I wonder if Siz's relationship with Tosha is a bit like her stars, thinking about it.
It's considered normal to be afraid of the dark. The dark is often associated with the unknown, with evil, with everything scary. But for Siz, it's a misunderstood necessity- without it she wouldn't see the beauty of the stars. And even when other people see the stars, few see them like she does. They don't see the patterns, the consistency, the stability.
I think with that kind of mindset, it'd be easier to ...compartmentalize, I suppose, Tosha's misdeeds. Perhaps the line between Dark Arts and other magic is less defined than others say, maybe the fear that surrounds them is just the fear of things they don't understand. Maybe his love of tea and languages and everything else are the shining stars that give her stability, even if (and maybe especially if) no one else can see it.
It doesn't change the fact that he's a psycopath, of course. But different perspectives see different things.
(I may or may not have been so upset by Daphne's death that I wrote 'her' into my novel, only it's her bastard of a husband who dies shortly after the vows.) (By which I mean I totally did.)
I have no idea when that will happen, but as it currently stands, it's a historical fantasy set in NYC during the mid 1920's. Prior to the novel, Daphne Benoit was a celebrated stage actress, who worked as a nurse during the Great War; she became good friends with an American patient, Jack Dalton, and later fell in love with his younger brother, Charles. Publicly, Charles was charitable, charming, and exceedingly popular; privately, he was sadistic, deceptive, and manipulative, using verbal abuse, gas-lighting, and magical memory modifications to control Daphne (as well as various girls-on-the-side.)
Less than an hour into the wedding reception, Jack witnessed his brother verbally berate and magically inflict significant pain on his new wife; after Daphne returned to her guests, Jack flipped his brother off a balcony ledge, where he fell five stories to a very unpleasant death. It was ruled an accident, as numerous guests reported seeing Charles inebriated and unsteady on his feet.
As of the novel, Daphne Benoit-Dalton resides at 270 Park Ave and remains very close to her brother-in-law Jack, as well as her father- and sister-in-law, who all reside in the same building. She has entirely eclipsed her late husband's reputation for charity, and has made more than a modest showing in the emerging silent movie industry.
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Date: 2015-09-01 01:21 am (UTC)It's considered normal to be afraid of the dark. The dark is often associated with the unknown, with evil, with everything scary. But for Siz, it's a misunderstood necessity- without it she wouldn't see the beauty of the stars. And even when other people see the stars, few see them like she does. They don't see the patterns, the consistency, the stability.
I think with that kind of mindset, it'd be easier to ...compartmentalize, I suppose, Tosha's misdeeds. Perhaps the line between Dark Arts and other magic is less defined than others say, maybe the fear that surrounds them is just the fear of things they don't understand. Maybe his love of tea and languages and everything else are the shining stars that give her stability, even if (and maybe especially if) no one else can see it.
It doesn't change the fact that he's a psycopath, of course. But different perspectives see different things.
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Date: 2015-09-01 01:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-01 01:31 am (UTC)(I may or may not have been so upset by Daphne's death that I wrote 'her' into my novel, only it's her bastard of a husband who dies shortly after the vows.) (By which I mean I totally did.)
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Date: 2015-09-01 04:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-01 03:06 pm (UTC)Less than an hour into the wedding reception, Jack witnessed his brother verbally berate and magically inflict significant pain on his new wife; after Daphne returned to her guests, Jack flipped his brother off a balcony ledge, where he fell five stories to a very unpleasant death. It was ruled an accident, as numerous guests reported seeing Charles inebriated and unsteady on his feet.
As of the novel, Daphne Benoit-Dalton resides at 270 Park Ave and remains very close to her brother-in-law Jack, as well as her father- and sister-in-law, who all reside in the same building. She has entirely eclipsed her late husband's reputation for charity, and has made more than a modest showing in the emerging silent movie industry.
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Date: 2015-09-01 03:25 pm (UTC)-Daph's player
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Date: 2015-09-01 03:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-01 04:43 am (UTC)-Daphne's player