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Oh Daine, sweet Daine. It is so so so perfectly and wonderfully 13 to be like “No but this universally terrible situation we’re all in upsets me in a way no one else has ever felt before or could possibly understand!!” bless her, bless all the 13 years feeling the unbearable pain of existence with complex emotions for the first time

i just finished reading realm of the gods and.

first of all it was a fucking incredible book. just. 10/10 no notes (you will see that this post does continue so actually i have many notes but still). the pacing is always so delightful in that we never spend too much time getting from place to place or on the things that don't matter. the characterizations were so consistent and so delightful. the dialogue was. god. i love the dialogue in these books so much.

and the thing that most surprised me was.

look.

i'm not like, wild, about numair and daine. i do think the age gap is still a little weird, but the fact that it's so extreme and the way they interact earlier in the book makes me think that this wasn't planned from the beginning, that ms. pierce just saw their characters evolving along that path and went with it.

and the thing is, it does work. daine has always been an incredibly self contained character who stands on her own so well. she has companions and friends but she's not so deeply involved with them as alanna, for instance. we see an example of this in the fact that she nearly gives up the mortal realm to keep her word. she values her honor and integrity and the various things that make her who she is over her relationships. Allan would never consider keeping her word over her interpersonal relationships.

so daine, as a character who stands so well on her own, who is so down to earth and straightforward and determined, doesn't see the age gap as an issue. she likes numair, he likes her, and she doesn't care about what reputation she might have. she wouldn't even consider that he might be manipulating her and she very quickly dismisses the concept that she might not be experienced enough for him. it's clear to her that he knows what he wants and he's just getting his frippery in the way.

meanwhile, numair is worrying enough for the both of them and their grandmothers because he's an overthinker and cares more about daine that he does himself. he didn't see her like this from the beginning, but he also didn't singlehandedly raise her. he wasn't really her guardian–she hasn't quite had a relationship like that since her mother, because she didn't need one. he was a friend, who was older than her, and a mentor, but she didn't want a father or even an older brother out of him. he's never seen her in the light of a daughter either, only as a younger friend and then someone experienced and powerful and level with him in different areas.

i guess it was just surprising how little it bothered me, thanks to the way she handled it.

anyway.

My version of a cover for one of my favourite books of all time <3

It’s been more than 15 years since I first read it, and I still love the whole series to bits.

Veralidaine Sarrasri, the Wild Mage! Finally hit all the main characters. Feel like Daine is another fan fave (or all they all fan faves? Anyway I love her too)