as a reader, I'm wondering when the hammer is going to fall in terms of canon events...
Egads. I'm now doubly paranoid, because I'm afraid that not only am I portraying Ashmael as too bookish (though he's changing; but in beginning to read your 'Choosing Sides' and your description of his younger/newly harish life, it rang far more true than my meagre understanding, here), but also that I'm not moving quickly enough. As the author, I'm interested in their early years before the canon material kicks in, but perhaps I'm being too meticulous and verbose. I have a couple more big events before the inexorable interlacing with canon, and from there on out, it's gapfiller within canon.
"Heresy?" Hmmm. I remember looking at the few mentions that Ashmael has for Pellaz about how he felt about Vaysh, that being the kick-start for this fic at all. My interpretation was that he felt remorse and a bit of shame in that they did love so deeply, when they were meant to be beyond such things. That's how I've been interpreting their relationship, which would indeed make it heretical, in a way.
I adore Jaffa. I've already planned out the arrival of his eventual to-be chesnari and everything, lol!! I'm really a mess when I'm so engrossed in a story like this. Doesn't happen all that often, so I'm really enjoying it, but I don't want to bore my few readers to tears.
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Egads. I'm now doubly paranoid, because I'm afraid that not only am I portraying Ashmael as too bookish (though he's changing; but in beginning to read your 'Choosing Sides' and your description of his younger/newly harish life, it rang far more true than my meagre understanding, here), but also that I'm not moving quickly enough. As the author, I'm interested in their early years before the canon material kicks in, but perhaps I'm being too meticulous and verbose. I have a couple more big events before the inexorable interlacing with canon, and from there on out, it's gapfiller within canon.
"Heresy?" Hmmm. I remember looking at the few mentions that Ashmael has for Pellaz about how he felt about Vaysh, that being the kick-start for this fic at all. My interpretation was that he felt remorse and a bit of shame in that they did love so deeply, when they were meant to be beyond such things. That's how I've been interpreting their relationship, which would indeed make it heretical, in a way.
I adore Jaffa. I've already planned out the arrival of his eventual to-be chesnari and everything, lol!! I'm really a mess when I'm so engrossed in a story like this. Doesn't happen all that often, so I'm really enjoying it, but I don't want to bore my few readers to tears.