Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

To celebrate the release of Deadline [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned.

You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence. I will probably answer a great many comments. I may not answer all of them.

Have fun!
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keristor

June 6 2011, 19:49:51 UTC 6 years ago

Hmm, I had missed it right up to this thread (no, Shaun using her name didn't clue me in either, I just assumed that Georgia was the closest to him emotionally and he was reacting to Becks as an emotional equivalent). But then Shaun seems to be about the same level of Aspergers as I am in many ways, especially the puzzlement at the reactions of others.

Is it plot-relevant? Not to me, I see plenty of emotional attachments which are stronger than sexual ones, what people do with the plumbing is pretty irrelevant as far as I'm concerned (unless they are wanting to do it with me). The emotional bond between them was the important one as far as I'm concerned.

(Not that it bothers me, I picked up my views on incest from Heinlein, that if there is no danger of genetic problems then there's no harm, and outside that it's no one's business other than the participants.)

hasufin

June 6 2011, 19:55:53 UTC 6 years ago

It's plot-relevant inasmuch as Shaun and George were (may have been? Condoms were apparently used) fluid-bonded. That is, close enough physical contact for Shaun to maybe become immune because of George; bear in mind that even in people with reservoir conditions, only 2 in 10,000 recover from amplification (according to Kelly, who is kinda suspect...). Is this why Shaun didn't amplify? Hell if I know. There are a lot of possible reasons, but it is plot-relevant. And important tot he characters, with there being a George clone now.

I don't have this huge squick over incest. I volunteered at a zoo while I was in high school, and kinda got over it around the time that I learned we were giving our lemurs contraceptives because otherwise we'd have major breeding stock problems. The incest taboo is 100% cultural, as far as I can tell.