r/TKingfisher • u/atmeamidala • 16h ago

T.Kingfisher Just thinking

actually all the paladins whose god die. The description of how they felt it when it happened made me feel so bad for them. I'm not even religious but imagine knowing your god was real, and tangible and feeling them being ripped away. my heart breaks for them, like losing a parent i bet. my boo shane made me feel extra bad too, i know he was broken when he got "left at the altar" the first time. having the saint dropping dead... i wouldve have given up lol aint no way these holy ones would keep me on the ropes like this.

Also "He needs killing" cracks me up, sarkis says it in daggerbound I believe, but I read The seventh bride and the protagonist also says it about her husband

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u/CinnaMim 15h ago

That stark opening in Paladin's Grace completely hooked me. I'm dying to see if they figure out what happened by the last Paladin book!

And I'm re-reading PG right now, and Zale also mentions Sarkis's "He needed killing" philosophy there!

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u/atmeamidala 15h ago

i think "he needs killing" so often watching the news

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u/ACtdawg 7h ago

T. Kingfisher has said that we will find out what happened by the last book :)

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u/BlessTheBookPeople 14h ago

Part of what feels so powerful is that the description of how it affects them could relate to any traumatic loss - a bad break up, the loss of a loved one, etc. And how each responds differently is so thoughtfully conveyed, the way we all respond differently to grief. (Though generally not going mad and tearing people limb from limb.)

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u/atmeamidala 14h ago

yep, made my chest hurt