#taz balance never leaves u it just sits in a corner of your mind waiting to surprise attack u with the stolen century

[dullahandyke]

Thinking abt the seven birds speech again in relation to the forgotten decade again because like. The vast majority of their titles describe them in the stolen century but are broken in the decade after. The twins are separated, Barry loses his lover, Magnus fails to protect Julia and Raven's Roost, Merle abandons the peaceful beach and his family. There are still remnants, in how they act, particularly with Barry being driven by his love and gestures such as Merle attempting to make peace with Gundren Rockseeker, but broadly their titles don't fit as well as they used to.

This is with the glaring exception of Lucretia and Davenport.

Lucretia was always the journal-keeper, but lonely? You could argue her title is split in two; she used to be just the journal-keeper where she no longer is, and she is now lonely like she didn't used to be.

Meanwhile, Davenport's title of wordless one is only applicable to his voidfished self.

I don't know where I'm going with this, but it's interesting. I think there's something vital in that it's coming from Maureen, who had the most contact with Lucretia. Did she ever see those lonely journals? Hear stories of the twins and the lover and the protector and the peacemaker? See Davenport without words in the BoB? There's something there.