Herd Mentality -- New Fic
I posted the first part of a two chapter fic, Herd Mentality, last night. I will wait until it's complete before posting the whole thing on AO3. I mention in the notes that chapter 2 will take a darker much darker turn.
Though the beginning is relatively benign and sweet, the story is not. I think it will probably be darker than anything I've done before, including Carrying out my design to shatter the enemies .
Herd Mentality isn't a story about Horse Herd dynamics and Hwin and Rose finding their way. What it is about is given away in the summary, a story about duty and tradition, rights and law, courage, and judgment. For years, I've ducked the issue of where exactly I drew the line on the right of a community to pursue its own beliefs versus the right of a civil authority to protect the individuals in that community from those beliefs. I raised the issue in the very first chapters of Part 1 of TSG and let readers come to their own conclusions. I'm going to try to draw a line here. A huge thanks to
starbrow who let me posit the, "Can I really go there? Should I really go there?" and gave me some valuable insights and research links into the critique I am mounting.
It's not for everybody and the next chapter will have some warnings.
This entry was originally posted at http://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/91465.html.
Though the beginning is relatively benign and sweet, the story is not. I think it will probably be darker than anything I've done before, including Carrying out my design to shatter the enemies .
Herd Mentality isn't a story about Horse Herd dynamics and Hwin and Rose finding their way. What it is about is given away in the summary, a story about duty and tradition, rights and law, courage, and judgment. For years, I've ducked the issue of where exactly I drew the line on the right of a community to pursue its own beliefs versus the right of a civil authority to protect the individuals in that community from those beliefs. I raised the issue in the very first chapters of Part 1 of TSG and let readers come to their own conclusions. I'm going to try to draw a line here. A huge thanks to
starbrow who let me posit the, "Can I really go there? Should I really go there?" and gave me some valuable insights and research links into the critique I am mounting.
It's not for everybody and the next chapter will have some warnings.
This entry was originally posted at http://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/91465.html.