GUYS HELP ME OUT HERE

[apiphile]

I HAVE THE PARANOIDS ABOUT THIS BOOK.

PLEASE ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT A) THE PLOT AND B) THE CHARACTERS OR C) ADDRESS QUESTIONS TO THE CHARACTERS SO I CAN GET A GRIP ON THEIR VOICES.\

You don't have to give a shit about the answers, just ASK THINGS. (PS please no "what lolcat meme are you" or owt, 'tis a fantasy novel and there is no intertubes).

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[apiphile]

1. Hana would say, and mean, that she would wish for the return of her family and status. Radigis would say that he wishes for a fairer Albion but mean that he wishes for power. John would say he wishes for peace and seclusion with El Alacran, but if he had the imagination for it I think he would wish for them not to need the seclusion. El Alacran has a whole bunch of things he would wish for but they boil down to EVERYONE STOP BEING AN ASS TO EVERYONE ELSE, although he'd say he wishes for an end to the interfactional conflict in his own kingdom. El Miriapodo would say that he wishes for a victorious end to the fighting, which is the complete opposite of what he wants as he is certain that if they win he will be obsolete; I suspect he wishes for better resources and more trustworthy captains. Qingting wishes internally for Aerdis's arm back, and externally for Aerdis's happiness; Aerdis would say she wishes for the safety of the city but yeah, she wants her goddamn fucking arm back. I think if Ferdinand were given a wish-granting genie it would be "undo everything the fucking skin-stealer has done", because he's smart, and he wants Hugo back but also thinks Hajar should have Ben back - although he probably doesn't know the extent of what the skin-stealer and its ilk have done. Hajar wants Ben back the way he was; at the beginning of the story she wants legitimacy for the Method. And Ben, when he is in a position to wish at all, wishes for legitimacy for the Method. If he was capable of not repressing it forever he'd probably also want a permanent end to sexual desires on his part so that he doesn't have to keep taking the bromine (ide?).

2. Hana: too wrapped up in her business to really know any of the rest of the cast, but probably dislikes Ben for being a pain. Most people dislike Ben. She likes Hajar best, o'course, because Hajar is her only living child. THAT IS EXACTLY AS MUCH OF A BURDEN ON HAJAR AS YOU'D EXPECT.
Hajar: Huge guilt over the fact that she is probably now fonder of Ben than of her mother; most hated CLEARLY THE SKIN-STEALER.
Ben: Dislikes preeeeeetty much everyone who doesn't agree with him, likes Hajar.
Ferdinand: I guess Hugo doesn't count as part of the main cast, so I would say he becomes pretty keen on El Alacran. It's sort of hard to dislike El Alacran once you get over the whole "fourteen-foot-long scorpion" thing. He's probably the biggest hate-on for the Skin-stealer on account of REASONS WHICH ARE PRETTY SOLID.
Radigis: Of the cast, probably likes Hana best as a) she is most useful to him and b) she's pretty charming. He doesn't know the rest of the cast but I'd guess he'd be pretty repulsed by Ben being a pain in the ass, even if he superficially agrees with him.
El Miriapodo: I think he comes to like John the best, despite his long and storied history with El Alacran. He doesn't really know many of the others, so I will put him down as disliking El Alacran the most, even though it's not really so much "dislike" as GOD SCORPION STOP FUCKING UP EVERYTHING I'M TRYING TO ACHEIVE.
Qingting: No one to begin with, fucking flat-out despises El Alacran in short order; obvs Aerdis is her fave.
Aerdis: Qingting is her favourite, I think she possibly distrusts/dislikes Hajar.
El Alacran: JOHN OBVIOUSLY IS HIS FAVOURITE. And after what has occurred to set things in motion El Miriapodo rapidly becomes his un-favourite.