Ooooo Rth! Gosh! Look elsewhere for a few days and riches unfold before my eyes upon my return! THANK YOU!!!
What you provide confirms, somehow, my sense of Asim as soo upright as to be beyond rigid - he's is just in righteousness all the time, and so can operate in a violent world without wavering. Masculine to the hilt. Almost ascetic, and maybe would be, without the drive to find companionship. Not unloving, as Allah recommends compassion, but I don't know that I feel Asim to be warm-hearted. Not cold-hearted, precisely, but somehow, so mentally-oriented!
Which makes his relationship with Lucy all the more interesting. With apologies to Bluejayfic, I don't think they could be romantically involved, and it wouldn't be because of Lucy (assuming the age & religion thing could be overcome). Asim feels just too dispassionately controlled by his own Self. I could see him falling in love with a Star (:-)) more easily than Lucy; surrendering to his feelings would involve dissolving that incredible self-control, and I think he might not be himself again afterwards.
I dunno, might be wrong.
But, thank you! What a delight to have this, in the middle of dealing with HauptDeutsch!
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What you provide confirms, somehow, my sense of Asim as soo upright as to be beyond rigid - he's is just in righteousness all the time, and so can operate in a violent world without wavering. Masculine to the hilt. Almost ascetic, and maybe would be, without the drive to find companionship. Not unloving, as Allah recommends compassion, but I don't know that I feel Asim to be warm-hearted. Not cold-hearted, precisely, but somehow, so mentally-oriented!
Which makes his relationship with Lucy all the more interesting. With apologies to Bluejayfic, I don't think they could be romantically involved, and it wouldn't be because of Lucy (assuming the age & religion thing could be overcome). Asim feels just too dispassionately controlled by his own Self. I could see him falling in love with a Star (:-)) more easily than Lucy; surrendering to his feelings would involve dissolving that incredible self-control, and I think he might not be himself again afterwards.
I dunno, might be wrong.
But, thank you! What a delight to have this, in the middle of dealing with HauptDeutsch!