The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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Auri's regard for object's feelings
Lizissparta
Feb 04, 2015 11:22AM
wondering:
Does anyone else recognise himself a bit in Auri? I don't mean her OCD tendencies, but the way she is concerned with the feeling of objects.
Reading this, I remembered that, growing up, I did the same. For example: when choosing a fork I felt bad for the ones I didn't pick.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and maybe even a word from Mr. Rothfuss himself, once he's back from bis cruise. I'd really like to know how he came up with this traut of her's!
Does anyone else recognise himself a bit in Auri? I don't mean her OCD tendencies, but the way she is concerned with the feeling of objects.
Reading this, I remembered that, growing up, I did the same. For example: when choosing a fork I felt bad for the ones I didn't pick.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and maybe even a word from Mr. Rothfuss himself, once he's back from bis cruise. I'd really like to know how he came up with this traut of her's!
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Honestly, Auri really resonated with me as well. As a child I gave all of my toys personalities. I used to write short stories about them and their adventures. I even had a story about a yellow balloon that I had gotten at the fair one year. I made up all sorts of adventures that the balloon would go on if I were to ever let him...yes him, go. I still tell the stories to the children in my life.
In a way, I believe that is part of Auri's charm. The innocence and childlike demeanor. She reminds me of a past when things were much less complicated than things are now that I am an adult. I loved reading this book.
In a way, I believe that is part of Auri's charm. The innocence and childlike demeanor. She reminds me of a past when things were much less complicated than things are now that I am an adult. I loved reading this book.
Giving your toys back stories and thinking up adventures for them to go on is pretty much part of childhood but feeling sorry for the forks you don't pick is pretty odd. If anything shouldn't you feel sorry for the one you picked since your going to be covering in food and shoving it in your mouth then sticking it in boiling water or a dishwasher, if you accept the fork has feeling then that's got to be a pretty traumatic event.
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