Round Table ...Rainy Days and Sundays

[glennagirl]

Not like the iconic song, Rainy Days and Mondays, a Sunday version can be comforting and lazy.  I still need to get myself to church in the rain this morning, but the rest of the day will be self-indulgent and lazy.  The house needs cleaning, but it is doubtful I'll take my only day off to do that job

Comments

[laurose8]

Nice idea of Napoleon going to church. Possibly even irregularly but habitually helping the neighbourhood priest.

I strongly suspect Illya of getting involved in one or two of those never-ending household projects. And there's always those jazz clubs. Fanon or canon, I find those stories which have him involved in the jazz scene very convincing.

[glennagirl]

Napoleon seems likely to try and connect with his upbringing, however remote it may seem. Illya and jazz, definitely.

[alynwa]

I've written several tales and drabbles that speak to what the boys get up to on Sundays. Napoleon will occasionally go to Mass; Illya likes to sleep in, but doesn't get to sleep as late as he would like because his partner will show up with breakfast and coffee; they both like to visit and go out with Aunt Amy and in my Sugar & Spies universe, they love spending their days off with Leona Nicole.

[glennagirl]

You have a very definite vision for them, and when you write it for us it's very believable.

[alynwa]

Why, thank you! *blushes*

[leethet]

There was a story (well, at least one) about this. Naturally I can't remember the name or author. Where Illya specifically took his free time to explore and make friends with his new city. I think he would do that for two reasons: he's an information junkie, I think, and as self-defense.

Napoleon. Women. Fine dining. Sailing. Preferably combined. If one thinks about the dangers an agent is in, sailing must feel very freeing.

[glennagirl]

I think I remember the story you're referencing, but it's been a while since I read it. It sounds very much like something a spy would do.
As for Napoleon, the sailing aspect serves as a metaphor for the elusiveness of true freedom perhaps. Is that too much? :D

[leethet]

I agree, Francis. I think a spy would be very aware of the dangers and restrictions in the world, even of the restrictions of just being made of flesh and bone. To sail and feel about as close to flying as you possibly can is probably an effective counter-agent (so to speak) for those pressures.

[glennagirl]

Gee, I've never been a Francis before ;) Sailing, flying... skiing even. Fighter pilots drive sports cars, especially Corvettes. Even playing loose with women has something to do with living on the edge.

[mrua7]

I have Napoleon attending church, usually St. Patrick's Cathedral NYC in a number of stories. I wrote an Easter egg for Carabele where he took Illya to church and to see the Easter parade

[glennagirl]

I think we can assume that there is some religious training in both of their lives, even Illya. Grandparents would not be as deeply affected by the affectations of the atheist state, and so might have had some influence.
I like Illya as more introspective than to merely disregard God.