tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post1452551545676229099..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Seduced by Moonlight--chapter 14Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-59337004473297908522014-05-29T18:56:42.366-07:002014-05-29T18:56:42.366-07:00I agree. IMO the function of priests and other rel...I agree. IMO the function of priests and other religious people is to guide a person in to or through a relationship with the divine, not to supplant god(s). (and to mediate and offer counsel in regards to earthly issues, but you get what I mean)Tiger Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-19666510272631726812014-05-29T17:37:57.334-07:002014-05-29T17:37:57.334-07:00I just figured out why the Merry-as-Goddess-Vessel...I just figured out why the Merry-as-Goddess-Vessel thing bugs me: LKH is setting her up as a mediator for the divine. Implying that the guys, the whole faerie, et-al, can't get to the Goddess except through her. And while I get that this is an entirely different faith, I STRONGLY dislike the idea of anybody standing between me and God for any reason whatsoever. Turning her main character into a divine release valve gives Merry a form of control that she does not need (because she's the Princess) and should not have. LKH has always written her heroines as abusers, with MAYBE a few exceptions early in her career, but Merry-as-Goddess-valve makes it into spiritual abuse. And that just rubs me all kinds of wrong.Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-41528315170402463192014-05-29T16:21:42.710-07:002014-05-29T16:21:42.710-07:00Yeah, I’ll be honest, if someone was only having s...Yeah, I’ll be honest, if someone was only having sex with me because I was like food/drink due to magical necessity, I wouldn’t feel flattered. I’d want them to be having sex with me because, you know, they WANT to. I can only guess that the way LKH makes the men in both series so dependent/addicticted to the women must be a control fetish thing, because I don’t think it can be a fantasy of being desired, since, well, it’s not even that they desire her, it’s that they now literally need her to live.RFhttp://rodentfanatic.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-43135990456902496762014-05-29T15:15:06.473-07:002014-05-29T15:15:06.473-07:00I like that you mentioned craving the divine. And ...I like that you mentioned craving the divine. And it is a craving, almost an addiction in my experience. Once you've felt that presence, you want it again desperately. Tiger Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.com