Next Honorverse Book?

Okay, so I'm late and catching up, but "gS49" <gersmith00.RemoveThis@verizon.net>
wrote on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:27:20 GMT in alt.books.david-weber :
>
>>>I think he's over that after realizing he still loves her after seeing
>>>first
>>>hand how NOT helpless she can be.
>>
>> Oh, no doubt about it. "Never interfere when a professional is
>> working." Recall the various by-play in the shadows of the gaming hall,
>> after Victor puts on the Act. Afterwards, Thandi is just trilled that
>> he's quite capable of taking care of himself [even if Berry slaps her for
>> calling herself a monster.]. Naomi Imbesi, who had a crush on the exotic
>> foreign secret agent since she first met him, is suddenly ... this is not
>> a
>> man she wants near her.
>> Which is not to say he was not mortified over his "deviant" tendencies
>> when he first realized them. It can be quite disconcerting to discover
>> that as much as you love her, what you want to do is just 'take her' never
>> mind what she wants, even when what she wants is for you to just "take
>> her." It takes all the fun out of it to realize that you can't "rape" the
>> willing! But you do what a man's got to do, and that includes 'raping
>> the willing'. "Force yourself, young man."
>
>It's not rape, although Victor looked at it that way. It's a dom/sub
>relationship. Considering how good an actor Victor is and how he uses that
>skill, doing whatever necessary, to take control of any situation; it's not
>that surprising that he took to the dom role easily.

Dom/sub things - it's fantasy 'rape'. Or as I've heard it put a real
rape puts you at the mercy of a psycho, fantasy rape is when his masculine
charms overcome her reticence. Its "a ravishing". In the words of young
Doctor Frankenstein's fiance "Again? Oh well, seven always was my lucky
number."
So it may be "play" rape, but Victor seems to admit to himself, it
isn't just enthusiastic role playing. He likes it this way, but only
because "He loves this Girl." Weird head spaces one gets into.
>
>But it was rather--convenient--that Thandi is a sub. I guess Weber thought
>the readers would like something good to happen to Victor. Fan service?

Kinky, but "they make such a cute couple." And Thandi and Ginny have
hit it off, and Victor is doomed. Doomed, I tell you, doomed to be teased
mercilessly by the women in his life about things which he isn't ever going
to be comfortable talking about, just doing. Poor Victor, sentenced to be
the Station Chief of Erehwon (and Torch.), he'll be lucky if he emerges a
shadow of himself from that there briarpatch.


pyotr


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pyotr filipivich
Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.
"Its a simple procedure involving Lasers."

"pyotr filipivich" <phamp.TakeThisOut@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, so I'm late and catching up, but "gS49" <gersmith00.TakeThisOut@verizon.net>
> wrote on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:27:20 GMT in alt.books.david-weber :
>>
>>
>>It's not rape, although Victor looked at it that way. It's a dom/sub
>>relationship. Considering how good an actor Victor is and how he uses
>>that
>>skill, doing whatever necessary, to take control of any situation; it's
>>not
>>that surprising that he took to the dom role easily.
>
> Dom/sub things - it's fantasy 'rape'. Or as I've heard it put a real
> rape puts you at the mercy of a psycho, fantasy rape is when his masculine
> charms overcome her reticence. Its "a ravishing". In the words of young
> Doctor Frankenstein's fiance "Again? Oh well, seven always was my lucky
> number."
> So it may be "play" rape, but Victor seems to admit to himself, it
> isn't just enthusiastic role playing. He likes it this way, but only
> because "He loves this Girl." Weird head spaces one gets into.
>>
>>But it was rather--convenient--that Thandi is a sub. I guess Weber
>>thought
>>the readers would like something good to happen to Victor. Fan service?
>
> Kinky, but "they make such a cute couple." And Thandi and Ginny have
> hit it off, and Victor is doomed. Doomed, I tell you, doomed to be teased
> mercilessly by the women in his life about things which he isn't ever
> going
> to be comfortable talking about, just doing. Poor Victor, sentenced to be
> the Station Chief of Erehwon (and Torch.), he'll be lucky if he emerges a
> shadow of himself from that there briarpatch.
>
>
> pyotr
>
>
> --
> pyotr filipivich
> Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.
> "Its a simple procedure involving Lasers."

Fortunately Ginny will only be visiting Torch, so Victor has only Thandi to
tease him full time. [Grin]

Seriously, on another site I commented that Victor may enjoy the teasing
because of his "Inquisitor Persona". He fears/dislikes the "Inquisitor" but
the teasing means he's not just the "Inquisitor". Who would tease the
"Inquisitor". [Smile]

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