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Bookses

Apr 03, 2010 04:17

So I actually finished two whole books recently (it's been a "down" period for readage lately), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Moon Called. Both left me with mixed feelings~

( Percy Jackson, the children's book. seriously. )

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endless_run April 6 2010, 05:12:45 UTC

lol, I can just see a doormat making a >:( face. THAT'S OUR MERCY. That's the thing though, her pissy remarks are so token. They're there just so we feel like Mercy isn't a doormat, because she obviously doesn't mean any of them, considering how much she says shit like that and then doesn't do anything.

I read this part today where she crawled to Samuel on her belly because he was in a bad mood and she didn't want to piss him off. I mean, I get not wanting to piss off a big animal that can rip you to pieces, and that it's supposed to be a wolf thing, but literally crawling to a man? It's demeaning whether she means it to be or not :/ Of course, she tossed in a "Oh, I'm faking submission, I don't mean it", but it's like LOL OH REALLY? And the difference ( ... )

endless_run April 8 2010, 04:57:56 UTC

lol true. Seriously though, the end of Blood Bound pretty much says flat-out what kind of world and relationships you're getting here. Mercy and Adam have their talk, and she's all "you're using your powers to manipulate me into submitting" and he's all "You make me lose control it's YOUR FAULT, and you want to anyway right?" and she's like "Yeah" *headdesk* REALLY YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY IT LIKE THAT? She's strong and independent and smart, but really, she just hadn't found the RIGHT MAN to submit to. And then Adam gets to play the gentleman by offering to NOT MANIPULATE HER. It's like HOW DOES THIS MAKE YOU A NICE GUY? But it does, because he doesn't force her like most of the other jackasses in this world would. BLARGH.

WELL YEAH. That takes too much effort! Easier just to say OH HI GUYS I CAN DO MAGIC, I'M SPECIAL THE END<3

If she had to develop her shit, then there would be less time for getting not-raped~!

missdeep April 8 2010, 05:37:57 UTC

Hahaha yeah you nailed it. "You make me lose control it's YOUR FAULT, and you want to anyway right?" pretty much sums it up. There's so much victim-blaming in these books, like you deserve to be ill-treated simply because you're there and you're female. Plus men, of course, have no self-control unless they're Adam - and even then he's only doing it because he's the exception (not that he really wants to though, he loves manipulating her and she loves it in turn. WHAT A PAIR OF IDIOTS).

That's so true though, I'M SPECIAL forget any actual plotting.

Hahaha not-raped. Goddamn Briggs.

endless_run April 8 2010, 06:06:54 UTC

Seriously though, that just floored me. YES I WANT TO BE DOMINATED PLEASE TAKE ME BIG STRONG ALPHA MALE<333 Yeah, right? I mean, Briggs has some kinks. Some creepy, creepy kinks.

Also, it's probably a weird peeve of mine, but her Jesus thing is starting to get to me too. I mean, fine, believe in God, have your character believe in God, whatever, but it doesn't really serve any purpose in the story (other than the lamb thing), except for Briggs to say "HEY GOD EXISTS OK? NO HEATHENS HEOINES HERE." Blah.

True love, yo.

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