krait: Ilisidi riding her mecheita (Foreigner - mecheita)
Krait ([personal profile] krait) wrote2011-06-20 05:41 pm

FOREIGNER: Discussion Post #6

This is the discussion post for chapter 9-13.

I am now heartily wishing that I'd looked at chapter content as well as at page-counts, when setting up the reading schedule! (I thought even then it might bite me, and it has!) This reading was composed of a hundred pounds of action, a hundred pounds of disconnected info-bites, a thousand pounds of questions, and half a gram of explanations! My brain was churning faster than Babsidi's legs, but reached even fewer coherent thoughts than Bren manages.


On the other hand: yay, mecheiti icon becomes more appropriate than ever! :D
pebblerocker: A stern elderly alien woman. (Aiji-dowager)

Re: thoughts and reactions, chapters 9-11

[personal profile] pebblerocker 2011-06-23 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I worry that if some atevi fool tries out a human sport with home-made equipment and no instruction, and ends up dying, humans could take some of the blame for it...

I hope Ilisidi can read human emotions and see that Bren had no idea about the ship until he saw it from her balcony. Atevi don't show much emotion on their faces, so they will be really good at reading what signs there are, and absolute shock could look similar across species.
pebblerocker: A worried orange dragon, holding an umbrella, gazes at the sky. (Default)

Re: thoughts and reactions, chapters 9-11

[personal profile] pebblerocker 2011-06-24 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well, not so much blame for the human most directly responsible, as further ammunition for those who believe nothing good ever came from humans and their ideas...

Yes, he shows so much more on his face that even if the emotion is very similar to what atevi feel, it might be hard for them to believe he's sincere.