Your fic is very original,I like it. It's different from any other fic I have read. You write very well and I guess you truly love horses...;) I can feel it
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Hi Parisad! ^_^ Thank you for commenting, I'm glad you did. If you think the fic has a historical feel overall, that's great - it means a lot coming from you
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"a woman who's not going to play the traditional submissive wife no matter what they say"... uhm, I think the matter was what they DID, not SAID...a woman who didn't play the traditional submissive wife had very few chances to survive...Women tried to gain power and often they "fought" their own husband to arise their sons (or lovers), but secretly, not in public...Philip would have silenced her with a single look, probably. Strong ancient women were not like strong modern women: this is a very difficult point to understand for us. Anyway, these are details to "babble" a little with you! I hope to read new chapters soon!
It has crossed my mind that what I write, compared to other fics, is rather like a Disney-ified movie (hopefully in a good way...) so maybe you can just view the story like that? In any case, historical background is important in well, historical stories, so! "Babbling" is perfectly fine with me, I do it too.
I think that your story is wonderful even if there are historical inaccuracies; after all it is fiction! And you obviously have a great imagination. This is the sort of story I could see Alexander boasting of to his companions, and no doubt embarassing the Hades out of Hephaistion, during supper and keep at it well into the wee hours of the night. I just love it! The horse show and then that race, I could almost feel the wind brushing against my face as Alexander and Hephaisiton were racing. It was very expressive and I could almost see every breath from each boy and their mounts. I love the way you use the race and the dangerous elements of the trail they run to show their courage and spirit. The element of suspense is excellent but so frustrating because I want to know right now, this minute what happens to Hephaistion. I will wait eagerly for the next chapter. Great story!
I agree with you. Oddly, yesterday - synchronicity at the library - I happened upon a book by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney: Women and Monarchy in Macedonia. Haven’t read the book yet but here’s a pertinent excerpt from the dust jacket
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Very cool book recommendation. I'll keep an eye out for it! Powerful women in history are very interesting, especially since they had to pursue their goals (usually) without direct command of armies or fighting skills, etc.
I can't reply to your last comment without going into a terrible (and of course biased) rant against such an evaluation of the man who rose to be Alexander's second-in-command, so I won't. ^_^ Thanks again, Fredericka!
Another Carney bookselket56September 13 2006, 22:41:34 UTC
Ms. Carney has also put out her most recent work on Olympias. It's called aptly, "Olympais, the Mother of Alexander the Great". It's an excellent work, well researched and easy to read as is her other book. After reading both of her books, it's so clear to me that Olympias played such an enoromous role in Alexander's life, and there is almost no evidence to prove that she was the bitch that she has been painted as so much through the centuries. Carney thinks a lot fo this negative propaganda was due to later writers, mainly Greek who were uncomfortable with women in positions of power. She was very much honored and accepted as Alexander's mother in Macedon, even after she died. When Kassander sent troops to execute her they refused because she was Alexander's mother, so that says a lot, I think. I tend to think she was very strong willed and fought hard for what she wanted. I actually think she might have been the type of woman some of us might have admired. :)
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uhm, I think the matter was what they DID, not SAID...a woman who didn't play the traditional submissive wife had very few chances to survive...Women tried to gain power and often they "fought" their own husband to arise their sons (or lovers), but secretly, not in public...Philip would have silenced her with a single look, probably. Strong ancient women were not like strong modern women: this is a very difficult point to understand for us.
Anyway, these are details to "babble" a little with you! I hope to read new chapters soon!
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In any case, historical background is important in well, historical stories, so! "Babbling" is perfectly fine with me, I do it too.
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I can't reply to your last comment without going into a terrible (and of course biased) rant against such an evaluation of the man who rose to be Alexander's second-in-command, so I won't. ^_^ Thanks again, Fredericka!
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