"Not Telling"
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queensthiefWe sent these questions to mwt and got back the infamous "Not Telling" response. So what do YOU think? :).
Don't worry about the numbers they don't correspond because I took some questions out. If it really bothers you, however, just let me know!
1. (real question) Do they celebrate birthdays in Eddis?
3. In KoA, Gen stays up with Relius during the "dog watch of the night" we assume he knows this is the worst hour because he's been through it, we're wondering who stayed up with Gen during that time?
5. What was Attolia's mother like?
6. How come we don't see any of Gen's numerous brothers and sisters visit him after he comes back from Attolia? Particularly Stenides. (From the book we know that he doesn't have any other visitors besides his father and Eddis)
7. Does Stenides still live in Eddis's palace? Is he married?
8. In The Theif Gen mentions all his siblings have the same father. There is some speculation about if they have the same mother? (Can you confirm/deny?)
9. What was Attolia's childhood like? Did she ever have any friends?
10. Was there a possible romance between Attolia and Relius (that Attolia was not aware of)?
12. Gen's father, MoW was known to be strict, can we say the same for his Grandfather?
13. Who are Eugenides's true friends? Do you believe a monarchs/sovereign leaders can have true friends?
14. A lot of people ship Eddis and Magus, was there a possible intention behind this? Are the Magus and Eddis just friends?
15. How do you come up with the plot lines? Do you have the whole thing planned out?
16. The book deals with love marriages, and marriage for political reasons. What do you believe about love? Do you think people should marry for love?
17. How was the marriage between Gen's mother and father?
18. Did Gen see his mother fall?
Have at it!!! Also, you ARC-ers, try to keep everything spoiler free, but I think it's okay if you say 'oh some of these questions will get answered in the mere future'
Elle & VelvetRose
Don't worry about the numbers they don't correspond because I took some questions out. If it really bothers you, however, just let me know!
1. (real question) Do they celebrate birthdays in Eddis?
3. In KoA, Gen stays up with Relius during the "dog watch of the night" we assume he knows this is the worst hour because he's been through it, we're wondering who stayed up with Gen during that time?
5. What was Attolia's mother like?
6. How come we don't see any of Gen's numerous brothers and sisters visit him after he comes back from Attolia? Particularly Stenides. (From the book we know that he doesn't have any other visitors besides his father and Eddis)
7. Does Stenides still live in Eddis's palace? Is he married?
8. In The Theif Gen mentions all his siblings have the same father. There is some speculation about if they have the same mother? (Can you confirm/deny?)
9. What was Attolia's childhood like? Did she ever have any friends?
10. Was there a possible romance between Attolia and Relius (that Attolia was not aware of)?
12. Gen's father, MoW was known to be strict, can we say the same for his Grandfather?
13. Who are Eugenides's true friends? Do you believe a monarchs/sovereign leaders can have true friends?
14. A lot of people ship Eddis and Magus, was there a possible intention behind this? Are the Magus and Eddis just friends?
15. How do you come up with the plot lines? Do you have the whole thing planned out?
16. The book deals with love marriages, and marriage for political reasons. What do you believe about love? Do you think people should marry for love?
17. How was the marriage between Gen's mother and father?
18. Did Gen see his mother fall?
Have at it!!! Also, you ARC-ers, try to keep everything spoiler free, but I think it's okay if you say 'oh some of these questions will get answered in the mere future'
Elle & VelvetRose
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Date: 1/8/10 01:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/8/10 01:49 am (UTC)Is it 16? Just kidding, don't answer that :D
oh, I was just about to edit and take out some more questions, I guess I'll have to leave them be, :)
Care to share your opinion on any of the others?
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Date: 1/8/10 02:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/8/10 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/8/10 02:39 am (UTC)My brain is filled with things I dont need to know!
VelvetRose
but it would be nice
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Date: 1/8/10 03:18 am (UTC)I can't help wanting to know useless information that's not important to the story...I want to know EVERYTHING. Even things like Gen's great-great-great-great grandparent's middle names...
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Date: 1/8/10 05:42 am (UTC)Let's ask her next time!!
Dear Megan
We know you're going to write two more books, mind writing an encyclopedia too? Don't worry, we're learning how to knit some pretty awesome book covers XP
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Date: 1/8/10 02:35 am (UTC)For #3, I'm pretty sure the answer is, no one. I think that's why he liked being in such a remote part of the palace - no one felt like they had to check on him. Early on, of course, it was Galen or one of his assistants.
I'll come back and write more later, gotta do homework.
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Date: 1/8/10 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/8/10 03:51 am (UTC)I never really thought about it, but I'm assuming that he (Gen) is thinking back on when he was ... recovering from his ... injury, and how he would have nightmares galore and wake up in the middle of the night. I agree that he was probably alone. He's a very internal-type person, and he tries to hide his pain. Of course, he had Eddis and Galen, and sometimes the Magus, but I don't think any of them would have been there at night. And now he's giving Relius the support that he knows he (R) needs.
Agh.
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Date: 1/8/10 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/8/10 03:58 am (UTC)She's brainwashed you, hasn't she?
Yes, you could say they're silly, unimportant questions and we came up with much more in dept questions later but they're still fun, and yeah, we all come up with answers that we like best but half the fun is to see what others come up with too.
I mean if we never did that, then there would be no underwear conspiracy, or sparkly vampires, or crazy dress parties...and what's Sounis without that?
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Date: 1/8/10 04:31 am (UTC)"Yes, you could say they're silly, unimportant questions"
Whoa. I didn't say that. I said they're not important "TO THE STORIES", i.e. the plot, the characterization, which is why I suspect she said "not telling". To me, the fun part of reading is filling in blanks, using my imagination. One of the reasons I really hate movies based on books is because no actor looks like the character I have in my head and nothing looks the way I imagine it. But YMMV, which is fine.
As for all the other Sounis stuff, that's what y'all are doing: filling in the gaps in a fun way. I'm not criticizing.
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Date: 1/8/10 04:44 am (UTC)Don't start throwing any inkpots, now.
(Kidding! I know it's not a big deal; I just needed an excuse to say that. Inkpots are very cool, and an excellent way of expressing one's feelings.)
:)
-Agh
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Date: 1/8/10 04:50 am (UTC)Actually we really appreciate it, you know how much some authors ruin their stories after it's written? Only someone like mwt could handle our consistent whining and still say No. She's a hero... XD
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Date: 1/8/10 05:05 am (UTC)I met her Tuesday. Ten of us spent 4.5 hours!! with her and it *was* torture. I kept wanting to leave, but I'd carpooled with two people and they didn't see through her. They just kept hanging on her every word.
She's an ogre. She wouldn't say a *word* about the next book. Just kept smiling her Eeeevilllll smile.
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Date: 1/8/10 05:26 am (UTC)Well,thank you, I for one am glad to be enlightened of her nefarious ways. Four and a half hours without one word?! Who knew she would torture for the fun of it, what kind of person tortures people for fun?!
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Date: 1/8/10 05:49 am (UTC)I'd be happy to get some books signed for you and velvetrose (and any other sounisian) in April if she doesn't mosey in your direction. (If she actually does booksignings here as she said she would.) I could order a whole bunch of copies of ACoK through Amazon and send to any of you for $14.23 ($11.46 + $2.73 media mail postage). Which is still cheaper than $17 cover price.
The meetup was great because there were 10 of us so *my* stupid questions were cleverly hidden by the other people's brilliant questions.
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Date: 1/8/10 06:28 am (UTC)Though I wonder if she IS coming to chicago..did she say where she would stop? If not can you let me know when she's doing the signing? So I can send you stuff before then!! =)
just e-mail me: elwinters22@gmail.com
LOL what sort of questions did you ask her?
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Date: 1/8/10 10:43 pm (UTC)Hmm
Date: 1/8/10 04:10 am (UTC)12. Gen's father, MoW was known to be strict, can we say the same for his Grandfather?
We DO know that The Granfather had beliefs, or strong ingredients for life (be able to use both hands, go and find things out for yourself, leave an offering every month on the altar, etc) that he passed on to Gen. I'm guessing he was strict, but not in a mean way at all. MoW isn't strict in a mean way either, but I see The Grandfather as being really different from him.
13. Who are Eugenides's true friends? Do you believe a monarchs/sovereign leaders can have true friends?
Hah! I was thinking about this a few weeks ago! Who does he TRUST?? Well, Eddis is definitely a true, trusted friend. And the Magus, even though Gen has double crossed him a few times, would be added to my list. Attolia? I think the two of them UNDERSTAND each other really well (and love each other too, of course), but there's still a part of him that's afraid of her. Even in KoA (Say you won't poke out my eyes, cleave my lying tongue, etc). And she knows that there's no stopping him from doing things that are against her and her authority (The whole Teleus Oxe Harbrea thing) even if it's for her own good.
Hmm, that's not many people. Other possible friends: Sophos, dad, Heiro, Ornon (?) Ok, maybe not.
14. A lot of people ship Eddis and Magus, was there a possible intention behind this? Are the Magus and Eddis just friends?
Gah! Yes! I for one believe they are just friends! It's just that she seems to be the only friend the Magus is around (Sophos being missing, Gen being in Attolia, Pol being dead, and the Magus himself being "a prisoner in Eddis.") AND, if anything, he probably thinks of her more as a daughter or sister or other family member, because he has no family anymore. Besides, they're both awesome and amazing. Who wouldn't be friends with them?
~Agh
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Date: 1/8/10 05:30 am (UTC)13. Eddis is on my list. I think Attolia and Gen are learning to trust one another and the decisions they make, but I do feel like there's still uncertainty there.
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Yup, I know I would! LOL
I like what you said about Gen being in Attolia and Sophos gone, maybe the intent was drawn upon the idea that she's lonely so it seems like it, but it's obviously not. =P
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Date: 1/8/10 05:34 am (UTC)As for the others, I'll give my opinion/90-page thesis eventually but I'm stealing time from other "more important" stuff as it is. =P
P.S. Someone should really do a post on the SoCal meet-up.
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Date: 1/8/10 06:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/8/10 02:05 pm (UTC)I think Megan said once that she doesn't make up all those little details until she needs them, and once she states them she's stuck with them. I think she used an example with one of the islands. If she says it's in such-and-such a place, without a good reason for saying it, but then in the next book finds it works better with the story if it's 500 miles closer to the capital, it's too late. It's already canon and the story is going to have to happen a little differently.
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Date: 1/8/10 09:29 pm (UTC):)
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Date: 1/8/10 10:11 pm (UTC):)
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Date: 1/8/10 03:50 pm (UTC)Of course, the reason they did was because they were absolutely OBSESSED with astrology -- and it suddenly struck me as very odd that we see no hint of that in the QT series. Eddis associates the gods with natural features (springs, mountains, etc.), but there is no hint that anyone associates them with astronomical objects. Or days of the week.
Hmmm. I wonder if that's significant, or just something that's Not Important To The Story?
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Date: 1/8/10 06:06 pm (UTC)Do you believe a monarchs/sovereign leaders can have true friends?
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Date: 1/8/10 09:30 pm (UTC)*is super duper excited now*
Question 6
Date: 1/9/10 11:19 am (UTC)Anyways.. Thanks for the great post guys!! =)
Re: Question 6
Date: 1/10/10 04:56 am (UTC)Ha! I just had this funny picture in my head of Gen sitting in rafters or something high above a crowd of dancers, throwing grapes at them and enjoying their bewildered expressions.
Re: Question 6
Date: 1/11/10 04:18 am (UTC)WIN.
That's definitely what Gen was up to during those big fancy parties..yup
Re: Question 6
Date: 1/11/10 04:20 am (UTC)The throwing grapes thing LOL..actually they were peanuts..it's very entertaining, especially when you're seven.