dira: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

Dira Sudis (

dira) wrote,
@ 2012-06-27 07:18 am UTC

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Crossposts:	http://dsudis.livejournal.com/639613.html

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

I read it! And now there are spoilers of a generally superficial nature.

Before actually reading the book, I peeked just enough at one of

ellen_fremedon's posts about it to see an observation that it felt like fanfic, and when I was capslocking at people about it over IM, I kept saying THIS IS MY FAVORITE IVAN FANFIC EVER.

And that's basically how I feel about it. I loved it a lot, I am a sucker for canon het ships, and I think basically it's a story written by an Ivan partisan with the thesis YOU SHUT UP, IVAN IS AWESOME AND HE DESERVES TO BE HAPPY. And I'm okay with that! It was a lot of fun to read.

AND THAT SAID CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PART THAT MADE ME GESTICULATE WILDLY AT MY COMPUTER SCREEN IN SHEER DELIGHT WHEN I GOT TO IT. BECAUSE I ALREADY CHANGED MY JOURNAL SUBTITLES TO "ALL ABOUT COMMODORE JOLE'S NEW SAILBOAT".

:D :D :D :D :D

MY TIN HAT, YOU GUYS, IT IS NEVER, EVER COMING OFF. Cordelia! Telling Ivan all about Jole's new sailboat in a chatty family update letter! Because when Alys and Simon visit Aral and Cordelia on Sergyar, naturally they all hang out with Jole! On his shiny new sailboat!

:D :D :D :D :D

Also, ahahahha, man, if Tej meets Aral and Jole she's going to KNOW. I have to figure out what to do about that, down-arc....

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	no subject princessofgeeks 2012-06-27 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	the fact that you might write more about Jole makes me THIS HAPPY. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject dira 2012-06-27 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, yeah, I've got them plotted out all the way through CryoBurn (though Tej presents some interesting complications to stuff). Just have to get away from the Marines long enough to actually write it at some point. g (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject princessofgeeks 2012-06-27 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	this is me, looking all anticipatory! VBG (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject sanj 2012-07-26 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	BIG EYES OF WANT I mean. Take your time, dear. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject philomytha 2012-06-27 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	I read that bit and thought of you! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject dira 2012-06-27 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	:D :D :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject wired 2012-07-17 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Me too! I was like, aw, Jole. Promoted and all, but still part of the familia. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject dira 2012-07-18 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Maybe Aral, like Miles, never puts people down once he picks them up? g (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject sanj 2012-07-26 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	I approve this message. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject cofax7 2012-06-27 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	HAH. I saw that and thought of you! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject dira 2012-06-27 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	\o/ \o/ \o/ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject lannamichaels 2012-06-27 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	One more person who read that bit and thought of you. :D (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject dira 2012-06-27 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	:D :D :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject mmegaera 2012-06-27 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	I take it there's Aral/Jole fic somewhere that I missed??? Because even just this post is vastly amusing. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject dira 2012-06-27 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	I have a (slowly) ongoing Aral/Jole, Aral/Cordelia series: The World That You Need, which is the only Aral/Jole fic I know about. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject mmegaera 2012-06-28 12:05 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject ollipop 2012-07-01 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh, I am so excited to know that someone is jumping in to Aral/Jole for the very first time. Enjoy the hell out of it! Then perhaps you will join us in the ranks of not-quite-sane shippers. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject mmegaera 2012-07-01 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I ended up suckered in, and spent about two hours reading the entire thing. Not quite sure I buy into it, but it does fit into canon quite nicely, and I certainly see what all the chortling over Jole's sailboat was about [g]. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject shihadchick 2012-06-28 05:47 am UTC (link)
	The Jole mention made me shriek on account of your fics, I'm not even going to lie. :D (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject dira 2012-06-28 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	I am SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINED by how everyone I know who had a reaction to that had it in relation to my tinhatting. :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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ollipop
2012-07-01 01:58 pm UTC (link)

I just finished CVA and felt the same way about Jole's sailboat, the reference to Aral Vorkosigan's Dog, and the quiet nod to the Ivan/By shippers. ("Nobody is sleeping with Byerly, all right?" HEE!) This whole book makes me feel like our fanverse has a God who loves us and reads us. I don't even care that it's true, but I love that this book makes me feel that way.

Seriously, what can we do to persuade you to write more Jole? Do I have to start writing GK fanfic for you? :)

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dira
2012-07-01 02:13 pm UTC (link)

Ha, yes! I had that reaction also to the mention of Aral Vorkosigan's Dog. <3

I just have to finish this GK fic I'm working on now so it will stop devouring my life! And, uh, well. Also there is the fact that the Jole fic I'm on right now is kind of depressing--or at least, the bit I'm writing is kind of depressing--so I am not enormously motivated to work on it even when I have writing-time free. *g*

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	no subject ollipop 2012-07-02 11:57 am UTC (link)
	We will have to set up a proper schedule of cookies, in that case! Though I find myself almost as excited about the upcoming GK fic; you have indeed infected me. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject dira 2012-07-03 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Cookies do help. But the GK fic has a deadline (for warbigbang), so that comes first. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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