The Thief's guide to Life, the Universe, and everything

[merliquin.livejournal.com]

This morning, while pondering all the innumerable things I've yet to do before the new year and the best way to put off doing such things, A thought popped into my head of Gen in QoA saying something about not wanting to go to the otherworld and have to tell his grandfather he was sleeping off his last free moments ( alas! I'm at work right now and am bookless... so no direct quotes from me)
So I thought on this for a while and, feeling a bit guilty at my lack of constructiveness, I resolved to be a bit more productive in the future. ( so as not to have to explain my shortcomings to Gen's grandfather...)

Has this type of thing happened to anyone else? Has reading the Queen's thief series shaped your thinking or actions of late? you've developed a knack for pilfering ugly earrings from your relatives or perhaps you just view the world a little differently than before.
Thoughts? or am I just a trifle crazy?

Comments

[tencups-i-swear.livejournal.com]

Reading the books made me want to study Greek, which is what I'm doing in 2010, and to learn a lot more history. Which I am also doing in 2010. It also made me try and write left handed every so often and to wish I had old fashioned pens with take-offable-nibs and little bottles of ink. I got those for Christmas so all I need to do now is learn how to write accurately with my left hand! :)

[tencups-i-swear.livejournal.com]

Oh. And now whenever I see earrings I get a strange urge to steal them. '-'
I RESIST, THOUGH.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Me too! (on the left-handed thing)
I've been practicing a lot lately, but not as much as I'd like. Sometimes I try to go for a little bit without using my right hand at all, but then stop so people don't notice. People who might not understand my wanting-to-be-gen-ish-ness.

Another thing I guess we can all see in the books is what makes a good friend. I'm thinking about Eddis and Gen here. They really trust, love, and understand each other, and they know when something's wrong and often exactly what it is (there's a very lovely and moving and ... perfect scene that shows this in aKoC, which I've been lucky enough to read).
So even if a handy roof isn't around, I try to listen and reason and support when my friends are having problems.
also, they can joke around each other!

[(Anonymous)]

hmm do you mean aCoKs?

very curious. a touching gen and helen scene?! Now I'm really excited because that's something I've been waiting for, for a while now..especially in KoA when Eddis is so MIA (for the most part) and she IS my favorite character

[(Anonymous)]

Whoops! A similar-sounding consonant reversal. Although there is someone we know who could be considered the King of Conspiracies...
PS. The magus, Costis, and Aris are good friends, too. (I mean, they are good at being friends. Not all with each other. What would the magus think of Costis?)

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[tencups-i-swear.livejournal.com]

Hah hah! I'm always using just my left hand! It's really stupid I just do it without thinking. :)