Oh it is FASCINATING to see them through your eyes! *profound love*
but it struck me how she retreats when things get weird. She'll handwave a lot, but her need for being grounded, in control stunts her as much as it strengthens her. They are so very alike. Oh totally. Two control freaks in their different ways. Which is why that whole issue with that photographer was so important - it was a very fundamental difference in how they viewed the world, and neither of them would back down. OK, maybe 'control freak' is not the right word... Stubborn. They're both ridiculously stubborn. And one reason she reacts so badly is that she realises that when it comes to the Seeker she only has control in as much as he relinquishes it - which is why the mind control is what freaks her out so much. (And if you re-read the sex scene from NASA you'll see that it's all kinds of shades of grey. Not that he forces her in any way, but he can lean on people. Without even realising it...)
But I think those similarities are often what brings her to a halt like this. She hides herself behind how she thinks it should be, even as she grasps at the wonders of the universe. She is so very adult in so many ways. She needs more play, lol!! She is young. And young people tend to be far more inflexible than older people... She is idealistic and ambitious and also a product of her upbringing and culture. Despite very much forging her own path, her father's teachings especially have a far deeper effect than she realises - the whole feminist issue also comes into play as the Seeker falls in with all sorts of male stereotypes (not his fault, although he's aware of it).
Whereas Alex has almost the opposite problems. Alex is very, very, very young. And damaged. He's very mature in some areas, and far too sensible for his own good, but he's decades away from being an adult. But I'll be examining all this in the next chapters, so don't worry! (Basically, this whole fic deals with how he grows up and becomes who he is.)
I don't see how anyone could hate this. Just...there is no way! Awwwwwww. ♥ You say the loveliest things. But generally people get cross when writers break teh pretty. (And again - your comment made my day!)
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but it struck me how she retreats when things get weird. She'll handwave a lot, but her need for being grounded, in control stunts her as much as it strengthens her. They are so very alike.
Oh totally. Two control freaks in their different ways. Which is why that whole issue with that photographer was so important - it was a very fundamental difference in how they viewed the world, and neither of them would back down. OK, maybe 'control freak' is not the right word... Stubborn. They're both ridiculously stubborn. And one reason she reacts so badly is that she realises that when it comes to the Seeker she only has control in as much as he relinquishes it - which is why the mind control is what freaks her out so much. (And if you re-read the sex scene from NASA you'll see that it's all kinds of shades of grey. Not that he forces her in any way, but he can lean on people. Without even realising it...)
But I think those similarities are often what brings her to a halt like this. She hides herself behind how she thinks it should be, even as she grasps at the wonders of the universe. She is so very adult in so many ways. She needs more play, lol!!
She is young. And young people tend to be far more inflexible than older people... She is idealistic and ambitious and also a product of her upbringing and culture. Despite very much forging her own path, her father's teachings especially have a far deeper effect than she realises - the whole feminist issue also comes into play as the Seeker falls in with all sorts of male stereotypes (not his fault, although he's aware of it).
Whereas Alex has almost the opposite problems.
Alex is very, very, very young. And damaged. He's very mature in some areas, and far too sensible for his own good, but he's decades away from being an adult. But I'll be examining all this in the next chapters, so don't worry! (Basically, this whole fic deals with how he grows up and becomes who he is.)
I don't see how anyone could hate this. Just...there is no way!
Awwwwwww. ♥ You say the loveliest things. But generally people get cross when writers break teh pretty. (And again - your comment made my day!)