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Thanks for the review! To answer your question, I think that Will can be there and be strong for Brad, within limits. I think it must put a burden on him, but at the same time, by helping Brad get through this, he's helping himself too.
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Thanks for posting the review, Omar, even if it turned into an essay. :-) I think that much of what you pointed out about Robbie is true, but I think, like many of his apologists, you ignore the things that he did that caused some of the reactions you mention. For example, one could hypothesize that it was Robbie's total idiocy that created the estrangement that pushed Brad to sleep with Wade. My point is that these things are rarely that clearcut, and in this case, I think there are definitely two sides to the story.
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Thanks for taking the time after your day of travel to post a review! I don't know that Brad ever really lost his soul, but I think we got a jaded impression by seeing him through Will's eyes. In any event, if this humanizes him, so much the better.
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Thanks Kevin, and thanks for the review. I think it was incredibly smart for Will to dream up painting as a distraction for Brad. Sometimes in a crisis we'll fall back on the things that saved us before.
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I think Will is really trying to find a way to fit Tony in his life that works for both of them. Since the deal with Rick, I think that's what he's been struggling to do. And he approaches it like a little scientist, setting up parameters that will presumably work, and then tests them. Only the tests can be emotionally devastating (the equivalent of a lab explosion) and I think this is what Will doesn't get.
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You raise two important issues: 1. How incredibly shitty the weather here is in Missouri, and 2. How these people are all moving ahead with their lives but doing so on very fragile ground, where it's likely that anything could set them off.
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So you're saying that the key ingredient/booster to the stories is suspense? Interesting theory. You're probably right. :-) Recovery from this disaster has to be a nightmare for these guys. I can see them taking two steps forward and one step back for quite a while.
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October 4, 2001 Palo Alto, CA Tony and I lay in my bed, completely intertwined after our second fuck, and it was really nice. I hadn’t realized how dislocated I’d felt by having this big issue with him, this big gulf between us. I wondered if that meant that I really was in love with him. I analyzed my feelings, and decided that I wasn’t really sure how I felt about him. I mean, I knew that I loved him at some level, but I wasn’t sure what that level was. “You’re in big trouble
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That's an interesting point, and I did some research on this. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the British captured many more prisoners than the French did, so it was not unusual for a more junior British officer to be traded for a more senior French officer. Chalk that up to economics: supply and demand. ;-)
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gender & sexuality Biphobia, monosexism and pansexuality
Mark Arbour commented on Thorn Wilde's blog entry in The Fantastic Mr. Wilde
That would imply that a romantic relationship and a friendship are the same, and are equally able to satisfy someone. -
gender & sexuality Biphobia, monosexism and pansexuality
Mark Arbour commented on Thorn Wilde's blog entry in The Fantastic Mr. Wilde
Just to nit-pick a bit, Kinsey's findings didn't prove anything, they merely provided a possible explanation for sexual preferences. But for the record, I think he got it right. -
Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you liked the chapter! We really didn't see Brad when he was Will's age (Brad emerged as a narrator when he was 17), but I think Will's miles ahead of Brad in maturity.
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I like Will too. He has a lot of detractors, those who don't appreciate a cocky (and sometimes out of control) teenager, but he's fun to write. He's a character of extremes.
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Thanks for the review. Well, living in those times was a risky thing, and life expectancy was pretty short, so we'll end up with more mortality in this story. I think that George will be fine at home for a while, but then he will be chomping at the bit to return to sea. But I think it will be better than Paris, because he will have his family and friends around, and he'll have his freedom.
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Thanks for the review! Fitzwilliam will probably end up on another ship. Spencer would have transferred him, since it's not likely his father would relish having him sent back to the West Indies so soon after finally getting home.
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Thanks for the review Jim! They are motivating. A few more chapters will find Granger back home, but for now, we'll leave him in Paris, where he's bored, but his libido is satisfied.
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Thanks for the review! I agree with you. Caroline must be so relieved. She really was in limbo, and it was certain to effect her mood. A few more chapters to get George home...
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You know this is fiction when the banks come through for someone. (SMILE). As for Winkler, as a servant, he really doesn't have anything to say about the encounter with Calvert, Caroline, and Gatling. The most he could do is express his disapproval by sulking around Calvert; anything else would be very inappropriate.
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I think you picked up on a key issue here, when you noted that Eastwyck seems younger. I think he is less sophisticated, and I think that George's various adventures have turned him into a much more worldly and a much shrewder person than he was. Eastwyck hasn't been that lucky. Then there's the difference in their social position, which would explain why Eastwyck is a bit shyer around Granger. Granger eclipses him in rank (social or naval) so it's a bit like spending a lot of really intimate time with your boss.
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Based on George's last return, I'm not sure how safe England is. To be knocked on the head and raped doesn't sound like fun...unless you're into that. ;-) Thanks for the review!
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I have to say that of all the fearsome women I've written, a pissed off Caroline Granger is right up there near the top.
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I can almost feel George's boredom. It was probably interesting and a little exciting at first, but now it must just be tedious. That's probably why Talleyrand sent them out to Versailles, to provide a relief from the monotony. It worked. ;-)
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I'm so glad you liked the chapter! Caroline probably was pretty stressed out about George's fate, so knowing he was alright was undoubtedly a massive relief. That would make her a little nicer. :-)
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I think that the exchange would have been with Don Jacobo and Roberts. In that case, once both were exchanged (Roberts was released as well), then both were free to fight again. Until that time, they have to chill out. That's very likely going to be Granger's situation when he returns to England. He's paroled, so that means he can't have another command even if he wants one (he will).
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gender & sexuality Biphobia, monosexism and pansexuality
Mark Arbour commented on Thorn Wilde's blog entry in The Fantastic Mr. Wilde
In essence, bisexuality is the default setting, and everything else is the aberration? I'm on board with that.
