local [insert special interest here] enthusiast

POLARIS

: North Star, Pole Star, guiding star, tail of the cub the sailor’s guide fixed in the sky, unchanging as the earth spins telling those who wander to come home.

(or; in every universe, ambrose and kodiak find their way back to each other.)

🔗 https://archiveofourown.org/works/61318609

And what if Mr.Eaten was the Nosferatu in your relationship? What then?

Shame.

And this isn't bad as a character trait, or as the set-up to his arc later in the book. It's just a flaw that people misinterpret as a virtue. And honestly, I believe that's largely because Pierre sees it as a virtue.

So now we've gotten to my real point. You do not have to trust Pierre. You do not have to take what he says at face value. He is not a neutral narrator, relaying facts with absolutely no bias. I think a great example to start thinking about how much you believe this man is when he starts complaining about Hélène's reputation as being intelligent and cultured, and how he knows the truth: she's tricking everyone somehow, and inside, she's really just stupid and vapid.

And maybe he's right. Or maybe, he doesn't like Hélène. We know he resents her. We know he feels like HE was tricked. Maybe he's projecting. Maybe he is not the one and only single person in Petersburg who is actually secretly right about Hélène. And then, in the very next paragraph, when he says that society misunderstands him, perceives him as stupid when really he is tortured, and thinking deeply, he shows his entire ass. He's saying, I extend a depth of soul to myself that I do not allow for my wife. It's fine for him to be misunderstood, because he is the POV character, and he can tell us. But his perceptions of Hélène are unquestionable.