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More Costis...and Samurais
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creative-lefty2.livejournal.comSo, I'm going to join the Costis-fest.
Yesterday, I started re-reading "The King of Attolia." Before becoming completely distracted by the design (Greenwillow REALLY needs some better interior designers, but that's beside the point) I was reading the prologue and thinking about Costis.
It mentions that Costis likes guard duty on the high, deserted walls -- "He liked being stationed high above the palace. The solitude, and the time away from the noise of the barracks and his companions, gave him space to think. These stints on the upper reaches of the palace walls were his favorite" (ii). MWT apparently uses this to highlight the opinion that Gen is the enemy who Costis and Teleus don't like, but it can also be seen as a comparison to how Gen acts. He (as we know) also likes quite, high up places in which to think...and desperately needed a way to get away from his rowdy cousins. For me this also helps support why Gen singled Costis out. Like ~~~ (sorry, I don't know you're name!) posted below,, Costis may have a future as a theif (I have been thinking that for years), or a spy, or something involving the Mede.
Additionally, when Costis is confined to his room, they take away all sharp or loopy objects. I know that this is to prevent the option of suicide. I thought it was interesting here that the Honorable Costis ruminated on this as though it was more honorable to take his own life than to be hung. Very Samurai of him...preserving his honor with an honorable death. Anyone else noticed any eastern influence in Atotlia?
So, yeah, I just wanted to point out this further similarity to Gen. It might fit better under one of the discussions below, but I think we should just declare it Costis-week.
Thoughts? (Not about Costis-week, but about his similarities with Gen and eastern influences.)
Yesterday, I started re-reading "The King of Attolia." Before becoming completely distracted by the design (Greenwillow REALLY needs some better interior designers, but that's beside the point) I was reading the prologue and thinking about Costis.
It mentions that Costis likes guard duty on the high, deserted walls -- "He liked being stationed high above the palace. The solitude, and the time away from the noise of the barracks and his companions, gave him space to think. These stints on the upper reaches of the palace walls were his favorite" (ii). MWT apparently uses this to highlight the opinion that Gen is the enemy who Costis and Teleus don't like, but it can also be seen as a comparison to how Gen acts. He (as we know) also likes quite, high up places in which to think...and desperately needed a way to get away from his rowdy cousins. For me this also helps support why Gen singled Costis out. Like ~~~ (sorry, I don't know you're name!) posted below,, Costis may have a future as a theif (I have been thinking that for years), or a spy, or something involving the Mede.
Additionally, when Costis is confined to his room, they take away all sharp or loopy objects. I know that this is to prevent the option of suicide. I thought it was interesting here that the Honorable Costis ruminated on this as though it was more honorable to take his own life than to be hung. Very Samurai of him...preserving his honor with an honorable death. Anyone else noticed any eastern influence in Atotlia?
So, yeah, I just wanted to point out this further similarity to Gen. It might fit better under one of the discussions below, but I think we should just declare it Costis-week.
Thoughts? (Not about Costis-week, but about his similarities with Gen and eastern influences.)
