Ooo! Neat meme. And I have all weekend to answer.

[icarus]

This is perfect timing, because I'm stepping back and examining my fics happily, the way I used to purr over my jewelry. (I had some very, very nice jewelry way back when.)

Gacked from cursive and copperbadge:

"If there is any question you would like to ask me about any one of my fics, then go ahead! What I meant by a particular line, why I chose that characterisation, what I was listening to as I wrote, what crack I was taking and where you can get some...anything. Anything you might like to know about how I wrote a fic, I shall do my best to answer."

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh what was the name of that? Yes, Here Again (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~dinkbird/stories/hereagain.html).

I was thinking of an ex-boyfriend of mine, my first boyfriend in fact, who was being molested by his mother (though to watch it you would really call it 'in a relationship with' his mother). How people think of incest as an innocent child being tied down against their will and abused by a leering, uncaring evil person. When the reality is the loss of innocence, by a parent who really means well, strangely enough. The real problem was the erosion of boundaries and forcing a child into an adult role, too soon, and the inherent inequality of it. She'd praise him adoringly, then remind him to do his homework and take out the trash. So strange.

I really wanted to portray that, the confusion.

That line was at the point where Arthur veered, left-right, back and forth over weird parent/lover distinction, without seeing the inappropriateness of his thought given what he was doing.

As for Percy, I see it that this physical relationship with Arthur is proof to him of his own appeal. Arthur did praise him enough: actions speak louder than words. But Percy doesn't get this kind of physical approval from anyone else, not in such an unconditional way. So he's hungry for it, the way he's hungry for everyone's approval.

That's a very good catch on your part. This unadulterated praise from Arthur is what's keeping it going on Percy's end.

Icarus