Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

[dira]

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....

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

the fact that you might write more about Jole makes me THIS HAPPY.

[dira]

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*

[princessofgeeks]

this is me, looking all anticipatory!

*VBG*

[sanj]

**BIG EYES OF WANT**

I mean. Take your time, dear. :)

[philomytha]

I read that bit and thought of you!

[dira]

:D :D :D

[wired]

Me too! I was like, aw, Jole. Promoted and all, but still part of the familia.

[dira]

Maybe Aral, like Miles, never puts people down once he picks them up? *g*

[sanj]

I approve this message. :)

[cofax7]

HAH. I saw that and thought of you!

[dira]

\o/ \o/ \o/

[lannamichaels]

One more person who read that bit and thought of you. :D

[dira]

:D :D :D

[mmegaera]

I take it there's Aral/Jole fic somewhere that I missed???

Because even just this post is vastly amusing.

[dira]

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. :)

[mmegaera]

Thanks!

[ollipop]

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.

[mmegaera]

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].

[shihadchick]

The Jole mention made me shriek on account of your fics, I'm not even going to lie. :D

[dira]

I am SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINED by how everyone I know who had a reaction to that had it in relation to my tinhatting. :D

[ollipop]

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? :)

[dira]

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*

[ollipop]

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.

[dira]

Cookies do help. But the GK fic has a deadline (for warbigbang), so that comes first. :)