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dhampyresa) wrote2023-03-25 09:24 pm
dhampyresa) wrote2023-03-25 09:24 pm
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Most unexpected love triangle resolution
I recently finished reading a French book with the most unexpected love triangle resolution I've ever read. If it turned out to be the most unexpected to ever be written, I would not be surprised.
The book: Mers Mortes (lit. "Dead Seas") by Aurélie Wellenstein.
A one sentence summary of which would be: "Post climate apocalypse, an exorcist is kidnapped by sky pirates trying to stop the ghost tides by resurrecting the dead seas" and a short review "A wild fucking ride. Loved it. Recommend". Book spoilers from here on out.
The love triangle: Dolphin\Exorcist/Captain.
Oural is the exorcist from above. His closest relationship is with Trellia, a female ghost dolphin. He has a girlfriend. The dolphin's exact feelings is JealousTM. Said girlfriend exits the narrative early on, when Oural is kidnapped. The leader of the sky-pirates is Bengale, a man with the power to rip people's souls from their bodies and use them to power his sky ship. He is also partly merged with a ghost shark. Bengale falls in love with Oural. The dolphin continues to be JealousTM. So there you go: Ghost dolphin\Exorcist/Sky-pirate part-shark captain.
The resolution: Bengale is about to sacrifice the souls powering his ship and his entire crew, including Oural, save the world. Oural asks the Leviathan if this will resurrect Trellia and gets a positive answer. He then confesses his love to Bengale, then convinces him to sacrifice the entire crew. Oural dies (again, technically). It works, the seas come back, their fauna is ressurected. Trellia absorbs Oural's soul and the book ends with her saying that she likes Bengale (who is waiting for her), even if he smells like shark and she doesn't like sharks.
So yeah. I have before encountered a love triangle resolved by "one of the rivals absorbs the cross-species love interest and becomes cross-species friends with the other rival". Have you?
The book: Mers Mortes (lit. "Dead Seas") by Aurélie Wellenstein.
A one sentence summary of which would be: "Post climate apocalypse, an exorcist is kidnapped by sky pirates trying to stop the ghost tides by resurrecting the dead seas" and a short review "A wild fucking ride. Loved it. Recommend". Book spoilers from here on out.
The love triangle: Dolphin\Exorcist/Captain.
Oural is the exorcist from above. His closest relationship is with Trellia, a female ghost dolphin. He has a girlfriend. The dolphin's exact feelings is JealousTM. Said girlfriend exits the narrative early on, when Oural is kidnapped. The leader of the sky-pirates is Bengale, a man with the power to rip people's souls from their bodies and use them to power his sky ship. He is also partly merged with a ghost shark. Bengale falls in love with Oural. The dolphin continues to be JealousTM. So there you go: Ghost dolphin\Exorcist/Sky-pirate part-shark captain.
The resolution: Bengale is about to sacrifice the souls powering his ship and his entire crew, including Oural, save the world. Oural asks the Leviathan if this will resurrect Trellia and gets a positive answer. He then confesses his love to Bengale, then convinces him to sacrifice the entire crew. Oural dies (again, technically). It works, the seas come back, their fauna is ressurected. Trellia absorbs Oural's soul and the book ends with her saying that she likes Bengale (who is waiting for her), even if he smells like shark and she doesn't like sharks.
So yeah. I have before encountered a love triangle resolved by "one of the rivals absorbs the cross-species love interest and becomes cross-species friends with the other rival". Have you?
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This is already gorgeously wild.
Trellia absorbs Oural's soul and the book ends with her saying that she likes Bengale (who is waiting for her), even if he smells like shark and she doesn't like sharks.
Okay! Sure! I hope it works out for these crazy kids!
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AND I LOVE IT "gorgeously wild" / "these crazy kids" are my favourite type of books
Edit: There's something in the book I think you'd get a kick out of: Bengale's ship has a hull covered in fingernails (it makes sense with the worldbuilding) and is called... Naglfar, because of course it is :')
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I'm charmed!
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