boglins

[ceruleancorvid]

I’m listening to the Goblin Emperor audiobook again while I finish knitting my dad’s Christmas present, because this book is comfort food for me. It’s slow, and sometimes long periods of time go by between moments of connection between the characters, but those moments really feel earned because of it.

Also, the beginning of this book from Csevet’s perspective is Wild. You’re a member of the generally scorned profession of couriers, and you’re sent to tell the new emperor he’s emperor; he shows up barefoot, mussed and harried by his awful cousin, commandeers your return airship, and then INVITES YOU UP TO SEE THE SUNRISE

AND THEN LEANS IN AND DROPS FORMALITY TO ASK FOR YOUR NAME

and it really just. keeps going from there.

Comments

[nenya_kanadka]

The Goblin Emperor is one of the rare books that I've actually gone back to reread, in recent years. It's such a comfort read. <3<3<3 For real though everyone around Maia must be very ??! in his wake.

(Also lol I do not knit but I may or may not have crocheted my wife's dad's Christmas present while reading Miles Morales comics this week. :D)

[ceruleancorvid]

Maia is just SO kind, which is refreshing. He's anxious and frustrated and overwhelmed, and he (unsurprisingly!) loses his composure sometimes, but he's so instantly aware of the impact his actions can have, as emperor, and tries so hard to make amends ...

Ooh nice! I haven't quite got the hang of knitting while reading — podcasts and audiobooks, definitely, TV shows, yes, but things that are solely visual give me trouble. (Also, speaking of fiber arts, do you have a Ravelry account? I want to friend absolutely everyone on Ravelry, haha.)

[nenya_kanadka]

He IS! He's such a sweetie. I really loved the thing where he's been through Some Shit and it's made him decide that he never, ever wants to abuse his power that way. And at the same time he's learning that he can/does have power, and it's a steep learning curve as to what to do with that but he can actually do things to make other people's lives better, and...yeah. <3<3<3 Also the anxiety about fucking up and the sense that he hasn't had the education he needs and that he's stressed about that...I'm like "sweetie let me hug you!" :D

I think I treat fibre arts + reading the same way I treat having multiple tabs open in a browser--ie, I switch back and forth. Doing both literally at once doesn't work because I only have one pair of eyes, but doing just the crafting can get a bit boring! (Too deaf for audiobooks etc, sadly.)

I miiiiight have a Ravelry account but if so I haven't used it in long enough that I...am not certain it exists. You could try nenya_kanadka (with or without the underscore, or with a hyphen instead?) though! That tends to be me most places.