TalFidelis Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 Ok, so I'm re-reading Wax and Wayne, and I feel like I missed something about half-way through. Obviously, I know about Lessie and Wax - but the first reference I recall seeing of them being married is halfway through Shadows of Self when Marasi thinks, "Why else would Bleeder be parading around the city wearing the body of the man who had killed Waxillium's wife?" I checked the Coppermind and it says they were married, but there is no source referenced confirming that. The Lessie article has no sources at all. And the Waxillium article references the Shadows of Self Prologue which covers their meeting, but not getting married (though the connection between them is clearly obvious by the end of the prologue). I did a search of my kindle edition of the trilogy and can find nothing saying they were married (but a Kindle search isn't very flexible). Can someone point me to a passage in either Alloy of Law or Shadows of Self, before Marasi's thought above, indicating they were married?
Kingsdaughter613 she/her Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 It’s in BoM. “Wax found himself smiling. This was what Lessie had wanted. They’d joked time and time again about their simple Pathian ceremony, finalized on horseback to escape a mob. She said that someday, she’d make him do it proper.” 2
TalFidelis Posted November 17, 2020 Author Posted November 17, 2020 Ok. That helps. But that’s after Marasi’s thought to herself in SoS. Is the quote in my original post really the first reference to them being married?
Weltall Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 Would you be surprised if I said there's actually a detailed WoB on this topic? 1
TalFidelis Posted November 17, 2020 Author Posted November 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Weltall said: Would you be surprised if I said there's actually a detailed WoB on this topic? Ok. Again, that’s cool (and I’ll update the Coppermind with references later) but that’s still after Marasi mentions it in SoS. At least I’m not crazy that it wasn’t mentioned before then. How did she know?
overlord stick Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 Marasi was well established to have extensively read up on Wax and his compatriots, including Lessie. It'd be a bit odd if she didn't know, imo
TalFidelis Posted November 17, 2020 Author Posted November 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Empress Stick said: Marasi was well established to have extensively read up on Wax and his compatriots, including Lessie. It'd be a bit odd if she didn't know, imo Ok. Good point. But am I the only one who finds it odd that her comment is the first acknowledgement of it. Even before Wax confirms “on screen” so to speak in BoM? And I’m really just looking for confirmation that I didn’t miss something before that moment. I’m reading closely looking for all the Cosmere stuff and felt like I missed something.
Mulk he/him Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 You didn't miss anything. It was never mentioned explicitly ahead of Marasi's comment and then Wax's BoM reminiscences.
Blenderhead Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Not exactly clearly stated but in AoL chapter 2 during a conversation with his staff there's this Quote Miss Grimes considered any unmarried man to be a child—which was terribly unfair, considering that she had never married. He refrained from speaking to her about Lessie; most of his family back in the city hadn’t known about her. I read that as he was married but doesn't bring it up with anyone. There really was no other reason to include anything about Lessie there otherwise. Edited November 22, 2022 by Blenderhead
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