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[livejournal.com profile] rowana  started working on tags for our entries a while ago, and since we have more than 250 entries now, it would be nice to have a way to more easily find past entries of interest. I'll work on adding tags to existing entries, but wondered what ones would make the most sense. Here's what we have so far: 

actors, book recommendations, chats, chat transcripts, crack, gen, humor, member introductions, king of attolia, music, mwt, queen of attolia, readaloud, spoilers, thief.

Anyone have ideas for additional categories for entries? You can now add tags to the entries you post to Sounis.

On a completly unrelated note, I think [livejournal.com profile] jade_sabre_301 may be a genius. She said, some time ago, that she wondered if the ruby earrings Gen gave to Attolia were the same earrings Eddis accuses Gen of stealing in chapter 4 of QoA. What do you all think about that?

Date: 11/26/06 08:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
May be? I didn't think there was any question...

:-b

I think those tags sound good...don't have anything to add.

Earrings

Date: 11/26/06 10:12 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
It's a cute idea, but surely not. I see the gift of earrings as a really big deal for Eugenides. I mean, usually if he steals them he dedicates them on the altar of his god. This time he's giving rather than stealing earrings. I think he very carefully had these made to exactly match her headdress. He thinks a lot of his own sense of taste, and he noticed she didn't have any like this. And she, of course, does that thing where she touches them as if they're poison, but nevertheless keeps them by her bedside at all times...
-Philia

Re: Earrings

Date: 11/26/06 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fabricalchemist.livejournal.com
And if he had stolen them from Eddis

1) that's tacky XD

2) if Attolia wore them to something Eddis was also at...that could potentially cause political ructions.

But that is a very interesting theory =)

Re: Earrings

Date: 11/27/06 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ceecee44.livejournal.com
Maybe a place for the fanart even though there hasn't been any recently.

I don't think the earrings are the same either, because of the reasons already stated by Philia. There was a point in QOA where Attolia was wearing the earrings in front of Eddis. I think it was when Attolia and Eddis forgot about Gen locked in a room.

Date: 11/27/06 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peggy-2.livejournal.com
Tag: Jade+Costis romance? Or does that simply fall under KoA?

Date: 11/27/06 02:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] empmai.livejournal.com
For tags what about Speculation? Like when we were speculating what's up with costis. Or does that go under spoilers? Or if it has to do with Costis under Crack cause I've noticed that whenever Costis is mentioned the conversation heads down hill pretty quickly. (Is there a God of insanity in Gen's Greece cause I think Costis might be subsccribing to him soon)

Date: 11/27/06 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rowana.livejournal.com
Plus, I think I already made a tag for 'general insanity', though I could be wrong. :)

Date: 11/27/06 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rowana.livejournal.com
Er, no, you're right. :) I was so sure I'd stuck that in.

Date: 11/27/06 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rowana.livejournal.com
Absolutely. :)

Date: 11/27/06 02:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] empmai.livejournal.com
I meant when we were speculating about Sophos not Costis.... but Costis still for Crack.

Date: 11/27/06 08:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jyms.livejournal.com
i don't think so...imagine how Attolia would feel when she found out she was getting someone else's 'used' earrings...

Date: 11/27/06 02:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
Oh, I know, the whole idea is kind of "wtf, Gen? Can't you get your girlfriend something new and shiny?"

But why else would there be that line about Eddis missing her earrings?

hm...

Date: 11/27/06 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Because earrings are his favorite thing to steal. And also it shows us the relationship between Eugenides and Eddis, that he steals her jewelry and she doesn't take it too seriously (and again, it points up his obsession with his own taste in such things -- he stole Eddis's jewelry because he didn't think it looked good on her). It's an early instance of the Thief being able to do anything he likes. Also that particular theft seems to have been years ago, when Eddis first became queen, unless I'm reading it wrong.
Finally, what are the odds that Eddis has earrings that just happen to perfectly match Attolia's specially-made headband?
-Philia

Date: 11/27/06 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idiosyncreant.livejournal.com
That's what I thought; that they were Eddis's.
It is symbolic (however tacky it may seem after some thought, though I don't mind it). [I like the comment about doing whatever he wants...that's true.] He's playing with Eddis, I think, trying to see if he can actually leave her without making her feel abandoned, betrayed. And maybe he knows the two are meant to be friends, and is making sure they get all their differences under the bridge!
I think Gen would totally notice if they matched, and didn't he think they didn't go well on Eddis? It would be a perfect move for him; he steals them so Eddis wouldn't wear them (he hated her dressing up for her courtiers' pleasure) and Attolia would have something from him that was too irresistably useable (i.e. matching perfectly) to not eventually put on. And it shows he's paying attention to her, down to the headband's shade of red.
Of course, when she puts them on, it's very to the point. It's all a gigantic subtle message round.

Date: 11/27/06 04:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idiosyncreant.livejournal.com
P.S.: I love his fashion consciousness. So I'm extra convinced he was doing a swap to make himself happy--matching personality with accessories!
He could totally have set up as a jewelry merchant, if he wasn't so committed to tomfoolery and adventure. The ladies love him.

Date: 11/27/06 06:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] estarria.livejournal.com
Does it ever say that Eddis' stolen earrings were ruby? I can't find anyplace where it does, but maybe I'm just blind...anyway, if it did, I could see where Gen could have given them to Attolia.

Even so, though, I always pictured Gen having the earrings specially made to match the headband. He doesn't seem to be the type who goes out of his way to give gifts, so it would just make it all the more special that he went to the trouble to obtain custom-made jewelry for the woman he loves.

entry categorization

Date: 11/27/06 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Possibly some sort of "reprobatus" category? Costis would fit nicely in there...

~Feir Dearig

The Missing Earrings

Date: 11/28/06 02:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peggy-2.livejournal.com
"I would never steal from you," he'd said hotly.
"Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings?"
"That necklace was hideous. It was the only way to keep you from wearing it."
"My earrings?"
"What earrings?"
"Eugenides!" She had laughed. "If Cleon beats you, it's because you deserve it!"

QoA, p57/First Date cover paperback

Re: The Missing Earrings

Date: 11/28/06 09:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
yeah, it doesn't say if they are or not. it's just speculation. :-)

tags

Date: 11/27/06 10:10 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
fan art

is there a place for fan art, or only fan fiction?

Re: tags

Date: 11/27/06 11:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ceecee44.livejournal.com
A tattoo???
Who?
What?
Where?

Re: Fan Art

Date: 11/28/06 01:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peggy-2.livejournal.com
There was (at one time) a place where the art was posted, but I couldn't find it just now. I think Dannybailey set it up, but I'm not sure.

dh? Willow? Do you remember where it is?

Re: Fan Art

Date: 11/28/06 02:23 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
http://community.livejournal.com/themegaron/

first thread - fanart archives :)

Re: Fan Art

Date: 11/28/06 02:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] avian-xj.livejournal.com
uh, sorry... that was me

Re: Fan Art

Date: 11/28/06 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peggy-2.livejournal.com
Well done Avian!

Date: 11/28/06 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rain-ing.livejournal.com
Hey, could you put up a link for tags so that people can access the different categories easily?

http://community.livejournal.com/sounis/tag/

Date: 11/28/06 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rain-ing.livejournal.com
:D You're welcome
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