I like how the fact he's with Vivian isn't mentioned at all as a reason for him not being on her sex schedule.
Of course not! You know who cares about monogamy? Evil intolerant mainstream people! LIKE ANITA'S STEPMOTHER!
Too bad that being a therian can't also 'mean something' for Nathaniel and every other werecreature that acts like a baby kitten supposedly because of, not in spite of, their beasts.
Not to mention that it apparently meant exactly squat for that girly werelion earlier...
Also, having read... probably far more than is good for me... about LKH and her works lately, I am starting to arrive at the theory that much of the madness could be averted if the part of her brain that is responsible for going "squee, cute!" could be disconnected from the part of her brain that is responsible for going "hubba hubba, hot!" Those two parts are not supposed to have anything to do with each other, and the fact that in her they seem to work hand in hand is responsible for all sorts of squicktastic things in her writing.
it shocks me she does not tell the reader that Skoll and Hati mean primary and secondary enforcers.
The funny thing is, that's one thing I actually didn't know and could have used exposition for...
Good for him, I'd hate to have ANITA of all people rooting around in my head and able to shoot thoughts in there.
Yeah. I can see how having an instant telepathic connection to your closest allies would be a good thing, but when one of those people is Anita, who doesn't so much have bondary issues as explicitly and completely hate the whole idea of boundaries and consider any attempt from anyone to keep some emotional distance to her an act of passive-aggressive sabotage of her life... well, suffice to say, I can see why Richard would go, "practicality be damned - I just can't live like that!"
... also, I suddenly got a vision of Anita as a cult leader, a L Ron Hubbard or Ayn Rand, thundering at her congregation that they just don't understand - they need to completely submit to the Deity/the Triumvirate/the Ardeur/her and rid themselves of the repressive habits of sinful mundane society, or else they will never find redemption! "You are backsliding, Richard! The truth has been revealed to you, and yet you fight against it! Have you no concern at all for your immortal soul?"
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Of course not! You know who cares about monogamy? Evil intolerant mainstream people! LIKE ANITA'S STEPMOTHER!
Too bad that being a therian can't also 'mean something' for Nathaniel and every other werecreature that acts like a baby kitten supposedly because of, not in spite of, their beasts.
Not to mention that it apparently meant exactly squat for that girly werelion earlier...
Also, having read... probably far more than is good for me... about LKH and her works lately, I am starting to arrive at the theory that much of the madness could be averted if the part of her brain that is responsible for going "squee, cute!" could be disconnected from the part of her brain that is responsible for going "hubba hubba, hot!" Those two parts are not supposed to have anything to do with each other, and the fact that in her they seem to work hand in hand is responsible for all sorts of squicktastic things in her writing.
it shocks me she does not tell the reader that Skoll and Hati mean primary and secondary enforcers.
The funny thing is, that's one thing I actually didn't know and could have used exposition for...
Good for him, I'd hate to have ANITA of all people rooting around in my head and able to shoot thoughts in there.
Yeah. I can see how having an instant telepathic connection to your closest allies would be a good thing, but when one of those people is Anita, who doesn't so much have bondary issues as explicitly and completely hate the whole idea of boundaries and consider any attempt from anyone to keep some emotional distance to her an act of passive-aggressive sabotage of her life... well, suffice to say, I can see why Richard would go, "practicality be damned - I just can't live like that!"
... also, I suddenly got a vision of Anita as a cult leader, a L Ron Hubbard or Ayn Rand, thundering at her congregation that they just don't understand - they need to completely submit to the Deity/the Triumvirate/the Ardeur/her and rid themselves of the repressive habits of sinful mundane society, or else they will never find redemption! "You are backsliding, Richard! The truth has been revealed to you, and yet you fight against it! Have you no concern at all for your immortal soul?"