Yes, I've been uncommonly cruel to Vaysh. This scene with Firethorn and Jaffa, however, has been in my mind since early in M + M, actually!! Firethorn came into existence because I wanted him to be a first born, and to eventually be Jaffa's chesnari, and to be with Vaysh once he was over post-Thiede-aruna. But yes, tough for him.
So glad that you're enjoying the language, especially the myrrh and sepulcher comment. As I emailed you, I have no doubt that much of my inspired imagery is thanks to listening to Ms. Renault and TPB. The tree and the rings I had to insert, because Ashmael had also used that same imagery, and I'm an author who loves to mirror things like that. ;)
Thiede is beyond nearly everything, but I really felt that I needed to have Vaysh be infused with a truer sense of him and his role, because otherwise his extensive time with him coming up in the near future would seem quite strange.
I'm glad to be writing fast as well! The angst is getting to me, though. :( I really should write a short Cal/Swift PWP to cleanse my palate. :P Thank you as always for your in-depth comments, and especially letting me know which images and phrases caught your attention.
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Date: 2008-04-15 01:46 am (UTC)So glad that you're enjoying the language, especially the myrrh and sepulcher comment. As I emailed you, I have no doubt that much of my inspired imagery is thanks to listening to Ms. Renault and TPB. The tree and the rings I had to insert, because Ashmael had also used that same imagery, and I'm an author who loves to mirror things like that. ;)
Thiede is beyond nearly everything, but I really felt that I needed to have Vaysh be infused with a truer sense of him and his role, because otherwise his extensive time with him coming up in the near future would seem quite strange.
I'm glad to be writing fast as well! The angst is getting to me, though. :( I really should write a short Cal/Swift PWP to cleanse my palate. :P Thank you as always for your in-depth comments, and especially letting me know which images and phrases caught your attention.