Chapter 8 is finished.

[tocryabout]

The long-awaited Chapter 8, Snakes and Ladders, is done. Don't blame me, blame capitalism and Tim Horton (God rest his soul).

Words OpenOffice didn't know:
hypomanic
schoolbuses
tabarnaq
tahini

[Read from the beginning]

Yeah, it ends on a lame little cliffhanger. Not even worth mentioning, except that I usually have more closure at the ends of chapters than that.

Comments

Re: You have to be civil in your disobedience

[to-cry-about.livejournal.com]

PRAWN LOVE. Also, does that mean he was tempted and passed 3 x? It does!

I DID NOT EVEN NOTICE THAT. Reverse St Peter! Or something. Prawn is sort of Petrine and egotistical/bumbling/well-meaning.

Re: You have to be civil in your disobedience

[to-cry-about.livejournal.com]

Yay for Prawn winning people over, despite his being a prat.

I felt that was sort of a cliche, the OMG WALKING IN ON THE GAY KISS, but the two had to do it in the kitchen, because everything happens in the kitchen in a place like that, and they were expecting Prawn to take longer. And anyway, sometimes it's just fun and Coronation Street-ish to walk in on GAY KISSING.

That kiss had me pretty conflicted. Joel's sex issues are really tangled and I'm not even sure I should detail why, because I feel like it would confuse the issue more, like a red herring. Paul, on the other hand, is not particularly repressed and he's been waiting for five years, so I felt like it was time he did something.

Re: You have to be civil in your disobedience

[to-cry-about.livejournal.com]

oh noes I wrote a gay male character who loves opera and clothes and has rainbow skin! :(((( I am the stereotype queen!

Meanwhile the other one is all about emotional intimacy over eros, so he's practically a girl. Woe!

I don't know.

[to-cry-about.livejournal.com]

I actually don't. Joel is still in vocation mode, so he has good reason to not get involved. BESIDES the homosexuality issue. Paul won't quit now that he's had a victory. So it's Joel's self-control vs Paul's ridiculous lovelornness.

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this chapter tonight. I really needed the smile it gave me. I love your writing.

[youngest-one.livejournal.com]

Well worth the wait.

This is really coming along nicely as a political drama/thriller. The interrogation scene gave me goosebumps. Those two doctors and the way they were so efficient, so professional and hardworking and devoted...they really don't think this is wrong. Joel and his..team? Disciples? going in after them will be fascinating.

Aurora/Jean-Marie's reasons for leaving were reasonable; the house must be a strange experience for both personalities. Prawn snarking at Langowski made the chapter worth reading by itself. It's strange to see Joel getting support from Madame DuPont, of all people. Their theological exchange was enlightening.

And then we have Joel/Paul. I don't know if this relationship will go any better then Joel/Hodyah, but Paul's direct nature and ability to sniff out Joel's evasions will be a help. And Prawn's line at the end was priceless.

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