Comments on: Winter Rain, part 39

By: Showeda

Showeda — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:33:43 +0000

Just had to re-read that last bit . . . How come nobody else picked up on that????

By: Showeda

Showeda — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:31:54 +0000

This was well written . . . Don’t see Brennan as the ‘oaf’ that some have found him AT ALL . . . Got some insight into his own character for sure, but I wasn’t expecting any thing more or less . . . He’s already been well portrayed as a ‘no frills’ type..And he isn’t saying anything Tiergan doesn’t already know . . . EXCEPT that the move from ‘runt’ to ‘head’ could be attainable if only for self-belief . . . Excellent!!

By: G.S. Williams

G.S. Williams — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:47:17 +0000

Yeah, not so much chauvinistic — often, the head of a pack is female. But wolves have to establish dominance, that they're the best at the job, and then everyone else follows them. Brennan's saying big guys/strong wolves would want Keiara as a mate, because she's first rate, like them, by wolf standards. Tiergan's the runt of the litter, by wolf standards.

His only chance (barring a growth spurt or steroids?) at being first, is to wed his human intelligence with his animal cunning and kill a whole lot of rivals. Does that seem likely?

By: Chris Poirier

Chris Poirier — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:34:16 +0000

You might be right — it has felt a bit like a speech each time I've read it. Still, there will be no editing! (Because if I start, I won't stop.)

By: Miladysa

Miladysa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:09:13 +0000

"“It’s like we’ve known each other forever. Do you have any idea what it’s like, for someone to know you so well that half the time, you don’t even have to speak. You just know what the other’s thinking? To be so comfortable with each other that you don’t hide anything? Wouldn’t you want that?”"

This paragraph did not seem to fit right with me - I think that this piece would be stronger without it and just leaving it implied in the "more" of the one above?

By: Chris Poirier

Chris Poirier — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:41:06 +0000

Hey, I'm not saying don't dislike Brennan. I'm just saying don't dislike him for the wrong reasons. :-) Those ones there are some of the right reasons, if you're going to do it.

By: srsuleski

srsuleski — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:32:18 +0000

I still find it a depressing viewpoint. And as far as bitch . . . actually this was the most demeaning thing Brennan said and that which made me want to hit him the hardest:

“I’m serious, Tiergan. If her father doesn’t kill you for sniffing around her, there’s got to be a dozen other guys—big guys—who would consider her a worthy conquest, and you a nice snack. Even Faolan’s going to find it a job.”

By: Chris Poirier

Chris Poirier — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:26:19 +0000

A couple of points. First of all, when Brennan refers to Keaira as “that bitch”, he’s not being mean. She is a bitch — in the original sense of the word.

Second, amongst wolves, raising a family is a group effort. The top male and female are both involved in teaching the puppies to hunt, and both hunt themselves. I don’t think Brennan meant “barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen” when he said “running a family”. I think he’s making the case that the mating pair are in an almost business relationship, the goal of which is to raise a successful family. He’s just trying to convince Tiergan that love and friendship has nothing to do with it — which I think is enough to piss Tiergan off, all by itself.

Oh, and hi Katie and Vercin.

By: Vercin

Vercin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:56:42 +0000

Dunno. They definitely have the "might makes right" thing down pat, which, in our world, is a pretty masculine point of view. Hard to say whether that means the canine view on matters is uniformly skewed towards our culture's version of "guy stuff".

Brennan's pretty short-sighted, but Tiergan and Keaira clearly have a different view of things.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:46:25 +0000

depressing, chauvinistic viewpoint at that. But perhaps one many of the shifters share?