It feels as if Eliza fades away as Anne's POV grows stronger. It’s entirely accidental, I’m sure, but frustrating all the same because I thought Eliza was this close to telling Derby to go to hell and embrace her more radical politics and her feelings for Anne, but then she doesn’t. Derby is a necessary POV, both to understand Anne and Eliza and for the insight into politics and the dominant male POV in that society. The gambling alone. WTF.
[i checked and Walpole is mentioned towards the end of Brotherhood of the Blade, when John is back in England, convalescing, offering to use his influences in the case of Percy's eventual conviction at his sodomy court martial. It also says that John is aware of Walpole being gay —and how dangerous it is for him to speak up on Percy's behalf, but doubtful that Walpole knows about him. I loved how Walpole started talking about his exes on his deathbed in Life Mask and Anne goes O_o, by the way. It was such a funny moment in what was a very sad situation.
[Yes! I was just thinking about it yesterday, how in some of the historical f/f books I’ve read m/m relationships are always mentioned, if only in passing, where the opposite is rarely true. Granted, I was only thinking of Tipping the Velvet and Life Mask, but the point remains. The point being that women can't afford to entirely ignore men while men are free to live their life’s without giving women a second thought, that is. Also, Gabaldon has some serious issues regarding writing f/f relationships. I think she’s said she couldn’t do a good job because she’s not attracted to women. Idk. It’s a miracle Lord John is the way he is considering who's his author.
[Bottom line, I’d love to see John and Anne meet, what John thinks of f/f relationships in general. There is a lovely fic where Isobel ends up in a relationship with another woman while married to John, with his full knowledge and support, but it’s definitely something I’d like to see more of]
We get all of John's emotional reaction to Hector, all of the longing. And the ring! On that fact alone I should be able to believe that when John loves he *really* loves and doesn’t allow small details like Hector's death or not Jamie being into men get in the way of his love, but one rings true and the other one doesn’t.
I laughed at Jamie the cardboard character because it’s true.
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[i checked and Walpole is mentioned towards the end of Brotherhood of the Blade, when John is back in England, convalescing, offering to use his influences in the case of Percy's eventual conviction at his sodomy court martial. It also says that John is aware of Walpole being gay —and how dangerous it is for him to speak up on Percy's behalf, but doubtful that Walpole knows about him. I loved how Walpole started talking about his exes on his deathbed in Life Mask and Anne goes O_o, by the way. It was such a funny moment in what was a very sad situation.
[Yes! I was just thinking about it yesterday, how in some of the historical f/f books I’ve read m/m relationships are always mentioned, if only in passing, where the opposite is rarely true. Granted, I was only thinking of Tipping the Velvet and Life Mask, but the point remains. The point being that women can't afford to entirely ignore men while men are free to live their life’s without giving women a second thought, that is. Also, Gabaldon has some serious issues regarding writing f/f relationships. I think she’s said she couldn’t do a good job because she’s not attracted to women. Idk. It’s a miracle Lord John is the way he is considering who's his author.
[Bottom line, I’d love to see John and Anne meet, what John thinks of f/f relationships in general. There is a lovely fic where Isobel ends up in a relationship with another woman while married to John, with his full knowledge and support, but it’s definitely something I’d like to see more of]
We get all of John's emotional reaction to Hector, all of the longing. And the ring! On that fact alone I should be able to believe that when John loves he *really* loves and doesn’t allow small details like Hector's death or not Jamie being into men get in the way of his love, but one rings true and the other one doesn’t.
I laughed at Jamie the cardboard character because it’s true.