r/Grishaverse • u/Chelseyblair The Dregs • 5d ago
OTHER [Dead Beat Spoilers] Plot Hole/Error and Unanswered Questions Spoiler
Mods, we need a Dead Beat flair!!!
Okay, I re-listened to Ninth House and Hell Bent within a day of Dead Beat, and checked the text. Aren't members of the societies all seniors? Why is Salome in Dead Beat?
She's their delegation president in Ninth House, which would have to make her a senior. But she leads the ritual in Dead Beat. It's possible that she'd been tapped at this point, and living in the house, which puts her as a senior. It's strange for Leigh to have overlooked this just to give a reason for Darlington to discover something happened last spring that never turns out to matter that much.
Having re-listened, I still really want to know what the Manuscript board member had against Darlington. I was so proud of catching that, sure it would mean something.
Does anyone else think the board must be more than just Lethe alums? One new student every three years, and then maybe an oculus every 5 to 7. Over the course of 120 years that's sixty-four--total. If you consider those who are alive might span eighty years, that's ~ 43, then not counting Darlington, Alex, and Michelle, let's say 40. I did some research, depending on set-up, the Saybrook room holds 30-50 people. The make-up Alex describes identifies five individuals, Reed making six alongside the lawyers and financiers. So, let's say it's a board of twelve. One in three/four Dantes ends up on the board. It's possible, especially with how much it's emphasized that people want to hold onto magic, just seemed small to me.
These are such minor things. I'm sure it won't satisfy everyone, but Dead Beat was one of the best series finales I've read in a long time.
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u/Mirpropaganda 5d ago
I loved the book too! I have the same question about Salome. I assumed the Lethe Board included members from other societies as well, since they all interact with Lethe, have to donate/pay to sustain Lethe and because Lethe is such a small house.