Kazom is a 3,000 year old genie. In order to conserve power and thereby extend his life, Kazom does as little magic as possible. He is bound in the form of the Clark family's cat and mostly just lays around Melvin's Room.
Head Familiar of the House of Azure, and Guardian of Master Ak’Kor. She also serves as the Watcher of the Coven, keeping track of all sorts of secrets. She and Kazom have a long history that she won't let him forget, no matter how hard he tries.
Might’ve been the old canon, too. The world may never know . . .
Weird that Nellah says “decades” since she and Kazom have danced the horizontal bop, though. Was it a stern talking-to that cured Kazom of his cat-scratch fever, or did he and Nellah have a fight?
I was just thinking, that Melvin dad a witch too, he probably had a familiar too and she could have been a female cat also. As long as Kazom was a Man Genie, he didn’t have to worry about it. But, once he got curse to be a Male Cat Genie, all bets are off as to what going to happen.
So, yes, that why Kazom advising Melvin to not get a familiar, especially a Female Cat Familiar. He affraid that he going to have two Female Cat Familiars chasing him.
Sure, and I’ve seen piñon spelled without the eña, über spelled without the umlaut, and épée spelled without the acute… but misspelling something and then calling it a loanword is kind of cheating. After all, it’s not like there aren’t plenty of native English words that would do just as well; why not use one of them and be clear?
And yes, there’s a longstanding debate about just how often something has to get misspelled before people can start regarding that as a legitimate variation.
More to the point, I think that a lot of native-English-speakers don’t know how to type the extra phonetic marks when their computer is set up for US-region. I have the ` and ~ on my keyboard but have NO idea how to attach them to a letter.
He’s a geat author. I like his “three laws of magic” that he notes on his website. They are very useful no matter what kind of magic system you are working with.
Yeah. You can tell that he has definitely both polished up his writing game, and HIS depiction of various types of characters in Stormlight Archive. He has, as he himself put it, learned from the landmines he stepped on in writing earlier books.
Honestly not a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson, though that might be due to my first exposure to him being his work on Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, after Jordan had unfortunately died. I’ve wanted to read some of his original works, but get a nagging “you’ll hate it” feeling and wuss out. Any suggestions on a good starting point?
I’d recommend starting with Elantris, Mistborn, or Steelheart as good starting books for Sanderson. Steelheart is a little different than his other work but I’d say that is why I enjoyed it so much.
Well, barbs, yeah. And female cats are so well known for attacking the male after mating that breeders actually provide a shelf for the male to jump to which is too small for both of them. But that doesn’t keep the female from mating several times.
So I take it when Kazom told BJ being with a familiar wouldn’t work he was speaking from experience then? Or at least that’s the new canon?
Might’ve been the old canon, too. The world may never know . . .
Weird that Nellah says “decades” since she and Kazom have danced the horizontal bop, though. Was it a stern talking-to that cured Kazom of his cat-scratch fever, or did he and Nellah have a fight?
I was just thinking, that Melvin dad a witch too, he probably had a familiar too and she could have been a female cat also. As long as Kazom was a Man Genie, he didn’t have to worry about it. But, once he got curse to be a Male Cat Genie, all bets are off as to what going to happen.
So, yes, that why Kazom advising Melvin to not get a familiar, especially a Female Cat Familiar. He affraid that he going to have two Female Cat Familiars chasing him.
Interesting… it appears Kazom has a girlfriend, er, that is, cat-friend.
Sounds more like an ex-girlfriend if Kazom is trying to keep her out.
Oh, and Robert? Panel 1: “PERSIAN DESSERT” => Persian desert.
(I’m picturing Kazom chasing ghouls across the surface of a giant baklava.)
Also: “oversized” is a single word that doesn’t require a hyphen.
Ugh, that “dessert” typo is super hard to notice when you’re not the one who typed the word in the first place. I’ll fix them both.
I agree, that’s pretty darned easy to miss, although fairly funny to see.
By the way, I’m guessing that the font used probably doesn’t have the correct fricative “Ç” character for the word, “FAÇADE” in Panel 2, right?
While the original French word has that fricative, the English loan word doesn’t. See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facade
Sure, and I’ve seen piñon spelled without the eña, über spelled without the umlaut, and épée spelled without the acute… but misspelling something and then calling it a loanword is kind of cheating. After all, it’s not like there aren’t plenty of native English words that would do just as well; why not use one of them and be clear?
And yes, there’s a longstanding debate about just how often something has to get misspelled before people can start regarding that as a legitimate variation.
More to the point, I think that a lot of native-English-speakers don’t know how to type the extra phonetic marks when their computer is set up for US-region. I have the ` and ~ on my keyboard but have NO idea how to attach them to a letter.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone else read Elantris?
I have! I’ve read everything Sanderson has written, I think. Except the Rithmatist stuff. Haven’t gotten to it yet.
Elantris was definitely great. Though I prefer Stormlight Archive.
He’s a geat author. I like his “three laws of magic” that he notes on his website. They are very useful no matter what kind of magic system you are working with.
Yeah, he’s an amazing creator of magic systems. And good thing, too, since most of his books take place in the same universe.
Yeah. You can tell that he has definitely both polished up his writing game, and HIS depiction of various types of characters in Stormlight Archive. He has, as he himself put it, learned from the landmines he stepped on in writing earlier books.
I have read pretty much everything by Brandon Sanderson too. I love his books but I do have to say he struggles with writing endings.
Honestly not a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson, though that might be due to my first exposure to him being his work on Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, after Jordan had unfortunately died. I’ve wanted to read some of his original works, but get a nagging “you’ll hate it” feeling and wuss out. Any suggestions on a good starting point?
I’d recommend starting with Elantris, Mistborn, or Steelheart as good starting books for Sanderson. Steelheart is a little different than his other work but I’d say that is why I enjoyed it so much.
Lady, if you two are cats then you don’t want to be “intimate” with him. Barbs, that is all I’m saying.
Well, barbs, yeah. And female cats are so well known for attacking the male after mating that breeders actually provide a shelf for the male to jump to which is too small for both of them. But that doesn’t keep the female from mating several times.
Cats are not humans. The same rules do not apply.
Cats have rules?
@Tom:
Of course. Dogs have owners; cats have staff. So, clearly, they rule.
Doesn’t seem worthy of complaint right now.