#kennit ludluck

no little monk boy, don’t seek the approval of the evil pirate man!! don’t become infatuated with the evil pirate man’s controversially young girlfriend who is also controversially old in comparison to yourself!! don’t let them change you little monk boy!!!

Robin Hobb wrote Kennit Ludluck so well. He’s a pirate cult leader. Like what the fuck. Its so insane how in every other point of view (until later…) Kennit is.. a good person. He is just and knowledgeable and easy to follow because everyone agrees what he’s doing is good. Then you get to Kennits point of view and hes just the most manipulative evil ass mother fucker youve ever met in your life. Yet to everyone else hes almost this Jesus figure. There was almost a point in which I changed my mind about him and was like huh wow maybe he is a good person he just doesnt know how to go about it. And then later would feel as if I was shot in the chest by how evil Kennit can truly be. Robin Hobb manipulates you in the books the same way Wintrow, Etta, and every follower of his was manipulated. I would get so angry at Wintrow for falling for it, but truly if I was in his position and had no inkling on what Kennit truly thought, I probably would have fell for it too.

when i'm in a trying to kill myself by dissolving my life essence into the skill competition but fitzchivalry farseer and kennit ludluck are already there

God I love the way Kennit is written/the way his character pays off. I love the way his chapters conceal so much and the reader thinks they know why but they DON'T and that reveal is BRUTAL. I love how he charms the characters, the readers and himself into believing there is a world in which he is redeemed. He is the luckiest man alive and even that doesn't save him??? Insane. And the way it's just you and his luck-charm seeing all cracks forming and all the ways in which he is despicable, even before he crosses the line. The way in which both the characters and readers know when he's gone too far?? It's all so meta and so well written and so horrid and he is his fathers' son and how does robin hobb do this every time

Wintrow your pirate dad is a rapist and you're being too chill about it. Boy where's your rage? How did you just brush that fact aside?