My burning desire to avoid studying, let me show you it.

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1.) The big blogosphere news of the last 48 hours is Cooks Source editor's plagiarism and rudeness when asked to acknowledge her unethical action. Unfortunately for Ms. Griggs, the original poster has a social media connection, and basically her bad behavior brought the internet dogpile on her

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[herewiss13]

In re: Honor/Talia

That is an interesting list of comparisons. However Talia=short and Honor=tall. Therefore your analysis is irrelevant. :-P

...also Talia doesn't haven't a gun in the middle finger of her artificial hand, so the whole thing falls apart.

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...also Talia doesn't haven't a gun in the middle finger of her artificial hand, so the whole thing falls apart.

No, she just strikes people down with the power of her mind. And sometimes her feelings.

[herewiss13]

I'm not sure I recall Talia's empathy ever being projective...but in any case it's not cybernetic, so it's hardly the same.

On the other hand, Nimitz rides on Honor's shoulder while Talia rides on Rolan's shoulder (so to speak), so you may have something there. :-)

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Reread the second book in the Talia trilogy: she's projecting during the blizzard in Sorrows.

These are minor points compared to the overwhelming similarities. First they put others before themselves, suffering mightily in silence, derail multiple plots against Queen and country, and are feted by Kingdom (or Empire) as enemies loom in the background. Yes?

[herewiss13]

I am, of course kidding (except about the height thing)...those are some very striking similarities I hadn't considered previously.

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...those are some very striking similarities I hadn't considered previously.

I think I'm onto something about how a certain subset of Americans were processing changing womens' roles, but I'd have to noodle some more to get a real bead on what's going on. If I wanted to be repressively Feminism 101, I'd say they're allowed to be good Second Wave feminists and succeed in the workplace, but the writers are struggling with how to write female characters, hence the really stupid romance subplots. (My derision for the Honor/Hamish/Emily love triangle, let me show you it. What this romance needs is less "zomg disability = no sex life, so it's okay for Honor and Hamish to get it on" and more OT3 action.)