[Monoch Ochem]

My thing for mages again: the warlocks and witches who ran to aid the fleeing victims of Y'Gathan and died in their sorcerous efforts (they burst into flames). Was that due to the Fire Elemental?

Captain Kindly has me in awe....LOVED the way he roughs up Pores!

[Lister of Smeg]

I was moved by Truth's sacrifice, and Gesler and Stormy's reaction to it. I was also very saddened when Apt died. I liked her, ugly demon thing that she was. What is Panek meant to ride now?

[Illuyankas]

Minala: "Just because your other mother gave you a piggyback ride all the time, doesn't mean I have to! Get off me, kid!"

Panek sucks at walking, it seems.

[Agraba]

I've seen way too many references to this living "fire elemental" creature over at Y'Ghatan. Come on guys. There wasn't actually a fire elemental, it was just Erikson's poetic way of describing the fire. So many authors describe a large fire as a raging beast that must feed and grow. And I think that the soldier who formed a theory about the fire being a living thing (I don't remember who) was referring to all fires in general. (And it's a stupid theory, and probably not true in the Malazan world, if you ask me.)

[Abyss]

@Agraba:
re: elemental - Iirc, There were also multiple ref's to a 'godling' being born and to its life being short lived.

re: Lazeen - ditto. Argh.

- Abyss, gets the marshmellows.

[Tiger_sword]

When the scorpion was killed. What a tragedy

[Aptorian]

Yeah I was pretty shocked when that officer gave Joyfull Union the heel. But I almost forgave her when she rescued the Bonehunters.

[Monoch Ochem]

@ Niko III: yeah, so was Y'Gatan and most of the 14th...physically. That Crump idiot should have been brained.

[Agraba]

Mr. Bole helped a kid through the tunnels with Mott Iregular coping strategies. He's all right.

[Trotts]

when dujek died, despite parans efforts. and not only died, but died to something like the plague. the man survived so many other ordeals battling onwards, and then dies because of the plague, gah!

also kalam and t'amber protecting tavore as they fled out of mocks hold, particularly how ferociously t'amber fought, and the fact that tavore felt such intense sorrow. pretty much before that she was kinda a robot.

and when i thought greyfrog was dead, that was an unhappy moment

[Blend]

I think for me the most intense scenes, and the scenes that had me near tears most of the time were the ones where the few squads are stuck under Yghatan. As they're making their way through, ever onward, never looking back, terrified that they're going to die, sure that they're going to die, but moving forward anyway, and taking care of children all at the same time. It was intense to read about every one of the characters, and how each was dealing with it, and you could almost feel the strings of loyalty tying themselves around all of them. Sort of really hit home for me, for some reason..

[Abyss]

Now that i think about it... Pella's death scene, the whole 'mom i skinned my knees' arrow in the head thing, was quite sad.

It's not that he was anything but a c-list character at best, but he had been around since DG and was a part of the Bonehunters even so.

- Abyss, figures that's gotta hurt.

[Tsundoku]

I never cry.

But:
The slaughter of the company of shadow - they're just kids.
Apt dying so ... quickly.
Pearls' death, at the hands of LY, who only in the end realised he did what he did because he cared for her.
Cotillions' signs of a resurgent (or even newly-awakened) humanity.

Kind of made me pause. Among others mentioned previously.

Cheers,

La Sombra, will gut you all if you dare tell anyone about this moment of weakness

[Monoch Ochem]

'Crying' is a relative term for me....on the very rare occasion that I start crying, objects usually start flying around! But what I meant is that if I were the crying sort, then this would probably set me off...and I have to say, Cotillion came blee'n closest!

While I detest scorpions just slightly less than I fear the damn things, I too wanted the squad to gut Faradan Sort for trampling Joyful Union. I couldn't believe it! And there she went again wanting to trample Y'Gatan!! One day that woman's going to really step 'into it'....that'll learn her. Truth be told, I've come to like her now though.

Hellian being tied up for wanting to kill Urb did make me cry though....I laughed so much that tears came to my eyes! The woman was unconscious yet she was mad, not about being hit, but because she was SURE that the spiders crawled ALL over her!

Reminded me of when I was little and had a kidney infection: my Mom had to give me injections. I'm scared witless of needles (must be related to the scorpion thing somehow)! Whenever I had to get a jab, I'd put up a real fight...so my Mom gave it to me in my sleep. When I woke up later ready to kick up a fuss about my evening's jab...she calmly told me that I'd already been jabbed in my sleep. Boy did I throw a tantrum when I heard!! My Grandma told me that but for the fact that I was ill, she'd strip the hide off me for being a spoilt brat.