1. I think Nick would fight or work for the Allies in order to protect his original homeland, especially after meeting Adolf Hitler. LaCroix might have been amusing himself by helping the Allies simply to stay close to Nick. The relationship between Janette and LaCroix seems closer than usual in this episode. I notice that both appear, tying off bathrobes as they respond to Nick chasing Daniel away, almost as though they had come from the same bedroom? As for staying in London, remember that it wasn't terribly safe to travel on the seas at that time, and that few places in Europe were much safer. There also would have been some limits on their movement based on their service status, real or counterfeit. I don't see the curfews as creating too many problems for them, other than making "hunting" more challenging
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>"almost as though they had come from the same bedroom?"
Such an interpretation will certainly appeal to those who have a Lacroix/Janette preference! Indeed, PJ has already testified to it below in this thread. :-)
For myself, I prefer to think that Janette had her own bed, and that she and Lacroix were independently wakened and drawn by the commotion and turmoil.
>"I'm not sure she wouldn't have left him behind under similar circumstances."
That's an interesting and potent point.
As Susan G. depicted so memorably in the flashbacks of her second "Dorian the Archivist" FK novel, Kind Soul, and also in her non-series FK novella paper zine Three of a Kind, I also interpret that Janette would free herself of Lacroix if she believed she could do so successfully, completely undetected, with no injury to herself
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1. We know that Lacroix rode with Charlemagne and Genghis Khan, possibly acting as advisor in military missions. Perhaps he provided a similar service in London. The uniform seems to suggest an official position.
By the way I like the hypothesis proposed by dlyt that Janette and Lacroix may have come out of the same bedroom. It never occurred to me before.
2. I've always attributed Lacroix's behaviour to a situation of pure panic where all his concern is about the safety of his Nicholas. One of the situations where he clearly expresses whom he favours.
3. I agree with dlyt. In modern times it's easier to hide among the middle class than stand out as scattered nobility.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about Lacroix's motivations.
I wouldn't have imagined that advising Charlemagne and Ghengis Khan was a middle-class job :-) but it is certainly an activity that fills one's time. I find it interesting that everyone, on LJ and on DW, who chose to engage with my pondering about class chose to fasten first on how Lacroix spends his time.
Like you, I'd also never before imagined that Janette and Lacroix came from the same bedroom in the "Father Figure" flashback. I'd like to suggest that people in the same house in different bedrooms, awakened by a commotion, can arrive at the scene of the commotion at the same time, without having been together. (For me, personally, Janette and Nick's evident closeness earlier in those same "Father Figure" flashbacks makes distressing and distasteful the suggestion that Janette was also sleeping with Lacroix. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary.)
Oops, I hadn't meant to imply that advising Charlemagne was a middle-class job. That part of my reply was referring to the London question. Sorry if I caused confusion. :)
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Such an interpretation will certainly appeal to those who have a Lacroix/Janette preference! Indeed, PJ has already testified to it below in this thread. :-)
For myself, I prefer to think that Janette had her own bed, and that she and Lacroix were independently wakened and drawn by the commotion and turmoil.
>"I'm not sure she wouldn't have left him behind under similar circumstances."
That's an interesting and potent point.
As Susan G. depicted so memorably in the flashbacks of her second "Dorian the Archivist" FK novel, Kind Soul, and also in her non-series FK novella paper zine Three of a Kind, I also interpret that Janette would free herself of Lacroix if she believed she could do so successfully, completely undetected, with no injury to herself ( ... )
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I agree wirh what dlyt wrote.
1. We know that Lacroix rode with Charlemagne and Genghis Khan, possibly acting as advisor in military missions. Perhaps he provided a similar service in London. The uniform seems to suggest an official position.
By the way I like the hypothesis proposed by dlyt that Janette and Lacroix may have come out of the same bedroom. It never occurred to me before.
2. I've always attributed Lacroix's behaviour to a situation of pure panic where all his concern is about the safety of his Nicholas. One of the situations where he clearly expresses whom he favours.
3. I agree with dlyt. In modern times it's easier to hide among the middle class than stand out as scattered nobility.
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I wouldn't have imagined that advising Charlemagne and Ghengis Khan was a middle-class job :-) but it is certainly an activity that fills one's time. I find it interesting that everyone, on LJ and on DW, who chose to engage with my pondering about class chose to fasten first on how Lacroix spends his time.
Like you, I'd also never before imagined that Janette and Lacroix came from the same bedroom in the "Father Figure" flashback. I'd like to suggest that people in the same house in different bedrooms, awakened by a commotion, can arrive at the scene of the commotion at the same time, without having been together. (For me, personally, Janette and Nick's evident closeness earlier in those same "Father Figure" flashbacks makes distressing and distasteful the suggestion that Janette was also sleeping with Lacroix. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary.)
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Oops, I hadn't meant to imply that advising Charlemagne was a middle-class job. That part of my reply was referring to the London question. Sorry if I caused confusion. :)
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