I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.
Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?
Robert Jordan: She folded her arms under her breasts
Or tugging her braid. I only made it to book 4 and it already drove me nuts.
She smoothed her skirts
Perhaps
And sniffed
You woolheaded bull-calf!
Late to the party here, but I’d like a count of how many times he describes Lan’s face, because it’s a lot. Bro, we get it. Stony planes and angles.
This made me feel so icky I gave up the series around book 3. Why can’t the old perv have just said she crossed her arms?
What were her breasts doing at the time though?
Breasting boobily down the stairs
They were angry!
I just want you to know I howled with laughter at this 😂
Smoothing her skirts
Also, there sure seemed to be a lot of frangipani growing all over the place. I think he just liked the sound of the word.
u/JaimTorfinn did a deep dive on this last year: https://www.reddit.com/r/WoT/comments/vwo4to/arms_folded_beneath_breasts_analysis/
Women crossed their arms 219 times, with breasts mentioned in 75 of those. Knife of Dreams was the worst offender with 17 instances, and The Fires of Heaven was a distant second at 8.
For comparison, men crossed their arms 75 times.
What about “knuckled her back” or however he wrote it?
Do women ever fold their arms under their breasts. I definitely cross mine over/on top, but I also have tight shoulders and am a member of the itty bitty titty committee.
The mental image is definitely conjuring anime fanserivce rather than anything I’ve seen in real life.
I was curious and actually sat up to try lol if I’m cold I’ll cross them over my chest but if I’m doing ‘the crossing of the arms’ then I’ll first cross them and then tuck them under my slightly above average bosom lmao