bound

man i still can’t stop thinking about The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.

it’s currently the only book to contend with Triple Zero as ~the favorite of all time~ (well, that and Lirael), which is … something.  gorgeously evocative worldbuilding and a kickass cast of characters?  blatantly *evil* lady antagonists that did heinous shit and didn’t need a weak-ass sympathy plot? hell yeah.  some hot as hell scenes that hit all the guilty tropes? fucK YES. 

ahem.

there, however, was one theme that the book had a laser-like focus on - and it’s one that i find incredibly fascinating, and want to expound on a bit.

specifically: immortal or near-immortal beings being bound or under some kind of mental leash, and all the (horrific) baggage that can come with that.

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