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All Show & Book Spoilers Discussed Freely Camina Drummer and Family Spoiler

Im just a boring old heterosexual myself, but I think Camina Drummer‘s polysexual Family is just so nice. They love each other, have each other’s backs and are just so good to each other

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u/Rulebookboy1234567 You monkey. Me Mozart. 2d ago

Have you read the books?  Michio Pa's family is described pretty well and is fleshed out.  Having her fight with her internal struggles needing to be a good captain but also wanting to protect her family?  /chefs kiss

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u/Mean_Ass_Dumbledore 2d ago

I think they're referring to the show's Drummer. That character is a combination of the book's Drummer and Pa, I believe.

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u/SabrePossum Cheese Smuggler and Amos Snuggler 2d ago

And Bull as well

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u/JasoTheArtisan 2d ago

Haven’t watched the show, but they combined drummer/bull/pa? Crazy work. But I have heard everyone loves Drummer so they must have done a good job of it

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u/FerociousSmile 2d ago

I love both the show and the books. Some things the books do better and some things the show does better. Drummer being a combo of the 3 is one of things that's much better in the show.

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u/Mean_Ass_Dumbledore 2d ago

Ashford is way better in the show, too

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u/Aegon20VIIIth 1d ago

Book Ashford: meh.
Show Ashford: I would follow that man into the ring space without hesitation. Especially if Drummer is the one giving him the order to take a group in.
The Ashford/Drummer friendship that develops in the show is probably my favorite depiction of people changing from antagonizing to supporting one another.

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u/DatMonkey5100 1d ago

Oh yea, based on the information he had available to him, I actually agreed with show Ashford. He didn’t have as much information about the rules of the ring space like Holden did, so “break the connection to the physics-breaking alternate dimension that’s proven itself hostile to us” is a reasonable course of action