Hmm.. I didn't mean exactly that he'd fair better than an idealist, but more that the position would inevitably lead to self-loathing and unhappiness. Thus if the spying itself is a manifestation of preexisting self-loathing and unhappiness, then there's not much of a change and one can keep it up longer. Does that make sense?
For something you hadn't consciously intended, the Lily bit works amazingly well. Obviously your subconscious is an genius.
I've been meaning to ask, I've seen in some other comments that you're change Harry's second son's middle name. Is that foreshadowing that Severus and Harry are never going to truly reconcile, or is it that you, like feel that you cannot name a child after someone living? It would be like saying "You're dead to me."
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Date: 2008-09-14 01:57 am (UTC)Hmm.. I didn't mean exactly that he'd fair better than an idealist, but more that the position would inevitably lead to self-loathing and unhappiness. Thus if the spying itself is a manifestation of preexisting self-loathing and unhappiness, then there's not much of a change and one can keep it up longer. Does that make sense?
For something you hadn't consciously intended, the Lily bit works amazingly well. Obviously your subconscious is an genius.
I've been meaning to ask, I've seen in some other comments that you're change Harry's second son's middle name. Is that foreshadowing that Severus and Harry are never going to truly reconcile, or is it that you, like feel that you cannot name a child after someone living? It would be like saying "You're dead to me."