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I want to talk about Mereel's introduction, because I think it's one of my absolute favorites in the whole series. It's like the Jaws theme in written form.
( all quotes are from Chapter 18 of Triple Zero by Karen Traviss )
I just really love this introduction on the whole. It's so very, very Mereel, and I think it says a ton about how his character operates in just a few barely-there scenes, how much of what Mereel does is off-page, and where he's like...this horror movie monster looming up in the background which then gets tucked away behind a cheery smile like a sleight of hand trick as soon as you turn to look, hiding so many of the implications of his actions and sudden appearance in a performance*, and it's one of my favorite parts of the book.
*I say performance with the understanding that Mereel absolutely is happy to see his dad again, but with the belief that Mereel's capable of using his own perfectly genuine emotions to his own advantage because Mereel is...very ruthless, actually. The sentiment isn't the performance, the way he chooses to express that sentiment is. Mereel's fun.
( all quotes are from Chapter 18 of Triple Zero by Karen Traviss )
I just really love this introduction on the whole. It's so very, very Mereel, and I think it says a ton about how his character operates in just a few barely-there scenes, how much of what Mereel does is off-page, and where he's like...this horror movie monster looming up in the background which then gets tucked away behind a cheery smile like a sleight of hand trick as soon as you turn to look, hiding so many of the implications of his actions and sudden appearance in a performance*, and it's one of my favorite parts of the book.
*I say performance with the understanding that Mereel absolutely is happy to see his dad again, but with the belief that Mereel's capable of using his own perfectly genuine emotions to his own advantage because Mereel is...very ruthless, actually. The sentiment isn't the performance, the way he chooses to express that sentiment is. Mereel's fun.
