Jade reads

Imagine you're in school, fall in love, and get pregnant. He comes from wealth, so you think you and your baby are going to live a nice cushy life with your new man. Then he gets mauled by a bear. He's eaten right in front of you. You grieve for him. You go to his family, hoping they'll take you in, but they're awful and they want to harm your baby. So you end up raising her alone. It's tough being a single mother, but you do your best to love and protect her. She grows up and goes to school. The school is known for its bear attacks, but what can you do? It's a good school, and you can only protect her so much. Eventually your baby has to fend for herself. You can't help but worry though. The cell service is terrible but you manage to reach her and warn her to stay away from bears. She seems happy though, and even tells you she's made friends. Finally she graduates, and you're so happy she's safe. She brings her boyfriend home to meet you. It's the bear that ate your boyfriend.

Thymara to Tats and Rapskal in chapter 4

I'm rereading a Storm of Swords and it's so funny how fast Jamie falls in love with Brienne. He's constantly comparing her to Cercei (the only women he's ever loved), imagining her in pretty dresses, thinking that her eyes are beautiful, and checking out her muscles. He even helps her into the boat when they're trying to escape, when it would be in his best interest to let her drown.

I'm reading The Magicians, after watching some of the show, and I can't believe Quentin is even more of an incel. 50 pages in and all he's done is complain about Julia not loving him, complain about not being happy despite having everything, and complain about not having a shot with the paramedic\Jane Chatwin.

I'm rewatching the Hunger Games, and it occured to me that Katniss should have just pretended to be in a poly relationship with Peeta and Gale. The capitol would have eaten it up. Snow wouldn't have been suspicious of Katniss lying about loving Peeta because she and Gale would be right there in the open. The coolness between her and Peeta after the 74th games could be explained away as Katniss trying to soothe over a bit of awkwardness between two new metamours.