#compare to aral suggesting reopening the vor caste or declaring everyone vor and being done with it

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thinking about.... mark vorkosigan and cordelia. it's always struck me, after the travesty of 'therapy' cordelia was subject to in shards of honor, that she still wholeheartedly recommends beta colony and therapy to mark. and i was rereading shards of honor at 4am and was struck suddenly by the parallels between her escape from mehta and mark's escape from ryoval in mirror dance - trapped, but able in the end to choose action and commit utterly to the actions they need to take in order to escape. all the way down to wearing slippers as they make their final getaway.

#on the flip side #the reflection that in some ways aral vorkosigan is far more radical than miles. #miles - and ekaterin and vorberg - who care enough to make vor real #compare to aral suggesting reopening the vor caste or declaring everyone vor and being done with it #vorkosigan saga