My Thoughts on Grace

Okay, so for the past three series, Grace has kind of been the perfect character. She was the one who always had everything planned to the last detail, and even after she was dead, she had always had everything worked out in advance. But then in these last two books, everything that we've known about Grace has sort of been turned upside down. Suddenly, we're supposed to believe that this incredible woman was an evil, cruel, ruthless, cold hearted killer. Honestly though- I don't believe it.

I don't refuse to believe it just because I love Grace. I mean yeah, she's always been one of my favorite characters, just because she's so incredible. But....I do have actual reasoning behind this.

First off, think back to the assassination letter that Grace wrote to Vladimir. Yes, she did write a letter authorizing the death of her husband. But I do NOT believe that it was simply because he wanted a divorce, like Beatrice claimed. Think about what she actually said. "He has become a threat to more than just the tranquility of my home." Obviously, there was more going on. Look back at Grace. Has she ever done anything crazy, anything that there wasn't a solid reason behind the decision? No, she hasn't.

But the one thing that I've always looked back on whenever anything has been said about Grace, the one moment that I've always thought of, was Irina. Remember how in books 4-6, Irina was always thinking about Grace? At one point, Irina thought, "When you called me a fool, there was kindness in your eyes." (I'm paraphrasing here, sorry. That's not the exact quote, but I'm currently watching The Princess Diaries for the 87th time and I don't want to go upstairs to get my book.) Anyways, so let's think about it. Irina had done many, many things that should cause Grace to hate her. Irina killed tons of people. She was responsible for lots of terrible things. When Grace's daughter died, Irina said, "These things happen." She said that to a woman whose daughter had just been killed. Yet, Grace was still always kind to Irina. You cannot tell me that the woman who supposedly killed her own husband just because he wanted a divorce would be kind to the woman who was partially responsible for the death of her daughter. I just don't believe it.

I'm really expecting an explanation of how Grace realized that Nathaniel was evil, and needed him killed. I just don't believe that Grace was evil. There's most likely going to be a big explanation of how, yet again, Grace was right.

Then again, it could be kind of interesting to see Grace having done something wrong. To see her as a fallible person like everyone else would definitely be interesting.

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What do you think of Grace?

Some More Carian Thoughts

Okay, so y'all know that I'm kind of desperate to prove that Cara is evil. Like, analyze every scene that she's ever been in and try to find something wrong with her desperate. I WILL FIND HER FLAW. 

Last night, my mom and I were talking about it, and this is kind of what we came up with- she's almost too good to be true. And if something's too good to be true, well, it usually is. I mean, let's think about it-

• She's pretty. (A shallow reason to like her but hey, I'll include it.)
• She's smart. (Allegedly. I'm still not convinced that she was actually April May. But that's a rant for another time.)
• She's been in the my-parent-is-evil-I-must-change-sides situation. (Although personally, I think that for someone to date Ian, they have to at least somewhat also understand what it's like to experience so much death, and she doesn't seem to have had to deal with that.)
• She's a fellow Cahill.

I'm sure that there are other "good points" to her as well, but considering how strongly I dislike her, that's all that I can really come up with at the moment. But if you just looked at the points above, you would probably think that she'd be a great match for Ian. Especially the fact that they both experienced similar things with their parents. I mean, it's only natural to think that.

So here's my thought- ever since she entered the series, we've read a lot about how perfect Ian and Cara are together, and the Carian moments have gotten to the point of basically being shoved in our faces. (*cough* especially MH *cough*) Typically, with other couples, it's never THAT bad. Yes, they have romantic moments. Yes, they flirt. But it's never been so painfully forced.

Maybe, just maybe, it's being pushed on us on purpose. Hoping to gain a bunch of Carian fans, so that when Cara finally switches sides, the fandom loses it. Again, this could just be my desperate hopes. Or maybe I'm on the right track. I really don't know. But I'm definitely not going to trust her. And I'm going to just keep hoping for Amian. ;)

So, Scheduling Hates Me...

So, I was in the car basically all day yesterday, and didn't get a chance to check this blog. Well, of course the scheduling wouldn't work, and my quote of the day wouldn't go out. -_- I'm so sorry!!!! Soooooo..... here we have yesterday AND today's quotes!!!!!

"No, Dan," Amy said, "You CAN'T collect human bones!!"

aaaaand, today's!

"That's great, except for the fact that it's totally unimportant!!"

I'm so sorry that I never posted yesterday!! :(

An Isabel Quote

For today's Quote of The Day, we have a quote from none other than the most evil woman in the world, (well, she's not in the world anymore!!!) Isabel Kabra.

~Isabel Kabra

Well, she certainly lived that one out, now didn't she?