Friday, February 20, 2015

Reading Diary A Week 9: Shantanu's Romances

Wait, he never questions her?  What, a woman who gets to be overbearing and hold power in a relationship?  But wait she is a child killer.  What a great female character.  Possible story topic blog.  What was she like?  What was he like?  Was their marriage happy?  It really took him until the eighth child to protest against this?  No spine?  Maybe she was just so beautiful that he could not deny her any wish or thing that she declared or asked for?  Possibly blinded by love or beauty?  Scared of dying alone?  Fortunate enough to have such a beautiful woman love him?  What a sad and pathetic narrative this would make for a storytelling blog.  Possibly do this from her perspective, but not as promising as from his perspective.

Or do the fisherman’s daughter?  What was she like?  How invested was she in this romance?  How young was she?  Gross.  Sappy, young love romance or a woman like Kaikeyi who is only invested in protecting herself and making sure that she has a rich life married to the king, Shantanu.  But she smelled like a fish?  How horrible and sad.  If this was a modern day high school, she would have for sure been homeschooled or made fun of?  Comical story?  Too cheesy?  Too easy?  Too boring and relies heavily on blatant, crude humor?  No.  He has such bad luck with women.  How very sad.
Satyavati.  Source: Wikipedia

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