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pendrecarc

Brr, and meme

Jul 27, 2013 12:14

After a nasty heat wave followed by some perfect days with highs in the seventies, the temperature is hovering in the mid-fifties this afternoon. I had an outdoor gig with my jazz band (I laugh a little every time I say that because it sounds so official; we've been doing it for years but it's so laid back and only a few of us are serious musicians ( Read more... )

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pendrecarc July 28 2013, 02:44:55 UTC

Well, I could point you toward the 18,000 words of fic I wrote that were really all about Helen and the magus despite not actually containing anysort of romance at all, but you've already read that. :) My thoughts on them haven't change much in the interim, though, even with the release of CoK.

To be somewhat more direct, I'll start by quoting my Yuletide request from the last couple of years:

My personal canon is actually Eddis/politics/the Magus, where politics get so firmly in the way that neither of them acknowledges the romantic tension even privately, because there are bigger things at stake. Subtlety's the word. I'd love to read about them manoeuvring around each other and around the other political forces of their countries and Attolia, about how their political goals diverge and converge, about the reasons and ways they're willing to take advantage of one another.They're just so passionate and ruthless (in different ways) about their countries. I'd really love to see more of them together in canon, though I never actually ( ... )

rachelindeed July 27 2013, 22:05:27 UTC

Fun! Would be interested to hear your thoughts on Buffy/Spike, or Snape/Lily :)

pendrecarc July 28 2013, 15:06:03 UTC

Buffy/Spike:

It was never a ship I sought out for fic, but while I haven't rewatched in ages, I do think there was something terribly sweet and fragile about them by the end of S7. They were each able to be something the other needed in that moment, and there was a surprising grace to it.

That said, I don't think they'd have outlasted the apocalypse for long if he'd survived the finale. Maybe I'm wrong? Neither of them, Spike in particular, had really been able to work out who they were in a good relationship or what they wanted from one another. It's possible they'd have been able to work through that together.

Snape/Lily:

Oh, wow. I certainly don't ship it in the sense of wanting them together, for reasons I expect are fairly obvious, but I feel like I'd have a better sense of how I felt about it if I was clearer on how canon felt about it. Or maybe that is clear--Rowling has said on multiple occasions that Snape isn't a terribly good person--but fandom has confused the issue? I really don't think it's much of a redemption arc ( ... )

rachelindeed July 28 2013, 19:52:57 UTC

I so enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these! I think you're very insightful about Buffy and Spike; I agree that what they had was beautiful, but more like a moment of grace than a foundation for a long-term relationship; who knows what it might have developed into in time, but time is something they simply ran out of (I think Spike's last words to Buffy were pretty self-aware, actually; he knew she didn't "love" him in that way, but that was OK and he was grateful to her anyway). I think you're especially right that neither had good relationship experience to bring to the table and both needed time to figure out themselves as individuals ( ... )