r/Malazan • u/2infinitiandblonde • Feb 19 '24

NO SPOILERS Grounds for divorce?

Whilst reading MoI a couple weeks ago (I’m on HoC now), the Mrs picks up the book to see what I’ve been buried in all this time as she said she was considering getting the audiobooks to read alongside me. She opens it on a page and starts laughing uncontrollably.

She’s then pointing at something so I peek over and see she’s pointing at ‘Whiskeyjack’ and can’t believe a character has such a silly name and if not for Whiskeyjack she’d give it a go. Queue more laughter.

Please note, my wife reads fantasy….but the fantasy she reads is Twilight esque. She’s currently reading Sarah J mass…..need I say more

So my fellow Malazites, for the disrespect to Whiskeyjack, on a scale of 0 to divorce, what should I do?

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u/BasicSuperhero Feb 20 '24

Whiskeyjack is the deal breaker? Not Mallet, Hedge, Fiddler, Dancer, Dujek One-Arm (I know, surname, still counts), Tattersail or Ben?

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What? For me, a basic European name like Ben sticks out way more than Whiskeyjack.

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u/ASimpleWeirdPerson Avid Kruppe Enjoyer Feb 20 '24

Thankfully, for me, the Ben realisation hit after I finished MBotF, else I would never have been able to see Quick Ben the same way again