{"id":4511,"date":"2018-04-12T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2018-04-08T08:24:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T15:24:13","slug":"mark-reads-the-wee-free-men-chapter-3-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2018\/04\/mark-reads-the-wee-free-men-chapter-3-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;The Wee Free Men&#8217;: Chapter 3, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the second half of the third chapter of <i>The Wee Free Men<\/i>, Tiffany decides to take matters in her own hands rather than wait for an explanation. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <i>Discworld<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just so <i>happy<\/i>??? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how else to describe this, though I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to try. Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story might include elements we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen elsewhere in the <i>Discworld <\/i>series\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnamely, the importance of stories, parallel worlds, a character realizing their own power\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand yet this is SO EXCITING TO READ. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pluckiness to Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s characterization, and I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deny that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got such a fascinating energy because of it. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not that she has no doubts or that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fearless. Indeed, you can see her reluctance and uncertainty all throughout this chapter. Hell, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d argue that <i>every<\/i> witch we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever met has been afraid, terrified, and unsure. But if there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s any one single thing that makes it clear that Tiffany was bound to be a witch, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what she <i>does<\/i> with that uncertainty. For example: when she watches a ram get carted off by the Nac Mac Feegle, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s her reaction:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She pushed her way through the hedge, ignoring the twigs that scratched at her. Granny Aching wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have let anyone get away with stealing a sheep, even if they <i>were<\/i> invisible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tiffany commits. She pushes past pain and personal harm, and she derives her motivation from her idol, Granny Aching. And throughout this text, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that Granny Aching shaped Tiffany into the young woman she is today! And while I am totally into seeing how Tiffany will find strength <i>without<\/i> looking toward someone else, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think this is a bad thing at all. Granny Aching was a positive role model for Tiffany, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing wrong with this young girl finding inspiration in her life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cool to see her realize that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no escaping the Nac Mac Feegle and their interfering. Rather, she begins to fulfill this rule that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been thrust upon her life. She uses the power of perception to get what she wants, AND IF THAT ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T A WITCH TRAIT THEN I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T KNOW WHAT IS. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit of headology, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it??? Seriously, half of the things that she gets in this chapter come from STARING. THAT. IS. IT. She just <i>stares<\/i> at the Feegle, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re so intimidated that they do all of her chores. ALL OF THEM. She starts with <i>demanding<\/i> they bring her sheep back, and from there, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a cascade. IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S BEAUTIFUL. But I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d also argue that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an important lesson in what being a witch is like! Like I said, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s using perception to her favor. These Feegle <i>believe<\/i> she is the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hag,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d so she acts as if she is.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of course, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a <i>lot<\/i> to learn:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a witch with a pointy hat and a broomstick, she thought as she pumped the handle, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wave my hand and the butter will come just like <i>that<\/i>. And any little red-headed devils who even <i>think<\/i> about taking our beasts will be\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, Tiffany. I get <i>why<\/i> she believes that. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a matter of perception, too, though from the opposite direction. It <i>seems<\/i> like that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what happens when witches work their powers, when for the most part, witches in this universe aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t working traditional magic. The magic they use is much more like the glares and stern words Tiffany uses. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like Tiffany knows this! She is just starting out on this journey. She doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why the Feegle are behaving as they are. (And for what it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth, neither does Miss Tick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s toad, who is flabbergasted that the Feegle DID CHORES FOR TIFFANY.) She doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why she suddenly and inexplicably slipped into an alternate version of Chalk where there is a HEADLESS HORSEMAN IN THE SNOW. And she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supposed to do with all this new information and this encroaching world, but guess what? GUESS WHAT HER REACTION IS???<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All the monsters are coming back.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no one to stop them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>There was silence for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s me,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Tiffany.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I WILL FIGHT WARS FOR TIFFANY ACHING.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/r8PA2wNBZgc<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>My YA contemporary debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markoshiro.com\/blog\/2017\/9\/22\/i-am-proud-to-announce-my-ya-contemporary-debut-anger-is-a-gift\">ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If you&#8217;d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ey636\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second half of the third chapter of The Wee Free Men, Tiffany decides to take matters in her own hands rather than wait for an explanation. Intrigued? 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