A scene from Divergent in Four's perspective and written by Veronica Roth. How could I not choose this for 8 days 'til Insurgent?
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A scene from Divergent in Four's perspective and written by Veronica Roth. How could I not choose this for 8 days 'til Insurgent?
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I just had a shocking revelation: this is the first book I don't want spoilers for. I am a serious, read-the-spoilers-and-call-it-good kind of girl. If I can't enjoy rereading a book, I won't enjoy reading it. I like spoilers. Big time. I like to read the whole book as summary first.
Not Insurgent. And I have no idea why.
Huh.
Comment replies tomorrow or Monday.
What is my number one worry about Insurgent? Roth will break the world beyond repair.
I love angst. I hate tragedy. With a few minor exceptions, apparently. Like "To Go Not to Lethe," a now lost-to-us tale by mesoc that always made me cry 'cause it couldn't be fixed. I like worlds that can be awful, terrible, horrible, but with an ability left to the characters to transcend somehow.
I want Tris to make it. And I'm just not entirely sure she will without too much damage. She's tough enough to have a chance.
Barely.
Thoughts on the tragedy of Al and Tris in Divergent. I was requested to write an Al/Tris fic over the holidays, and by chance, it's one of the ones that fell by the wayside in the realities of too much life to do them all. I forewarned the requester that angst and tragedy was probably on the menu, and they did request nontragic.
But Al and Tris are tragic. Why?
It's unrequited. It's the guy that's so sweet and you care about so much but can never return the feelings. It's the guy that's so hurt and just wants to put you both on the same level again. He's scared. He's one step away from factionless, and he chooses death instead because he can't even have your friendship anymore. It's the wrong choice you never meant to make. It's horror and pain and fear and grief for all the good that once was and never could be again.
I don't want to write this fic to be honest. There is no rightness to smooth over the pain. It just hurts, and I'm not a masochist. I'm glad Roth wrote it the way she did. It was real and honest and raw, and so is the book, but I just can't go there again.
Eleven things I hope to see in Insurgent:
To be honest, I'm not counting on seeing all these things. But I'm hopeful.
Favorite new Insurgent quote, from chapter 38:
Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
Inspired by lithiumlaughter's thoughtful comments on Day 14. Three new, one old.
7 Things I love about Divergent:
I can hardly wait for more. 14 days, y'all.
So someone said something on Tumblr re: Four/Tris that I flat disagree with. They couldn't forgive Four for telling Tris she's not pretty.
Pretty.
Oddly enough, that made my blood boil.
Why is it you can write an ugly male character and have someone fall in love with him and that's great? Why is it that a girl has to be pretty or beautiful to be considered attractive or desirable? Why is it that this double standard is perpetuated by women?
Tris is not pretty. It is well-established by the book. Yet, she's capable and self-aware and confident and dauntless and desirable. She's got an honest lover who tells her the truth, that it's who she is that attracts him and not how she looks, who wants to find out how much it takes to break her, for crying out loud, to scare her just to see her wake up.
So, Tris isn't pretty and no one cares. Good.
Yes, I missed yesterday's countdown. Let's not discuss why. :mutters darkly: Will reply to comments, reviews, and posts later when I'm feeling more human.