LATE ECLIPSES open thread. Have a party.

Very enjoyable.

Except for the part where I had to sob because Lily was dead (that was very well written.) And then sniffle again because THERE WERE DEAD (Fae) KITTENS.

I particularly liked the Queen's cold logic for using Toby as a sort of "sacrificial King" (sacrificial countess?). I don't like it insomuch as I went "You go, Queenie, that's the ticket", but insomuch as that it makes sense for her to think that way, given 1. what she is, and 2. that we know her sanity is questionable. She's being internally consistent, and I always appreciate that.

That's actually something I like quite a bit about your writing. I'm not a big fan of incompetent villains or villains who aren't internally consistent. Incompetent villains aren't threatening.

I'd say I'm on Team Tybalt, except I'm not entirely convinced Connor is much in the way of a long-term threat. I suspect it's mostly some sort of a combination of "I want what people told me I couldn't have" and "old childhood sweetheart who's still a total dear and who was stuck in a bad marriage" sort of tender feeling.

This isn't to say that I don't gnash my teeth, because while I like Connor's character well enough, he's just not very useful. In a relationship with Toby, I feel like he's the chick in the relationship and totally not in a good way.

Not that Toby would ever "be the chick." Though the idea of Toby being a chick is hilarious and would probably cause her to try to stab me for even thinking.