Dark Qiviut

Two statuses ago, I referred to a throwaway exchange from Act 1. Well, to begin Act 2, it returns, as one of the fillies from before returned, confused and concerned.

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Filly: So Daring Do doesn’t kick puppies?

AK: That was one time! Accidentally.

For a bit, I thought that was a reference to her fight from Daring Don’t, kicking away the wild cats, one of them a housecat. But those weren’t accidents. She was trying to defend herself. Despite an initial denial, she not only admitted to accidentally kicking a puppy, but didn’t put it in any of her books.

Why does this small exchange matter?

1. The Daring Do Series is a series of autobiographical events, but because she’s trying to sell stories to children as well, she sanitizes, alters, and omits things that might disinterest or repulse the audience. It’s edited to make the story more sellable.

2. It opens the door for possible reformations, both for Caballeron and Ahuizotl. Because it’s edited, it suggests more may be beneath to the whole Daring Do saga than it appears. Remember, the series is written in third-person limited perspective, every adventure in Daring’s point of view.

3. Caballeron’s book becomes more credible to the general audience. Yes, he’s scheming to get the Truth Talisman, but because of the editing of her own book, she opens things up for him to embellish his own side and sprinkle truths both big and small that she didn’t tell.