One of my friends shocked me the other day by calling Lennier a "scumbag" for, of all things, exploiting Delenn's dependence on him, and described Delenn and Sheridan's relationship as this sort of torrid perfect love that no one could interfere with (or maybe Neroon could, he wasn't sure).
Ah, so Lennier has to be a scumbag, otherwise the all-powerful OTP would look a little less all-powerful. As in the eight thousand "Arwen is a bitchskank whore for getting in the way of Aragorn/Mary-Sue or Aragorn/Legolas!" fics, I assume ;) I think JMS and Delenn are guilty of doing that to a certain degree as well. Bah, diary, and "I knew he had certain feelings for me, but I had no idea!"
(I'm curious, though - how did your friend see Lennier as exploiting Delenn's dependence on him?)
I'm curious as to not only what (the fourth time around) Lennier would give, but what Delenn would say, and that's the premise.
My abandoned Delenn/Neroon fic had a rebirth ceremony as well, and I got stuck on what Delenn would say. I hope you can work it out better than I could, because I really want to read your fic.
She's an awkward character to write, though, isn't she? Anything she hasn't already told anyone would presumably be something she didn't want to tell anyone about, and in that case she'd just act as though whatever it was never existed. But maybe in the case of a rebirth ceremony, when she's expected and required to say something in the context of a ritual that means a lot to her, she'd be able to?
I like Delenn much better after puzzling over your entry. Gramercy.
You're welcome. I like her a lot more than I used to, although I also see her as far less justified in her actions (and far more guilty with regards to Lennier) - it's strange how those two went together.
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Date: 2004-07-25 12:04 pm (UTC)Ah, so Lennier has to be a scumbag, otherwise the all-powerful OTP would look a little less all-powerful. As in the eight thousand "Arwen is a bitchskank whore for getting in the way of Aragorn/Mary-Sue or Aragorn/Legolas!" fics, I assume ;) I think JMS and Delenn are guilty of doing that to a certain degree as well. Bah, diary, and "I knew he had certain feelings for me, but I had no idea!"
(I'm curious, though - how did your friend see Lennier as exploiting Delenn's dependence on him?)
I'm curious as to not only what (the fourth time around) Lennier would give, but what Delenn would say, and that's the premise.
My abandoned Delenn/Neroon fic had a rebirth ceremony as well, and I got stuck on what Delenn would say. I hope you can work it out better than I could, because I really want to read your fic.
She's an awkward character to write, though, isn't she? Anything she hasn't already told anyone would presumably be something she didn't want to tell anyone about, and in that case she'd just act as though whatever it was never existed. But maybe in the case of a rebirth ceremony, when she's expected and required to say something in the context of a ritual that means a lot to her, she'd be able to?
I like Delenn much better after puzzling over your entry. Gramercy.
You're welcome. I like her a lot more than I used to, although I also see her as far less justified in her actions (and far more guilty with regards to Lennier) - it's strange how those two went together.