Nope, the honor is still all mine. Thank you for reading it twice over now!
Dor and Bitterdin are such jerks to each other, which is fun until I remember she's supposed to be eightish, and he's an adult. Way to rag mercilessly on the disabled kid, Din. (There are Reasons he's a jerkface, of course, but they still don't excuse him. In his defense, if she seemed distressed I think he'd tone it down. She, meanwhile, is just grateful that someone's not treating her like she's both mentally incompetent and liable to shatter at the slightest harsh look.)
I am so relieved she's not coming off as obnoxious, and that I haven't yet slid into that phenomenon where the author wants to convince you so badly of a given character's Awesome that they force it down your throat until you hate that character on principle.
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Dor and Bitterdin are such jerks to each other, which is fun until I remember she's supposed to be eightish, and he's an adult. Way to rag mercilessly on the disabled kid, Din. (There are Reasons he's a jerkface, of course, but they still don't excuse him. In his defense, if she seemed distressed I think he'd tone it down. She, meanwhile, is just grateful that someone's not treating her like she's both mentally incompetent and liable to shatter at the slightest harsh look.)
I am so relieved she's not coming off as obnoxious, and that I haven't yet slid into that phenomenon where the author wants to convince you so badly of a given character's Awesome that they force it down your throat until you hate that character on principle.