Two Little Knives

[Star-shadows Shine she/her]

Is it just me or are Shallan and Vin both almost 'little knives' as Mraize calls Shallan. If you think about it, Vin is basically the same thing.

[Treamayne]

On 8/23/2023 at 8:41 PM, Laura said:

Is it just me or are Shallan and Vin both almost 'little knives' as Mraize calls Shallan. If you think about it, Vin is basically the same thing.

I guess you could look at it like that; though I always took Mraize's "nickname" as a diminutive because he "met" Veil as "Tyn's Apprentice" - so "little" because she was new to the "game" and "knife" for skulduggery.

Whereas Vin may be small in stature; but I would defy anybody to claim anything she did as "little" (except maybe in the thieving crews, but even there she was more capable than the others, just trying to remain unnoticed).

 

Edited August 25, 2023 by Treamayne

[Underwater_Worldhopper he/him]

On 24/08/2023 at 1:47 AM, Treamayne said:

I guess you could look at it like that; though I always took Mraize's "nickname" as a diminutive because he "met" veil as "Tyn's Apprentice" - so "little" because she was new to the "game" and "knife" for skulduggery.

Whereas Vin may be small in stature; but I would defy anybody to claim anything she did as "little" (except maybe in the thieving crews, but even there she was more capable than the others, just trying to remain unnoticed).

 

Little knife could still apply to Vin in a complimentary way, something akin to a knife wielded with such surgical precision that it doesn't need to be big or showy to be intimidating.

Edited August 25, 2023 by Underwater_Worldhopper

[Treamayne]

4 minutes ago, Underwater_Worldhopper said:

Little knife could still apply to Vin in a complimentary way, something akin to a knife wielded with such surgical precision that it doesn't need to be big or showy to be intimidating.

Sure, I guess you could look at it that way. However:

On 8/23/2023 at 8:41 PM, Laura said:

 If you think about it, Vin is basically the same thing.

I don't think that would apply. You would would be applying the same nickname for dissimilar reasons. 

Maybe it's just be, but I see almost no similarity between Vin and Shallan, except their abusive childhoods (and even then, abusive in very different ways). 

I will admit that I am biased. I really like Vin and her character arc. I cannot say the same for Shallan.