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“You're talking as if Miranda is just a rag doll. As if she’s just lying around with her legs open, draping herself over the furniture like wet spaghetti with a sign on her saying, Rape Me. But it wouldn’t be like that. First off, she’s a strong girl. She hasn’t been tied up in corsets and stuffed into glass slippers and such at court. She’s a tomboy; she’s been clambering all over that island since she was three.
— Jun 03, 2026 05:12AM
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“Then they stab Prospero, because the stupid klutz has let Ariel go free by then, what an idiot, so Prospero’s not magic any more. They go to deal with Gonzalo, who’s halfway dead of fright anyway, but he has a stroke before they need to kill him, and he just falls over. Then they rape Miranda—sorry, Anne-Marie, but that’s how it would go down—and they include Caliban in on the rape..."
(SnakeEye Antonio ending)
— Jun 03, 2026 05:10AM
(SnakeEye Antonio ending)
mary
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“My brave spirit!” he cries. He’d like to give her a hug,
but that’s not possible. Prospero and Ariel never touch:
how can you touch a spirit? Right now he can’t even see
her. He’ll have to be content with the voice.
(Felix reflecting on Miranda's "decision" to understudy Ariel where Miranda and Ariel are both "spirits")
— Jun 03, 2026 04:32AM
but that’s not possible. Prospero and Ariel never touch:
how can you touch a spirit? Right now he can’t even see
her. He’ll have to be content with the voice.
(Felix reflecting on Miranda's "decision" to understudy Ariel where Miranda and Ariel are both "spirits")
mary
is on page 185 of 301
Miranda’s made a decision: she’ll be understudying
Ariel—surely he can’t raise any objections to that.
How clever of her, how perfect! She’s found the one part
that will let her blend in seamlessly at rehearsals. Only he
will be able to see her, from time to time. Only he will hear
her. She’ll be invisible to every eyeball else.
(Felix hearing Miranda's voice playing Ariel after practising in the mirror) uhm what???
— Jun 03, 2026 04:30AM
Ariel—surely he can’t raise any objections to that.
How clever of her, how perfect! She’s found the one part
that will let her blend in seamlessly at rehearsals. Only he
will be able to see her, from time to time. Only he will hear
her. She’ll be invisible to every eyeball else.
(Felix hearing Miranda's voice playing Ariel after practising in the mirror) uhm what???
mary
is on page 184 of 301
But real life is brilliantly colored, says another part of his
brain. It’s made up of every possible hue, including those we
can't see. All nature is a fire: everything forms, everything
blossoms, everything fades. We are slow clouds. . .
(Felix)
— Jun 03, 2026 04:27AM
brain. It’s made up of every possible hue, including those we
can't see. All nature is a fire: everything forms, everything
blossoms, everything fades. We are slow clouds. . .
(Felix)
mary
is on page 183 of 301
Idiot, he tells himself. How long will you keep yourself
on this intravenous drip? Just enough illusion to keep you
alive. Pull the plug, why don’t you? Give up your tinsel
stickers, your paper cutouts, your colored crayons. Face the
plain, unvarnished grime of real life.
— Jun 03, 2026 04:26AM
on this intravenous drip? Just enough illusion to keep you
alive. Pull the plug, why don’t you? Give up your tinsel
stickers, your paper cutouts, your colored crayons. Face the
plain, unvarnished grime of real life.
mary
is on page 148 of 301
The poor girl is trapped in the middle of the ocean with a testosterone-sodden thug who wants to rape her and an ancient dad who’s totally off
his gourd. No wonder she throws herself into the arms of the first sane-looking youth who bumbles her way. Get me out of here! is what she’s really saying to Ferdinand. Isn’t it?
(Felix's inner monologue about Miranda in the play)
— Jun 02, 2026 04:49AM
his gourd. No wonder she throws herself into the arms of the first sane-looking youth who bumbles her way. Get me out of here! is what she’s really saying to Ferdinand. Isn’t it?
(Felix's inner monologue about Miranda in the play)
mary
is on page 53 of 301
ok i'm SO glad he's finally got his job (chapter 8)
— Jun 01, 2026 04:41AM
mary
is on page 45 of 301
to be honest... not that interesting so far. a lot of "he [verb] like thought/did this/realised etc" and rhetorical questions. lots of third person, not that much progression of the plot. or comedy. or character development or anything.
there are references to the tempest, like okay, but it's not doing too much at this point in the book.
— Jun 01, 2026 04:31AM
there are references to the tempest, like okay, but it's not doing too much at this point in the book.
