First - Thank you sooo much!!! You always give such wonderful fedback!
Re: Ani beating Ferus: Yes, it's a great point and I did struggle with it. I think that I see Ferus at being very good at the everyday details of being a Jedi. He's calm, centered, serene, and so forth. He's a lot like Obi-Wan in many ways. Anakin, on the other hand, is all about power. He is incredibly powerful, and has extreme difficulty harnessing all of it. Sometimes he can, and when he's well-centered and focused on the task at hand, he's practically invincible (c.f. JQ 5). But that sort of control and groundedness is not something he can maintain. Ferus, on the other hand, is almost always in control, perfectly centered, and so forth, but he's not as powerful as Anakin - not nearly. The sparring was supposed to be one of those examples of how good Ani really is when he's working at it.
In addition, all of this is (hopefully) setting up what's to come. The plot (and yes, there is one) will start to thicken in the next post.
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly with this characterization of Anakin! This is something that JW does so well, and I love it! There are times when I can almost identify with the kid, which is disconcerting...
Again, one of those things that Ferus is good at - and that Anakin isn't so good at. So what does Obi really know about Anakin's sex life? I haven't decided yet, though I'm thinking that he knows more than Ani thinks he does.
"Ani, please!" Ferus whimpered, closing his eyes.
*big grin* LOL! I appreciate that, especially coming from the queen of The Big Tease herself! I learned from the best, really! ;^)
Re: Ani/Ferus: I really had no idea that my Obi/Siri ficlet was going to become an epic-length fic that also heavily featured Ani/Ferus. It just WENT that way, know what I mean? Sometimes your muses take over, and you go back and read what you just wrote, thinking, "WTF?" Do you know if anyone else has written Ani/Ferus? Have I actually done something original here?
Re: Siri/Obi: The plot will be thickening very soon, and Siri and Obi will be dealing with Interesting Things. Oh, I shouldn't give so many hints like this - it's not fair... But this is going to be a long fic, perhaps the length of "The Moonflower Festival." (http://www.queerasjedi.com/emma/moonflower1.html) (Shameless self-promotion in putting the link there, I know...) A lot is going to happen, and I'm not sure how it turns out yet!
Oh, that just makes my day! I'll probably post the next part when I get home from work. Thanks again!
Long fic! yay! And a thickening plot, along with other, uh, body parts. Yay! I love both the Obi/Siri dynamic, and the Ani/Ferus dynamic. I'm wondering about Ferus' apparent panic attack, though. Hmm, methinks Ferus has somthing nasty in his past....
I know *I* wasn't expecting this to go on that long, so all hail the long fic! :)
And I also wonder what's going on with Ferus, although I didn't think it was something dark. My guess was that he takes the celibacy thing very seriously, and snuck out once to sleep with someone, and is terrified of what will happen if he breaks the rules -- especially with Anakin.
Ya know, my original thought here was just that Ferus (aka the Perfect Padawan) had just had it pressed into his brain his entire life that sex leads to attachment, which is Bad Thing. Of course, not all Jedi agree with this bit of dogma -- Siri doesn't for example. So it was something that he was a little afraid of and though he's enjoying the way he's suddenly responding physically to Anakin, he's also very confused by it and frightened (think: sexually repressed yet horny 19-year-old guy.)
But I'm intrigued by the thought that maybe something has happened before...? It wasn't in my plan, but now I'm thinking about it. Maybe something didn't necessarily happen to him, but to someone he was close to? I'm not sure I want to give up Virgin!Ferus quite yet... He's going to be such a nice plaything contrast to Slut!Anakin.
Well, ya certainly don't have to follow the Angsty path, but his reaction to Anakin was so strongly negative, panicky, unlike before where it just seemed to discombobulate (uh, sp?) him. Especially when he had his head between his knees -- I thought he was hyperventilating. I was thinking he had been raped or nearly raped, once. I'm not necessarily advocating that, but then again, I'm not *not* advocating it either. Erm...
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Date: 2003-02-18 11:52 am (UTC)Re: Ani beating Ferus: Yes, it's a great point and I did struggle with it. I think that I see Ferus at being very good at the everyday details of being a Jedi. He's calm, centered, serene, and so forth. He's a lot like Obi-Wan in many ways. Anakin, on the other hand, is all about power. He is incredibly powerful, and has extreme difficulty harnessing all of it. Sometimes he can, and when he's well-centered and focused on the task at hand, he's practically invincible (c.f. JQ 5). But that sort of control and groundedness is not something he can maintain. Ferus, on the other hand, is almost always in control, perfectly centered, and so forth, but he's not as powerful as Anakin - not nearly. The sparring was supposed to be one of those examples of how good Ani really is when he's working at it.
In addition, all of this is (hopefully) setting up what's to come. The plot (and yes, there is one) will start to thicken in the next post.
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly with this characterization of Anakin! This is something that JW does so well, and I love it! There are times when I can almost identify with the kid, which is disconcerting...
Again, one of those things that Ferus is good at - and that Anakin isn't so good at. So what does Obi really know about Anakin's sex life? I haven't decided yet, though I'm thinking that he knows more than Ani thinks he does.
"Ani, please!" Ferus whimpered, closing his eyes.
*big grin* LOL! I appreciate that, especially coming from the queen of The Big Tease herself! I learned from the best, really! ;^)
Re: Ani/Ferus: I really had no idea that my Obi/Siri ficlet was going to become an epic-length fic that also heavily featured Ani/Ferus. It just WENT that way, know what I mean? Sometimes your muses take over, and you go back and read what you just wrote, thinking, "WTF?" Do you know if anyone else has written Ani/Ferus? Have I actually done something original here?
Re: Siri/Obi: The plot will be thickening very soon, and Siri and Obi will be dealing with Interesting Things. Oh, I shouldn't give so many hints like this - it's not fair... But this is going to be a long fic, perhaps the length of "The Moonflower Festival." (http://www.queerasjedi.com/emma/moonflower1.html) (Shameless self-promotion in putting the link there, I know...) A lot is going to happen, and I'm not sure how it turns out yet!
Oh, that just makes my day! I'll probably post the next part when I get home from work. Thanks again!
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Date: 2003-02-18 01:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-02-18 03:41 pm (UTC)And I also wonder what's going on with Ferus, although I didn't think it was something dark. My guess was that he takes the celibacy thing very seriously, and snuck out once to sleep with someone, and is terrified of what will happen if he breaks the rules -- especially with Anakin.
But I'm all for the lurid dark stuff! More!
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Date: 2003-02-18 03:59 pm (UTC)But I'm intrigued by the thought that maybe something has happened before...? It wasn't in my plan, but now I'm thinking about it. Maybe something didn't necessarily happen to him, but to someone he was close to? I'm not sure I want to give up Virgin!Ferus quite yet... He's going to be such a nice
playthingcontrast to Slut!Anakin.no subject
Date: 2003-02-18 06:16 pm (UTC)Ah, the possibilities!