Fancasting

[vass]

"This body that spoke to me -- one of thousands -- looked to be about thirteen years old. Black-clad, dark-skinned. Her face was already stamped with the aristocratic features that were, in Radchaai space, a marker of the highest rank and fashion. Under normal circumstances no one ever saw such young versions of the Lord of the Radch, but these were not normal circumstances."
(Ancillary Sword, page 1.)

She isn't actually thirteen yet, but I think Quvenzhané Wallis is talented and self-possessed enough for the part, while also adorable enough to make it terrifyingly jarring.

Comments

[kaberett]

... COSIGNED

[rmc28]

Ooooh, yes.

[syderia]

Oh my God, YES!

[davidgillon]

Oh, Amaat and other gods, yes!

[fadeaccompli]

Oh my. I wouldn't have thought of that, and what a perfect idea.

[axilet]

...brilliance.
Ann Leckie had better equip AM with a standard issue Evil Overlord Small White Dog, stat.
Since two AMs are better than one:

[vass]

Since two AMs are better than one

*laughing even while wincing at the thought*

And what's better than two AMs? A thousand! All fighting with each other and getting the rest of the universe caught up in their power struggle. ("That's a hell of an act," said the alien ambassador. "What do you call it?" And the Lord of the Radch replied, "Anaander To The Infinite Power!"