February 24th, 2023
24 Feb 2023 · page 1156 of 1306
Progress.
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Eliza Swift, Jack O'Malley
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Look at Mal reading for fun!
Looks like an illustrated book on animals. Good choice for somebody practicing their reading.
The 1838 version of cute animal videos on social media.
I dunno if it's all so great, given Mal's extreme color-blindness
Today's word, which I just looked up, is 'chromoxylography.' Apparently IOT a guy named George Baxter was in the process of using it popularize printed colored illustrations at this exact period in time. It was absolutely used for children's and natural history books, so you could be right! :)
hahahahhahaha
Ben and Mal still half-heartedly pretending not to be friends! Casual reference to Ben and Eliza's long established relationship! The promised return of Nyree! So much to love here
I love how casually they're hanging out... and I'm pleased I predicted something right for once! (Ben being Mal's manager) But I'm mostly excited to be seeing Eliza again! I didn't expect to see her in green... and I've been hoping for ages we'll get to see her struggling more / in more challenging situations (for the character development) so I'm really excited to see where this goes! :D
I wonder what's got her so upset about her job. Maybe she's chafing at being tied to official police regulations, like Harry did before she quit to become a Hunter.
I would guess the coronation has a very high security presence and she would much rather be doing detective work than trying to coordinate that, but that's just guesswork until next week
An Eliza Harry team-up would be awesome.
hey, me too girl!
Ben’s been going out with Eliza for four years and he still grins when someone mentions her name.
That's always a good sign.
Nobody mentioned her name, but also yes.
I love that Ben is openly expressing concern about Mal dealing with the coronation crowd. (And just what does "appearing in his official capacity" involve, I wonder?)
At first I was just like "Oh, awesome, Nyree's coming back!", but then it occurred to me that, given the high likelihood of something going pear-shaped during the coronation, it might be a very good thing to have another witch on hand. Maybe Arpana could be persuaded to come too...
I know that I've been pretty severely burned by mainstream media, but the actual character growth on show in this chapter has me crying with joy. I didn't realize how starved I was for characters becoming h_happy_.
Once again, absolutely adore how... settled Mal seems. He's always been tense when we saw him before, and this is just so nice.
It's just hit me how different this is to the last time we saw these 2 talk about Eliza at the start of a book (Green Eyed Monster they argue about Eliza being mad at them for breaking stuff)