A Kind of Blindness: Chapter Seven

[fewthistle]

A Kind of Blindness
Fewthistle
Warehouse 13
Myka/H.G.
Disclaimer: Property of Syfy and other foolish souls who squandered the wonder that is Helena and Myka. I would never have been so unwise.
Rating: R to NC-17, dependent on chapter
Chapter 7/?
Words: 5,812

Author’s Note: This is a sequel to By the Pricking of My Thumbs. While

Comments

[mayireadtoday]

Great insight: "You haven’t done anything wrong except let a crazy man inside your head and it has to stop!”

This made me smile: “Unhand you? I’m afraid you’ll have to use much smaller words. I am, after all, but a simpleminded beauty,”
[...]
“You can be my trophy girlfriend."

[fewthistle]

Thanks so much! Glad to have brought a smile! As always, I appreciate the kind words!

Few

[fewthistle]

Thank you, dearest! Happy to have been a small part of your perfect morning! I'm truly enjoying writing this one and so I am doubly glad to hear that it is working as I intended. Hope to have another chapter up before the weekend it over. Fingers crossed!

Thanks again, sweets!

Few

[green78]

Wow...this chapter was just...wow...

Interestingly enough, I have two connections to this chapter. One: I studied Yeats this year. No offense, but I hate him.

Two, in 2008 I played Cassandra in my college's production of Trojan Women, which is why I want to ask what translation you have that you're quoting from, 'cause I didn't have that as a line. Just curious.

So yeah, for me this chapter was a whammy.

And my heart just aches for Helena and Myka! Poor Helena! But I love that Myka comforts her the way she does. It's so, so sweet and romantic and loving and...

Would that we could all ind love like that.

Brilliant chapter, as always.

[fewthistle]

Thank you so much! You are always so amazingly kind and generous in your comments and I am so very grateful to you for the support!

I must admit, I adore Yeats. This is one of my favorite of his poems and it did remind me terribly of Helena, particularly the one of canon, although it does work for mine as well (I can't help thinking of this incarnation as mine). I also love "Adam's Curse", among many others. Perhaps it wasn't Yeats you disliked but the way it was taught *g*.

And the translation I have is a very old copy of Edith Hamilton's translation from the 1930's. It was staged on Broadway and then I believe a film in the 1970's. It may be markedly dissimilar to other translations, as I have found over the years.The book is called The Greek Plays: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, and The Trojan Women . I've always liked the quote, for the one small spark of sanity in Cassandra's speeches:
But I will show you. This town now, yes, Mother, is happier than the Greeks. I know that I am mad, but Mother, dearest, now, for this one time

[green78]

Ah, yes, I remember that monologue - Cassandra saying how the Trojans are luckier. My lines were quite violent in comparison, actually. Wow. (Here's me, btw, just 'cause: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21444616@N07/2438914625/)

I don't believe I've read "Adam's Curse." I'll have to check my textbook. And I'm impartial to Yeats 'cause I'm a fan of Blake, and Yeats idolized him. Every time I read Yeats, to me it seems like he's trying to imitate Blake and put his own spin on it, and in my mind it doesn't work. But, to each her own. If you like Yeats, power to ya. I wish I'd known, I'd have asked you for help understanding "Lapis Lazuli." :D

[fewthistle]

Very nice photo! And yes, I've read other translations that are far more vitriolic. I actually like Hamilton's translations. They read far easier to me than some others.

Hmm. Here's a copy. I do love it:http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/WBY.AdamsCurse.html

And how funny. I honestly can't stand Blake, or any of the Romantics that followed him, but I love Yeats and Eliot. I know, odd duck.

[ndasky1]

I agree with Myka that John Michael is crazy. I'm glad that Myka kept Helena from sinking into guilt.

The ending of the chapter was sweet and funny. The fact that I was watching a re-run of I Love Lucy just made it that much more fun. :o)

[fewthistle]

LOL. What are the odds, eh? ;) Glad you enjoyed this chapter. I think that keeping Helena from wallowing in her own sea of regret is going to be a full time job for Myka. Good thing that Helena comes with so many compensatory attributes. ;)

Thanks as always for the kind words!!

Few

[fewthistle]

Thanks for the read and for the always kind words! So pleased that you are enjoying the story and the developing relationship. More coming soon with our little arsonist.

Thanks again!

Few