That was a much-needed clearing of the air. Mike's had all these fears but never articulated them, expecting that either Billie will magically know and soothe them or that they'll simply go away, and neither is a realistic option. In fact, my favourite detail of the whole log is that Billie is the exact same obtuse dickhead he's always been. *grins* Just because he's known Mike longer and because Mike's also male doesn't make Billie into a psychic or imbue him with the ability to always know what's going on or what to do. It's very realistic the way you guys have shown it. It's also interesting that often, their relationship falls into a pattern whereby Mike is the stereotypical man figure and Billie is the stereotypical woman figure, but here, with Mike expecting the mind-reading and Billie basically sucking at it, it's all reversed beautifully. I love how their relationship balances out over time and events; again, so realistic.
Some things are, indeed, better said by skin than words and this was a beautiful example. Lovelovelove the image of Billie wrapped around Mike and taking care of him, and his open possessiveness later. It made me realise that we've seen tonnes of times when Mike displays his possessiveness, or his jealousy that Billie notes his awareness of here, but it's rare to see Billie being possessive and I think it's less because of their standard ways of relating to each other, and more because he's been perhaps still a bit tentative until now - still divided. Openly marking Mike in a highly visible place is, really, a deeper commitment to Mike. Acknowledging in a larger sense that they belong together, and actively moving towards that, and away from Adrienne. Severing the rest of his emotional ties to her. Not that it's an instantaneous process by any means, but it's an overt sign of his full acceptance that Mike is where it's at for him.
*scrolls back through comment* Yeesh, and I thought I didn't have much to say about this one!
*happy meeping all the way from here to the west coast and back* Yaaaaay for your feedback! Ack, you make me so happy. *reads over again*
Billie IS an obtuse dickhead, you're totally right. You have this knack for telling me that everything I wanted to translate has in fact translated and is there to see. :D YAY. Billie is struggling, sometimes, with doing what's right for the situation; he still gets obscured by the fact that he DOES still love Adrienne, though he wants to be with Mike. And old habits die hard. It's easy, I think, for them to take each other for granted because each of them has just been there for so long.
I love how their relationship balances out over time and events; again, so realistic. Ah, you make-ah me happy. We try very hard to make them as realistic as we can... so that's wonderful.
I think you hit the nail right on the head, though. Billie, despite his outward committment to Mike, has had issues breaking the final ties with Adrienne. Part of that is because he still SEES her (how can he not, when she's the mother of his children?) but also because I think on some level my puppet is very selfish and wants it all, and is loathe to finally shut that door permanently, even though I think he'll be happier when he finally does. *G*
Some things are, indeed, better said by skin than words and this was a beautiful example. Lovelovelove the image of Billie wrapped around Mike and taking care of him, and his open possessiveness later. It made me realise that we've seen tonnes of times when Mike displays his possessiveness, or his jealousy that Billie notes his awareness of here, but it's rare to see Billie being possessive and I think it's less because of their standard ways of relating to each other, and more because he's been perhaps still a bit tentative until now - still divided. Openly marking Mike in a highly visible place is, really, a deeper commitment to Mike. Acknowledging in a larger sense that they belong together, and actively moving towards that, and away from Adrienne. Severing the rest of his emotional ties to her. Not that it's an instantaneous process by any means, but it's an overt sign of his full acceptance that Mike is where it's at for him.
*scrolls back through comment* Yeesh, and I thought I didn't have much to say about this one!
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Billie IS an obtuse dickhead, you're totally right. You have this knack for telling me that everything I wanted to translate has in fact translated and is there to see. :D YAY. Billie is struggling, sometimes, with doing what's right for the situation; he still gets obscured by the fact that he DOES still love Adrienne, though he wants to be with Mike. And old habits die hard. It's easy, I think, for them to take each other for granted because each of them has just been there for so long.
I love how their relationship balances out over time and events; again, so realistic. Ah, you make-ah me happy. We try very hard to make them as realistic as we can... so that's wonderful.
I think you hit the nail right on the head, though. Billie, despite his outward committment to Mike, has had issues breaking the final ties with Adrienne. Part of that is because he still SEES her (how can he not, when she's the mother of his children?) but also because I think on some level my puppet is very selfish and wants it all, and is loathe to finally shut that door permanently, even though I think he'll be happier when he finally does. *G*
*lurrrrrrrves*
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