From AS, Breq talking about Seivarden: "she'd never been one of those officers who'd been inconveniently fixated on the idea of ancillaries and sex."
Which in the context of the rest of that chapter reads to me like Breq saying "at least she never made it weird." :(
I love Mercy of Kalr so much. Like Breq, for most of its existence it was required to invade everyone's privacy all the time while simultaneously having no rights of its own. For such a long time it had to hint -- saying straight out what it wanted to say wasn't an option at all.
And now they're both having to figure out ethics and boundaries and direct communication nearly from scratch, since the human models don't fit their circumstances, and that leads to thought processes like Breq's "Seivarden's physical comfort is no longer my direct responsibility. Seivarden seems to want to have sex with someone. I know, I'll violate Ekalu's privacy by telling Seivarden she's dtf!"
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Re: FILL part 3/3 Re: Radchaai porn? Specifically, weird ancillary-themed Radchaai porn.
Date: 2016-12-14 08:08 pm (UTC)Which in the context of the rest of that chapter reads to me like Breq saying "at least she never made it weird." :(
I love Mercy of Kalr so much. Like Breq, for most of its existence it was required to invade everyone's privacy all the time while simultaneously having no rights of its own. For such a long time it had to hint -- saying straight out what it wanted to say wasn't an option at all.
And now they're both having to figure out ethics and boundaries and direct communication nearly from scratch, since the human models don't fit their circumstances, and that leads to thought processes like Breq's "Seivarden's physical comfort is no longer my direct responsibility. Seivarden seems to want to have sex with someone. I know, I'll violate Ekalu's privacy by telling Seivarden she's dtf!"
Anyway, I'm so glad you liked it. :D