he would be probably even more devoted to Frodo than he was to me, so that's not ideal, either.

ARGH. Why are there no romances in books that would actually be reasonably unpainful to live? And please don't let the answer be because love is painful. That's only part of the answer.

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

Also, I feel like I'm not doing Sam justice by saying he's probably more devoted to Frodo than to Rosie. He definitely loves Rosie. It's just a hard question, for him and for me. He's divided in heart until Frodo leaves. And I definitely understand that.

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Legotolia

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[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's still very funny on the re-read.

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

And I remembered another one! I could do the Mel/Vidanric thing. That wouldn't be so bad. Except that I would still have to hate my love interest for over a year first. What is it with people hating their future spouses? Attolia even hates and fears Eugenides at first.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

It's like an established rule in fiction that two people have to hate each other before they fall in love. It makes it more dramatic. :P

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely.

Now just imagine how vexed I'll be if my own love affair (or possibly more than one! But seriously, I think it would be ideal to find someone I like a lot, date them, and then marry them. Not that I couldn't or wouldn't date other people first, but having more than one person that I get into a serious relationship with would just be inconvenient for when I get married, because it takes a long time to get yourself back together after a very devoted relationship ends) doesn't turn out like anything from fiction I like. That would just be unsatisfactory.

Is it as confusing as I think it is when I use parentheses like that?