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Added 2019-09-11 04:07:41 +0000 UTCI like this page. Roger is almost skirting the "villain" line - and maybe he completely crosses it for you since we don't have a lot to go on to justify any of this but him and Vampire babbling about Alderode denying them freedom. We don't know what Lord and Lady Foi-Hellick were like. Maybe they were great!
My favourite bit though is how these two enormously privileged individuals are so completely focused on what they want, never for a moment considering the grievances that someone from Cresce or even our world might bring up - things that we know about 'cause we've seen them first-hand in the story. Like hey, buddy, what about the child soldiers? What about rights and choices for the female half of your population? What about you stop attacking Cresce?
Anyway, it was hard to decide exactly what I'd let the Captain try to pin him down with, but the fact he misled his own family to secede on a lie (the lie that Sonorie would come to their aid) seemed more relevant to his character than if I'd just let him shrug or offer a vague platitude when asked about womens' or childrens' rights. It's not that Roger wouldn't care about these things; he simply has never had to think about them.
Roger's a favourite of mine. He's quite the puzzle.
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Queen Sonorie s careful. Remember her scrupulous restraint about whether to call the Ethelmik population "traitors"? Even though it would be enormously disadvantageous to find out they weren't (given that her general had used such force ti wipe them out) she wants to know the real truth and won't accept the convenient cover story. That, plus her empathy, incline me to think very well of her. Probably I'm also affected by several lines she's had expressing important truths like "We do such terrible things for love".... Respect and sympathy combine into an emotion rarely felt for a fictional monarch!
Judith Bradford
2019-09-11 13:31:05 +0000 UTC"Skirting"? He's monologuing!
Jeremy Ball
2019-09-11 12:53:27 +0000 UTC
