Stacy

I wonder if she's ever been invited to White Haven ?

TangoLima wrote:I wonder if she's ever been invited to White Haven ?

You just supplied some gist for Rose's mill.

Not so much grist as seeds for her 'rose' garden.

TangoLima wrote:Not so much grist as seeds for her 'rose' garden.

Me likey. And thanks for correcting the typo.

I like the sentimental side of storytelling. It has been said that RFC doesn't do romance well. I beg to differ. I sat on the riverfront of Wilmington, N.C., across from an awesome view of the battleship North Carolina with a works of Weber in my hand with streams of tears rolling down my face reading OBS.

"Mommy, that man is crying something bad," says a quite concerned and observant little girl. Though one didn't really have to be observant when they were literally slipping on my tears.

Can't do romance well? pfft

The love between Honor, her crew and Fearless -- in the eyes of himself?! Gargantuan in scope!

More proof of the pudding is the way he has affected Rose. RFC does characters quite well. He makes them real as a good storyteller must.

One thing is for certain, in the midst of all of his hints of foreboding, I won't dare partake of Uncompromising Honor in public.

One thing I think needs saying in David Weber's, not RFC's nor runsforcelery's, defense. He is the one who writes these stories from his heart. And no one is as attached emotionally to the characters as the author. And no matter how much pain and emotional loss we as readers may feel over a particular character, the author feels it double.

I know this for a fact because to write so well must come from the heart. Since it is embedded in the heart, the heart is vulnerable...

I know this because, when I composed Honor at the Bat, it was a thrilling and very emotional ride for me all of the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it and bristled with excitement during the composing of many of the lines.

MaxxQ paid me the most wonderful compliment when he said that it brought him to tears. I knew the exact lines. The original author did it to me, and it translated quite well. (Thanks Maxx, only the strength of real men can admit to tears.)

In closing, we (me as much as any) must give the author a break if he kills off any of our characters. He isn't immune from the pain either. Especially him, since they were born in his heart.

And... we can't argue, fuss and fight at him for using handwavium in tech and accusing him of war porn if we turn around and expect him to hand wave for the characters. We can't have our cake and eat it too.

Besides, at the end of the day, I've always championed an author remaining true to himself and the readers getting the hell out of the way and stop screaming from the back seat. It's unsafe for the driver, and the passenger.

BTW, I began my foray into the Honorverse with OBS, but alas, impassioned logistics dictated my completing it atop a mountain in Bucharesti, Romania.

As a sentimental slob.
I also enjoy the emotional interactions, the platonic
ones, the political ones, even the infodumps.
To me this series is about interactions of many kinds.
I am not (much) of a tech fan-guy.
When I need to get back on emotional track I just
pick a scene and wallow.