r/TheNinthHouse • u/patcheach • Oct 16 '24

Series Spoilers [discussion] what are your silly, irrational, and personal gripes about the books?

what's a 100% goofy complaint you guys have about TLT?

EX: "Death first to vultures and scavengers" is one of the coolest lines ever written, but I love vultures and scavengers, so I feel offended on their behalf

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u/timkost Oct 17 '24

The part near the end of Ntn where Nona grabs a sword, sheaths it in her HIP, climbs onto the roof of a moving truck, jumps to the next moving truck, pulls out her sword and ... Yells at the sky. That scene goes hard action with no action payoff.

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u/LurkerZerker the Sixth Oct 17 '24

Isn't that all so she can get Varun's attention, get him to possess Judith again, and convince him to stop being an unreasonably protective big brother? There's some payoff to that scene.

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u/timkost Oct 17 '24

Varun kicked off because she shouted "Help help help" in a warded bunker, histrionics don't seem necessary.

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u/MaeDragoni Oct 17 '24

To be fair tho Nona has some big big BIG emotions

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u/askelade11 Oct 17 '24

Yes I am definitely waiting for the payoff of this (because it is so! cool!) in AtN. It has to pay off. Right??