DALEMARK oh man okay! Oh this is going to be hard.
Hildrida Navisdaughter: I never stopped loving Hildy - cranky, pompous, stuck-up brat though she is, but I have a fondness for cranky, pompous, stuck-up brats. And I love her determination, and how even though in many things she's selfish she always puts her brother first, and that she somehow miraculously grew a kind of moral code even with the upbringing she had. And I spend a lot of book 4 fanwanking her behavior to make sense, because yes, she's acting awful to Mitt at that point, but . . . kids are allowed to go through phases of being awful, and I do believe she has reasons for it.
Maewen Singer: OH MAEWEN. How can anyone not love Maewen? Partly because she's a reader stand-in, totally - an Ordinary Girl dropped down into the middle of this crazy story - and partly because she knows how history goes, and she just has to hang in there until it comes out properly, and because she yells at Mitt and Moril to get their heads on straight and she's got such good sense at heart.
Brid Singer: I always want more Brid - well, I always want more wacky Singer siblings in general, but I am really fond of Brid especially. She has such chutzpah! I like that she thinks she's better than she is, because it's so human (and I suspect that since we're looking at things through Moril's viewpoint, he sees her talents slightly less charitably than a non-sibling would) and how she is Clennen's grandiose, larger-than-life daughter through-and-through.
Honorable mention goes to Tanaqui and Lenina! (But Tanaqui especially.)
And I ask for Dalemark right back at you! (Because I always want an excuse to make more people babble about Dalemark.)
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Hildrida Navisdaughter: I never stopped loving Hildy - cranky, pompous, stuck-up brat though she is, but I have a fondness for cranky, pompous, stuck-up brats. And I love her determination, and how even though in many things she's selfish she always puts her brother first, and that she somehow miraculously grew a kind of moral code even with the upbringing she had. And I spend a lot of book 4 fanwanking her behavior to make sense, because yes, she's acting awful to Mitt at that point, but . . . kids are allowed to go through phases of being awful, and I do believe she has reasons for it.
Maewen Singer: OH MAEWEN. How can anyone not love Maewen? Partly because she's a reader stand-in, totally - an Ordinary Girl dropped down into the middle of this crazy story - and partly because she knows how history goes, and she just has to hang in there until it comes out properly, and because she yells at Mitt and Moril to get their heads on straight and she's got such good sense at heart.
Brid Singer: I always want more Brid - well, I always want more wacky Singer siblings in general, but I am really fond of Brid especially. She has such chutzpah! I like that she thinks she's better than she is, because it's so human (and I suspect that since we're looking at things through Moril's viewpoint, he sees her talents slightly less charitably than a non-sibling would) and how she is Clennen's grandiose, larger-than-life daughter through-and-through.
Honorable mention goes to Tanaqui and Lenina! (But Tanaqui especially.)
And I ask for Dalemark right back at you! (Because I always want an excuse to make more people babble about Dalemark.)