So let me get this straight... The Fairborn witches fear Nathan will become a an evil blood witch like his father and go after them as his father did, so they want him to train to fight and kill his father on their behalf? They then proceed to routinely physically and psychologically terrorize and abuse the poor kid. Gee, where do I sign up? Are courses in stupidity a requirement in their school systems, or something? With the way he's being treated by them, why should he care if they live or die. It's more likely that they're going to push him in the opposite direction (if logical outcomes were part of this story). I haven't got any skin in the game at all, and I'd be okay with offing most of these Fairborn witches myself at this point.
Why is it that only Annalise, only 16 years old, is capable of exhibiting some analytic thought and common sense here? And actually say it out loud? And what's up with the half sister? She's as evil as Nathan's father, the feared "Wolf" has been, with no obvious justification other than the fact that she can be. How is it that she grew up blaming her baby brother for their mother's death to such an extent? Who was reinforcing this "sins of the father" thing in her mind when they were growing up, especially if they were supposedly the only Fairmonts in the area? The grandmother seems to care for the Nathan character, so why didn't she ever explain this to the sister -- as often as need be. It doesn't look like she did much work in the parenting area at all other than feed and clothe.
These people are seriously deficient in the communication and common sense department. Irrational doesn't begin to explain it. There's a special kind of stupid going on in this series, and it's not warming me up to it. I've never read the books, and I'm not overly inclined to do so after what I've seen so far. Just because it's supposed to be a fantasy world and society, it doesn't mean it should be completely devoid of logic.
Why is it that only Annalise, only 16 years old, is capable of exhibiting some analytic thought and common sense here? And actually say it out loud? And what's up with the half sister? She's as evil as Nathan's father, the feared "Wolf" has been, with no obvious justification other than the fact that she can be. How is it that she grew up blaming her baby brother for their mother's death to such an extent? Who was reinforcing this "sins of the father" thing in her mind when they were growing up, especially if they were supposedly the only Fairmonts in the area? The grandmother seems to care for the Nathan character, so why didn't she ever explain this to the sister -- as often as need be. It doesn't look like she did much work in the parenting area at all other than feed and clothe.
These people are seriously deficient in the communication and common sense department. Irrational doesn't begin to explain it. There's a special kind of stupid going on in this series, and it's not warming me up to it. I've never read the books, and I'm not overly inclined to do so after what I've seen so far. Just because it's supposed to be a fantasy world and society, it doesn't mean it should be completely devoid of logic.
