Wow. Just frikken Wow.

[derien]

bravecows wrote Pslash for me.  It's so good.  The characterization, the language - I swear to whatever god you want she's Wodehouse reincarnate. 

edited to add: Also has poly-relevent content. *briefly debates pimping it on poly communities...* Nah, probably not enough poly content for that, but still I do feel so happy that she included the whole "friendship cannot exist where obligation is" thing. :)

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[bravecows.livejournal.com]

Hee! I hadn't thought of it that way, but I guess it is applicable. Neat. :) "Friendship cannot exist where obligation etc. etc." is probably a good motto for any relationship, anyway.

[derien.livejournal.com]

I suppose it would seem more pointed to romantic relationships if I'd quoted where Psmith said, "Obligation is death to all affection" - it's the same, really, but people who are monogamous might argue with me on that one. I tend to think of friendship as more important than the 'romantic' aspects of a relationship. I.E. that eor is my friend is more important to me than that we have sex sometimes - if the sex part went away we'd still be friends, but if the being friends part went away everything else would go away, too. And I think that this is probably a fairly common poly viewpoint.

Ha - but you're online, now! Now you're going to have to respond to all these comments people have made on your fic! *hugs you tightly* I'm sorry I kept going back and making more comments - it was because I kept re-reading. I must have read the whole story over at least three times, though I revisited it many more times than that, starting someplace in the middle to refresh my memory on something and getting sucked in again.

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

it's the same, really, but people who are monogamous might argue with me on that one.

I was sort of defining affection = friendship (and the other way around, of course), so I would say it's the same. Anyway, yeah. I was a bit surprised at first that you thought the story was poly-relevant, actually, 'cos it was about Psmith saying he meant to be monogamous, but when I thought about it I saw it was applicable after all -- I mean, the point is that Mike really wouldn't mind it if Psmith was having it off with Windsor, and he was feeling awkward mostly 'cos he thought Psmith was holding back on his account.

*hugs yay* I'm so glad the story stands up to rereading! :)

ps

[derien.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, I'm being creepy and stalkerish all over your ass right now, reloading your page every minute to see what you post to the next person's comment. Psmith is TEH PSEX. fact. Hee! The way you write him, indeed! I started working on a Mike/Psmith icon last night in honor of you, though I'm no photo editor. Eor usually does the photo-editing thing, and he says if I become a photo-editor he'll have to become a writer, and I wouldn't want that, so I suspect if I leave it he'll work on it tonight. Here's what I've got so far:

Though of course it's not the right time period for your story, it's from the "Mike and Psmith" section of "Mike." (the pictures are on Gutenberg.)

Re: ps

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

But he is teh psex! And also funny. I usually go for the Simple Stoic Everyman half of the pairing, but Psmith makes it impossible for me to like Mike best. I am forced to like Psmith just as much. eee, they are both just so lovely. <333

But *poke* do not read my comments in reply! I am awful at replying to feedback, meep.

eee, ICON! I love. squee, they look like they're going to kiss. squee, schoolboys! *wanders off to Gutenberg to look at the pictures*