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Unexpected Naked Jack is always exepcted!
Jun. 20th, 2008 03:42 pmI am using my unexpected Naked Jack icon because unexpected naked Jack is much more welcomed then expected naked Anita. (Even if naked Jack is always expected.)
Chapter forty four.
Travis is taken care of with about two sentences. He smells like "wounded antelope" so she leaves before she rips his throat out. Isn't that nice of her? I would think that a wounded antelope were would smell like wounded antelope... but apparently I'm wrong. She "had to give my most solemn word that I would not bond with either Pierce or Haven, and bring disaster to their pride, while they were resting. I promised. I meant it. I wasn't sure how to keep the promise, but I did mean it." Two ways to keep said promise: Learn to control yourself or keep away from Pierce and Haven. Ten bucks says she'll do neither. Really, now that I think about it, Travis was rather dumb to present himself as "wounded" to her. After all animals aren't going to want to mate with a wounded critter. Bad for babies. (Not that Anita would have babies, but the theory is there.) He should have been healed and in his "prime" so to speak. As for Noel... there are several things I could think of. Like giving him some confidence. Then there might be actual tension or something.
But I digress. I'm expecting something from Hamilton.
Once that is taken care of, they try to figure out what to do with Auggie. He's all, I need to get ready for the Ballet. Jean-Claude asks, "Are you saying your freedom from the slavery of the arduer can wait?" I would think freeing London would be more important as Auggie has never indicated that he wanted to be free. And it's not like he's in danger of dying or anything. The way it's been treated with him is more like a business deal/lunch menu thing. Which could be concluded any time. I think Auggie wanting to put it off is his way of saying "get on with thelack of plot already."
Instead, Auggie talks about how he still wants to make a smash and grab at the local lion pride. This reminds me of the whole villain/hero thing when the hero goes, "Wait! At least tell me your evil and diabolical plan!" and the villain "Okay!" The Master in the third season of the new Dr. Who said it best, I think : "Anyway. Why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, I don't think!" I rather liked that line. Ozymandias from the Watchmen did it one better by pushing the button so to speak and then a half hour later or so, saying (paraphrased) "Oh yeah, I pushed the button so fuck you trying to stop me." And this is what Auggie is not doing.
But what's even better, for a given value of better, Jean-Claude and Anita aren't doing anything about it beyond "You better not do it" and then talking about how the Lion prides work and how legally, he can take over the local pride. Yes. Legally he can take over the lion pride because they don't belong to any vampire. Anita tries to say that well, since lions are her animal to call and she belongs to Jean-Claude, Auggie is shit out of luck. Auggie counters, well her lion to call is obviously one of his so neah.
Jason then mentions that Justin, Joseph's brother, is coming to the ballet tonight. Um we go from that to the fact that Jason has a hickey on his neck. Apparently he was "investigating" one of the folks who came down. Utterly pointless and who cares?
Auggie continues to point out the merrits of his lions because they're so dominant and everything and they say well maybe she wants them for love too.
When Auggie says, "Since you don't choose, your power chooses for you. I must say, it's got high standards. Since you don't know how to force your power to choose the one you want to choose, I don't think you have the ability to force your power to choose." Anita gets nervous about this one but Requiem and Micah stand up for her (unfortunately) and prove Auggie wrong.
Anita is still worried though, because she wants to be able to chose but doesn't know if she can.
The thing is, I really think that Anita does have a choice, she just choses not to exercise that right to choose. One could say that she's letting fate or chance or luck decide but then there would be some indication that yes, that's what she's doing. Instead she's constantly bemoaning the fact that she can't do anything, when apparently (and only when prompted) she can do things.
Next time: the Ballet! Remember that? Do you? Do you? We're on page 403 when we finally get to it. Page 403 out of 438 pages. That's 8% of the book left. Eight. Percent.
Shall we froth in fury now?
Chapter forty four.
Travis is taken care of with about two sentences. He smells like "wounded antelope" so she leaves before she rips his throat out. Isn't that nice of her? I would think that a wounded antelope were would smell like wounded antelope... but apparently I'm wrong. She "had to give my most solemn word that I would not bond with either Pierce or Haven, and bring disaster to their pride, while they were resting. I promised. I meant it. I wasn't sure how to keep the promise, but I did mean it." Two ways to keep said promise: Learn to control yourself or keep away from Pierce and Haven. Ten bucks says she'll do neither. Really, now that I think about it, Travis was rather dumb to present himself as "wounded" to her. After all animals aren't going to want to mate with a wounded critter. Bad for babies. (Not that Anita would have babies, but the theory is there.) He should have been healed and in his "prime" so to speak. As for Noel... there are several things I could think of. Like giving him some confidence. Then there might be actual tension or something.
But I digress. I'm expecting something from Hamilton.
Once that is taken care of, they try to figure out what to do with Auggie. He's all, I need to get ready for the Ballet. Jean-Claude asks, "Are you saying your freedom from the slavery of the arduer can wait?" I would think freeing London would be more important as Auggie has never indicated that he wanted to be free. And it's not like he's in danger of dying or anything. The way it's been treated with him is more like a business deal/lunch menu thing. Which could be concluded any time. I think Auggie wanting to put it off is his way of saying "get on with the
Instead, Auggie talks about how he still wants to make a smash and grab at the local lion pride. This reminds me of the whole villain/hero thing when the hero goes, "Wait! At least tell me your evil and diabolical plan!" and the villain "Okay!" The Master in the third season of the new Dr. Who said it best, I think : "Anyway. Why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, I don't think!" I rather liked that line. Ozymandias from the Watchmen did it one better by pushing the button so to speak and then a half hour later or so, saying (paraphrased) "Oh yeah, I pushed the button so fuck you trying to stop me." And this is what Auggie is not doing.
But what's even better, for a given value of better, Jean-Claude and Anita aren't doing anything about it beyond "You better not do it" and then talking about how the Lion prides work and how legally, he can take over the local pride. Yes. Legally he can take over the lion pride because they don't belong to any vampire. Anita tries to say that well, since lions are her animal to call and she belongs to Jean-Claude, Auggie is shit out of luck. Auggie counters, well her lion to call is obviously one of his so neah.
Jason then mentions that Justin, Joseph's brother, is coming to the ballet tonight. Um we go from that to the fact that Jason has a hickey on his neck. Apparently he was "investigating" one of the folks who came down. Utterly pointless and who cares?
Auggie continues to point out the merrits of his lions because they're so dominant and everything and they say well maybe she wants them for love too.
When Auggie says, "Since you don't choose, your power chooses for you. I must say, it's got high standards. Since you don't know how to force your power to choose the one you want to choose, I don't think you have the ability to force your power to choose." Anita gets nervous about this one but Requiem and Micah stand up for her (unfortunately) and prove Auggie wrong.
Anita is still worried though, because she wants to be able to chose but doesn't know if she can.
The thing is, I really think that Anita does have a choice, she just choses not to exercise that right to choose. One could say that she's letting fate or chance or luck decide but then there would be some indication that yes, that's what she's doing. Instead she's constantly bemoaning the fact that she can't do anything, when apparently (and only when prompted) she can do things.
Next time: the Ballet! Remember that? Do you? Do you? We're on page 403 when we finally get to it. Page 403 out of 438 pages. That's 8% of the book left. Eight. Percent.
Shall we froth in fury now?
