(no subject)

[tempestuously]

Levitas. :( Also, why the hell does Temeraire call Laurence by his last name when their relationship is supposed to be all bff/fathersonly? It just weirds me out. I'm inclined to believe Novik does this simply because she likes the name of Laurence more than William but that William is the more common name of the era. Still, it's dumb. Oh yes, book finished. Now onto "Throne of Jade."

Comments

[nayami.livejournal.com]

While that does make sense for dialogue, I am still unsure why Novik chooses to apply it to the narrative/stream of conscious. I know you've explained as best you can and I'm not asking you to delve further, I'm just saying that the approach seems needlessly tedious. I don't think people actually think of each other with different addresses based on the atmosphere, although they might address people different by habit. I think she's reaching here, and it gets confusing.