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Reviewer: Valeriusjka Signed [Report This]
Date: 06/19/2007 3:26:49 AM Title: Chapter 9

*pets both*

Aw, poor darlings. They do love each other and trust one another and yet those stupid defense mechanisms so ingraned won't let go. It's never fair how things leave scars for life.

Great dialog you have going on here between them. *hugs* There's so much warmth and care about it.

Reviewer: Gamma meta Signed [Report This]
Date: 06/18/2007 7:23:21 PM Title: Chapter 9

Aw...after everything, and lulling me for two wonderful, cute chapters! I was totally diverted and didn't see this coming. Poor M&L. Ara is so mean to you sometimes.

This argument wasn't precisely linear. More like the arguments with someone you've known for a v. long time, patterns of behavior build up and a shorthand in communication is allowed. I never saw Logan as particularly whiny. Bitchy? Sometimes. Not many people have been through all he's been through, and it's tough. But I also get Marie's, "Enough already. You've had a hard life, two personalities, you're a crusty old man. Yeah, and you've had years to get used to it. Don't take it out on me, and give it a rest."

I wonder if the reason Marie really doesn't trust him actually has nothing to do with whether or not he'll hurt her or want to. More to do with his priorities. He didn't *want* to hurt her in that cell, either. The Destroyer has never wanted to hurt her, particularly. But not hurting her was not the most important thing in that moment to him - breeding was, expedience was. She was just a regrettable casualty in that situation. And that's all part of a pattern that isn't *just* W but is L, as well. He just *does* things without asking her because he thinks something else is more important, and sometimes she's scared or unready. He did it in attempt to draw out that other breeder in the woods: she was on display, made to submit, and she was bait. All without telling her. He has moved her from one place to another many times - the mold, the army. He forced Sam off and away without asking - twice. When she asked him to leave, he always stayed. He made himself helpful, but still, he ignored what she said she wanted.

He thought her safety was more important than her consent. You could argue that it is. But maybe that's what she doesn't trust in either of them.

I feel sorry for Logan that way, too. He puts a lot of pressure on himself to keep her safe, feels unworthy when he fails, and he bears that burden alone. That's why he wanted her to promise to kill him, to gain control of the blue mist. He wouldn't mind giving up some of the control to her. Maybe even part of him wants to.

I can see both sides. I'm a little cautious about reading next chapter, I admit. But I have a feeling it'll be interesting. And important.

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