The Only Power ~ November Challenge Entry

[alterfano]

Written to accompany this fantastic pic by Foo~Dog

Comments

[shalinilahiri]

These lines are so powerful. I really liked the second paragraph, with the lines like the betrayer's blade....

Thanks for writing this, fano.

[alterfano]

you know, i really struggled with those lines. i knew what i wanted to say all along, but i must have rewritten it 5 or 6 times trying to get it right. glad you thought my final solution was worthy. thanks for the kind words.

[shalinilahiri]

Looks like the struggling paid off. But those lines seemed to touch me somewhere, and I know they've touched yours too.

And don't thank me for the words. Thank your inner muse.

[alterfano]

=D

all my muses have been thanked profusely...

[amara_anon]

Very powerful. Excellent work. I loved it.

[alterfano]

thank you! i'm glad. and thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it.

[rhye]

Guuuuuh. This is gorgeous. I'm so glad I didn't miss it entirely.

I am tempted,
    the way familiar.

For her honor -
    I will own it.

Thank you soooo much! You captrues what I love about Sesshoumaru, and that is his self-knowledge of his contradictions and the way his deftly maneuvers around them to find some sort of feined consistency.

[alterfano]

Thank you!

You capture what I love about Sesshoumaru, and that is his self-knowledge of his contradictions and the way his deftly maneuvers around them to find some sort of feined consistency.It's funny you say that. When I was writing this - and struggling with the outline to a much longer piece that involves him heavily - i was debating this aspect of his character with Foo-dog, who did that tremendous pic. She feels he's not very instrospective and more instinctive. I came more to that position as I wrote this. I don't really think he's a 'thinking man,' in the classic introspective way. however, i do think that he's honorable and highly sensitive to consistency, as you say. But i don't think his desire to be consistent is 'feined' in any way. i think he genuinely believes himself to be consistent and thus, must work sometimes to remain that way when faced with new situations. (For this is the way of true growth, which RT seems intent on giving him

[rhye]

I thought about this heavily all last Christmas when I wrote my Sesshoumaru slice-of-life fic. I think Sesshoumaro does consciously struggle for seeming consistent. I think that seeming consistent and in control is a major part of who he is. I also don't think he's intrpspective, but the funyn thing to me is that sometimes, like with Rin's death, he has knowledge forced upon him, and it forces him to think consciously about things. Which he deals with by calmly rationalizing and compartmentalizing, placing that knowledge in an appropriate container to maintain consistency. I think he's aware that these pieces of knowledge are passing in front of him, and that he's packing them away, but he's feining that he never encountered that piece of knowledge. I don't think hsi consistency itself is feined-- I said that wrong. But I think it comes around through artificial and intentional means.

I hope I made some sense!

[alterfano]

yeah. i think we're basically in agreement. He's not agressive in going out and 'being introspective to figure himself out' (not a very male train in general! LOL) but when he's presented with 'inconsistent info' he does have to deal w/it in order to maintain his image of himself as a consistent (if not predictable) being. i think he only compartementalizes to the extent he needs to in order to maintain both actual control and the illusion of control over himself