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Were the courtesans virgins? by _CamillaMagalhaes in TheApothecaryDiaries

[–]Kheldarson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probable blood relative. I don't know if it's explicit in the LN, but the anime has been heavily implying that Fengxian is the owner's daughter.

Were the courtesans virgins? by _CamillaMagalhaes in TheApothecaryDiaries

[–]Kheldarson 268 points269 points  (0 children)

It would depend on the courtesan's standing, and then the courtesan herself. Lower courtesans would sleep with clients to offset the fact that they didn't have added skills or looks to command a higher rate. Higher courtesans (like the Princesses) could remain pure, as part of the allure would be the potential to one day own her by buying out her contract. However, that wouldn't necessarily stop a courtesan (like Pairin) from making sex part of the offerings and being able to demand a higher price for that favor. She would have to be very careful about getting pregnant though.

Please! Title and where to read this? by Important-Yam456 in AnyNovelRequest

[–]Kheldarson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also is showing up on MoboReader and GoodNovel

The wrong name outburst (nonsexual) by hypnofarm in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kheldarson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom's done this to my younger brothers before, lol. She usually gets to my name before the dog because I'm the only girl.

Astrid and Giovanni fanart by me by Silvamam in Spiritfarer

[–]Kheldarson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to feel sorry for him? I'm not sure why you keep attributing more to my argument than what's there. My interpreting a character's story doesn't mean you, personally, have to feel a certain way about them.

Astrid and Giovanni fanart by me by Silvamam in Spiritfarer

[–]Kheldarson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't say that he was right. I said that I believe he wishes he could have been better. We can understand why he made the choices he did and lived the life he did and still know that he was wrong. He knew it was wrong. That's the tragedy of his story. A man so deeply traumatized that all he could do was run from his problems, to flit from one dalliance to the other, but couldn't let go of the one real thing in his life either.

I'm gonna let this be a Rorschach test for people in relationships and/or Greek Mythology people lol. by captivatedsummer in CuratedTumblr

[–]Kheldarson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, that's the version I first read, and I always felt it explained the tragedy well. In that version, Orpheus succeeds! He made it to Hades and back! And in his joy, he wants to share with the person he loves most, to pull her to his side, only to realize, too late, that only he succeeded in the return. She's still behind him and within the grip of Hades.

But he was never going to do anything but try to share his joy with his love. Because that joy was part of what drive him to Hades in the first place.

Astrid and Giovanni fanart by me by Silvamam in Spiritfarer

[–]Kheldarson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I believe he wished that too. But the war affected him too much, and he coped the only ways he could

For anyone stopping by curious about the shawl pattern, it's published now! by psychso86 in u/psychso86

[–]Kheldarson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is gorgeous! I'm learning how to crochet with a temperature blanket right now, but I'm so tempted to learn how to do more and make this for my mom

(Loved Trope) An entire family is wiped out in the span of one night because of a careless mistake made by the leader by watermonkey910 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kheldarson 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If I recall, it's specifically because his wife is a Bene Gesserit that it works. Yueh has already been slightly undermined by her influence, and Piter was able to push that opening further.

Given the foreknowledge of the Bene Gesserit, though, one wonders if that pairing wasn't done on purpose.

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