"You want someone to show you the world, even if you don't know it."
"And now you're manipulating me," she said.
"I'm telling you the truth. But I spoke, just now, in the plural form -- I include Jack in my assessment. And if you don't want to like me, but find me irresistibly likable at any rate..."
I'm hard pressed not to find Ellis condescending, manipulative in all the worst ways, and immensely creepy right here.
Bigods
Just noting that this looks odd. Isn't it a shortening of "By the gods"?
When Jack woke the following morning he didn't think Graveworthy had slept, given the dark circles under his eyes, and Mr. Anderson's bed hadn't even been rumpled;
Well, if Ellis' bed was rumpled he really WAS glad to see Anderson then.
When Graveworthy is speaking out loud in this chapter I'm frequently getting a "trust me, I know what's BEST" vibe (complete with the mental image of a toothy grin). When we get his internal monologue, however, I'm much more comfortable with him. Part of this is my own prejudices and expectations so I have no idea if anyone else is going to get seasick or whiplash from the emotional seesawing.
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Date: 2012-04-25 12:00 am (UTC)And there's the fiat lux. :D
I'm hard pressed not to find Ellis condescending, manipulative in all the worst ways, and immensely creepy right here.
Just noting that this looks odd. Isn't it a shortening of "By the gods"?
Well, if Ellis' bed was rumpled he really WAS glad to see Anderson then.
When Graveworthy is speaking out loud in this chapter I'm frequently getting a "trust me, I know what's BEST" vibe (complete with the mental image of a toothy grin). When we get his internal monologue, however, I'm much more comfortable with him. Part of this is my own prejudices and expectations so I have no idea if anyone else is going to get seasick or whiplash from the emotional seesawing.