#and the way Odren talks to him...oh he's awful

[isfjmel-phleg]

It has taken me this long to realize that yes, the fact that Tamett is from a country that has been conquered and subjugated and had its culture and language suppressed and been expected to assimilate and to be glad and grateful to be part of--but never truly one with or accepted by--the conquering nation until many of its people conclude that the safest thing they can do is keep silent and keep their heads down and try to appease....that's a parallel for his situation as Josiah's companion.

If I ever write anything thoughtful, it is entirely by accident.

#The Blackberry Bushes #The Blackberry Bushes OC facts #Tamett Lockridge #somehow I ended up writing part of his conversation with Odren this morning #and the way Odren talks to him...oh he's awful #I really want the reader to see how Tamett is treated day after day year after year #the things people say to him #and how he holds so much back #what's going on in his head is strikingly different from what he says out loud #(which at this point is very little) #he's suppressing a lot of anger trying to deny to himself that it's even there #and that's going to go about as well as you would expect #especially with how Josiah treats him #and I'm starting to wonder if even Ayra and Ateva unconsciously treat him differently in some ways because he's Noriberian #they've all been raised with the assumption that Noriber is inferior to Lienne #is just a conquered territory that exists to prop up Lienne #and that all its people have been happy to assimilate into Liennese culture #and the girls do genuinely like and get along with Tamett! #but these attitudes would be pretty ingrained into them and impossible to avoid #...so what would that look like?