when I thought about how Ben would deal with his mother's death and father's abandonment, I sort of automatically assumed that he'd handle it the same way adult Fraser would- you know, stoically and politely.
I don't think it's an either/or; I've done it that way too, in Passion and elsewhere. That being said, even if you put him on the more "adult" end of the scale, he'd have to have some moments of rage. He's got a lot to be angry about, after all.
What's really sad about it, though, is to think that even adult Fraser needs to feel like that sometimes, but he'd never let himself, would he?
Ahhhh, well, here's you're anticipating the sequel that I'm not yet sure I have time to write, because if Fraser feels a deep gratitude and love for someone who lets him express this side of himself? I smell a RayK story. *vbg!!* I'm just not sure I'll have time to get it in for this challenge or not. But yeah. *cough* I think he might well let himself, if the right person guided him there. *g*
Also, naming his grandparents George and Martha--
Not me, canon, and yeah, I think you're right; this is them playing "American Theatre History" with us again. Streetcar named Desire, why not Virginia Woolf? If you're gonna steal, steal from the best, no??
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Date: 2005-02-26 09:03 pm (UTC)I don't think it's an either/or; I've done it that way too, in Passion and elsewhere. That being said, even if you put him on the more "adult" end of the scale, he'd have to have some moments of rage. He's got a lot to be angry about, after all.
What's really sad about it, though, is to think that even adult Fraser needs to feel like that sometimes, but he'd never let himself, would he?
Ahhhh, well, here's you're anticipating the sequel that I'm not yet sure I have time to write, because if Fraser feels a deep gratitude and love for someone who lets him express this side of himself? I smell a RayK story. *vbg!!* I'm just not sure I'll have time to get it in for this challenge or not. But yeah. *cough* I think he might well let himself, if the right person guided him there. *g*
Also, naming his grandparents George and Martha--
Not me, canon, and yeah, I think you're right; this is them playing "American Theatre History" with us again. Streetcar named Desire, why not Virginia Woolf? If you're gonna steal, steal from the best, no??
Thanks so much for these great comments!