Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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ONE SALT SEA open thread!

To celebrate the release of One Salt Sea, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned.

You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence.

Have fun!
Tags: one salt sea, toby daye
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avhn

September 7 2011, 19:37:50 UTC 5 years ago

I think that Luideag is going to have Toby shift the Selkie's blood so they're Roane, which would mean that anyone without a skin is stuck being human.

Also, I went through and re-read all the old books and think I figured a bunch of stuff out. One of the more far-fetched guesses is that Simon is Toby's dad. I think this because Oleander talks about Amandine having taken something from Simon, and that that made him Oleander's to break - what she took could have been herself and Toby. And then she was changing Toby's blood to hide/protect her.

I think that at some point in the future we're going to have to deal with the missing Kings and Queens (which is hinted at strongly... especially with Toby saying that someone's going to have to find them, but she wasn't that crazy.) I also think that Toby is going to have to find her mom and fix whatever is making her crazy, or at least find out about it.

catsittingstill

September 7 2011, 20:15:22 UTC 5 years ago

Wouldn't Toby have to do this one Selkie at a time? And doesn't it take an awful lot out of her, even if the Luideag were to donate some of the power involved? (Does even the Luideag even have that much to donate?)

I don't think Toby could be Fae on both sides, or there would have been no human in her blood for Amandine to shift the balance of her blood to.

avhn

September 7 2011, 20:27:58 UTC 5 years ago

I don't know if Luideag has that much power, or if it's possible. I just think that Luideag might try to get Toby to help. It would make a lot of sense to me with Luideag telling them to distribute the skins as fast as they can.

I'm not sure if there has to be pre-existing human blood for Amandine to shift. We don't really know the rules of that magic yet.

Off topic, but... I really like that the scent of Toby's magic changed when her blood changed.

seanan_mcguire

September 8 2011, 21:18:34 UTC 5 years ago

Me, too. :)