Betrayed: Chapter 4
ZeldaQueen: In which Zoey is an idiot and the plot patters on and nearly dies
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Chapter 4
ZeldaQueen: So Zoey understandably wants to talk to her friends about the thing with Blake, but only wants to talk to Stevie Rae about it. She’s worried that Shaunee and Erin will be pissy because they themselves lust after Blake, plus she suspects that because he just poked her face, nothing actually happened, no matter how she actually felt or how he was acting as he did so.
We skip ahead to lunch of the…next day I guess, and Zoey tells them about her ideas for the Senior Council and Prefect system. Everyone hugs her and agrees that it’s the most fantastical idea ever because Googling someone else's ideas is just so clever and Damien actually says “I feel like I'm in the court of a great queen”. The Twins promptly make a joke about him just being a great queen, in case we forgot he was gay.
Zoey tells them that she thinks there should be seven people on the council, and apparently she has automatically decided that the five of them are all going to be members. Okay, Zoey I can understand but what have the rest of them done to show that they’re able to run the Dark Daughters? Hooray for blatant nepotism! Anywho, point is that she feels it’s odd for the council to be made up of so many young students, so she feels that the last two positions should be filled with older students. Damien quickly nominates Erik Night, and the Twins instantly get on his case because dude, Damien’s gaaaaay and Erik’s nooooot and Shaunee actually says “He likes breasts and vaginas, not penises and anu-” before Zoey mercifully interrupts her. The Twins also pout because membership isn’t based on how good-looking a person is, and Zoey comments “They're actually not real shallow; they're just kinda shallow”. I just can't understand why them being on the uber-special council would bother people.
We then hear Zoey’s other idea - that the other upperclassman chosen for the council be chosen from one of the previous members of the Dark Daughters. Zoey feels that this will help keep things smooth with the previous members, who might be tempted to cry nepotism. Given that the other members of the council are her friends and boyfriend, that’s a good idea. Of course everyone starts protesting because everybody in the old Dark Daughters was eviiiiiiil, every single one of them, and letting one of them in will just be the worst thing ever. Zoey raises her hand like she’s queen (no really) and reminds them all that even snakes are symbols of Nyx and “Haven't they gotten a bad reputation because historically they've been symbols of female power, and men wanted to take that power away from women and make it something disgusting and scary instead?”
Pause here for a few points.
First, I suspect that the fact that some snakes are giant and scary and have large, poisonous fangs added just as much to snake fears as the big, bad, evil men. Those things fall under "primal fears" for a reason, you know.
Second, you see what I mean about the soap boxing about how men are Evil and screwed up the sacred feminine symbols and whatnot?
Third, she's soapboxing about the evils of men to Damien, the only man in the group. But oh yeah, he's gay so he doesn't actually count as a guy.
I'm quite irate by now.
I can't actually comment on the accuracy of that any further, because I'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject of snakes. Does anyone else know?
Somehow, they move from this on to the topic of not making the Change. Reasonably enough, they all agree that they want something of themselves left behind, if they were to die. They agree on leaving handprints in cement, like Hollywood stars do, and then lunch is conveniently over. Everyone heads off to class, except for Zoey who decides she has to go tell Neferet right that second what she decided. Hoooo boy.
And suddenly…we’ve teleported to outside of Neferet’s room. Huh. I mean, one minute, Zoey’s in the lunchroom and the next, she’s listening in on a conversation in Neferet’s office. And what do you know, it’s a Mysteriously Vague Conversation, between Aphrodite and Neferet!
Zoey, like the good little spy she is, drops an earring so she has the excuse to have been looking for it and listens in. Aphrodite is clearly upset, insisting that she saw something very important. Neferet is all cold and scary and keeps saying that Aphrodite is mistaken. Zoey’s first thought is that Aphrodite is trying to tell about how Blake was grabbing her face in the library. Considering how Aphrodite is a bigger mustache-twirler than Gethesemane’s villains, that seems rather unlikely.
Meanwhile, all we get beaten over the head with is how cold and cruel Neferet sounds. Zoey is scared by it and can’t understand why that would be. I’m pretty sure it’s human nature to be scared when a teacher goes all bitch-faced on someone who is clearly out of their mind with worry. Instead, we’re reminded how Zoey totally had an out of the body experience in the last book and met with the vampire goddess Nyx in an alternate plane of existence (because she’s that big of a Mary Sue) and how besides having the ability to control the five elements, she also has some convenient gut feeling when Something Bad Is Happening.
Neferet, meanwhile, keeps insisting that Aphrodite is having false visions because Nyx is displeased with her and thus has removed her gift. So…she took away the gift and Aphrodite is still having visions? Blu, what? And yes, this is about Aphrodite’s future vision. Zoey's an idiot though, and keeps thinking that Aphrodite is yes, of course, totally telling on her! Aphrodite is crying and begging Neferet to do something about whatever it is that’s going to happen and Neferet just keeps insisting that no, the vision is wrong and Nyx hates her. And with that, Zoey runs off.
Oh boy! This must be when the plot picks up, right? I mean, Zoey surely must remember that cryptic warning Aphrodite gave her in the last book about how they are all being played and hear this and figure out that something bad’s on the way! Right? Right?
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Chapter 4
ZeldaQueen: So Zoey understandably wants to talk to her friends about the thing with Blake, but only wants to talk to Stevie Rae about it. She’s worried that Shaunee and Erin will be pissy because they themselves lust after Blake, plus she suspects that because he just poked her face, nothing actually happened, no matter how she actually felt or how he was acting as he did so.
We skip ahead to lunch of the…next day I guess, and Zoey tells them about her ideas for the Senior Council and Prefect system. Everyone hugs her and agrees that it’s the most fantastical idea ever because Googling someone else's ideas is just so clever and Damien actually says “I feel like I'm in the court of a great queen”. The Twins promptly make a joke about him just being a great queen, in case we forgot he was gay.
Zoey tells them that she thinks there should be seven people on the council, and apparently she has automatically decided that the five of them are all going to be members. Okay, Zoey I can understand but what have the rest of them done to show that they’re able to run the Dark Daughters? Hooray for blatant nepotism! Anywho, point is that she feels it’s odd for the council to be made up of so many young students, so she feels that the last two positions should be filled with older students. Damien quickly nominates Erik Night, and the Twins instantly get on his case because dude, Damien’s gaaaaay and Erik’s nooooot and Shaunee actually says “He likes breasts and vaginas, not penises and anu-” before Zoey mercifully interrupts her. The Twins also pout because membership isn’t based on how good-looking a person is, and Zoey comments “They're actually not real shallow; they're just kinda shallow”. I just can't understand why them being on the uber-special council would bother people.
We then hear Zoey’s other idea - that the other upperclassman chosen for the council be chosen from one of the previous members of the Dark Daughters. Zoey feels that this will help keep things smooth with the previous members, who might be tempted to cry nepotism. Given that the other members of the council are her friends and boyfriend, that’s a good idea. Of course everyone starts protesting because everybody in the old Dark Daughters was eviiiiiiil, every single one of them, and letting one of them in will just be the worst thing ever. Zoey raises her hand like she’s queen (no really) and reminds them all that even snakes are symbols of Nyx and “Haven't they gotten a bad reputation because historically they've been symbols of female power, and men wanted to take that power away from women and make it something disgusting and scary instead?”
Pause here for a few points.
First, I suspect that the fact that some snakes are giant and scary and have large, poisonous fangs added just as much to snake fears as the big, bad, evil men. Those things fall under "primal fears" for a reason, you know.
Second, you see what I mean about the soap boxing about how men are Evil and screwed up the sacred feminine symbols and whatnot?
Third, she's soapboxing about the evils of men to Damien, the only man in the group. But oh yeah, he's gay so he doesn't actually count as a guy.
I'm quite irate by now.
I can't actually comment on the accuracy of that any further, because I'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject of snakes. Does anyone else know?
Somehow, they move from this on to the topic of not making the Change. Reasonably enough, they all agree that they want something of themselves left behind, if they were to die. They agree on leaving handprints in cement, like Hollywood stars do, and then lunch is conveniently over. Everyone heads off to class, except for Zoey who decides she has to go tell Neferet right that second what she decided. Hoooo boy.
And suddenly…we’ve teleported to outside of Neferet’s room. Huh. I mean, one minute, Zoey’s in the lunchroom and the next, she’s listening in on a conversation in Neferet’s office. And what do you know, it’s a Mysteriously Vague Conversation, between Aphrodite and Neferet!
Zoey, like the good little spy she is, drops an earring so she has the excuse to have been looking for it and listens in. Aphrodite is clearly upset, insisting that she saw something very important. Neferet is all cold and scary and keeps saying that Aphrodite is mistaken. Zoey’s first thought is that Aphrodite is trying to tell about how Blake was grabbing her face in the library. Considering how Aphrodite is a bigger mustache-twirler than Gethesemane’s villains, that seems rather unlikely.
Meanwhile, all we get beaten over the head with is how cold and cruel Neferet sounds. Zoey is scared by it and can’t understand why that would be. I’m pretty sure it’s human nature to be scared when a teacher goes all bitch-faced on someone who is clearly out of their mind with worry. Instead, we’re reminded how Zoey totally had an out of the body experience in the last book and met with the vampire goddess Nyx in an alternate plane of existence (because she’s that big of a Mary Sue) and how besides having the ability to control the five elements, she also has some convenient gut feeling when Something Bad Is Happening.
Neferet, meanwhile, keeps insisting that Aphrodite is having false visions because Nyx is displeased with her and thus has removed her gift. So…she took away the gift and Aphrodite is still having visions? Blu, what? And yes, this is about Aphrodite’s future vision. Zoey's an idiot though, and keeps thinking that Aphrodite is yes, of course, totally telling on her! Aphrodite is crying and begging Neferet to do something about whatever it is that’s going to happen and Neferet just keeps insisting that no, the vision is wrong and Nyx hates her. And with that, Zoey runs off.
Oh boy! This must be when the plot picks up, right? I mean, Zoey surely must remember that cryptic warning Aphrodite gave her in the last book about how they are all being played and hear this and figure out that something bad’s on the way! Right? Right?
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