But how did it take them two weeks broach this issue!? A can just see them circling around each other trying convince themselves it was all nothing and clinging desperately to all the normalcy. Well, Harry at least. Looks like he did a better job convincing himself he was not actually hiding from Bob. (The shower btw.. Made me raise eye brows that Bob would mention that. Hah!)
It took that long because of Harry's going in and out so often, trying to physically avoid having to have this talk in the first place. I had had a line or two about Bob listing all the reasons why he was suspecting Harry of going to the Dark Side, one of which had been not being home as often. It's a weird thing to consider, but it ended up getting cut. *^^*
And. Sooo... Bob's first instinct was to suspect that Harry's inner self is now obviously some kind of kinky necromancer-kissing incubus warlock merely intent on metaphorically sucking all of Bob's bad-ass dark magic into himself?
I think Bob thought in terms of how the brain can explain things with symbolism as well as being literal, and subconscious!Harry kissing him could have been Harry's deep desire to become intimate with Dark power, rather than a literal sucking-in-evil-mojo. *nod*
XD I do love his logic. It's somehow so proper that he would rather explain away what happened by imagining himself as a symbol for some higher dark force: a lure towards all the evil and all the wrong-turns Harry could ever be to tempted take in his life. Oh, you gilt-ridden Dark Sorcerer you.
That's exactly it. :D
And it DID, didn't it..? He really is way too inscrutable there. Poor Harry. Oh, damn that ghostly poker face, indeed! *cringes in suspense*
As for answering the question, it wasn't Bob's first assumption, no. He genuinely thought that the kiss meant a desire for dark powerz, and when Harry seemed to be handing him more and more evidence that supported the theory, he started to worry, and hence, this fic. :D
As for what Bob's thinking, that will come up in one of the sequels I have planned.
I do hope to see the sequel(s?) in less than 'ten days, to be precise.' (That sounded so ominous at the end of the chapter and your readers are overly greedy! ;) If that's by any means possible - because we really NEED to get a glimpse of what's going on with Bob! Argh.
I hadn't actually thought of that when I wrote it? I had been thinking more in terms of Bob returning to normalcy, and just the fact that Bob has an insane memory for all kinds of things -- how else would he be able to tell Harry that the rent's due next week, or whenever?
I genuinely don't know how long it will take to write the next fic, mostly because I'm still trying to get the fic ideas lined up and figured out completely, and I don't want to make a mistake somewhere and have to backtrack like crazy.
Btw, one thing I have to say. I really like the way you depict emotions on Harry - it strikes me as uncommonly masculine way to deal with and describe the issue.
I had a bit of a struggle to figure out how this scene should go. shiplizard and I batted ideas back and forth until this version came about -- this is the third list, and it really communicated the angst that I wanted without being melodramatic. It helps that Harry often describes how he deals with situations that scare him or possibly make him cry in the books, and I can use the tactics that book!Harry uses for my Harry in order to stop him from bemoaning his outcast state, the mass rending of garments, and whatever else usually happens in fics that just go way too far with the melodrama. Harry was forced to 'fess up, or else risk distancing himself too much from Bob for his own comfort; he didn't want to, but he did it anyway, because he had to; and while he felt deeply about it, he tried to hold onto the masculine "I'm not hurt" that I've seen guys retreat behind when they're hurting and they're either trained not to show it, or they just don't want to.
... And that was probably more explanation than I needed to give. Sorry...
Thanks so much for this. ^_^
You're very welcome. I'm glad that you enjoyed it, and I'm glad that you liked it enough to leave a detailed comment about what you liked. :D
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Date: 2008-09-05 01:46 am (UTC)It took that long because of Harry's going in and out so often, trying to physically avoid having to have this talk in the first place. I had had a line or two about Bob listing all the reasons why he was suspecting Harry of going to the Dark Side, one of which had been not being home as often. It's a weird thing to consider, but it ended up getting cut. *^^*
And. Sooo... Bob's first instinct was to suspect that Harry's inner self is now obviously some kind of kinky necromancer-kissing incubus warlock merely intent on metaphorically sucking all of Bob's bad-ass dark magic into himself?
I think Bob thought in terms of how the brain can explain things with symbolism as well as being literal, and subconscious!Harry kissing him could have been Harry's deep desire to become intimate with Dark power, rather than a literal sucking-in-evil-mojo. *nod*
XD I do love his logic. It's somehow so proper that he would rather explain away what happened by imagining himself as a symbol for some higher dark force: a lure towards all the evil and all the wrong-turns Harry could ever be to tempted take in his life. Oh, you gilt-ridden Dark Sorcerer you.
That's exactly it. :D
And it DID, didn't it..? He really is way too inscrutable there. Poor Harry. Oh, damn that ghostly poker face, indeed! *cringes in suspense*
As for answering the question, it wasn't Bob's first assumption, no. He genuinely thought that the kiss meant a desire for dark powerz, and when Harry seemed to be handing him more and more evidence that supported the theory, he started to worry, and hence, this fic. :D
As for what Bob's thinking, that will come up in one of the sequels I have planned.
I do hope to see the sequel(s?) in less than 'ten days, to be precise.' (That sounded so ominous at the end of the chapter and your readers are overly greedy! ;) If that's by any means possible - because we really NEED to get a glimpse of what's going on with Bob! Argh.
I hadn't actually thought of that when I wrote it? I had been thinking more in terms of Bob returning to normalcy, and just the fact that Bob has an insane memory for all kinds of things -- how else would he be able to tell Harry that the rent's due next week, or whenever?
I genuinely don't know how long it will take to write the next fic, mostly because I'm still trying to get the fic ideas lined up and figured out completely, and I don't want to make a mistake somewhere and have to backtrack like crazy.
Btw, one thing I have to say. I really like the way you depict emotions on Harry - it strikes me as uncommonly masculine way to deal with and describe the issue.
I had a bit of a struggle to figure out how this scene should go.
... And that was probably more explanation than I needed to give. Sorry...
Thanks so much for this. ^_^
You're very welcome. I'm glad that you enjoyed it, and I'm glad that you liked it enough to leave a detailed comment about what you liked. :D