Holes by semillon (Random Recommendations in <50 words #8) · 9:34pm May 8th

Ocellus talks to one of her changeling students about a certain choice in his form.

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Overall. You can't spell tolerance without four holes. And you can't spell 'love' or 'Ocellus' without two holes. Think about it.

Best lines:

My breathing comes in heaves. He watches me with a completely neutral expression. His father was an infiltrator. He must have had lessons.

“Fuck,” I whisper.

“Language,” she whispers back.

“It’s a good color,” she says, stroking my butt. “It’s my second favorite part about you, actually.”

“What’s the first?” I ask.

Smolder snickers. “Your holes.”

“Today I’m going to be talking about a lot of different things. I’m going to talk to you about changelings, and about mistakes, and ignorance. I’m going to talk about judgment, misconceptions and vindication. But I’m mainly going to talk about feelings. As a changeling, I know a lot about those, and I know about how your own feelings and others’ feelings can get tangled and frayed, and I know about how they can tie you up so bad that you can no longer lift your head and see the world around you for what it is. I’m going to tell you all something.”

Why read? cute; Ocellus characterization; changeling lore; moral message; fresh take on tolerance.

Flaws. A little slow and very slice of lifey.

Meta: Skim-read? ✔ Full-read? TBC Recommend Author? TBC

Final thought. Don't be the wrong kind of asshole.