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lunabee34Fiona is sleeping, Ems has a friend over for a sleepover, my husband is barefoot in the kitchen making some kickass leek/potato/cod chowder for tomorrow, and I don't want to grade at all!
So let's talk about betrayal in fiction, gentle flist.
I was reading a HP story last night that I'd read before (one in which Draco and Charlie are forced to bond by the Ministry), and while I haven't gotten there yet, I know the part where Draco betrays Charlie and Harry's trust (or starts to betray and then aborts, I can't remember exactly) is coming up. AND I LOVE THAT PART. Like a lot. All Draco's control has been wrested from him; his life has beaten him into submission, and he just wants to feel like he is in charge of himself again for once. I sympathize hard with him, and the move feels so in character for him while generating all the lovely angst I could ever want to read.
I realized while I was thinking about this idea that I really enjoy reading about betrayal in fiction. I don't so much like to be betrayed in real life, but I eat it up with a spoon in stories. I love it when the betrayal is a misunderstanding, a mis-perception on one character's fault, and no betrayal at all has truly occurred. I love it when the betrayal is, as in the HP story I reference, something the character is driven to, something he may not even want to do, but something that feels necessary in some way. I love it when the betrayal is intentional and meant to hurt, and is either something the characters cannot get over or begins an arduous recovery process.
I know a lot of people don't read stories about sexual betrayal, but I enjoy those as well. I don't really encounter a lot of them in fandom because the prevailing sentiment seems to be against them, but as an angst lover, they're right up my alley.
So where do y'all stand on betrayal in fiction? In general, do you like reading about it? Only certain kinds? Only for certain characters? Only if there's a happy ending?
*chin hands*
So let's talk about betrayal in fiction, gentle flist.
I was reading a HP story last night that I'd read before (one in which Draco and Charlie are forced to bond by the Ministry), and while I haven't gotten there yet, I know the part where Draco betrays Charlie and Harry's trust (or starts to betray and then aborts, I can't remember exactly) is coming up. AND I LOVE THAT PART. Like a lot. All Draco's control has been wrested from him; his life has beaten him into submission, and he just wants to feel like he is in charge of himself again for once. I sympathize hard with him, and the move feels so in character for him while generating all the lovely angst I could ever want to read.
I realized while I was thinking about this idea that I really enjoy reading about betrayal in fiction. I don't so much like to be betrayed in real life, but I eat it up with a spoon in stories. I love it when the betrayal is a misunderstanding, a mis-perception on one character's fault, and no betrayal at all has truly occurred. I love it when the betrayal is, as in the HP story I reference, something the character is driven to, something he may not even want to do, but something that feels necessary in some way. I love it when the betrayal is intentional and meant to hurt, and is either something the characters cannot get over or begins an arduous recovery process.
I know a lot of people don't read stories about sexual betrayal, but I enjoy those as well. I don't really encounter a lot of them in fandom because the prevailing sentiment seems to be against them, but as an angst lover, they're right up my alley.
So where do y'all stand on betrayal in fiction? In general, do you like reading about it? Only certain kinds? Only for certain characters? Only if there's a happy ending?
*chin hands*
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Date: 2013-11-03 02:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 03:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 03:49 am (UTC)Or the one where Dean is in hell?
I live up to my angsty potential! Yay!
[Also, thank you!!!!]
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Date: 2013-11-09 03:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-09 04:14 am (UTC)Also *flattered*
:)