Hurfworld? No - Erfworld!

[Raiden]

Originally Posted by tacticslion

Actually, I think I understand why we aren't seeing more Parson: he doesn't want us to. The end of book one pretty clearly emphasized that Parson isn't playing ball with the god-like force that's controlling the world and is, in fact, purposefully attempting to downplay his part.

As for Jillian, I agree, she's making a choad of "mistakes" and "bad choices". However, so did Parson. In fact, Parson's entire friggin' military was ready to abandon him because he made so many "mistakes" - mistakes that was, more or less, experimentation to learn the limits of what you can or cannot do. I think, in her own emotional non-reasoning way, that this is exactly what Jillian is doing. She wants Ansom back and so is playing around with the new rules - introduced by Parson - and is attempting to learn them. Really, she's doing what everyone in Erfworld should be doing, but she's doing it for the "wrong" reason - hers. Parson did it just to stay alive. Also, Jillian is, in many ways, like a child. She's never had responsibility for others, so she's still learning how to use it.

All that said, I find the character interplay rediculously fascinating. Each of the characters has, so far, displayed properties that I've, in parts, found admirable and aggrivating. Even Parson, in his insistance upon being pointlessly vulgar - just to break the power over him, but it's not a positive trait. Anyhoo, I like it - even the parts I don't 'like' - as it makes them real.

Difference between Parson making mistakes and Jillian making mistakes is that Parson was using rules from the Real World in a fake world. Jillian KNOWS how that world works, she's just letting her side take major losses/try to sell out her side/do everything stupid because she has a crush on her ex-boyfriend and her old dominatrix. Parson meanwhile learned the rules and overcame it. Jillian will only win (which isn't looking likely) because four different factions are pushing and giving her aid and support.

I also like Parson more because he understands that what he does has consequences, while Jillian sees everyone besides herself, Ansom, and the woman who put her under a spell as expendable. She even distracted one of her side's MAJOR warlords and watched him die just because he had the GALL to try and KILL THEIR ENEMY.

Jillian is boring, predictable, and a horrible horrible warlord. I'm tired of her and tired of watching her flail about like a child who lost her toy while multiple kings and influential people try to satisfy her with other toys.

But that's just my opinion.

EDIT: Dammit Loyal, now Jack's voice is only coming out as Morgan Freeman.