In the fifth and final part of the sixth chapter of Lifeboats<\/i>, Kit gets a visit from Mamvish that sheds light on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 some things. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Young Wizards<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Okay, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got three major things to discuss here, and THIS IS DEEPLY UNFAIR.<\/p>\n
Symbiosis<\/b><\/p>\n
I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know that I need<\/i> a further explanation of the mystery of the Tevaralti at this point because this feels like I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been given just<\/i> enough information to understand them. I can connect the dots from here! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d not considered what was going on with the planet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kernel, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so fucking cool to me that I just read about evolution in The Science of Discworld<\/i> right before I got to the bit in Lifeboats<\/i> that utilizes evolutionary to explain how it is that the Tevaralti might<\/i> have developed an innate attachment to their planet. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now possible\u00e2\u20ac\u201dpractically outright confirmed!\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat the Tevaralti kernel contains an element of their culture<\/i> within it. Which is super fascinating to me because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d always assumed that a kernel only dealt with physical manifestations. But why wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it cover cultural elements that make up a people or a world?<\/p>\n
And in this case, the kernel of Tevaral contains an element of their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one mind\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cultural shift\/experience that could<\/i> very well explain why some of them don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to leave. They feel deeply within themselves that this planet was made<\/i> for them, that they have to care for it by themselves<\/i>. Thus, they wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly feel that welcoming to a group that comes in to help evacuate people from it, right? Why wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they abandon a place they are certain is their only true place in the entire universe?<\/p>\n
Which means\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 lord, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not going to save these people, are they? That opening scene is pretty much the ending, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it??? HELP.<\/p>\n
Sucralose<\/b><\/p>\n
Okay, I was so confused at first when Kit started laying out the ingredients to ketchup because\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 did we really need that? Was that super necessary? DEAR READERS, IT ABSOLUTELY WAS. I love that Duane doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shy away from sex, puberty, or the uncomfortable realities of being a teenager, and this is just another example of that. Granted, she keeps us at an arm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s length from learning how sex works for Mamvish and her species, but there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still an awkward exchange when Kit realizes that both tomatoes and sucralose may play an important part in the mating habits of Mamvish\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s species. Which\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I love this? I love that we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite<\/i> find out what she means by this, and I love that Duane still presents it as a natural part of this world. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s awkward, but no one is shamed for it. YES. YES<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The Fourth<\/b><\/p>\n
AHAHAHA I LITERALLY ASKED FOR THIS TO BE IMPORTANT AND GUESS WHAT I REGRET ALL MY CHOICES<\/b><\/p>\n
Okay, soooooooo\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. they exist outside our dimension??? The human mind literally cannot fathom their physical form so we just see them them as a shifting, shapeless group of shadows??? WHY THE FUCK DID THAT ONE WANT TO TALK TO MAMVISH?<\/p>\n
I wholly expected that the Fourth would disappear when Djam showed up, but nope! No! Creepiness for everyone! Why did it say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pathfinder\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to Kit??? What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153half the way\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? WHO IS THE \u00e2\u20ac\u0153OTHER HALF\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/p>\n
What have y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all done to me<\/i>.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/youtu.be\/5dH3pr0H4l0<\/p>\n
Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n
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