Chaos Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 The really important question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silus - Shard of Flame Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) 100% of the votes means, I WIN. EDIT: 80% now, still winning. Edited October 28, 2011 by Silus - Shard of Flame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KChan Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 I'm pretty sure you already know where I stand on this, but I'm casting a vote anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Von Kelsier Harvey Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'd prefer Marasi myself, but for Wax I think Steris works better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 for Wax I think Steris works better. Heresy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Marasi. Both are highly intelligent, which is a massive plus in my eyes, but if put in modern terms Marasi would be a geek, which Steris falls under the "heavy nerd" category. Note that I mean neither word as an insult. I often describe myself with both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aradel Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Steris hasn't shot anyone yet. I vote Marasi. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Steris hasn't shot anyone yet. I vote Marasi. Can't argue with that logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earendil Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Batman should obviously hook up with Rachel Dawes ...uh, I mean, Marasi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusJenai Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 For me, or for Wax? For me, it's a hard choice. Both have the intelligence, but Steris seems to have a rather large attitude that I find off-putting. Marasi on the other hand seems to be a bit on the self-deprecating side, and having done that before, it's not a path I'd want to go down again. For Wax, I think Steris really is the best choice. She's going to be a good foundation in his city-life, and she has the benefit of getting the contract that would keep his house solvent. She has a skillset he lacks, and house marriages are often more political than socially based. If he was heading back into the Roughs, Marasi would be the choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Marasi, Steris is no fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darniil Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Get out of my head, CharlesDarius. IOW, what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 For me, or for Wax? For me, it's a hard choice. Both have the intelligence, but Steris seems to have a rather large attitude that I find off-putting. Marasi on the other hand seems to be a bit on the self-deprecating side, and having done that before, it's not a path I'd want to go down again. For Wax, I think Steris really is the best choice. She's going to be a good foundation in his city-life, and she has the benefit of getting the contract that would keep his house solvent. She has a skillset he lacks, and house marriages are often more political than socially based. If he was heading back into the Roughs, Marasi would be the choice. Darn you for having perfectly rational explanations for why Steris is better for Wax! Marasi for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusJenai Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Darn you for having perfectly rational explanations for why Steris is better for Wax! Marasi for life. Don't get me wrong, I think he'd be happier with Marasi. They seem to have more in common, and I think Wax is more attracted to her than to Steris "affairs are in the contract" Harms. But Steris is the better choice for him as the head of the Ladrian House. Especially since most of his close relatives are at least legally dead. Succession is still important. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darniil Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 "affairs are in the contract" Hmm. Perhaps he can have his cake and eat it, too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comatose Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 My vote is for Steris. Throughout the book, all the stuff with Wax and Marasi made me go, "Really? Wax is going to beat the bad guy, save the day, AND get the younger, attractive, smart girl who is also a sniper?" It's not Steris's fault that she is the way she is, and I really respect her for admitting her faults at the end. It couldn't have been easy growing up that level of social awkwardness among the noble elite. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Marasi, but Wax is correct, he and Marasi are at very different stages in life. Their interaction over this two day span might be convincing, but keep in mind, Marasi is just finishing law school. She has her whole life ahead of her to be awesome. Her affection for Wax is really more of a fan-girl crush than a real romantic attraction. With her idealized view of Wax and his unintentionally patronizing attitude towards her (she is twenty years his junior... when I'm 45, I'm probably going to be patronizing a lot of twenty year olds) would make any long lasting romance between them fall flat, in my opinion. Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm not saying that romances with significant age differences don't work. I know of several that have. I'm just saying that, as things are, if Marasi and Wax began a relationship, it wouldn't be on equal footing. He'd always be the experienced hero who wouldn't be able to fully joy Marasi's excitement as she grows up because he's been through it before, and Marasi would always hold Wax a little above herself, and not see him as an equal. Steris and Wax might have problems, but I see a mutual respect there that could lead to something real. Whatever happens, their relationship feels more real to me than an idealized one between him and Marasi would. That's my two cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusJenai Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Hmm. Perhaps he can have his cake and eat it, too. By cake, do you mean.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiken Frost Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 By cake, do you mean.... The beast with two backs, yes. Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstRainbowRose Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Okay boys and girls. I'm stepping in now. Remember to keep it clean (which so far it is, but we're getting close to to line). Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 did someone say cake?! ..... oh also, I think the contract will either do them good, or force them apart. I'm leaning on it doing them good, there's lots of potential for it. And if their friendship with Marasi survives, even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst21 Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) The beast with two backs, yes. +! for the Othello reference Edited November 11, 2011 by Catalyst21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darniil Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Was it Hamlet or Othello? And my comment about the cake was more along the lines of the "mistress clause" that Steris wrote. Theoretically, Wax could use that clause with Marasi, but honestly, I kinda doubt he'd make use of that clause at all. What little we've seen of him, he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd want a mistress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst21 Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Was it Hamlet or Othello? And my comment about the cake was more along the lines of the "mistress clause" that Steris wrote. Theoretically, Wax could use that clause with Marasi, but honestly, I kinda doubt he'd make use of that clause at all. What little we've seen of him, he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd want a mistress. Othello, thanks for the catch (I knew what I meant, lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Was it Hamlet or Othello? And my comment about the cake was more along the lines of the "mistress clause" that Steris wrote. Theoretically, Wax could use that clause with Marasi, but honestly, I kinda doubt he'd make use of that clause at all. What little we've seen of him, he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd want a mistress. Yeah, I understood your meaning, I was just changing the subject by eating cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Ninja Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I've been a fan of Steris since the sample chapters, and even back then I came to the same conclusion Wax did about Marasi. In some ways, Marasi is too much like Lessie. Add that to Wayne's commentary about people constantly changing, especially if they move somewhere else, and I think that Wax himself has changed too much for another Lessie. I only wish Steris had gotten some more screentime. She needs the occasional opportunity to have some fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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