#undebilitated

[safesthaveninexistence]

I'm inherently undebilitated

[rithmeres]

i don’t want to start discourse but i want to talk about two things in soc/ck that bother me. i love these books and they’re some of my favorites ever, but i want to briefly address these things:

the invalidation of matthias’s religion inej is the team’s other religious member, but never is her religion discredited like matthias’. kaz mocks inej for praying and believing in the Saints, but no one else does. matthias’s Djel, sacred rituals, and sacred places are publicly defaced, defamed, and ridiculed by the other crows. an he just?? rolls with it?? of course many of matthias’s beliefs were extremely prejudiced and he has to unlearn them - but he shouldn’t give up his entire religion for it. as a religious person, its hard for me to read such treatment of religion. inej remains as strong in her faith as ever throughout the books. i was expecting matthias to change his views on the treatment of grisha and find that it was compatible with the idea of Djel as the wellspring of life. after soc, he kinda... idk how else to say it??? abandons his religion?? idk im just really sick of religion ridiculed or portrayed as false or wrong in some way. ALSO nina not respecting his “prudish” desire for chastity?? if a girl didn’t want to do courtship a certain way and the guy forced a more sensual relationship on her, people would lose their minds. but when the guy doesn’t want something and the girl puts it on him anyway its ok?? like.... idk man

inej desiring physicality from kaz this ends up resolved somewhat, because when inej first makes her statement to have him without armor, she doesn’t know what kaz has been through. she doesnt understand why he can’t touch, which (i think) is why she makes that demand. she didn’t know how much that demand would cost him. she asks for him without gloves, without full clothes, with lips that can touch hers. and that is something he may never be able to give. does she understand that even though everything he can give is “not enough” he may never be able to give more? not at that point. the armor she should be asking him to remove is the mental and emotional barriers around his mind and heart. i guess her perspective changes after he helps her with her bandages and when he holds her hand, and i think then she understands that they can never have physical relationship and there are certain traumas that will always stay with him. she acknowledges that the important thing is that he tried. and he makes progress for her. the ending of crooked kingdom is a beginning, really. its the first time kaz can touch inej undebilitated and it’s when she understands that this is how their relationship is going to be and. it. is. ok. that. he. can’t. touch. he can’t give her all of himself but he can meet her partway and that is his 100% and it is enough. the mental and emotional armor is gone. that is what needed to change about kaz, not his inability to touch.

[j216]

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