"So did you know that your snake was pregnant before she gave birth? Did you buy her pregnant?" My bad! That was at camp. I picked her up out of the woods. Garter snakes have live birth and a long gestation period, those babies come out ready to eat. My absolute favorite was named Severus Snake. He was a freaking newborn that lunged at my thumb when I was trying to release him in the woods. I set him down, he /chased me out of his woods/ by snapping at my tennis shoes. He was about the size of a pencil.
"Oh man, human-turned-dragon!Laurence would be SO stoic. He's still be all about doing his duty to his country, but he'd miss opposable thumbs and the ability to write and being treated like a human being TERRIBLY, although he still has that stiff-upper-lip mentality..." I think I just might write it. Laurence is too damn much of a woobie for it NOT to happen, now, and he'd be trying so hard to not upset Temeraire. I'd have to put it early, though, well before Granby has a dragon, but maybe after the trip to China. I think Laurence's crew instantly splits themselves between the two dragon, and Granby asks if he can still serve as lieutenant on /Laurence/. "You're my captain, sir" or something to that effect, and then Temeraire spoils the ecstasy of non-reactions by nuzzling them both. (Laurence is pretty numb to his father freaking out, and relieved when his mother immediately sends a letter asking permission to visit the covert, but the reaction to Jane would be hard. I think she'd get her arms around as much neck as she could and just stay there for a while, nobody else around.
Screw it, I have spring break. I might need to wait on the other books, though. My mom is SO damn happy when she can buy a book that she knew I wanted, and I wouldn't want to know precisely what was coming next, I could ask general questions and look up the history of the wars. Laurence is amazingly adept at flying, I'd think (he was giving lessons to Temeraire) and comes up with entirely revolutionary things. He also sprains ligaments a few times because certain motions are not possible with wings, but his crew quickly learns when to sing out a warning.
Laurence is all about duty, so he'll go to war the instant he can fight properly. He tries to brush it off as yet another change in duty. I can't decide just what type of dragon he'd be, but it's not a Longwing or a fire-breather or a Celestial. He might be an Imperial, to get the size in the right kind of range.
"OMG that would be a brilliant idea! VERY WELL-SUITED TO RANKIN'S PERSONALITY, Y/Y." Rankin's such an ass.
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"HERE, YOU MUST READ IT. http://novembersmith.livejournal.com/36445.html This author's portrayal of human!Temeraire is adorable and incredibly in-character, in my opinion." READING NOW.
"Oh man, human-turned-dragon!Laurence would be SO stoic. He's still be all about doing his duty to his country, but he'd miss opposable thumbs and the ability to write and being treated like a human being TERRIBLY, although he still has that stiff-upper-lip mentality..." I think I just might write it. Laurence is too damn much of a woobie for it NOT to happen, now, and he'd be trying so hard to not upset Temeraire. I'd have to put it early, though, well before Granby has a dragon, but maybe after the trip to China. I think Laurence's crew instantly splits themselves between the two dragon, and Granby asks if he can still serve as lieutenant on /Laurence/. "You're my captain, sir" or something to that effect, and then Temeraire spoils the ecstasy of non-reactions by nuzzling them both. (Laurence is pretty numb to his father freaking out, and relieved when his mother immediately sends a letter asking permission to visit the covert, but the reaction to Jane would be hard. I think she'd get her arms around as much neck as she could and just stay there for a while, nobody else around.
Screw it, I have spring break. I might need to wait on the other books, though. My mom is SO damn happy when she can buy a book that she knew I wanted, and I wouldn't want to know precisely what was coming next, I could ask general questions and look up the history of the wars. Laurence is amazingly adept at flying, I'd think (he was giving lessons to Temeraire) and comes up with entirely revolutionary things. He also sprains ligaments a few times because certain motions are not possible with wings, but his crew quickly learns when to sing out a warning.
Laurence is all about duty, so he'll go to war the instant he can fight properly. He tries to brush it off as yet another change in duty. I can't decide just what type of dragon he'd be, but it's not a Longwing or a fire-breather or a Celestial. He might be an Imperial, to get the size in the right kind of range.
"OMG that would be a brilliant idea! VERY WELL-SUITED TO RANKIN'S PERSONALITY, Y/Y." Rankin's such an ass.