In the seventeenth part of Thief of Time<\/i>, the answer is: chocolate. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, this is just so terribly silly, but I love it. I LOVE IT. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not to suggest that recent Discworld<\/i> books lacked silliness, but I went into this finale expecting something a lot more serious, and this has been a welcome surprise. Well, there is<\/i> some cool shit here that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the basis for a joke. LET\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S TALK.<\/p>\n
Weakness<\/b><\/p>\n
Okay, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not necessarily chocolate ONLY, but the Auditors, who possess no real concept of taste, literally pop out of existence when faced with the decadent flavors of chocolate candies. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of brilliant when you think about it??? They know that it destroys their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153human\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bodies when they eat it because they have observed it happening to their fellow Auditors, and yet they cannot resist the very act that will banish them from corporeality. THAT IS SO FASCINATING. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a commentary on the human body and mind in one sense. We are frequently faced with temptation, and I know that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a loaded term because we<\/i>, as members of various communities and cultures, determine what it is that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153supposed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to have. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not really an objective, defined thing<\/i>.<\/p>\n
YET LOOK AT THE AUDITORS. In the span of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 shit, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use measures of time because there is no time passing here. THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S WEIRD. Well, the point I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trying to make is that they quickly devise these internal hierarchies and rules, then face a temptation that they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily need to have. Unity is a perfect example of that! (I LOVE HER NAME, I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T WAIT TO YELL ABOUT IT.) Yes, chocolate is nearly unbearable to her because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just so intense, but what I am intrigued by is the way in which she copes with this constantly-shifting reality of hers. Everything is changing all the time for her, and instead of rushing back to certainty and rules and dependability, she chooses to stay human<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Or human-esque.<\/p>\n
Unity<\/b><\/p>\n
Actually, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jump into this, because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the more endearing elements of this book. Unity \u00e2\u20ac\u201c previously Myria LaJean, ONE HELL OF A CLEVER NAME OH MY GOD \u00e2\u20ac\u201c has one of the<\/i> coolest character arcs. Her vague interest in humanity turned into an obsession, and now? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a desire. This part BROKE MY HEART:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Please call me Myria.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I\u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Please?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Lady LaJean meekly. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A name is important.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n OH. OH<\/i>. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just important for this world; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important for ours<\/i>. It fits in with larger themes found in the Discworld<\/i> series, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the most human things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read in these books. The fact that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a line given to Unity, though, who later changes her name into something more fitting, means a whole lot more to me. Look, I get why Susan judged her; the Auditors have always been pretty goddamn terrible, and what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing in this story is perhaps the worst thing they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever done! So why should she trust Unity or offer her any sympathy?<\/p>\n Even Susan can recognize the transformation that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s taking place. Unity forces herself to withstand the unbearable temptation she experiences in B&W so that she can stop the Auditors, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a huge<\/i> thing for her to do.<\/p>\n I REALLY LOVE THIS CHARACTER NOW, OKAY.<\/p>\n Kaos<\/b><\/p>\n I get to be publicly embarrassed again<\/i>: I LITERALLY THEORIZED THAT RONNIE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NAME WAS A CLUE. HE SPELLED HIS NAMED BACKWARDS. I HATE EVERYTHING.<\/p>\n My instant reaction to this reveal, however, was confusion. It didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite make sense to me. Chaos? Wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t there lots<\/i> of chaos in the world already? How could Chaos have left? Problem was, I was thinking about it the wrong way. Things were not like they used to be, right? And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why Chaos left. So what changed?<\/p>\n In terms of large scale organization, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never been less<\/i> chaos. Humans formed cities. Communities. Organizations. Guilds. They made laws. They created rules for how society operates. With each of these acts, more and more Chaos slipped out of the world. As Ronnie states:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153People started worshipping [gods] because they were afraid of me,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Ronnie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n OH. I GET IT, NOW. And that makes his return to the world so<\/i> much more vital. The Auditors want to strip the world of all random chance, all mutations and variation, all difference, all uniqueness, all chaos<\/i>. I could not imagine a more opportune time for Kaos to reappear. Who is Kaos now<\/i>? Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing that he can define himself on his own<\/i> terms, rather that the terms that humanity gave him, right? Humans are all frozen in time. What is he without their belief? What can he become in a world if the Glass Clock is broken?<\/p>\n I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T WAIT TO SEE.<\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/5duzUcErZEk<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n -\u00c2\u00a0Please visit my new site for all announcements<\/a>. If you’d rather not have to rely on checking a website regularly, sign up for my newsletter instead<\/a>! This will cover all news for Mark Reads, Mark Watches, and my fiction releases.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the seventeenth part of Thief of Time, the answer is: chocolate. Intrigued? 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