Worst. Realization. Ever.

[dira]

I just had a truly horrifying realization about the Aral/Jole in progress. No, truly horrifying. Like for a split second I was like "Oh God I can't write this pairing anymore even if their love is totally (218 words of) canon." (Yes, I counted.)

(I got over it, but honest to God, don't click the cut tag unless you think you could also get over it. It's pretty horrible, and I want someone to still read the fic when I'm done writing it.)



...I just realized that, if The Vorkosigan Saga were The West Wing, then I am writing Jed Bartlet/Charlie Young.

THERE IS NO EMOTICON FOR THAT MUCH DO NOT WANT. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE BLINK TAG.

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(THAT WAS PRETTY EASY ACTUALLY. IT'S JUST "BLINK".)

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I mean, Aral/Jole isn't really the same as Jed/Charlie. THERE ARE MANY WAYS IT'S NOT THE SAME. Cordelia is cooler than even Sorkin-era Abbey, for one thing, I am pretty sure, although on the other hand Abbey does not have a reputation for killing people who threaten her family. Um.

I AM SURE THERE ARE WAYS IT IS DIFFERENT THAT DO NOT MAKE IT WORSE. PROBABLY. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE IF YOU THINK OF ANY.

But they really love each other and he's really not taking advantage and god dammit, Aral deserves a boyfriend, and, um, twenty-eight thousand words of talking, and I swear it all works out okay? Oh God.

/o\

Comments

[twistedchick]

It is not the same. It was very clear, generationally speaking, that Jed and Charlie were different generations because that's the way our society works; however, in Barrayar, I get the sense that once someone is an adult he is the same generation as all adults, so to speak. This may be because there's such a line drawn between military school and after military school, or it may be because of the length of life on Barrayar (which is less than on Beta, and different than on other planets).

So go ahead and write the story that we've all been waiting for (please!)

[dira]

Oooh, that's true. Yes. Let's go with that, that is definitely a meaningful part of what's going on.

And, ahaaha, I am 20,000 words into the damn thing, I am not quitting now.