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Shameless use of a different icon for the moment, whilst I gaze in adoration at Tennant. Ahem.

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You'd think it'd be your story posts, Alex/Heph posts, or classical love that would pull me out of lurkdom. But no, Dr. Who love and the possibility of reading about Kitz/Val fairly soon did it. (That and the fact that I re-discovered how easy the friend's page is for updates and realized I had an lj.)

If you can't tell, I'm excited for more Moonstone. :3.

(Random intro: I got hooked on Obsidian Rhapsody. Rediscovered your stories recently while going through old links, followed profile link to your livejournal, promptly devoured Sinn/Mars fics and Moonstone, dicovered love for Kitz/Val and was prompted into lurkdom. I'm also a classics minor/AchillesXPatroclus nerd, so I love reading about Alex/Heph, since I never realized the parallels between the relationships.)

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Well, glad you're out of lurkdom! (And the fact that it was Who!love and Moonstone that pulled you out makes it even better. :D) More Moonstone very, very soon by the way, because Kitz was being a demanding little sod and poking furiously at my brain when I should really have been working.

(Thanks for the random intro - and may I just say how delighted I am to have another Classicist on the journal! And yes, the parallels between Alex/Heph and Ach/Pat are amazing. I'm really surprised no one's written on it, especially given the whole running around the tombs at Troy business that Alexander and Hephaistion went in for. XD Random rec for you: greek_love is an Ach/Pat community. I think they sometimes have Alexander related discussions too.)

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I'm glad Kitz was so agressive. I <3 how you tie random bits of historical court structure into Moonstone, and then add a motorbike!

My professor acutually suggested that community to me, which is kind of hilarious. Thank you for the random rec! From what I recall I've only known one person to have written about the parallel in Classical academia: Claude J. Summers, Homosexuality and Renaissance Literature, or the Anxieties of Anachronism. (I think you can find it online, if interested.) It's a really boring article until you get to the Ach/Pat and Alex/Heph bits. There's some Apollo/Hyacinth in there too. But, focusing just on that parallel would make for an interesting thesis..hmmm.

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Lol, I'm glad you like the motorbike, although poor Val's missing his at the moment, bless him. Sadly I can take no credit for the historical court structure, it just appeared in my head and that was it. (Besides, it would seem Kitz couldn't be anything but a prince - he's too bossy. XD)

Oh my gosh! Your professor suggested that community to you? That's completely cool. Dare I ask who s/he was? I'm definitely going to check out your rec - is it a book or a journal article? Another work that makes some reference to the parallels of Ach/Pat and Alex/Heph is a book by James Davidson: The Greeks and Greek Love. There's a huge chapter devoted to each couple, and then a nice neat cross-examination.

I'll leave that thesis to you, but I await the results eagerly. ;D

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Prof. Carolyn Dinshaw, I had a Homosexuality in Medieval Lit class with her. She's totally great and brilliant. I'm not sure if she's apart of the community(or if she has an lj). But if I recall the story correctly, she went to a LGBT/Classic Lit convention and all the professors/writers were reading fanfiction and lurking on places like fictionpress and livejournal. I found that hilarious. Also, it's a journal article (as I warned it's significantly boring). I'll definately venture off and get that book, could always do with some more Ach/Pat.

I would willing write that thesis. Unfortunately, I'd have to skew it to a historical perspective and somehow relate it to post-wwI colonial history, otherwise the University would fund my research. ;_;

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wouldn't**