Time to Meet the Family!

At first I was going to talk about Freud but then I thought “Naaah”. Why? Well, the only really good thing I have to say about this is that he was wrong: it’s not women who have penis envy. It’s him who has a bad case of it, because clearly he was compensating for his own need to have another penis to play with beside his own. Yes, come class time I’ll totally be thinking about that and giggling a little. So if you see me being amused for unknown reasons...well, it's not so unknown now is it? :p

So, instead of Freud, I’m going to focus on the last bit of Graceling. Awwww that was cute. It was, no really. First off- like most villains, Leck’s death wasn’t all that great. If anything it was fast and quickly understated during the scene’s progression. Yes Katsa thought about it but the moment itself? Quickly done with. You have to admit though, the image of one eyed Leck, slumped down in his self made ‘throne’, unable to fall because he’s pinned to the chair. A dagger embedded in his mouth, slicing through his tongue and reaching the back of his- okay you know what? I’ll spare you the imagery created by my own slightly (okay more than slightly) depraved mind. But it’s still a cool picture.

Anyways, I know this book is about Katsa’s growth (and boy does she grow!) but I have to say….I like Po’s family. I do, I bet it’d be great to live with them. Skye is the only real brother we get to know, and like Po I think, he’s got a great sense of humor. The scene in which Katsa saves him and he immediately starts putting her on a pedestal…excellent. Seriously who wouldn’t loves someone who did this:

Skye kissed her forehead. “You saved my life.”

Katsa smiled. “You Lienid are very outward in your affection.”

“I’m going to name my firstborn child after you.” (p.434)

Like I said, that Sky and his stern/curious father Ror and Po, hell the whole damn family are very likable.

Of course I was thrilled to see Riffan and Bann again at the end, and I’ll admit it. I’m sitting here at work typing this up and when I read the coronation ceremony bit between them and Katsa I totally giggled- loudly. And J.P. (one of the librarians I work with here at school) was standing right behind me. Nice. Although you have to admit…Riffan and Bann totally remind me of Fred and George Weasely with that new bellyache curing-itchy feet causing medicine and the itchy feet curing-bellyache causing medicine. And of course Ror was hushed when he told them to be quiet… Oh that was funny. That whole scene is on p. 465 by the way.


P.S. Now that Leck is dead, can his Grace finally wear off? I know it was mentioned in the book earlier that his lies are spread even when he isn’t the one speaking them. Could that simply have been because he lived? Hmm….how interesting to think if it could never actually go away, even after death.