Thanks so much. And - have I told you you write gorgeous comments? (oh, wait, I think I have, no? :) )
They seem so very difficult to write, so complex to capture the mundane agonies two people in a marriage can inflict on each other while still caring despite it all. I'm impressed with how fairly you write them.
Not that difficult to write, for some reason I don't quite understand myself. It's my longest fic yet, but also the one that flowed out most naturally - contrary to the jumping back and forth I usually do, I just wrote this one from start to finish in the proper order. It took some effort to get into Timov's head, because canon sketches her as such a harsh woman, hardly showing any empathy, but once that was done, the fic sort of wrote itself. I wonder what that says about my own marriage. *grins* (it is a happy one, really :) )
It kind of broke my heart that Londo put off taking another wife as long as he did, even in the face of Timov's careful disinterest. That was the point I disliked her the most. :P
Do you know I actually did a double-take when reading this? Must be because I've been thinking Timov's thoughts for so long, but I didn't sympathize with Londo when writing that scene. It was only when I re-read it with your comment in mind, that I suddenly saw it too. Odd, that. Talk about crawling into a person's head. :)
"Detached" is not his thing, not at all.
Indeed. *grins* I had great fun letting Timov sort of insult Vir in a way that would still flatter him.
His reach always exceeding his grasp by just the tinest amount, the most fatal amount.
Amen to that. *nods and squeezes Londo tight* *squeezes G'Kar and Vir and Timov, too, for good measure*
B5 is definitely the go-to fandom for tragic romance, isn't it? Beyond Delenn/Sheridan, it's a pretty bleak landscape...
Bleak, yes, but isn't that what makes those little pinpricks of hope so precious? The thought that Londo lives through 20 years of hell on nothing but some memories, the thought of Vir succeeding him, and the knowledge a friend will end it for him. Unbearable, but beautiful. *joins in the sighing*
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They seem so very difficult to write, so complex to capture the mundane agonies two people in a marriage can inflict on each other while still caring despite it all. I'm impressed with how fairly you write them.
Not that difficult to write, for some reason I don't quite understand myself. It's my longest fic yet, but also the one that flowed out most naturally - contrary to the jumping back and forth I usually do, I just wrote this one from start to finish in the proper order. It took some effort to get into Timov's head, because canon sketches her as such a harsh woman, hardly showing any empathy, but once that was done, the fic sort of wrote itself. I wonder what that says about my own marriage. *grins* (it is a happy one, really :) )
It kind of broke my heart that Londo put off taking another wife as long as he did, even in the face of Timov's careful disinterest. That was the point I disliked her the most. :P
Do you know I actually did a double-take when reading this? Must be because I've been thinking Timov's thoughts for so long, but I didn't sympathize with Londo when writing that scene. It was only when I re-read it with your comment in mind, that I suddenly saw it too. Odd, that. Talk about crawling into a person's head. :)
"Detached" is not his thing, not at all.
Indeed. *grins* I had great fun letting Timov sort of insult Vir in a way that would still flatter him.
His reach always exceeding his grasp by just the tinest amount, the most fatal amount.
Amen to that. *nods and squeezes Londo tight*
*squeezes G'Kar and Vir and Timov, too, for good measure*
B5 is definitely the go-to fandom for tragic romance, isn't it? Beyond Delenn/Sheridan, it's a pretty bleak landscape...
Bleak, yes, but isn't that what makes those little pinpricks of hope so precious? The thought that Londo lives through 20 years of hell on nothing but some memories, the thought of Vir succeeding him, and the knowledge a friend will end it for him. Unbearable, but beautiful. *joins in the sighing*