Dragonsex

[klwilliams]

I spent most of the weekend hanging around the house reading The White Dragon, which I consider the third book of two trilogies, that of Dragonflight/Dragonquest, and that of the Menolly books. F'lar and Lessa have become the oldsters, and Jaxom, Menolly, and Piemur (and Ruth) are the main characters. I like this book quite a bit, though it doesn't speak to me the way it did when I first read it, since I'm now the same age as Lessa, not Jaxom. One thing that I had forgotten was the sub-theme of Ruth's sexual immaturity, and why Jaxom was relieved. Or maybe that just went over my head the first time. I'm charmed by the thought of a roomful of randy dragonriders having their way with each other while blues and browns try to mate with a green. I also suspect there are scores of fanfics titled "Ruth's First 'Flight'".

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[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed with Mirrim, too. I thought it was incredibly cool that she Impressed a dragon, and was hoping that that would start a trend, but apparently not. Also, she was portrayed as a real bitch even after Path flew the first time. Personally, I think that if my first time was going to be with one of my co-workers chosen at random in a room full of men having sex with each other, I'd be in a particularly bad mood, too.

Personally, I think Ruth is gay.

Caesar had sex with a man when he was away with the Legions, and the big complaint in the rumor mill wasn't that he'd had sex with a man but that he'd been the one penetrated, so he was like a woman. I guess it's a terrible thing to be a woman. Funny I hadn't really noticed.