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[afuna]

Oh god Lavan is a much more spoiled less sympathetic Vanyek with much less reason to be so put upon (well until the school stuff). I am clearly not here for teenage angst. Also is this the whole life bonded weirdness that you all warned me about?

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[wychwood]

Haha yes! I find him so frustrating at the beginning of the book - I mean, I sympathise with his not wanting to go into exactly the family business, but he doesn't really want to do anything else, either, he wants to ride around with his highborn friends and go hunting every day, that is not a reasonable life-plan, Lavan!! And even when his family are trying to find him something he'd like better - the caravan suggestion is pretty good, actually! - he's still so sulky about it.

[branchandroot]

That's absolutely one of the points where Lackey flat-out frames lifebonding as mystical co-dependance, yeah. I felt a bit as though she made it specifically a lifebond in order to cut off any kneejerk 'omg bestiality', too, which is really unnecessary. This is certainly the point at which I just stopped putting any particular weight on lifebonds.

[vass]

Also is this the whole life bonded weirdness that you all warned me about?

LOL yes.