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sat in the living room reading the climax of this book while my parents watched their festive christmas eve movie of choice, venom: the last dance. not sure if it's a step up or down from last year, when it was alien, then predator, then giving up on alien vs predator in favour of small soldiers. better than christmas movies, regardless. not to be a grinch but theyre all a bit shit

i know there are a lot of theories about ren's magic. personally would like her to be able to balance. there's a nice poetry in that

want to finish this reread before christmas. guess that means i have to read two hundred pages in 24 hours. i simply have to. definitely not because i want an excuse to think about my dear magicians constantly

next time someone complains that lila and kell aren't right for each other (by which i mean someone complains that lila isnt good enough for kell, because that's always what it is), i may have to direct them to part two of this book. so what if she isnt soft and doting. the love is so obviously there, and the stubbornness of it is refreshing

colleague i work under explicitly told me to read on company time next week, as there's no actual construction work happening and therefore no work to be done between now and the new year. so i basically get ten day's holiday for the price of two. thank you norfolk offshore wind

didnt include this in my last adsom reread as i was saving it for a rainy day, so to speak. and that day has come

my brain is fried from ecosystems and i doubt i can articulate myself properly, so i may do some metaposting on tumblr later, but the heart of the world metaphor + holland's restlessness definitely support my white london oshoc theory.
also. nero could be oren rosec. or he could be transgender hanara rosec (i have no grounds for this) or maybe an illegitimate nasaro/rosec child. who knows.

ghost!holland has had three scenes so far (post-tithe, when lark appears, and the flashback), and has touched kosika more times in those than anyone in the original trilogy. holland vosijk may be a massive cunt, but he would not touch a fourteen year old's arm and move his hand so his fingers were ghosting hers. and why are there threads of silver in his green eye. my man, my beloved bastard, what are you

writing down every hv quote and significant action/body language to compile in an excel sheet and do some inductive thematic analysis + look for trends in his characterisation. and compare in character to out of character moments. i have a 24 hour exam on wednesday and this is how i am spending my time. autism (:

being a holland vosijk enjoyer is so hard when everyone in this series either demonises him, sanctifies him, or acts like he never existed. he was just a sad man who wanted a better world. and he was lonely. even nasi picked up on that (perhaps only nasi picked up on that)