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queensthiefHey! New person here. I finally (finally) found you guys! And boy is this going to be the start of a beautiful friendship. I mean seriously. An in-depth discussion of underware and Sophos's facial hair?! What is not to love?
The Queen's Thief series has been the love of my life for over 10 years now. And I am halfway (heh. maybe more than that!) in love with Gen. A friend introduced him to me and I will always remember the utter sadness I felt when I realized there were only two books and a third was very uncertain. And then the wait! My gosh the wait for KoA! Did any of you here have to wait between Thief and QoA? If you did how did you survive? Did you think there would be a sequel?
I finally let it go, resigned, until one day I walked in my library and KoA was waiting there for me in that gorgeous cover. Sheer bliss is an understatement. And since then I have never doubted a 4th (or 5th, 6th, 7th...ok that is my eternal hope speaking).
These are a part of a select minority (including everything Robin McKinley) of books that I read and re-read and read again. I daren't replace them but they are just falling apart because they are so well-loved. And I pimp these books like crazy. I try and (with infinite stealth *snorts*) put them on display when I go to libraries. I hope that at least one person has benefited from my craziness!
And I have been searching for ages (all in the wrong places of course) for fellow fans and aficionados. So I almost fell off my chair when I heard about Sounis and there was no way I was sleeping that night.
I am overjoyed, giddy to be apart of this comm, especially as March is slowly but surely, creeping up!
And here is my first (!!!) question: in the series we have seen how MWT uses myths specifically to parallel and inform Gen's story. For example we got her ( I don't have the books with me!) version of Persephone and Hades to parallel Helen's reluctance to let Gen go. But I cannot understand the significance of the myth of Basilius that Phersine tells Gen, especially since she made it up. Why was Gen so uncomfortable? Why was he comforted and humbled in the end? What was the myth saying about Gen's current circumstances?
And on a side note: How much do you adore Phresine?!
So there it is. I cannot wait to get to know all of you and share this and many other loves.
BTW, I choose my screen name before I knew of this comm! Excellent forshadowing, right?
The Queen's Thief series has been the love of my life for over 10 years now. And I am halfway (heh. maybe more than that!) in love with Gen. A friend introduced him to me and I will always remember the utter sadness I felt when I realized there were only two books and a third was very uncertain. And then the wait! My gosh the wait for KoA! Did any of you here have to wait between Thief and QoA? If you did how did you survive? Did you think there would be a sequel?
I finally let it go, resigned, until one day I walked in my library and KoA was waiting there for me in that gorgeous cover. Sheer bliss is an understatement. And since then I have never doubted a 4th (or 5th, 6th, 7th...ok that is my eternal hope speaking).
These are a part of a select minority (including everything Robin McKinley) of books that I read and re-read and read again. I daren't replace them but they are just falling apart because they are so well-loved. And I pimp these books like crazy. I try and (with infinite stealth *snorts*) put them on display when I go to libraries. I hope that at least one person has benefited from my craziness!
And I have been searching for ages (all in the wrong places of course) for fellow fans and aficionados. So I almost fell off my chair when I heard about Sounis and there was no way I was sleeping that night.
I am overjoyed, giddy to be apart of this comm, especially as March is slowly but surely, creeping up!
And here is my first (!!!) question: in the series we have seen how MWT uses myths specifically to parallel and inform Gen's story. For example we got her ( I don't have the books with me!) version of Persephone and Hades to parallel Helen's reluctance to let Gen go. But I cannot understand the significance of the myth of Basilius that Phersine tells Gen, especially since she made it up. Why was Gen so uncomfortable? Why was he comforted and humbled in the end? What was the myth saying about Gen's current circumstances?
And on a side note: How much do you adore Phresine?!
So there it is. I cannot wait to get to know all of you and share this and many other loves.
BTW, I choose my screen name before I knew of this comm! Excellent forshadowing, right?
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Date: 12/9/09 06:47 am (UTC)I like your interpretation and I think that is what I am thinking. I wonder though if Gen is the King who is the Slave who saves him? hmmm...
And yes! I am awed and humbled by the welcome here.