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Post by sazzle182 on Sept 12, 2015 12:08:40 GMT -5
I am curious as to others opinions on him?
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Post by jennifer on Sept 13, 2015 17:03:29 GMT -5
Kit is the idea of a deamon close to collapse. He's dangerous, willful, and reckless. Whatever he may have been before he met Matthew, by the time we meet him he is a danger to himself and others. Matthew, with his love of risk taking engages him and maintains him as a friend for as long as he is able. What interests me most, and I had to ask Deb about it, is that Matthew's relationship with Kit seemed to relate to his later relationship with Hamish. They seemed two sides of the same coin, to me.
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Post by AllSoulsAngela on Sept 19, 2015 16:44:34 GMT -5
Up until he teamed up with Louisa and tried to harm Diana, I more than tolerated Kit; I liked him, his sarcasm and quips. I got why he acted the way he did. From a pure literary standpoint, he rounded out the cast of characters in Matthew's posse. How dull would it be if they were all like sweet and generous Henry Percy? Everyone had their part to play, and Kit's was that of the insolent, sassy, downright bratty diva playwright and freeloading friend to Matthew Roydon. I was fine with that for the sake of the story. His malicious actions towards the end and Diana's forgiveness were actually critical to closing a loop for Matthew. And yes, I agree with Jennifer...how Kit's relationship related to his relationship to Hamish later was fascinating...even more interesting to me is how Matthew's relationship with Hugh paved the way for it all.
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Post by moneypenny on Oct 12, 2015 20:09:49 GMT -5
As I said at the Con, Kit and Hamish are two sides of the same coin - both of them love Matthew, but the ramifications couldn't be more different. With Kit, the love becomes obsessive and destructive. With Hamish, it becomes a source of strength and ultimately nourishes Matthew's growth. They truly embody Sarah's description of daemons teetering between genius and madness.
Honestly, I kind of enjoyed Kit. the group I ran with when I was younger always had a BBQ. As long as you weren't the object of their ire their wit was a work of art.
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