In which, having no new insights about Harry Potter, I post about Gang of Four

[fire_everything]

No, not Mao’s wife and those other people who screwed up the government of Communist China. To be honest, I can never remember exactly what those guys did to be (in)famous, and have to go look it up repeatedly. They have something to do with the Cultural Revolution, which I seem to remember was neither cultural nor a revolution, more along the

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[kellychambliss]

Another fabulous post, and I think that if there were any kind of reason in the world, there would be a dating site where the witty, well-read, and Ravenclaw-esque could post their blogs instead of those bizarre questionnaires

[fire_everything]

That description you posted a while back of how you met your partner was genuinely lovely, although I didn’t have the energy to say so at the time. For myself, I’m not sure that love per se is what I’m looking for just now - I was hoping for something more along the lines of fun casual sex, which I think I might finally have enough adult perspective on to actually enjoy for what it is

[kellychambliss]

Ah, well, I wasn't seriously suggesting Henry Porter/First Corinthians Dead as a romance model /g/. There's that whole weird scene of them having sex where FC keeps saying, "no, no" (but not really seeming to object, somehow) and Porter saying, "this is for you." I read somewhere that when Morrison was asked what that scene meant, she said she had no idea, that it had just come to her. Now, I don't believe this for a minute (not about it just coming to her, but about her having no idea what it might mean or what it might say about the characters.) Still, it's very memorable.

Fun casual sex sounds good to me (in theory, I hasten to assure my partner, in case she's reading); I think you're right that you need a certain age, experience-level, and distance before it works, though.

[fire_everything]

Oh, I know you weren't! (/g/s back). I was just musing aloud, I guess, about where the line is between Forcing It a Little and Forcing It Too Much. I probably could do with a little external sexual pressure, but I don't like to think I have masochistic inclinations that I've somehow hidden from myself all these years.

Weirdly enough, I think I might buy that Morrison doesn't know, or doesn't fully know, what that scene means. She has such full command of both intellect and intuition that I could see her voluntarily deciding, intellectually, to let her intuition carry things from time to time. I'm sure that if that scene had felt wrong she wouldn't have put it in, but she has the kind of wisdom that recognizes the un-wisdom of trying to understand everything. Or something like that. :)

Song of Solomon is still my favorite book of hers (though I haven't read any of her post-Paradise stuff). Must go back and revisit it some time!

[drinkingcocoa]

Er...do I know you? I went to that college too (didn't we all love that line in the book), and I'm turning 42 next month. Do I dare to ask you to PM me with your real name? (Or college name, anyway.)

[fire_everything]

Heh! To hear that you too are an alumna of Big Hill College is, somehow, a totally unsurprising surprise. ;)

I’ll PM you shortly, if I can remember how to do it.

[driftingquill]

I'm not sure if this is the sort of post that one is encouraged to find side-splittingly funny, but it was. Much of the humor is in recognition. I think my foray into online dating has been pushed back time and again as I agonize over what exactly to put in my profile for interests. For me it's a fear that one of the books I list as a favorite I read too long ago, so I pick it up and spend all weekend re-reading it, and then another dating window has passed. I second the motion for a Ravenclaw dating site. All users might self-destruct in pursuit of the perfectly crafted profile, however...

Is there good fanfic/shipping opportunities in War and Peace, I wonder? :)

[fire_everything]

For me it's a fear that one of the books I list as a favorite I read too long ago, so I pick it up and spend all weekend re-reading it, and then another dating window has passed.

Oh God, I totally am like this. Even as I've been chatting with kellychambliss above about Morrison, part of me has been thinking, "Oh, shit, I don't remember half the stuff she's talking about! I obviously should have reread the entire book before putting any reference to it in the post!"

There are like eight zillion characters in War and Peace - gotta be an OTP in there somewhere! ;)