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This. Like the whiny side of him is real. He kept his personality and attitude, but not his identity. Which is interesting to me, because it means Sophos (as well as others) knows what he's like, the way he behaves, and all that. So when Sophos decides he likes him, he doesn't have to rethink that later, because he does know gen, he just didn't see all the signs.
And it let's the reader fall in love with him and get to the end and go "yup I love him"
one thing that i LOVE about the queen's thief series is that MWT really took the time to make sure that we all understand that the protagonist is a weird, whiny little shit. like, she could have said "oh gen was just PRETENDING to be whiny and insufferable in The Thief, he's actually cool and suave!!"
but no. she establishes that he's a genius who's been running a con the whole time, and ALSO he's whiny and insufferable.
OH MY GOD
Can someone explain to me that part in King of Attolia when someone says "that was revealing" and pheresine says "only to those who have eyes to see"
Like maybe I'm missing something, I'm not sure? Like is she just referring to the fact that most of the attolians aren't going to reevaluate the king no matter what info they get? Because honestly that's the best ive come up with. What exactly was revealing/revealed? Is it about their relationship??
He's absolutely so petty that he wouldn't tell people he could do it himself cause he likes having it done for him
Plus it encouraged the court to think he was weak
And putting pressure on his right hand hurts, and he said so, so 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
You know what's so freaking funny about The King of Attolia:
Gen can apparently still scale the palace walls like a cat BUT he cannot cut his own food what???
My dude. You have a literal hook at the end of your bad arm. A hook that you are able to put some pressure on, if the bloody razor and your murderous abilities are any inclination. BUT you can't hold a piece of meat down to cut it with your other hand???
You can't use chopsticks?? A meat fork?? Anything?
Or is it just for show...to make you seem like the child king. O_O
Costis’s narration starts calling him Eugenides instead of just “the king” right after he says “Could you act like a king for once” lmaoooo
Costis at the end of King of Attolia: pick your battles. Pick fewer. Put some back. Wait you can’t fight every single guard- PICK FEWER YOU IDIOT
I wanna say that every part of King of Attolia is my favorite part but possibly my favorite part is when Attolia goes “Relius. You are my oldest and most trusted advisor, who helped me keep my throne and committed your life to me. But you made a mistake, so I’m going to have to kill you.” And Relius goes “My queen, you are incredibly correct, that is 100% the right thing to do” and Gen is standing there like “wtf is wrong with you people, I thought I was the one with poor coping mechanisms”
Actually this is the first time I realized Gen has no problem fighting every single member of the guard cause that’s just. How they do things in Eddis. Boy was probably like “ah, FINALLY, some reminded of home!”
Honey are you okay you've barely touched your mocking other people
They'd mock each other so much. Kaz wears three piece suits and Gen pays for sophos to have embroidery on embroidery, but Kaz would never slouch and gen would never let anyone see him sit properly. They're both absolute romantics, but Kaz calls his crush/bff an investment and Gen tells his #1 hater that he loves her. Kaz can't handle touching anyone, and Gen kissed his wife in front of a crowd. Kaz ripped out a man's eye and Gen made a vow to never take a sword unless his life was in danger.
They would absolutely have a grudging respect for each other and openly mock each other. Gen thinks Kaz is uptight and focuses too much on money, Kaz thinks Gen believes too firmly in his gods and has gotten weak.
Neither one can imagine living with the other's disability. Neither ever mocks the other's trauma. They both know what it's like to have had to grow up too soon. They have both lost family close to them. They both have disabilities due to their work. They are both utterly devoted to the people they love. They both plan intensely and then wing it.
Gen and inej would get along swimmingly. Kaz would go to inej's room to talk to her and wait for her, and then she'd come through the window with gen, having gone to watch the sunset from the roof or something, and Kaz would be peeved and impatient for gen to go away and gen would laugh at him about it. Inej and gen both have a firm belief in their gods and are physically talented, flips and climbing and all. Both gen and inej left home and get extremely homesick.
Kaz and Gen would either hate or love eachother, no inbetween
Was it maybe that the king and queen are obviously more close than everyone thought? Like she lets him get away with the hairpin thing? Is it because he's possessed by The Eudgenides but not everyone can see that?
Can someone explain to me that part in King of Attolia when someone says "that was revealing" and pheresine says "only to those who have eyes to see"
Like maybe I'm missing something, I'm not sure? Like is she just referring to the fact that most of the attolians aren't going to reevaluate the king no matter what info they get? Because honestly that's the best ive come up with. What exactly was revealing/revealed? Is it about their relationship??
"I'm a little vain" "I had no idea" is another banger from the guy who brought you "for the assassination or the heir" and "not noticeably, your majesty"
I am feeling things specifically about Kamet telling the naughty kitchen boy so much about Laela that Gen could be sure she would lie to save him.
Like.
That’s not “The kid liked my translations.”
They talked. Tight-lipped, haughty Kamet who was sure no one in Attolia cared about him at all told this naughty sandal polisher so much about his life and gave him money so he could make it home even thought slaves don’t do favors. He told him about his life and then the boy stuck with him so clearly that Kamet tells COSTIS about him! multiple times!
They were friends.
“The money is good,” insisted the Braeling. “Two years, and I’ll have the stake for a small farm. Four, and I’ll have a stake for a large one.”
I thought it was a sensible plan, but even the Attolian was shaking his head.
I am not necessarily disagreeing with Costis’ assessment that this guy is lying to himself but it’s very funny that he thinks the Braeling’s 4-year plan is sure to end in death or disability when he *checks notes* has to be a royal guard for 20 years before he can cash in on Attolia’s promise of land
I didn’t think anyone in Attolia knew my name
my brother in Shesmegah you befriended an entire kitchen staff
I don't know where it is, but someone said Irene went out of her way to touch Gen 6 times in Queen of Attolia, which is a lot for someone who says she doesn't love him, but like. No one ever talks about kamet and costis. Every time kamet gets dizzy or injured, or they have to "pretend" to be friends, or costis gets injured, the other is so ready to physically help them. When they end up in the water, kamet clings to costis's neck. When he gets hit on the head, costis literally hugs him for a looooong time. And you wanna say kamet hates him? You wanna say there are any negative feelings between them? The way they both go out of their way to always be physically supporting the other.
the cooks really spent months risking their lives by putting sand in his food just to say "we miss you come visit us already you asshole"
This:
always makes me think
