Discussion, anyone?

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I read my lovely ARC of KoA a year ago and have decided to reread.

Why do you think Gen gave Costis the unwatered wine?

Oh, and: "The queen turned back to face him. "I could hang you," she said. Eugenides looked up at her. "You missed your chance for that," he said."
= teh flirtiness, don't you think?

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[rowana.livejournal.com]

Why do you think Gen gave Costis the unwatered wine?

I'd have to re-read to come up with a sensible answer to this, and I just can't work up the energy to rummage around upstairs for my book. :) I don't think I've thought about this before, it's an interesting question. Perhaps he wanted Costis to open up to him, or become less inhibited for some reason.

= teh flirtiness, don't you think?

*grin* Oh yes. Don't you love the friendly banter between those two? :)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I always assumed that he gave Costis the unwatered wine to make Costis talk more freely. He probably knew that Costis would have been extremely guarded otherwise.

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think he gave Costis the unwatered wine so he'd be uninhibited when he asked all of those leading questions, in order to get Costis in more trouble with the queen.

And the fact that Irene is reduced to threatening Eugenides with hanging is interesting considering that she's trying to get him to assert power as her equal. But yes, it's cute. ^_^

[ceecee44.livejournal.com]

I agree that it was Eugenide's plan to turn Teleus around. The King kept pushing Costis and made Costis lose his temper again (with the aid of the wine of course) so Eugenides could have a reason to have Costis work more closely with him. He could have also been testing Costis' loyalty to Teleus, because Eugenides asked Costis if it was Teleus who made Costis hit the him and Costis screamed "NO!"

[jyms.livejournal.com]

i have no idea. i suppose it was to make Costis talk better. cause Costis, when he is taken under Gen's 'wing' later, doesn't really show his feelings. so presumably Costis doesn't normally insult the King, at least to his face. Costis is like the 'normal guy' who tries to keep off the king's toes and lead his life as normally as possible. so the punch thingy would be unusual for Costis, so Gen couldn't expect him to speak out his true feelings during that partic. scene. Costis was probably very traumatised and feeling very stupid at what he'd done, so i guess the wine served as prodding, to get him to what he was at the time of the 'attack'.

otherwise, unwatered wine is cool in itself. the words 'unwatered wine' somehow just seep in my brain and feel so good. i don't know but it seems to give flavour to the scene.

Unwatered Wine

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Not only unwatered, but knowing Costis had no food, and was unlikely to get any soon (since the attendent would think the food Gen requested was for Gen, not Costis), the wine would hit hard and fast. Gen knew EXACTLY what he was doing!