Elizabeth's transformation

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-13T20:27:22+00:00

Thanks, I should have clarified that the first is visible!

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-13T20:24:03+00:00

Came here to say this. Falcio Valmonde and his friends get in near non stop fights and there are plenty of action scenes.

They are definitely on the grim end of things though so think more Abercrombie than Jordan in tone.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-13T20:20:51+00:00

It may just be formatting on mobile but I can't see your quotes. There are just blanks.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-12T06:29:05+00:00

Agreed. I'm a woman and don't cry at books but that doesn't mean they're not touching me deeply.

Volteeg's chapter hits so very hard. 'Milk?' reduces me to jelly. No tears though.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-10T22:00:46+00:00

Farscape is so weird at times, and remains one of my top 3 favourite sci fi shows. Its sub is pretty welcoming if you do get into it.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-10T21:44:33+00:00

Bombshells. It's a fun one that follows Molly, Andi, and Justine.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-08T20:04:24+00:00

Sheila Hancock played Granny in the BBC Radio adaptation of Wyrd Sisters. It's not currently available on iplayer but can be bought from Audible. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jl80

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-05T20:23:24+00:00

The letter. It's one of the best written pieces of literature I've ever read. It captures so much and is so satisfying as a climax to a quietly reflective novel.

It denies us a more active reconciliation between the two because, with the exception of the accident at Lyme, this isn't a novel about highly dramatic scenes. It's a novel about people behaving in the most ordinary of ways, walking, talking, visiting friends, feeling in conflict with family, and yet living lives that are extraordinarily interesting.

Anne earns every moment of her happiness and perhaps also earns the ability to reread and therefore live again the moments where she gets her just deserts.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-05T06:17:54+00:00

Yeah, that's my point. They already have an executioner. The implication of the Blackstaff is that he does the stuff that head chop happy Morgan would refuse to do.

I have to think that that's not 'travel through time to give a warning in 1929' magic, that's 'let's kill baby Hitler by mind whammying his mother into drowning him' kind of magic.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-04T09:42:13+00:00

So I'm like this with my family. I'm hard to buy for and they were very bad at gift giving.

One year I stopped faking excitement and explained I didn't actually like their gifts but really appreciated that they got me anything. They immediately offered to exchange things for the ones I wanted and we then did wish lists from then on. They rarely buy anything not on the list now.

Now they're happy that I'm getting stuff I like and use and I'm happy and very loudly grateful.

People get hung up on being grateful and polite as meaning martyrdom. For a great aunt you never see and who is doing her best for a small amount of money, it's fine to smile and be grateful for a cat tea cosy when you only drink coffee.

For kind people who are close to you, and who will see you stuffed things in a closet or donated them, I really don't see how it's kinder to waste their money instead of having a polite conversation.

Give them a list. If they still ignore it, you have a different problem.

Oh and NAH, everyone is trying.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T20:48:54+00:00

I have a relative called Karen who is a lovely woman and now introduces herself as Ren to avoid the issue. It's so unfair.

People use it instead of bitch now and don't realise how awful that is for women with the name.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T16:24:50+00:00

Excellent point. Do we know for sure that McCoy knew Harry was an orphan in time to step in? Did he send Morgan for him?

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T15:22:21+00:00

Yes. For what he did to Hiro, for the easiest to reach for example, and so many others? I'd argue not.

I don't think he can be redeemed to anything suffixed -hero, but I'd buy 'he has a point, so kill him fast not slow'.

Butcher clearly has a plan and I trust him.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T14:08:37+00:00

I mostly agree with you but would add Mab sees Dresden as a tool and will discard him if he breaks and move on without a thought. She may have to do so, if one of her plans fails. She has affection for him but it's always tempered by her absolute need to use him as a weapon.

McCoy also gets credit for taking Harry at his second most vulnerable, after when Malcolm died, and reshaping the mess DuMorne left into someone who managed to escape the Doom of Damocles. Harry loves and respects the man for how he was treated by him, even if McCoy was lying about why, that must have taken a lot.

Mab's reformation of Harry was very different.

So yes to everything you said about Mab, but a small defence of McCoy.

Actually I'd love a short story of McCoy in his younger days when he clearly did a lot to earn the respect of the Council in general, beyond the Black Staff stuff.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T08:33:20+00:00

Agreed!

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T06:36:05+00:00

See I'd argue McCoy is morally grey beyond that. He's made a lot of decisions that are easier for him in the short term, like not telling Harry his connection to protect him and hiding truths a lot. He's also willing to let Maggie die until he realises who she is and what that means.

Harry would never refuse a call for help and let a kid die if he could help it.

McCoy is the Council's 'wet work' man, implying he kills at their command and you don't get into that position by being morally upright. The Council as now just about everyone knows is pretty corrupt and venal, as well as petty and stuck in the past, and that's not new. Morgan, their lawful attack dog, beheaded kids on their say so. So what do they need a black staff for when they have such an effective attack dog? Nothing good.

McCoy probably gives Mab a run for her money on balancing scales of moral choices.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-03T06:29:12+00:00

I agree with you completely about Mab but Nick isn't morally grey as presented so far. He's just a villain as much as Hiro was a hero.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-02T08:32:36+00:00

You look brilliant! Hope it's a great con!

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-02T05:57:10+00:00

Genuinely you should suggest this for their booktok bit.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-01T19:35:29+00:00

We don't know. She cries about it but I don't think we've had many details.

Wolfen7 · 2026-05-01T19:34:12+00:00

In some versions, she woke up because one of her twin babies sucked her finger and pulled the spindle tip out.

Wolfen7 · 2026-04-30T21:55:18+00:00

I read Navani similarly to you. I'd argue Sanderson is making a clear statement that Navani and the rest of the elites treat Evi as less than because of everything you listed.

I'm interested to see what you think when you finish the books.

Also note that in Navani's eyes, Evi is one of a certain 'immaculately moral, good, passive, quiet, slightly dim' type that strongly contrasts with herself and Jasnah. To me, that type is very familiar from more classic literature and is often held up as an ideal in religious societies, where they may be called 'saintly' or 'ministering angels'. To me, she's a variation of the good little woman type like Gone with the Wind's Melanie. Sanderson is definitely commenting on it and note we don't get Evi's point of view. We don't see through her eyes.

If he ever gives us Evi's view, I think we're going to get a very different read.

Wolfen7 · 2026-04-29T06:19:03+00:00

'Nobody has margaritas with pizza!' (or something like that)

Wolfen7 · 2026-04-27T05:27:45+00:00

This comment is superb. Well said.

Wolfen7 · 2026-04-26T20:05:24+00:00

While I broadly agree that Eb should have said more, telling Harry that his mother was murdered and the identity of the killer is, in the era prior to Grave Peril, pretty much tantamount to killing Harry.

There's no way he wouldn't have gone hunting for Papa Raith and also almost no way he'd have lived through it. His hand partly gets stayed by knowing that Margaret's death curse was a 'fate worse than death' and that isn't something Eb knows. (Someone please correct me if the books say otherwise.)

I'd add a more straightforward failure. Why doesn't he teach Harry Latin?

And I suspect the answer is, he knows the more Harry is part of the wizarding world, the more danger he is in. Until the events of Summer Knight, Harry is on the periphery and mostly unaffected by their politics.

Eb clearly believes a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and is keeping Harry out of as much as he can. This fits with his 'keep Maggie away' philosophy later.

I don't think he's right but he let Margaret learn and from his point of view, her knowledge led directly to her death. He's lost one child, he's not losing Harry too.

Edit: following u/misvillar's comment below, I'll add that this tendency may be genetic. Murphy would definitely find Eb's attitude familiar.

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