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So.... is it better to kill off the completely inconvenient wife who is only evident in canon because her son wasn't hatched from an egg, or have her Go West, somewhat petulantly? Trying to not to entirely demonizing a non-character, while also not wanting to be overly sympathetic, and leave slashy husband some leeway for technical infidelity without making him a total cad.

Talk amongst yourselves.

File under: #fanficproblems; #loomingdeadlines; #ohshitnotdoneyet

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From:

keiliss.livejournal.com

Separation always struck me as the simplest, because neither death nor crossing the sea seems to end elven marriage in and of itself (which in some cases might have been damn annoying). I guess if it was a political match and they found they had nothing in common and went on to lead separate lives, he might want to be discreet about seeing someone else - public respect for the mother of his son, something like that?

As for LaCE, I think a whole bunch of First Age elves never read the rule book. It's a bit like a very pious and devout Christian presenting a visiting alien with a copy of the 10 Commandments and saying 'These are our rules and we all obey them'. Yeah, right.

From:

kenazfiction.livejournal.com

I think it definitely has to be separation-- willing, I think, in this case. Death feels too pat and dramatic-for-drama's-sake in the context of this story, and I think also makes the specific relationship between these two characters more difficult to spin. Ugh, this is giving me fits.

From:

keiliss.livejournal.com

It'll work itself out. It's always some peripheral detail that slinks out the shadows and says 'oh hai, what about me?' and chows up hours (days) of writing time to figure it out.