It Would Guarantee Attolia Not Take The Farm And Maybe Give His Fam More Land But Also Costis Would Die - Tumblr Posts

doylldonmagar

11 months ago

AND ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE KING OF ATTOLIA:

what. exactly. was eugenides' plan to get costis on his side?? i know that we're unlikely to actually see most of it, because costis is our narrator and gen's manipulation wouldn't work if costis could see it, but it was mostly like:

step 1: goad costis into punching me in the face

step 2: ???

step 3: profit.

i'm guessing costis was meant to interrupt gen during his Homesick Hours (TM) and see Gen crying, and that is a turning point for costis. but every other part of this book is just costis being like: "the king made me run from one side of the palace to the other so i wouldn't be late. the king made me stand outside his room for hours. the king is going to cost me and my friends our lives / jobs. Damn it, the king got stabbed and i think i sort of like him now." how did this plan fucking SUCCEED.

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no cause ive literally been thinking about this it really shouldnt work ?? like did he think he was such a charming person that costis would love him and do anything for him?? because that happened but he couldnt really have known it would did he think that it was only a matter of time before an attempt on his life?? and then costis would be there to have a first hand account of how the guard sucked?? oh actually wait if costis was there for an attempt on gens life and ultimately everyone knew the guard sucked then probably costis would have to die to prove that the guard couldnt protect gen. which gives a whole other idea of what gen was thinking at the beginning of the book. it would guarantee attolia not take the farm and maybe give his fam more land but also costis would die idk im just spitting out ideas

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