TVP: Chapter 61

[imre_nico]

Happy Monday, my dearesteses.

A mockingbird was somewhere in the bare trees beyond them, singing someone else’s song

Comments

[charshy]

Ooooooooooh. Chapturrs. <'3

I love Ocelot more than Raikov in this chapter, and the previous, though - the hesitation, the careful measurement of expression, and emotional weariness only slightly hampering his progress. Aw.

Also lol, girl's blouse. XD My Mum says that. /ruins chapter for everyone

Squee. *tunes Ocelot into frequency 146.05*

[irrion]

“You know how I was born.”

Raikov smiled, relieved.

“Remind me.”

This chapter ends on a perfect note, a lovely little reflection of not just Ocelot's character, but also of the state of his and Raikov's relationship - this partnership, really, that began as ADAM and EVA, but as now as men, and lovers. It's the tacit understanding between them that I love here, what can go unspoken in lieu of what is.

In fact, there were a lot of perfect notes in this chapter - this another one:

“Plenty, plenty of air,” assured the old man, urging him toward the hall. “It’s not hypoxia, the issue with your lover. It’s his burden, which I believe we’ll prove soon enough. It isn’t easy, you know, being a conduit for the dead.”

“His what-” managed Ocelot, with wan, belated incredulity. “That word-”

Vasiliev patted him on the shoulder.Ocelot's objection here is the description of his "burden," not being called Raikov's lover. He doesn't even notice that little bit, which is absolutely charming. It's an excellent, subtle device to reflect Ocelot's

[irrion]

The core of this chapter, though, is not those perfect little adornments, as deeply satisfying as they are. It's the explanation of what's going on with Ocelot's power, with the nature of psychic phenomena in general.

I love how Ivan leads off with this:

“If you’ll humor an objective layman’s clumsy perversion of a genius explanation, it seems like…there are two extremes of hyper-sentient emotive personality, apart from the median man, who merely exists and accepts. The emotionally expressed, and the emotionally repressed.”The layman's view, huh, Ivan? Perhaps, but even so, it's a deep and provocative observation, challenging in its initial form. I have the feeling, though, you did that on purpose, to have Ivan express the "layman's view" in cerebral psychological terminology is because the meaning, ultimately, is simple. It's the difference between Ocelot and Ivan, it's right there in who they are, and the examination of their own personalities proves to be the perfect means by which Ivan is able to explain the phenomenon

[aureawolf]

Hey look! ^_^ Update. I swear you writers purposely update whenever I have exams. How do you do it?

You have a sixth sense. Its the only explanation.

Good chapter. I wonder if you're leading up to some big event? Kinda feels like the calm before a storm...but maybe I'm just imagining it. ^_~

[imre_nico]

Maybe you just always have exams. XD

[imre_nico]

Jerry Springer seems like a worthwhile companion for this story.

And hell, who's going to complain about a pole-dancing Ocelot?
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