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What is your favourite hobby aside from murder, Jane? -Crow

Jane ponders for a moment before responding. "Hm. Well I do quite like reading. I'm currently in the middle of Pet Semetary. Stephen King has some awful books but I'm hoping this one is better and creepier than IT was. I also like practicing makeup and new hairstyles on myself. Sally likes it when I braid her hair, too."

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hi Maya I'm the captive prince anon from a while back about the pronunciation, I have Realised something: I heard someone talk about the Château de Marly yesterday and it just hit me that this is probably what Marlas is based on, don't you think? <3

Hello!! Of course I remember you!……I had never ever thought about it? It could be! Especially considering that Marlas isn’t supposed to be as big a castle/fortress as Vere. Wow, thank you!

#anon #hello! :)#this is so cool! it could be!#I hope marlas' future is brighter than Marly though as Marly is no more #dd you see that the audiobooks came out?? that was interesting in regards to pronunciation !!#cp ask

And the description of Auguste's death makes Damen look awful. Auguste was tired, he'd been fighting on the front lines unlike Damen, and he let Damen recover when he disarmed him. Damen couldn't even answer why he'd killed the first chance he got.

Eeeh, this is the touchiest of topics, if you ask me.

Once again, I think we have to focus on the goal of the conversations L&D keep having about Auguste and his death and the goal is to process it, to come to terms with it and move on. Laurent needs to realise that Damen isn’t a monster, but fought a fair battle, won a duel and came out of it winning. Laurent understands this and finally accepts this and that’s why and how he is able to be together with Damen, Prince Killer.

It’s a very difficult situation, but I personally find that the author makes an incredibly good job with it in the books, especially Prince’s Gambit. The changes and developments throughtout the series always felt very realistic and successfully handled. There was never a moment (and it happens to me all the time with other books/shows) where I stopped reading and wondered how on earth I had come to that point. It felt organinc and surprisingly well arranged. It made sense, both emotionally and practically. Going from loathing Damen more than anything else in the world to loving him so fiercely.

But then I have the feeling that she might have insisted on how amazing Auguste was a little too much. The Summer Palace offers the final blow you mention, Auguste being fair and noble until the very second and dying because of it. Do any of the stories Damen tells Laurent or even just privately thinks back to suggest that Damen didn’t fight appropriately? That he cheated? That he has something to be ashamed of? No, he fought according to rules, he fought for his father and country and took advantage of Auguste’s exhaustion and nobility. He did nothing wrong, formally. Do I personally feel that he doesn’t show enough emotional regret, though? I do. Every single time Auguste comes up, my heart literally breaks for him (and for Laurent) and I wish Damen would express a little more, I don’t know, sorrow? remorse? delicacy, at least? There’s a moment back in PG where he thinks about what he would do diffrently, how now he’d try to find a compromise with Auguste, instead of fighting him; he even thinks he wouldn’t like to be the same kind of king his father was, expanding and bringing war (and death) just to make Akielos bigger and more powerful. But those stray thoughts never manifest themselves further and not once he shares them out loud with Laurent.

Adding this final detail in the short story wasn’t maybe the best idea, but I don’t see many people complaining about it, so maybe it’s just us and a very small portion of the fandom feeling uncomfortable, anon? I’m not happy with the way the Auguste-Damen issue has been addressed from KR to TSP and I feel you, reading about Laurent’s sobbing out that why and having that kind of very lame reply, followed by Damen’s consideration regarding his own poor brother who once used to be a good person who brought him shells as a kid left me a bit ??. Like…Ok… I guess?

I’m aware this is a very sensitive, ticklish topic, I’m not very good at expressing my uneasiness about it. If you want to add anything, either in agreement or disagreement, please, do, I’d really appreciate it.

#anon #sorry it got long and probably boring #but you touched my weak point #aka the crown prince of vere #sigh #i did like tsp #i'm just not at ease with how damen addresses auguste's death and that exchange didn' help with it #cp ask #the summer palace #auguste #captive prince

Hi, I'm the CP+exams anon! Just wanted to let you know that after a whole day of studying I rewarded myself by reading the prologue, and I loved it! Now I'll wait before getting really started on the book, because I want to give it attention and not half-ass reading it when I have a 5 minute break :) ps: love you! x

Hiii, darling! Aaah, I feel you! I was literally captivated (lol, sorry!) by the prologue, it’s still one of my favourite parts. I admire your resolution, I’d probably give in one day into it😅Jokes aside, I think you’re actually doing the right thing. Exams require total concentration and dedication and at the moment they are no doubt your priority. Rewarding yourself with a book you’re very excited about will be so lovely! Sleepy stealing half a chapter here and there between studying sessions wouldn’t make Captive Prince any justice! Study well, love you too xx

#nice anons #I'd say it worth the while but you know #The epilogue is so intriguing isn't it?#dark and full of actions #I found it so visually compelling #vivid #like you could actually see it!#cp ask

Well, I guess I'm alone, but I didn't like it. I simply don't see why Laurent's history with the Regent wasn't addressed. And I thoght Damen pushing Laurent to kneel, knowing why he hates kneeling, was awful. There was nothing hot about that to me.

Hi! Thank you for sharing your opinion, especially as it’s diffrent from the ones I’ve discussed so far. I’m not sure you’re the only one being disappointed, you know? I, for one, am globally pretty happy about the outcome, but I do have some mmm points.

One of them is definitely the lack of any kind of mention about the Regent’s abuse. I thought that once Damen finally came to know about it, it would be somehow addressed. Now, as the author clealry showed to be very delicate and private about it, I didn’t necessarily expect a big confrontation between D&L, but I found it a bit odd that it didn’t find room at all in the story. Not even for a short, painful moment in the privacy of Damen’s reflections. And thinking that it was probably avoided because The Summer Palace was meant to be only about joy, light and fluff (as I myself thought at first) isn’t that good an explanation, as they have gone through a couple of very very sad, touchy topics, such as Auguste’s death and Damen’s flogging/experience as a slave. I don’t know why CS Pacat decided to completely ignore it; I’m sure she has her own, valid reasons, as she seems generally quite deliberate in her choices, but I do think it is a bit confusing.

About the baths scene…I felt uncomfortable as hell there for a moment, too. When Laurent knelt down, I feared he was about to kiss Damen’s foot and I almost stopped reading, because it would have gone against a lot of my personal convictions. But then the scene turned into something else. There was so much affection, respect, a sense of peace and closure between them. Damen didn’t mean to humiliate Laurent, that’s for sure, and Laurent really wanted to show Damen his complete devotion and somehow make up for his awful actions; I feel like they really needed that moment to finally and definitively move on, to leave their very difficult past behind. It wasn’t meant to be a hot moment, it was meant to be intense and moving :)

#anon #the summer palace #I lvoe hearing different opinions #thank you!#captive prince #cp ask

RE the vocab of cp, I'm a native English speaker and sometimes there are fancy words I've never heard in my life. I got along fine in my first several reads without looking them up, and am only on my second (? third?) reread looking them up on my e-reader. But her context clues were good enough that I don't feel like I missed anything when I didn't look them up. Hopefully something similar will work out for your anon as well. :D

Previous CP anon, look! Same happened to me, I’ve looked up most of the words just on my second read because context usually gives it away!

Thank you, anon <3

#anon #thank you!#it's really nice of you to share this :)#and I remember somethign like this yes #maybe I looked some words up in the first book?#then went on faster #can't remember but all in all it wasn't a difficult read #see other anon #hope it helps! :)#cp ask #captive prince

What I noticed about that part of TSP - the account of Auguste's death - was that Laurent repeatedly referred to "Damianos." I still don't think he's fully processed what happened and reconciled Damen with his brother's killer. And Damen pushing Laurent to get on his knees when he knows damn well Laurent associates that with his abuse, and seeing how uncomfortable, he was ruined TSP for me. There's nothing hot about doing that to a sexual abuse victim, no matte how much Pacat tweets about it.

I noticed that too. There’s clearly a message behind it, because Laurent repeats Damianos two or three times. Maybe he needs it to separate the man who killed his brother from the man he loves and intends to share his life and kingdom with (especially since we’re supposed to read Damen as a grown, evolved character who’s not technically the same boy who killed Auguste). Whatever it is, I believe Laurent has processed everyhting about it, though, alwasy has, from the beginning, through PG and particulalry KR, when he clearly struggled for a while, having to come to terms with the fact that he did have feelings for the Prince Killer, and that those feelings went beyond random fantasies but turned real and tangible.

The point for me about this super discussed baths scene is that it wasn’t necessary. I felt like things were settled between them by the end of the trilogy, I perceived them as equal and past their troubled disputes. That moment you mention when Laurent goes down on his knees…yes, for a minute there I’ve been uncomfortable and I wished Damen would lift him up. He didn’t force him to do anything, to be frank, Laurent was actually the one who pushed for this, but I could have lived without Damen hinting at the foot thing. However, going on, I’ve never had the impression that it went too far, you know? Out of all the things I would have liked to see, that wasn’t one I’d have picked, but it was portrayed as a moment of catharsis and closure, like they’ve been able to move on once and for all. At peace (at least about their initial dynamic in Arles, not sure the same can be said about Auguste’s death, but maybe that’s me).

One thing I feel very strongly about is that it wasn’t meant to be a sexy, hot moment. Why do you feel so? I mean, Damen had a couple of erotic thoughts, but show me an instance where he doesn’t! I found it to be about healing and trusting and cherishing and I like to believe that’s why the author chose not to have them make love in there, to separate the two dimensions.

#anon #it's only my personal opinion and feeling of course :) I'm not a fan of that scene #I feel you #but I don't personally read it as bad as others do #mit's one of my issues but not the biuggest one #the summer palace #captive prince #cp ask

hi Maya, so i have a question - i know you love CP and you might be a little biased (:D) but do you think this series is like easy to enjoy and read? i mean ive never read anything m/m (ofc except the milion hl fics) and i dont really read books set in ancient times or anything like that but do you think i should give it a shot? ive had it on my kindle for a while now (thanks to your enthusiasm haha) but im kinda afraid of starting it and then not liking it at all :(

Hii! <3

You have no idea how happy I am that you’re considering giving Captive Prince a try, even though it’d bring you into unfamilar territor. And that I’m partly responsible for your curiosity, haha, love it, thank you!!

So, to be honest, no, it’s not the easiest of books to go through, especially the first part of the first instalment. The author addresses a few delicate issues, but in my opinion in a very appropriate way. You’ve got to be able to tolerate reading about physical and emotional abuse, deceitfulness of all kinds, strong sexual mentions, you’ve got to be ready to have your heart broken and fixed multiple times. Interesting setting (a mix from ancient and fantasy societies, total lack of religion, which I found refreshing for once), great plot and most of all great plot twists! Very good characterization, very very good. The first book is probably the hardest to go through, but incredibly catchy and intriguing (especially once you’re past the first 5-6 chapters), the second one is absolutely one of the most exciting, satisfying reading experiences I’ve ever had in my life and the third one seals your unrelenting devotion for one of the main characters.

It’s not perfect (ok, I think Prince’s Gambit, book 2, is potentially perfect!), but it’s really beautiful, in many ways. The love story just being one of them. A ride I find defintiely worth taking! So, if you feel comfortable and inspired enough, I do suggest you try it! Worst case scenario, you just dump it and come back questioning my tastes, yeah? ;D

Thank you for being so lovey and, please, pelase, please, let me know what you end up doing and, in case you go with it (I hope you do!), keep me updated! xx