Aranza (grumpy version) > Recent Status Updates

Alcibiades is an outstanding candidate for ostracism. Athenians can vote to exile a politician for ten years. Not for anything illegal, but because the citizens judge him to be a danger to the body politic. Huh. Maybe we should bring that back.

Teela is driving me insane.

I love this series already. I fell in love with the narrative style when I read the one about Ancient Egypt, and now just reading the first chapter I’m just as, if not more, fascinated with this one.

I must say…. I’m a bit disturbed with the age gap between Luis Wu and Teela,

To be honest… there are some positions I find insufferable from Ellie, even in the context she is from. I can understand her distaste from the patriarcal norm and her criticisms of it, but letting it dictate this much of her life it’s tiresome. She’s way too much of an absolutist and I thought she would’ve seen this after TotSK.

Jesus, so much to say. The last few chapters were better than what we had before, with the conflict creating tension where previously there was non. It was a relief.