Readaloud Update!

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

I'm very pleased to annouce that another chapter has been recorded and posted at the readaloud thread. This time we have Chapter 3 of The Thief (this is only the second chapter that has been recorded from The Thief, and I'm very excited!) wonderfully read by peggy_2!

Check out 'The Thief: Chapter 3' at the Readaloud Thread
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Thanks again to mycenaeth for hosting our chapters on her site, checkers65477 for uploading the chapter, and of course to peggy_2 for her wonderful recording!


One other quick notice:
PLEASE READ THIS! THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE READALOUD, AND FOR THOSE WHO PLAN ON PARTICIPATING:
---There has been a change in policy for the readaloud regarding chapter deadlines. If you currently have claimed chapters that are not finished, or if you want to claim a chapter in the future, please go to the readaloud thread and carefully look over the new rule.

Go Directly to the Updated Deadline Policy.

Fire and weight

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

In KoA, when the King and Queen dance, "Phresine, the queen's senior attendant, watched them from behind the throne as her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth. . . Phresine, leaving with the queen, heard Elia murmur under her breath, 'Well, that was revealing.' 'Only to those with eyes to see,' murmured Phresine back."

It took me a while to decide what I thought that meant, and even now I'm not positive.

I'm thinking it means that the Queen, who by reputation is cold and unfeeling and basically the equivalent of a statue, is not like that at all, but alive and warm "like a flame in the wind;" and the King, seemingly so irresponsible and a "prancing lightweight" is actually the solid anchor that allows her to be like that.

I'm sure there are other opinions out there, and I'd love to hear them.