Chapter 13, Harold and Morgan
Roses shed pollen
Ink is black-blue
Harold and Morgan both get a clue.
Here.
This one, F-list, is all for and because of you. Everyone was getting a mite frustrated and wondering, gosh, there must have been some happy times for Harold and Evil Banker Morgan of the House of Linch. So here ya go. The big reveal trope and some good times before Bad Things Happen.
Thanks so much. I never would have done this detour without the commentary here.
Two things of import. First, I return, again, to Edmund's characterization. I've hinted at it from BRD but it has become more developed in other places, including flashbacks in AW and TQSiT, in his discussions with Col. Clark, and with Morgan, several times in H&M. It's a touchy thing. I don't want him to come across as angst-ridden and wallowing but as a very active character. He received grace he did not deserve and that is a call to bestow it upon others. They all have an ability to love the deeply flawed even if they don't like the flawed very much (returning to Susan's observation about the Hummingbirds and Edmund's observation about an un-dragoned Eustace in Part 1). Edmund's capacity for grace goes very deep, in that he has the ability to love the deeply flawed in spite of and because of their flaws.
Second, consent. This is one I've danced around with since Chapter 4 of BRD with Peter and the Dryad, Dinan. When I first wrote that segment by the pond, I knew I was pushing a boundary, a little. Still my biggest concern wasn't pre-marital relations at all. It never entered my head. I was worried I would get hit with the fact that she was his subject and so her consent must be suspect. Pretty funny, huh? It was not enough to assume that Peter was a good guy character. I knew I had to go further, to show something done expressly, joyously, and freely in a relationship with an inherent and unresolvable imbalance of power. I was so innocent in the ways of this fandom and each time I've bumped up against this issue, I keep thinking, "Is someone going to call me out on a lack of proper consent?"
So here I threw caution to the wind and went there. We as readers know Morgan doesn't feel coerced. Harold is not written as a coercive character (though he does throw his royal weight around and some of the behavior is pushy (I don't think he crosses the line to stalker, but I have something written out about that if FB indicates otherwise). The point is that, as he bluntly acknowledges, they have an inherently imbalanced relationship and he tries to put safeguards in place so that Morgan is both protected and empowered, and may reject him without fear of repercussion.
So, that's all folks! Back to the NBB. The end is nigh!
Ink is black-blue
Harold and Morgan both get a clue.
Here.
This one, F-list, is all for and because of you. Everyone was getting a mite frustrated and wondering, gosh, there must have been some happy times for Harold and Evil Banker Morgan of the House of Linch. So here ya go. The big reveal trope and some good times before Bad Things Happen.
Thanks so much. I never would have done this detour without the commentary here.
Two things of import. First, I return, again, to Edmund's characterization. I've hinted at it from BRD but it has become more developed in other places, including flashbacks in AW and TQSiT, in his discussions with Col. Clark, and with Morgan, several times in H&M. It's a touchy thing. I don't want him to come across as angst-ridden and wallowing but as a very active character. He received grace he did not deserve and that is a call to bestow it upon others. They all have an ability to love the deeply flawed even if they don't like the flawed very much (returning to Susan's observation about the Hummingbirds and Edmund's observation about an un-dragoned Eustace in Part 1). Edmund's capacity for grace goes very deep, in that he has the ability to love the deeply flawed in spite of and because of their flaws.
Second, consent. This is one I've danced around with since Chapter 4 of BRD with Peter and the Dryad, Dinan. When I first wrote that segment by the pond, I knew I was pushing a boundary, a little. Still my biggest concern wasn't pre-marital relations at all. It never entered my head. I was worried I would get hit with the fact that she was his subject and so her consent must be suspect. Pretty funny, huh? It was not enough to assume that Peter was a good guy character. I knew I had to go further, to show something done expressly, joyously, and freely in a relationship with an inherent and unresolvable imbalance of power. I was so innocent in the ways of this fandom and each time I've bumped up against this issue, I keep thinking, "Is someone going to call me out on a lack of proper consent?"
So here I threw caution to the wind and went there. We as readers know Morgan doesn't feel coerced. Harold is not written as a coercive character (though he does throw his royal weight around and some of the behavior is pushy (I don't think he crosses the line to stalker, but I have something written out about that if FB indicates otherwise). The point is that, as he bluntly acknowledges, they have an inherently imbalanced relationship and he tries to put safeguards in place so that Morgan is both protected and empowered, and may reject him without fear of repercussion.
So, that's all folks! Back to the NBB. The end is nigh!