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Kincaid microfiction "Goodbye"
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: g33k on March 13, 2020, 09:04:52 PM ---I had understood that to be a defensive tool Harry had previously made for his home, in a preemptive what-if-something-tricked-me-into-inviting-it-in manner, NOT something he made to get sexytime with Susan.
It was a spur of the moment re-purposing.
And I suspect that Harry was thinking (IF he was thinking) that a half-turned Susan wouldn't be able to conceive.
It's not like horny-and-frustrated people are well-known for making solid choices, as a general rule.
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Right, hold that thought.
--- Quote ---Molly grinned and enunciated. "But the bleep part would make her lose control."
I coughed uncomfortably, lowering my hands. "Basically. Yeah."
"Why don't you tie her up?"
I stared at the kid for a second.
She lifted her eyebrows expectantly.
"What?" I stammered.
"It's only practical," Molly stated firmly. "And hey, you've already got the handcuffs. If she can't move while the two of you are bleeping, she can't drink your blood, right?"
I stood up and started climbing down the ladder. "This conversation has become way too bleeping disturbing."
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Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on March 13, 2020, 03:22:07 PM ---LMAO. This same author has Harry create a means of restraining Susan so he can have unprotected sex. Based off an idea from a conversation with a 14 year old. I mean consider, the way the story is written. It takes more effort than IVF in a modern hospital, to create that child. If he really had cared about progeny, he would have used a condom. Real men think of their offspring before they have them.
Dresden is closer to Batman than Superman, in that he is flawed and driven by his demons. It's one of the things that make the character appealing. But what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander in terms of Susan. She is flawed as well. I'm sorry that she engenders a lot of hate. Because she makes Harry's story.
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Yes, he should have, if there is an excuse he was hurt and totally wigged out on Susan's vamp venom at the time. And it also takes two to make a baby even in a test tube one needs sperm and egg, so Susan could have insisted if no protection, no sex and that would have been the end of it.. However her vamp side was working over time as well, and she wanted it badly so she could proceed to suck out his blood, that is why ropes were used to tie her up. So I think we can safely say that neither she nor Harry were exactly playing with a full deck at the time, which is the most dangerous time to have sex, because there is little chance it can be done responsibly... It also speaks to how pathetic Harry's love life really was that he'd take advice from a fourteen year old. He was also still very much in love with Susan and full of guilt over what happened to her. Yeah, poor Susan, I don't remember her taking responsibility for stealing that invitation which led to her plight in the first place. So there you have it, the blame for the unprotected sex cuts both ways pretty equally I believe.
forumghost:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on March 13, 2020, 09:48:12 PM ---Right, hold that thought.
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except actually:
--- Quote ---I’d enchanted the rope six months before, but I’d done it right. It took barely a whisper of power
to set the rope into motion. It whipped into the air, silver threads flashing, and bound itself around her
wrists in neat loops.
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He'd literally made it half a year before that conversation took place. At best, you could say Molly put the thought of using it that way in his head.
morriswalters:
The timing was very convenient, but game set and match to you.
Redepisg:
--- Quote from: Mira on March 13, 2020, 09:58:43 PM --- Yeah, poor Susan, I don't remember her taking responsibility for stealing that invitation which led to her plight in the first place.
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To be fair, she didn't know how dangerous vampire parties could be because Harry refused to give her all the information she needed to make an informed decision. Instead, he tried to protect her by warning her off which only made her even more determined to attend. Much like what happened with Kim in Fool Moon, that one's also on Harry. Would she have gone through with it if Harry had told her everything? We'll never know.
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