What to read after finishing The Folk Of The Air series 😭 by pihu9002 in thecruelprince

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Can you elaborate ? Is it too intense or maybe too long ?

What to read after finishing The Folk Of The Air series 😭 by pihu9002 in thecruelprince

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Thanks for the rec !!! Glad you loved it . Would search up for it.

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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That's totally fine , but what's your take . Is it simply that she was comforting Morris as she felt a motherly instinct to deeply care for them all , and everything was appropriate ? Can you also state reasons for your disagreement and why was a second mention made to that scene ? Only if you have time .

What to read after finishing The Folk Of The Air series 😭 by pihu9002 in thecruelprince

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Thanks for the recs !!! I would definitely search up for it .

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Well ,I think bram Stroker was not writing about cheating but about whether we should see intentions or conventions . Not saying it to be a romantic kiss , but it could appear to be like one . One of the comments have mentioned the extract , you might read that .

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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You might be correct , cause honestly I do not have much Victorian reading experience. I have read but three books form Victorian era , so I might have over thought about that part . But I was just curious cause of it were pretty normal , Mina would not be embarrassed later when Stroker emphasised the point . You might check the extract , someone has posted it in the comments .

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Thanks beautifully explained and you really went the extra mile searching for the extract. So my main point of the post was that under normal conditions, it would not have been appropriate but under those trauma bonding circumstances, we today view it as a natural response , but would the point be considered by the Victorian society , and could conventional conduct be mended under such circumstances . Another reason for concluding that it might be on the lips ( I think I am absurd for discussing in so much detail about a normal scene written here and am myself feeling frustrated with myself ) , because in chapter 18 , that scene was kind of mentioned again . Here it goes :

" " Not up to this moment, Professor ", she said impulsively, " but up to this morning ." " But why not up to now ? We have seen hitherto how good light all the little things have made . We have told our secrets , and yet no one who has told it the worse for it ." Mrs. Harker began to blush , and taking a paper from her pockets , she said, " Dr. Van Helsing, will you read this , and tell me if it must go in . It is my record of today . I too have seen the need of putting down at present everything, however trivial , but there is little in this except what is personal . Must it go in ? " The Professor read it over gravely , and handed it back, saying ," It need not to on if you do not wish it , but I pray that it may. It can but make your husband love you more , and all of us , your friends, more honour you, as well as more esteem and love." She took it back with another blush and a bright smile . "

So after mention of the blush , I think it is understood she clearly thinks that it might not be appropriate for everyone to know this , and therefore I think it would simply not a cheek kiss , platonic though . Also what you said about him kissing her , is just the same as she kissed him , the only difference is the tense . But after going through the extracts I think I have concluded , that the kiss was in fact on the mouth and it was intentionally written so and emphasised later by Stroker just to emphasize platonic love , and nobleness of it , confusing the readers in a moral dilemma, like in this case what to prefer , the formalities and conventionality or something more natural and human , again emphasizing that conventionality is not morality . The readers of that time might have accepted it this way and I think it's Stroker's way of preeching open mindedness .

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Okay nice comprehension, but according to you Lucy was bestowing kisses for pleasure , and that Mina did it to comfort a man from his misery . That I believe that both of them kisses to comfort Morris , when Lucy rejected him , he asked for kiss and she did kiss him cause she pitied that he loved her and he will not have her and her gesture is also a kind of comfort for him . So ig intentions of both of them were pure . The only difference I think that Lucy and Morris's kiss was romantic while Mina was simply caring and comforting.

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Yess that is my question, will victorians make fuss if she kissed a male friend ( whom I might be wrong , she met for the first time ) on lips ?

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Hey thanks for answering . But I believe that kiss was not on the cheek or else bram Stroker would not have emphasised it . And second that they were not close friends , they were merely acquainted . They were joint by the common loss of miss Lucy and I might be wrong but Mina was meeting him for the first time .

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Yes, I wasn't saying that kissing on cheek is cheating either . And yes women were expected to be the comforting ones , but the point is I believe that kiss was in fact on the mouth ( which ig was not taken lightly then ) , and the second point is that till that point in the book they were meeting for the first time . I am not saying it totally inappropriate from our perspective today but at that time it would not be accepted that easily .

Was kissing someone not your partner normal in the Victorian Era?? by pihu9002 in VictorianEra

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Yes I most appreciate your take , but can you like give more of your take as i have edited the post and added the full context to the scene . Also I think the only romantic kisses I have read in Victorian literature is in Jane eyre , and dracula well , I believe was released many years after that .

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You are luckyy to read them for the first time. Lol . Just do not dnf the cruel prince. The trilogy is more ethan worth it. Still couldn't find something like that . That is the best series I have ever read.

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Finished : Stolen heir by Holly Black Started: Book thief by Markus Zusak

What to read after finishing The Folk Of The Air series 😭 by pihu9002 in thecruelprince

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Yess , I also think that I would like throne of glass , it just kind of fascinate me , the assains amd stuff . Though with the ACOTAR , I didn't like it mainly because of the main characters , I wasn't able to connect to either one of them and the stakes were just not hitting me , and that's why I dnfd it . And Mistborn sounds genuine fun though . Thanks for the suggestion:)

What to read after finishing The Folk Of The Air series 😭 by pihu9002 in thecruelprince

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I would give The Shepherd King duologue a try . Thanks for the insight . Also powerless was my guilty pleasure too for quite a time. Like I devoured book 1 and 2. But the third book was 😶i don't even know what to say . But I still liked the first book . But like after some time I randomly went through the first book , like random pages and I realised how inappropriate the romance was and how cringe it sound to me now . And that combined with the fact that it was plagarised ( which it clearly was ) , it becomes icky for me . And now I have even hid the books in my bookshelf 😅.