I’m currently reading this and enjoying it. Which is strange because Laini Taylor’s writing sometimes makes me crazy. I wasn’t sure what to call this. Parsing Laini Taylor? The Make Out Chapter? The I probably shouldn’t be annoyed/laughing here?
Anyway spoilers for Strange the Dreamer and up to chapter 13 of Muse. But mostly just confusion. 🙂
The first thing that tripped me up was the line, “their gazes mingling witch light and rue…”
All I could think was rue means like sorrow and regret. Which since this is the beginning of a love scene didn’t seem right. It’s also a plant. Their gazes mingling witch light and… a plant…?
The main thing I could find for witch light that actually was light referenced Shadowhunters and a “pure white light.” Which I don’t know? Shadowhunters? But the Wikipedia explanation references Harry Potter so maybe Taylor was going for that?
Their gazes mingling pure white light that can only be found even in the darkest of times and regret and sorrow or a plant?
Yeah. I don’t know.
Also why do Godchildren wear “small clothes?” Why do ghosts? That’s a nitpick but the element of that reminded me of good old Talisa (ugh) wandering around the war torn Riverlands in her easy to pull off for sex with the King and nothing underneath it shift. Also the Riverlands must have been bloody cold cause everyone else was wearing a ton of fur!
Show Talisa and Rob is not the image I want for Sarai and Lazlo who are getting a little over the top at this point.
“Hot velvet.”
Referenced twice in this chapter alone and one of those times referring to Sarai’s breasts. It’s certainly not the first time velvet has been used in that way in any one of a number of books. But now I have to wonder why is that good? Is velvet really a big deal for people? I tried to go find some to touch but literally have no velvet in my house. Certainly not hot velvet which maybe its cause I live in a hot place but that sounds really uncomfortable.
I considered going to the mall to find velvet to touch but it’s air conditioned so it wouldn’t be hot velvet.
And naturally their so pure and so full of feeling that the whole ship can feel everything and shudder and such with them. Which generally made me think yuck. How rude. I generally do not want people getting their love vibes all over me and I have to admit the best part of this otherwise annoying chapter was when Minya took control of Sarai and bite him so hard she drew blood. 🙂
Once again she’s been the most amusing and somewhat horrifying highlight. I’m not sure I was supposed to laugh my ass off at that but I couldn’t help thinking, “Yes! Thank you Monster!”
She’s giving me some real Gert (I Hate Fairyland) vibes though! I think they’d really be friends with each other.