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it's so difficult for me to believe that althea would choose to stay with brashen on paragon now that kennits spirit is in paragon. hobb is trying to argue that you'd rather be with your rapists ghost than your friend that doesn't believe you were raped?

I wonder if through the skill you could move vivacia into a skill dragon? like how fitz left his body into nighteyes. then the liveships could take different bodies

in what fucking world does WINTROW know how to command but althea is never given credit???????

see, I don't think this makes kennit a well written character. no abuser thinks logically that they're perpetuating a cycle, they always think they're different. everyone is a hero in their own story. idk I thought her character work with kennit was great and its kind of falling apart here because his internal monologue doesn't sound like a real person anymore

also the fact that brashen doesn't have faith that paragon can wake up and choose to be a new person isnt only so pessimistic it goes again earlier themes of the book, but if true would also invalidate himself!! if true he isn't worth to captain paragon!!
ugh sorry brashen really frustrates me

in farseer characters do awful things to others or themselves convincing themselves it's for the greater good. verity, shrewd, chade, burrich, kettricken, fitz himself. but in liveship no character is making decisions for the country, just for themselves and their own family. its harder to stomach putting others in danger just for personal gain. the only character acting in the big picture now is amber

it feels like every character has become a trader - willing to cut the legs out from anyone else for the sake of their own profit. I want amber who is the only true hearted person to get out of here.

farseer had its dark and hopeless moments but it just felt different. so much of the wit and skill was about empathy. I think hobb has crossed a line for me here and now I find it hard to empathize with any character

it feel like the message of this book is become that the worst things people say and think of you become true and that is so bitter to swallow it's making me sick

I don't understand why vivacia/bolt doesn't know what really happened to althea? haven't we established that the liveships can tell what happens on them?

all of a sudden it seems like all male characters are evil :/ kennit has fucked up big time, wintrow is spineless, i never liked brashen...