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Pg 138 Lessa is thinking about if riders are injuring but the dragon is okay, sending another rider out for the next fight. But only “if the dragon was agreeable”

So they’re okay kidnapping women to bond dragons but the dragons autonomy is important here?!?

Pg 121 “Lessa was a ruthless adversary and a canny advocate”
I like this line describing her. Unrelated, but crazy how physical / casual violence is deployed. When she was in histrionics about time traveling a few pages ago, F’lar slapped her across the face. First instance it’s felt like this was written in the 50s

Pg 112 Ramoth as she’s learning to go *between* “it was dull” lol it’s just like the young dragons in fourth wing being petulant and thinking they know better and eager to learn but not cognizant of the dangers

Pg 94 the complaints of the common man seem wildly reasonable. The weyr dragon men take food, women, It does seem like they’ve outgrown their usefulness. Their points seem valid. But taking a step back, I bet the dragons are the only ones that can combat the threads (which haven’t been seen in 400 years so people have probably forgotten or think they’re myth)

Pg 65 Last Turn there had been quite a ceremony at Star Stone, when the rising sun seemed to settle briefly on Finger Rock, marking the winter solstice. However that only explained the significance of the Finger Rock, not the Star Stone.
AHHHHH so similar to archeoastrology!!!!!! I’m going to tell myself they planted the rock there so it is.

Pg 64- Lessa is memorizing ballads and poems wondering about what they mean since they’re all cryptic. Callback to the intro about legends, myths, fairy tales, and facts.
It feels like a lot has been forgotten and we’re going to be rediscovering it with Lessa.

Is an apostrophe in your name the basic requirement to become a male dragonrider? F‘lar, F‘nor, S‘lar, R‘gul…

Introduction: when is a legend a legend? Why is a myth a myth? How old and disused must a fact be for it to be related to the category “fairytale”? And who do certain facts remain incontrovertible while others lose their validity to assume a shabby, unstable character?