relistening to HtN rn and it really hits me how many moments of fun and hooting/hollaring there were in both GtN and HtN (even desite the latter's overcurrent of grief&disorientation) and how... absent those feelings were (in me as a reader) throughout NtN. like..... comparing the pure rush of Gideon returning in HtN, vs the uncomfortable, uneasy, uncanny valley feeling of first seeing Kiriona in NtN. the elation at realizing the narrator in HtN was Gideon, and the... dread? sadness? grief? of Nona realizing she's Alecto. GtN's "go loud" and its victory versus NtN's "go loud" and its grief (again) and weight.
terence calls dion Your Highness when he's trying to warn him something's up and to be ready (heading into the tent with that missive from the Emperor that he's clearly already read) or suggest that dion is being reckless ("will you engage him personally...?")
My Prince is for great affection and trust (so... general every day use)
'Dion' ... that's not for us and we should be glad we heard it even once
going to see some local art gallery shows in kl this weekend and theyre all craft and design focused with a lot of textile work, i'm really looking forward to it :)
i have really mixed feelings about tlt lol like i dont think the critiques about how it “sounds like fanfic” are wrong. but also like those are the worst chunks of the book. like all the meme reference pop fiction YA voice chunks suck... tho they are like 70% of the books. but then, it has a few like really fucking flow state good chunks. like the chunks that get away from that “fanfic” voice are really cool!!!
and it makes me wonder like whats the true authors voice here? is the pop fiction AND the weird detailed gore-psychology both legit? is the pop fiction just being lazy/approachable? makes me wanna see what comes after tlt and after tor dot com lol