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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seanan_mcguire

June 20 2011, 18:11:21 UTC 6 years ago

See, I was not saying "Becks is in the right here." Becks made an incorrect assumption by deciding that he had more experience than he did, and that he wasn't dating because he was sad, not because his lover was dead. She knew he wasn't a virgin, and would have backed off if he'd told her to. I honestly have no issues with reversing the genders of those specific characters, but would squick right out if it had been Kelly doing the approaching, or Becks approaching Alaric, or hell, anyone but Shaun approaching Georgia. I see it as more situational than gender-specific.

Becks is not the helpless, utterly wronged party. Becks just stuck her foot in a hole she didn't know was there, and everyone else (with the exception of Alaric, who is trying to be a white knight) is largely upset because of the perceived incest.

drcpunk

June 20 2011, 19:40:38 UTC 6 years ago

Whereas I didn't perceive the incest, so what I was seeing was everyone flipping out because Shaun said his sister's name when they already knew he talked to her and heard her talk back. I hadn't clued in that they had new data.