Chapter 7 of Heart's Landscape

[tocryabout]

Chapter 7, Undoer of Knots, is finished. A week later than planned, because I got lazy.

Words OpenOffice didn't know:
Krav Maga
interdimensional
fucko
Telepaths (still! I was sure I added it after last time)
hellbound

[Read from the beginning]

PS merci beaucoup to Eve Tushnet for the big pimpin'.

Comments

james alison

[(Anonymous)]

you read james alison! :) yay...."fragments on being catholic and gay" actually brought me back to Christianity, so I'm glad he's there.
I found the scene with Kathleen heartbreaking; and how could Joel leave her there?! Argh. Someone has to knock some sense into him about nonviolence; yes, there's nonviolence, and then there's being stupid...
And I liked Paul's rant. Very Paul.
Great work...

[cija.livejournal.com]

I saw the_red_shoes's mention of this story & The Aphanes in her lj this morning. I was just going to go and look a little and then I gave my whole day to them. I barely know what to say. I don't know why I never read them before. Your writing feels very dangerous, or it makes me feel very dangerous, as it makes me think, I understand perfectly about a lot of things, when I don't really, probably.

The part about sex being scandalous - it really is. That was so well-put. And everything about wanting and not wanting, and from earlier in the story, Joel's whole thing about being ashamed of gestures, ashamed of comfort, shame and kindness. This is all so good.

[(Anonymous)]

First off -- discovered your stories through Eve Tushnet, and stayed up half the night reading them. So clearly, I not only like them but they speak to me. Excellent X-universe stuff, loved the Canadian and Catholic stuff.

But clearly there's something I don't understand about humans, that's all. I've never understood this story or real life element of "I don't know who I am, and I don't really know who you are, we're from different cultures and religions, I'm on the vocational rebound, and we've got people watching us that could swoop in and capture us at any moment, so... let's have sex! Yes, let's add yet another chaotic element to an already chaotic situation; it'll make things better!"

I mean, I know people really do insist on doing this sort of thing. So it's a totally realistic element. It's just annoying to me, because I was able to identify with the guy so closely until then. I suppose one could consider it progress that now he's acting like an ordinary idiot instead of a depressed person, but still. And it's not very nice of Hodya, either. (Or self-respecting, for that matter. Guess she's got some issues, too.)

This is not to say that sex is not a gift. But so is the ground a gift, and yet it's not a good idea to bury yourself alive in it.

*starts taking bets on when the inevitable breakup and suicide attempt will take place*

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

I just spent a few hours reading your fic. Maybe I'll comment later, as my head is spinning too much right now to be coherent. At any rate, I'm truly enjoying your writing.