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Jul. 25th, 2005 06:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethAm re-reading Mirror Dance, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Borrowed it from a friend, since I still can't find mine.
Is kind of unfun re-reading the protagonist making a huge, huge, ginormous mistake. I mean you sit there wanting to yell at him. And he's trying so hard and doing his best and being such an *idiot* but he can't see that, for entirely plausible reasons. This time through I'm skipping the worst chapter. Too uncomfortable to read again.
Wesley mistakes tend to be the other kind. He does things that turn out terribly wrong but they don't tend to be the stupid thing to do. They are completely correct and even smart given the information he has available and the priorities he has. They kind of hurt to watch happen, but they don't tend to be embarrassing, except for right early on sometimes.
Seems odd I can't handle sympathetic embarrassment but have no problem with the outright pain and tragedy.
Is kind of unfun re-reading the protagonist making a huge, huge, ginormous mistake. I mean you sit there wanting to yell at him. And he's trying so hard and doing his best and being such an *idiot* but he can't see that, for entirely plausible reasons. This time through I'm skipping the worst chapter. Too uncomfortable to read again.
Wesley mistakes tend to be the other kind. He does things that turn out terribly wrong but they don't tend to be the stupid thing to do. They are completely correct and even smart given the information he has available and the priorities he has. They kind of hurt to watch happen, but they don't tend to be embarrassing, except for right early on sometimes.
Seems odd I can't handle sympathetic embarrassment but have no problem with the outright pain and tragedy.