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rthstewart

Harold, Morgan, Chapter 9, a nod to Anastigmat, and dread visuals

May 26, 2011 13:14

So, in preparation for another trip to the oral surgeon, I posted the conclusion to the Two Hearts Chapter of Harold and Morgan, here. And yes, we get the Director's point of view -- a strange place to be, certainly. And Happy Birthday to therck !!!

anastigmatfic 's pic fic contribution to Morgan and Harold gets some backstory, with more to come.

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harold and morgan, anonymous reviewers, visuals, pic fic

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therck May 26 2011, 19:35:07 UTC

Hooray for a new chapter! I enjoyed Edmund's investigations, and I believed Director Linch's agony.

Thanks for writing! Thanks, too, for the birthday good wishes.

rthstewart May 28 2011, 04:07:15 UTC

Thank you!!!

wingedflight21 May 26 2011, 22:15:11 UTC

Hooray! I left a review in your inbox but there was so much wonderful that I completely forgot to mention HOW MUCH I love your portrayal of Peridan! Awesome, awesome, and I look forward to seeing how he progresses from the street vagabond drunkard to a Lord of Narnia.

rthstewart May 28 2011, 04:07:49 UTC

I seem to prefer my Peridan's as drunk actors.... Thanks so much!!

anonymous May 26 2011, 23:01:06 UTC

I loved this. Edmund, by being himself, got Linch just exactly where he needs him to be. I just hope he also had the realization that banking only works when there is peace and stability and a strong military to back that up.

That being said, I would love for Swallowpad to bring in Susan to crash the conclave. I somehow doubt the bankers would respect Peter, as Edmund would only crash conclave if he knew who tried to poison Morgan.

Two highly intelligent, sophisticated crowned heads would do Linch in!

Doctor dolly

rthstewart May 28 2011, 04:09:35 UTC

Gate crashing ... why yes, that is in the outline. I'm just getting distracted by Pierce and Maeve's infatuation, which is really not helpful, but is very amusing. It's basically a repeat over and over of S/he's going to kill me!

Thank you so much for reading.

lady_songsmith May 26 2011, 23:16:20 UTC

*fangirling you madly* You've managed to hit my absolute bulletproof kink in the last scene, and I have not been able to get it out of my head all day. Brilliant, simply, utterly brilliant!

On an entirely different, niggling note, I would point out the point of rolling rahat lokum in powder - usually sugar - is so that it doesn't stick to things, but that's last chapter. :)

a_blue_jay May 27 2011, 15:23:18 UTC

But the sugar gets ALL OVER EVERYTHING. :P

rthstewart May 28 2011, 04:09:55 UTC

Thanks so much for commenting. I really appreciate it.

min023 May 27 2011, 09:43:00 UTC

Wonderful chapter. If you were going for the parental whammy, you absolutely hit it ( ... )

min023 May 27 2011, 22:58:47 UTC

Oh, I've just had a thought of total randomness (yes, I've probably got too much time, and yes, I spend waaay too much time playing with legal materials). Ed says that it's not his first investigation, blah, blah.

It then occurred to me that modern democracies have a separation of powers between investigator and judge for a reason. Yes, Narnia isn't a democracy, it's a monarchy, but what's to prevent a misuse of power if the Just King is emotionally invested (which he is with Morgan). Leo ex machina? The fact that he has to justify himself to his sibs? Just his innate desire for justice?

Yep, totally random : )

rthstewart May 27 2011, 23:01:28 UTC

And, I just jumped on Skype in case you are free. Just Instant messaging, typing chat, not talking -- I can't find the headset and the spousal unit is sitting RIGHT THERE so I don't talk fic when he can overhear. It's mom's dirty little secret. I'll respond more later, but...

rthstewart May 28 2011, 11:39:20 UTC

And about that separation of powers, I am assuming that none of the Pevensies had a sufficient grounding in law and concepts of separation of power to meaningfully implement an English style common law system - to say nothing of a civil system. I think the best that can be done is that aim to, and try to be fair, afford some sort of process and to find truth in a combined investigative, prosecutorial function. Edmund knows he is accountable to Aslan and to his sibs. This is also where I feel his experience as reformed traitor is profound. I will assume that they have enough understanding to have gotten the concept of "presumption of innocence" and they all powerfully believe in the capability of redemption. So, I see Edmund as very slow to judgment, as affording process, as using the tools of the Beasts as sort of lie detectors in aggressive interrogation that is, yes, marginally coercive to secure confessions. That comfort with coerciveness isn't a nice place, but in the post-WW2 war crimes investigations, it was very real and ( ... )

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