A Conspiracy of Kings: SPOILERY VERSION
Mar. 24th, 2010 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvenjaneiteBEWARE! If you have not yet read A Conspiracy of Kings, this is not the post you are looking for. That one is the previous post, which contains no spoilers (except that Sophos is awesome, which we knew). From here on out, consider yourself warned.
Okay, is Sophos not made of awesome? Knocking down Gen? Sneaking up on Gen? Shooting the Mede ambassador? Telling Eddis he knows how much of an ass he was? Being nice to the Ions? AWESOME SAUCE.
More coherently, I love Sophos and Helen. I love that they don't need to be Gen and Irene. No inkpots or temper tantrums. Okay, there might be a Dramatic Confrontation, but they're so...steady. Much as I adore Gen and Irene, it's Sophos and Helen I would want to have dinner with on a regular basis.
Speak of which, I melted when Gen told Sophos the exact moment he fell in love with Irene. Awwwww..... *gushy pile*
And further speaking of which, Irene is now Irene to me, thanks to the scene where she takes Eddis's hand. How sweet of her!
I was expecting to hate Sophos's father, given what we already knew of him and his early depiction. But sneaky MWT pulled a fast one on me.
Also awesome: Sophos's sisters! And his mother! Go sneaky peoples!
Awesomely awful: The Mede Ambassadors. Where do they recruit these people? Are they specially picked for cultural insensitivity and general annoyingness?
I'm sure I will have more thoughts, most likely in the middle of the night. I do now really want to know several things: Heir? Gen really needs one now. IS COSTIS THE ATTOLIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE MEDES? How on earth is Eddis going to adapt to being Queen of Sounis? And how is Gen going to handle being at least technically King of three countries? Obviously this will be dealt with over the next two books, but the mind boggles.
Okay, is Sophos not made of awesome? Knocking down Gen? Sneaking up on Gen? Shooting the Mede ambassador? Telling Eddis he knows how much of an ass he was? Being nice to the Ions? AWESOME SAUCE.
More coherently, I love Sophos and Helen. I love that they don't need to be Gen and Irene. No inkpots or temper tantrums. Okay, there might be a Dramatic Confrontation, but they're so...steady. Much as I adore Gen and Irene, it's Sophos and Helen I would want to have dinner with on a regular basis.
Speak of which, I melted when Gen told Sophos the exact moment he fell in love with Irene. Awwwww..... *gushy pile*
And further speaking of which, Irene is now Irene to me, thanks to the scene where she takes Eddis's hand. How sweet of her!
I was expecting to hate Sophos's father, given what we already knew of him and his early depiction. But sneaky MWT pulled a fast one on me.
Also awesome: Sophos's sisters! And his mother! Go sneaky peoples!
Awesomely awful: The Mede Ambassadors. Where do they recruit these people? Are they specially picked for cultural insensitivity and general annoyingness?
I'm sure I will have more thoughts, most likely in the middle of the night. I do now really want to know several things: Heir? Gen really needs one now. IS COSTIS THE ATTOLIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE MEDES? How on earth is Eddis going to adapt to being Queen of Sounis? And how is Gen going to handle being at least technically King of three countries? Obviously this will be dealt with over the next two books, but the mind boggles.
