#boxofsilence

and ohhh yeah I think about that sometimes alright, reminds me of book mb's whole thing about having the company's logos stuck on pieces of its body it can't erase, and hers is in such a visible spot. weird mix of something that feels bold and intimidating to look at but also literally brands her as belonging to a company. I have a whole set of disparate thoughts about how we see various characters do adornment and decoration while on the survey planet, that's why I was looking into bharadwaj's tattoos again yesterday, and graycris blue leader's scarification + big metal lip ring + carefully plucked eyebrows all seem like choices she makes to make her face look super striking and dramatic. neither she nor the other graycris member with long hair look like they've had time to shampoo and condition recently, but keeping her eyebrows so neat would require active maintenance, she has a deliberate aesthetic that she's curating.

Because I’m answering this late, though, 184 is having me second guess that possibility.  If there is only Watcher and Watched, and even Martin was considered enough of the Eye’s to get his own domain, I’m pretty sure Jonah would end up as a Watcher.  I still want him to be so unimportant though, like imagine if he ranked lower on the list of Favored by the Eye than Martin??  That would be sexy.  Congrats Jonah you’re a Watcher in the new world by so were the ants.

then this is your reminder to read everything! 

Hi! Alas, I don't have any plans on making a fully fledged story atm or sharing much about them lore wise, but I can tell you that Aliya's pronouns are she/her and that she's Mikhail's niece :>

the marked difference in delivery and voice is actually a godsend for me for fic writing purposes, really helps me keep bookbot and showbot's voices distinct in my mind without them bleeding together Too much

hhhh. being forced to drink dracula's blood against her will then being forced to hunger for it...

probably either a wife and two daughters or a wife and two sisters because two of them look like him and the one who doesn't look like him takes the lead in feeding, unless it's funny to make a three weed smoking girlfriends joke, at which point they're all wives. or, rather, they were wives; no matter what kind of familial relationships they all started out with a few hundred years ago, the girlies barely tolerate him by the time of the novel and there is no love between them because he sucks and is violent towards women.