" Laurence won't say much about it, of course (it wouldn't be proper), but he EARNED that rank. Last time he lost everything he had Tem, so it was okay. Now they want to give him a captain and Tem is past due for his own formation, and they don't need him and Tem together. So they'll be separated, not many people are to know that he used to be human, they're considering using a new name for him..." And Laurence can't quite figure out how to frown as a dragon and doesn't WANT to and he KNOWS it's his duty but :( :( :(
"Tem probably ends up roaring a bit. Jane yells even more. Granby himself is at that meeting, as a likely candidate, and finally interrupts (quite white at the idea) to say that he has continued serving as Laurence's lieutenant and sees no reason that much change. Sir." I'm sure that Temeraire was eavesdropping at the window as subtly as a several-ton heavyweight dragon can. But it's not as if anybody can budge him. Also, when the most likely candidate isn't cooperating with the plan to give Laurence a captain... GIVE UP HOPE.
(also, the return of Granby's pejorative SIR used against someone else = WIN)
Ooh! I've read a lot of the series that Tamora Pierce wrote; she was my favourite author in junior high. I don't think I progressed to the Trickster series, though I have to, now. :)
"Some people will be upset because chapter two (or really, the third paragraph of chapter one) is not dragon-porn. Chapter ten (oh dear) won't be dragon-porn." LOL trufax.
But you're so right. You have to go about this delicately.
"Laurence is in the classic position of loving someone too much to say no, even if it would destroy several emotions and make him ill at ease all over again." ;_; But oh man, when you FINALLY get to that bit, it will be all the more romantic/awesome/sweet because of it.
I remember reading an amazing fanfic that WAS a romance but the characters didn't even KISS until like chapter 45, didn't even THINK about kissing before like chapter 40, and they didn't get down and dirty until like chapter 55 or 60. It was a long time in coming, but all the more realistic for that. Most people don't jump in bed with each other after two days or weeks. :P
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Date: 2011-02-28 01:04 am (UTC)And Laurence can't quite figure out how to frown as a dragon and doesn't WANT to and he KNOWS it's his duty but :( :( :(
"Tem probably ends up roaring a bit. Jane yells even more. Granby himself is at that meeting, as a likely candidate, and finally interrupts (quite white at the idea) to say that he has continued serving as Laurence's lieutenant and sees no reason that much change. Sir."
I'm sure that Temeraire was eavesdropping at the window as subtly as a several-ton heavyweight dragon can. But it's not as if anybody can budge him. Also, when the most likely candidate isn't cooperating with the plan to give Laurence a captain... GIVE UP HOPE.
(also, the return of Granby's pejorative SIR used against someone else = WIN)
Ooh! I've read a lot of the series that Tamora Pierce wrote; she was my favourite author in junior high. I don't think I progressed to the Trickster series, though I have to, now. :)
"Some people will be upset because chapter two (or really, the third paragraph of chapter one) is not dragon-porn. Chapter ten (oh dear) won't be dragon-porn." LOL trufax.
But you're so right. You have to go about this delicately.
"Laurence is in the classic position of loving someone too much to say no, even if it would destroy several emotions and make him ill at ease all over again." ;_; But oh man, when you FINALLY get to that bit, it will be all the more romantic/awesome/sweet because of it.
I remember reading an amazing fanfic that WAS a romance but the characters didn't even KISS until like chapter 45, didn't even THINK about kissing before like chapter 40, and they didn't get down and dirty until like chapter 55 or 60. It was a long time in coming, but all the more realistic for that. Most people don't jump in bed with each other after two days or weeks. :P