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rthstewart) wrote2012-07-10 10:40 pm
rthstewart) wrote2012-07-10 10:40 pm
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H&M, Chapter 17, Meeting of the Minds
so yeah, despite the horrendous weather situation in this part of the world (we were without power for 4 days) I've just posted Chapter 17, Meeting of the Minds, here. Thanks so very much to those who commented on the last one.
Now I have to turn to the NFE. Eeep. I have a concept and I've been writing some of it in my head, so... yeah, need to get that done immediately.
As for this chapter, my thanks to E for sharing her thoughts on some of this from weeks ago. There's actually some pretty important stuff that occurs, for all that it's all very talky. And it's also the sort of thing that only an old person would write. We've seen lots of Harold's growth in the last chapter or two, here, we see Morgan, really trying, making some mistakes, and trying really hard to rectify them. Anyway, I hope you'll share your thoughts.
Edit- It might be that no one sees this now, and I hesitated to make too much of it. But... two things. First, I occasionally write something that I really, really like for whatever random reason and one of my favorite moments has just occurred where Edmund tells Morgan to please stop offering illustrative performance as a means of an apology. I've been sitting on this exchange for weeks and weeks. I thought that a huge leap in emotional maturity -- especially for him, and ultimately for her when she processes that she doesn't need to do these things to placate and assuage. This is a very mature discussion for a couple to have and marks a big milestone. Second, when I was writing about the Banking House practices during shut in and conclave, some readers noted that they bore an uncomfortable resemblance to real world, current workplace practices, particularly in our large cities and large professional workplaces -- law, accounting, consultancy, investment banking, and so forth. Those environments are ones I'm very familiar with even if I don't live in them any longer. I have long said that life in those places turns men fat and bald and turns women infertile. There are places where this story has a very, very modern cast and Morgan's struggles are one of them. The need to produce progeny isn't relevant in those places; but the difficulties in trying to do so (and those in management who reluctantly accommodate it) are very, very relevant.
Now I have to turn to the NFE. Eeep. I have a concept and I've been writing some of it in my head, so... yeah, need to get that done immediately.
As for this chapter, my thanks to E for sharing her thoughts on some of this from weeks ago. There's actually some pretty important stuff that occurs, for all that it's all very talky. And it's also the sort of thing that only an old person would write. We've seen lots of Harold's growth in the last chapter or two, here, we see Morgan, really trying, making some mistakes, and trying really hard to rectify them. Anyway, I hope you'll share your thoughts.
Edit- It might be that no one sees this now, and I hesitated to make too much of it. But... two things. First, I occasionally write something that I really, really like for whatever random reason and one of my favorite moments has just occurred where Edmund tells Morgan to please stop offering illustrative performance as a means of an apology. I've been sitting on this exchange for weeks and weeks. I thought that a huge leap in emotional maturity -- especially for him, and ultimately for her when she processes that she doesn't need to do these things to placate and assuage. This is a very mature discussion for a couple to have and marks a big milestone. Second, when I was writing about the Banking House practices during shut in and conclave, some readers noted that they bore an uncomfortable resemblance to real world, current workplace practices, particularly in our large cities and large professional workplaces -- law, accounting, consultancy, investment banking, and so forth. Those environments are ones I'm very familiar with even if I don't live in them any longer. I have long said that life in those places turns men fat and bald and turns women infertile. There are places where this story has a very, very modern cast and Morgan's struggles are one of them. The need to produce progeny isn't relevant in those places; but the difficulties in trying to do so (and those in management who reluctantly accommodate it) are very, very relevant.