In the second part of the thirteenth chapter of A Wizard of Mars<\/i>, both Nita and Kit make decisions that will have lasting outcomes. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Young Wizards<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For discussion of consent, manipulation of a minor.<\/b><\/p>\n
EVERYTHING IS MESSED UP, HELP ME.<\/p>\n
Nita<\/p>\n
Look how much changed in like… twenty pages!!!! I WAS NOT READY FOR THIS. And once you combine this with Nita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey in the first part of this chapter, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear to see how Duane eases Nita into this decision rather than rushing through it. She is not nearly as impulsive of a character as Dairine or Kit is, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably one of the reasons Khretef manipulated Kit over everyone else. But before I get to that part and SCREAM AT ALL OF YOU, I did want to talk about how Nita comes to intervene the way that she does. Initially, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not even thinking about tapping into Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thoughts, but then Darryl reveals that he also<\/i> got a visit from Tom that went\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, slightly better than Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visit did. While Darryl is restricted to group trips to Mars, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not grounded to Earth, and Nita knows<\/i> how gutting this is for Kit.<\/p>\n
Yet LITERALLY NO ONE EVER was prepared for Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction to Nita, which might very well go down as one of the meanest<\/i> reactions in the whole series. To call it an overreaction isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even doing this justice. Not only does Kit direct all his anger on frustration on someone who wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t responsible for what happened to him, but he acts incredibly<\/i> unlike himself in the process. Even for someone who does<\/i> get frustrated! Look how quickly he brings up Aurilelde, insults Nita in the process, then tries to turn the entire thing around so it sounds like the real problem is Nita worrying about him.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this moment that first nudges Nita to do the very thing she chose not<\/i> to do earlier. However, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153persona analysis\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of Aurilelde is the shove off the cliff. Why?<\/p>\n She peered more closely at the particular structure she thought she recognized, an intricately knotted string of Speech-characters. Look at that, it looks just like\u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/i><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u201cjust like the one in <\/i>my signature\u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a coincidence. SOMEONE DESIGNED AURILELDE SO THAT SHE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122D BE COMPATIBLE WITH KIT BECAUSE NITA IS COMPATIBLE WITH HIM<\/i> AND THEN USED IT TO TRAP HIM ON MARS. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just!!!!! SO UNBELIEVABLY CREEPY! Like, I already thought this was pretty bad, but it was this (combined with the horror of the next scene) that made it unable for me to ignore that someone was doing this to TEENAGERS. <\/i>Minors!!! Someone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c probably Khretef \u00e2\u20ac\u201c had no problem manipulating a KID.<\/p>\n So yes, Nita makes a choice that may come to make Kit very angry at her. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153final reckoning\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that Bobo warns her about might also be horrific and awful. Yet Nita does it, aware of the risk that it presents, because she knows that Kit is being tricked<\/i>. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being manipulated, and if she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do something<\/i>, it might be too late. That doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean Duane will ignore the ramifications of this act, though, and this chapter establishes that Nita knows there will be a cost to what she does.<\/p>\n Kit<\/b><\/p>\n I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve appreciated the alternate POV format of these books as much as I do right here. Because we immediately<\/i> jump into Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head and get an unnerving look at how much Khretef is affecting him. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horrifying<\/i>, and even if I have been yelling at Kit to STOP and DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T and NO over and over again, I mostly feeling an overwhelming sadness for him. Every time he gets close to questioning what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening to him, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drawn away from that epiphany, and I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Khretef deliberately steering Kit away from the truth.<\/p>\n Kit knows something is wrong! His instinct tells him he shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have been angry at Nita, that what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about to do is a bad decision, and that the guilt he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s feeling is going to get much, much worse. Yet his connection to Aurilelde \u00e2\u20ac\u201c WHICH IS MOSTLY A FABRICATION!!! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is what pulls him away over and over again.<\/p>\n Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ran out of words that mean creepy. Unnerving. Disturbing. IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SO WRONG, and it is absolutely<\/i> something that is contributing to entropy and the Lone One, even if Khretef truly didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t intend for this to be that way. Maybe he really does just want to bring his people back and this seemed to be the best chance of that happening. KIT IS SO YOUNG, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?? Granted, I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t suggest that emotionally manipulating an adult<\/i> is a better option, but still!!!<\/p>\n Seriously, look at the text again. As Kit sneaks to Carmela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room, he starts asking himself really<\/i> important questions. What happened to those three hours? Why did he black out after picking up the Shard? Why was the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kernel so important to Khretef? And then, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all gone. All his concerns are swept away, not just by the difficulty of getting into his sister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room, but by this compulsion he has to rescue<\/i> these people, you know? Kit truly believes he is the only person who can save the Shamaska-Eilitt race! Even when his manual prevents him from crossing through Carmela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gate, he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see this as a giant flashing neon sign from the universe that he shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about to do<\/i>. Instead, it is an unfortunate annoyance, one he plans around, one that Khretef pushes him past, one that he is probably going to regret.<\/p>\n THIS IS TOO MUCH.<\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/cYYMTac6EEQ<\/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>! 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