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bedlamsbardI do not even know what it says about me that my notes for my Machiavelli essay include the following sentences:
"chance, but not JUST chance -- not nearly so neutral: she does what she does to get her rocks off."
"sometimes she just fucks around to see what people will do -- bend or break, triumph or fall"
"'better to be rash than timid' (p. 69) = "don't be Fortune's bitch"
"'them's the breaks, kid, whatcha gonna do?' what you do when Fortune's NOT watching (p. 71)"
"virtu's the ability to use what you got (shake what yo mama gave ya)"
In other news, thank you, brain, for dropping the first few lines of Dust 13 on me. Hi, Jill. Hi, random Narnians. Hi, of course your timing sucks. (Actually, to be fair, I've known both ways I could start this chapter for a while now, whether I go back to Arn Abedin or stay in Cair Paravel, it's just that Jill suddenly spoke up and went, "HI, ME AND MY TRAUMA AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN FIVE YEARS." My main concern is how this lines up with the Cair Paravel subplot timewise; the Eustace (or possibly Tirian, but I'm pretty sure it would be Eustace) chapter would take up immediately after Dust 12, but the timing on what's going on back at Arn Abedin is slightly more fluid.)
In yet more news, I despise April Fool's Day. I just want to put that out there.
"chance, but not JUST chance -- not nearly so neutral: she does what she does to get her rocks off."
"sometimes she just fucks around to see what people will do -- bend or break, triumph or fall"
"'better to be rash than timid' (p. 69) = "don't be Fortune's bitch"
"'them's the breaks, kid, whatcha gonna do?' what you do when Fortune's NOT watching (p. 71)"
"virtu's the ability to use what you got (shake what yo mama gave ya)"
In other news, thank you, brain, for dropping the first few lines of Dust 13 on me. Hi, Jill. Hi, random Narnians. Hi, of course your timing sucks. (Actually, to be fair, I've known both ways I could start this chapter for a while now, whether I go back to Arn Abedin or stay in Cair Paravel, it's just that Jill suddenly spoke up and went, "HI, ME AND MY TRAUMA AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN FIVE YEARS." My main concern is how this lines up with the Cair Paravel subplot timewise; the Eustace (or possibly Tirian, but I'm pretty sure it would be Eustace) chapter would take up immediately after Dust 12, but the timing on what's going on back at Arn Abedin is slightly more fluid.)
In yet more news, I despise April Fool's Day. I just want to put that out there.