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chocolatepotIt is giving me all feels, as they say, because UM I was so invested in Nucky/Margaret despite it being the platonic form of a supremely unattractive guy with an awesome woman he doesn't deserve. I loved the way she appealed to the good in him, and the way she was realistically willing to bend her principles because of her heart and her children. It totally makes sense for her giving away the highway land to the church/hospital to have turned him against her, and I'd have hated it to stagnate, but it's sad. Still, now I'm madly shipping her with Dr. Mason and Owen without feeling guilty. My expectation is that Nucky's going to realize that he really wanted her all along, but will lose her because, frankly, he doesn't deserve her.
Nice to see Gillian's continuing to be creepy and weird and basically someone who shouldn't be in charge of a child. But it's interesting to see the continuation of her previous career - she did naked tableaux with a veneer of ~*~culture~*~ from mythological and historical subjects, now she has a brothel that pretends to be some kind of literary society.
I look forward to the inevitable romance between Richard and the new prostitute - the question is, will he be allowed to have a happy ending when nobody else is, seeing all he's gone through, or will she die, or will he die, or will both of them die?
Eli is a lot more interesting now, though. Jail's made him stronger and smarter and more focused, I think. And more sympathetic.
I want to see more about Chalky's daughter, and I'm glad she appears to be a semi-recurring character now.
I figure Van Alden is either going to have a complete breakdown and kill himself, or else have some kind of breakthrough and be accepted back by the Prohies.
It's so weird that I so often choose to write stories set in worlds with magic, where the magic is an integral part of the world, and where characters are magic-users, and then have hardly any magic actually happen. I don't know if this says something about me and I don't know if this makes for a poor reading experience.
I'm going pretty far off my original basic outline, which is fun. My original intention was for him to book her as a singer for a party, and then she'd find out there that he wasn't just a comedian, he was a scion of a banking company - which is sort of taken from Singing in the Rain, now that I think about it. But anyway, it changed to him taking her to a family dinner that turned out be - surprise - in a mansion, and the party is a friend's, and she goes in knowing who he is.
I think I'm too pleasant, though. Or maybe it's the character, IDK. But I have to really be deliberate about having things go wrong, even though I hate reading books where nothing goes wrong for the characters. The party's getting broken up by a raid, but it's not bad enough ... hmm, maybe the police are typically harder on magicians and that will put some wrinkles in.
I really have no idea how this is going to end. I'm trusting to providence that it all comes together.
Nice to see Gillian's continuing to be creepy and weird and basically someone who shouldn't be in charge of a child. But it's interesting to see the continuation of her previous career - she did naked tableaux with a veneer of ~*~culture~*~ from mythological and historical subjects, now she has a brothel that pretends to be some kind of literary society.
I look forward to the inevitable romance between Richard and the new prostitute - the question is, will he be allowed to have a happy ending when nobody else is, seeing all he's gone through, or will she die, or will he die, or will both of them die?
Eli is a lot more interesting now, though. Jail's made him stronger and smarter and more focused, I think. And more sympathetic.
I want to see more about Chalky's daughter, and I'm glad she appears to be a semi-recurring character now.
I figure Van Alden is either going to have a complete breakdown and kill himself, or else have some kind of breakthrough and be accepted back by the Prohies.
It's so weird that I so often choose to write stories set in worlds with magic, where the magic is an integral part of the world, and where characters are magic-users, and then have hardly any magic actually happen. I don't know if this says something about me and I don't know if this makes for a poor reading experience.
I'm going pretty far off my original basic outline, which is fun. My original intention was for him to book her as a singer for a party, and then she'd find out there that he wasn't just a comedian, he was a scion of a banking company - which is sort of taken from Singing in the Rain, now that I think about it. But anyway, it changed to him taking her to a family dinner that turned out be - surprise - in a mansion, and the party is a friend's, and she goes in knowing who he is.
I think I'm too pleasant, though. Or maybe it's the character, IDK. But I have to really be deliberate about having things go wrong, even though I hate reading books where nothing goes wrong for the characters. The party's getting broken up by a raid, but it's not bad enough ... hmm, maybe the police are typically harder on magicians and that will put some wrinkles in.
I really have no idea how this is going to end. I'm trusting to providence that it all comes together.
