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I know lots of people hate Sonorie but I can't help thinking she's kinda cool. Plenty of flaws, did lots wrong, but I love a deeply grey character who, if nothing else, tried to remain true to what they believed in.

We'll see this little group briefly one more time, but until then, let's go see if Duane managed to find Sette. He's got a final date with a tiddybird.

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Ben Dennard

I love the queen! We already have an excellent moral paragon in Toma. It’s nice to have some grey mixed in.

Natalie

I love Sonorie, I think she's so interesting. Hope she makes it out of this alive, for her own sake and the sake of Cresce.

Rifter

What a fucking line Toma. The epitome of badass dad.

Michael Stakely

"Ch-chased away, Somewhere..." Off in the distance, the faint noises of Yakkety-Sax can be heard as she says this.

Renee

I find the queen to be interesting and complicated! Love Tomas line though, they both are going to have to live the rest of their lives with the weight if what's happened

GracieV

I don't hate Sonorie, I think she did the things she did, not for self aggrandisement but for a sense of duty to Cresce. She's not cruel for cruelties sake. She made a deal with a devil and bears the knowledge of the horrors that brought and I believe she accepts the blame and the responsibility that making those decisions entails. Sweet Chea, I'm so happy she's with her dad.

Stillpoint

The most genuine badass of the comic so far.

Madison

The Queen is certainly more noble than some other characters in this very comic- and considering what she prioritizes and how she has always been characterized, this feels Good to me. I had thought you might kill her off, it’s always possible, but I always felt that would be a deeply cynical turn. In terms of Unsounded as a text, I feel like it priorities lessons born of suffering, living with regrets and making peace with them, and using them to build a better tomorrow. For all her faults, Maha is a character that has always strived towards those ideals… and so she passes the narrative tests given to her. yay Maha! I like her

Talcon

I never hated Sonorie. Trust the plan.

Mister Scarecrow

"Heavy is the head..." And all that. She is pretty morally grey but she is grey in a way that makes sense for her. She is a monarch beset on all sides from within and without who genuinely seems to be doing reprehensible things while attempting to benefit her people and her nation knowing full well every enemy set against her would happily do even more reprehensible things given half a chance. In her mind, in her world this is the path she has to travel. And she's genuinely fun to watch.

jumanji-mongie

I’m glad these four are (hopefully) through the worst of it. I’ve been rooting for them all for different reasons. Also, what a badass line from Toma!

CD

Such a polite declaration of priority from Toma. I like that Sonorie respects it.

JarJar

This moment between the Queen and Toma feels very significant/ symbolic. I wouldn't be surprised if he has already decided to retire. Always liked Sonorie... at least she tried. I hope history remembers her fondly. (I still believe we got another reveal coming-- that they actually managed to wreck the Dammakhert)

Mek

I like the queen but I'm not sure how easy it's going to be to leave. Unrelated question but are there any Soud who can actually claim to be a descendant of Ssael? I'm sure a bunch have claimed to be but are there any descendants?

jaaama

I like Sonorie, not despite but Because she has done questionable things. She makes me think of what I would do if I was a queen. Often people have lofty beautiful ideas on how to fix the world, but everyone would need to resort to tyranny to get those ideas anywhere. It's just how it is. I'm glad Sonorie has survived and I hope she survives until she manages to get off the plot to safety. As a sidenote, I really like her name! Sonorie just rolls off the tongue wonderfully

Flyfly

I think I actually quite liked the Queen before the recent reveal about Ruck's role. That in my eyes made her a certified "Face Eating Leopards party" voter, and I think for such a character it's important they are perceived as competent-enough for their own grey schemes.

Capsandnumbers

Is this why Toma loses an arm? He's faced his limits/mortality and now puts Chea over his duty

Romv

Obviously the Gods like her well enough too. Basically the rest of the country's leadership had turned against her, and now they're all dead (including the High Priestess!) and yet Maha's still alive. Truly, the Gods smiled upon her this day, saving her from that evil General's machinations.

Josh

People HATE Sonorie? In a setting where there's like, Bell and Stafish and Ruckmearkha, and the Alds are borderline fascists? I hate it when people assume everything is necessarily about identity characteristics, but that smacks of sexism to me; Sonorie, well, she'd be a horrifying tyrant in real life ("I hanged a bunch of people in the square for youuuu ≽^•⩊•^≼") but, eh, that's pretty standard for a pre-Enlightenment pseudo-medieval monarch. I suspect a lot of the Sono-haters wouldn't bat an eye if from her crotch a ding-dong swung. Yeah, I've always thought she was cool for trying to cling to some remnants of like, basic human decency. That scene where she was all, "I don't wanna be the heir to the throne, I can't *kill* people!" did a lot to make her sympathetic.

Separator

I used to like the queen, now I don't know. It depends entirely on what she planned to do to the Dammakhert. For me personally, I just can't see mind control being excusable - multiply that by an entire population and you get my opinion. The concept facinates and terrifies me. Maybe I'm unreasonable, but I'm very firm on this point. :)