#brekke

[mariaashby64]

Brekke is tired.

[sillysucho]

Feeling emotional about Brekke again

[a-crack-in-the-universe]

I just finished rereading Dragonquest. F’nor and Brekke get put through so much, it’s so sad! First Brekke’s queen dies and she almost dies too (I think), and then F’nor almost dies trying to get to the Red Star, an idea which Lessa put into his mind.

Did Brekke ever feel angry at Lessa for manipulating F’nor into going to the Red Star? We know that F’nor wasn’t angry at Lessa, but I could see Brekke being angry. Maybe she understands why Lessa did it, but because of it Brekke almost loses both F’nor and Canth and has to go through another trauma right when she’s still recovering from the first one. I could see the relationship between Lessa and Brekke becoming strained, since even though Brekke does understand why Lessa did it, she can’t move past the fact that it resulted in F’nor and Canth almost dying.

I really do wonder if the relationship between F’nor & Brekke and Lessa & F’lar became strained after the Red Star trip… mostly because of Lessa’s guilt, the fact that the Red Star trip heaped more trauma onto Brekke and Lessa was at least indirectly to blame for it, and the look of loathing F’lar directs at Brekke after she tells him that F’nor has gone to the Red Star.

And another thing, during my last reread I noticed that F’nor and Brekke aren’t really shown in the later 9th pass books that much. Which makes me wonder what they were doing? Were they helping out in Benden Weyr like they did prior to F’nor’s trip to the Red Star? Did they have kids? Were they part of the effort organised by AIVAS to rid Pern of Thread forever? I only remember seeing F’nor have a cameo in one book post-Dragonquest, but other than that, nothing. It feels weird how F’nor and Brekke sort of fade into the background in the later part of the series.

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Dragonriders of Pern

Sample Size: 193 stories

Source: AO3

[auntieoneandauntietwo]

For people (like me) who didn’t initially notice some of the details in the scene I’m talking about here, here’s some bits of the text:

(Sorry for my crappy photos of the book)

At the hatching feast after Jaxom’s impression, Lessa tries to Jedi mind trick some of the lords because they’re being difficult, and they all have reactions along these lines:

Now here’s F’nor in the scene where Lessa is telling Brekke she’s worried about F’lar going to the Red Star and F’nor’s trying to reassure her:

So clearly she’s using her mind powers on him, and also she and Brekke have their little moment where Brekke figures out exactly what’s going on

Right before F’nor leaves, he even realizes it! Not necessarily that Lessa “pushed” him, but definitely that both she and Brekke were aware of the situation

I wonder if “Lessa’s tactics” refers to the way she’s influenced him or to surviving a giant between jump? (Also I feel like there’s more to unpack in the fact that both he’s not even upset about it because of what she’s done. Something something about dramatic sacrifice and romanticizing dying a hero)

Here’s some of Lessa’s feelings on the matter:

Like I mention in that other post, I’m torn between whether Lessa choosing to risk F’nor instead of F’lar is personal sacrifice on her part (intentionally risking someone she loves because F’lar needs to live for pern’s sake) or selfishness (forcing F’nor to take the risk because she could handle his death better)

[lionsarchlabs]

A new coloring style. Practiced on trio's sis Brekke

[benden-red-wine]

Dragonquest is crazy to read

In no particular order

Oh, so T'ton is now T'ron

And he hates F'lar

F'nor got stabbed!¡!¡!

And T'ron doesn't seem to care

Oh boy Mardra hates Lessa and I thought the two would be good friends after Dragonflight

F'lar and Lessa HAD A KID!¡!¡!

And their kid is friends with Jaxom

Wait F'nor found tiny dragons on the southern continent

And it looks like this girl, Brekke, likes him!😁

Kylara was a Lessa fangirl last book, now she wants to bang F'lar, which Pridith finds unsettling since Mnementh is her father.

Brekke has a foster daughter with three fire lizards

Telegraphs are now a thing

Thread is falling whenever it wants

Tiny grubs that the Master Herdsman hates are eating Thread

T'ron got in a fight with F'lar

Once again, F'lar changes the political situation of the planet

T'kul, T'ron, and their peeps go to Southern Weyr and T'bor, Kylara, and Brekke come to High Reaches

Now Kylara is having a thing with the Meron

A telescope was found at Benden

Lord Larad's wedding goes to heck

All the dragons time it to fight Thread together

F'lar just had to fight Thread after he got in a knife fight, so he gets a fever

Brekke and F'nor fell in love but that's problematic because Brekke is a gold rider and F'nor is a brown rider

Kylara was stupid and didn't get Pridith away from the Weyr so thanks to her Wirenth and Pridith are dead

A bunch of people have fire lizards now

People want the dragonmen to go to the Red Star and destroy the Thread at it's source

Brekke tries to re Impress, but her fire lizard stops her

But holy crap Jaxom cracked an egg open and Impressed a tiny one.

And Meron is trying to train his fire lizards to go to the Red Star

And F'nor and Canth go to the Red Star!

All the dragons and fire lizards go between from wherever they are and catch Canth in midair

Brekke performs mouth to mouth to save F'nor

But he'll be fine because F'lar said he would at the end

Feel free to add more

[auntieoneandauntietwo]

Crazy how one of the big themes of Dragonquest is how dangerous isolation is and all the characters are SO ISOLATED

F’lar can’t function without F’nor. Lessa is incapable of forming a positive relationship with the few women of the world in her position. Her only on page friend is Robinton and her relationship with him is used against her. T’bor is alone on the southern continent, and he relies on F’lar for “guidance and companionship”. Brekke is alone in her own head, without Wirenth. Kylara is alone at Southern and alone because the whole world is against her and alone because she won’t let Prideth in and alone once Prideth is gone.

No one has friends or allies! Everyone suffers because of it! And meanwhile their world is barely recovering from centuries of lost knowledge and relationships and fighting to keep themselves from retreating into autonomy again