Comment by star on scarekte

@star tbh i was planning to js move on but im feeling petty today nothing against u btw so let's do some basic middle school litterature analysis and infer who varkas refers to in this specific passage and im saying infer because as far as i remember as someone who also read the novel it's nowhere stated that alya is the snake in the metaphor. SO, from what we know of the context so far, Thalia has always been the one directly causing trouble, she is the one who publicly assaulted alya, varkas, maids ect... Whether you like it or not, to everyone but the readers, Thalia is undoubtly the violent one prone to attacking first. Furthermore, in the bible, snakes are seen as a symbol of temptation, sin, deception, and hidden danger as well as being unpredictable, does that remind you of anyone? (also this might be a stretch but is still worth mentionning, snakes in many cultures represent transformation, renewal, letting go of the past and personal growth and since you've read the novel im sure this also reminds you of a certain someone..). Tying to what we previously said, wildcats in many mythologies represent territorialism, fierce boundaries, possessiveness or greed, which are all values we've seen(and will see) of ayla. Finally your first mistake here babes is thinking that a metaphor=comparaison, when varka said that, he didn't mean to insult one of them or calling one evil and the other "nice", he simply seems to suggest that Ayla and Thalia are two incompatible personalities or forces like a snake and a wildcat that cannot peacefully coexist in the same space.