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i have another tsc confession: i didn't really care about christopher's death either
I'm a bit disappointed that Thomas's tattoo did not make an appearance in Chot...
I love how Thomas is an unreliable narrator in the sense that he never notices how other people react to his appearance because he is so self-conscious and has a rather low self-esteem regarding his physical appearance.
It takes Alastair to tell us that, apparently, people are ogling Tom because he looks so good.
On the other hand, we never actually see people reacting that way in any of the other character's POVs, and that can mean 2 things:
A) The others don't pay that much attention to Thomas because he is just kind-hearted Tom to them
B) Alastair in a way overinterprets other people's looks because to him, Thomas is so beautiful, how could other people not see it, how could they not want him?
Addition: In ChoG, Cordelia actually describes Tom as handsome, but not beautiful as James or Matthew (several times). Clearly, the Carstairs siblings have different tastes.