HIGHLA-L Digest - 7 Jun 2003 (#2003-104)
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1. Mac's Barge
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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:50:01 -0700
From: Pat Lawson <plawson@webleyweb.com>
Subject: Re: Mac's Barge
Wendy wrote:
>I expect that Immortals have little enough happiness in their lives that
>they take it where they can. A little harmless sex between two ships that
>pass in the night..who cares?
At the SF SyndiCon, when asked if he'd like to be an immie, Bill Panzer's
reply was "Well of course! Who wouldn't. It's like living in the
sixties. No aids, no pregnancy.... ". (paraphrased).
::: wondering if Duncan is BP's Mary Sue :::
> >And they had him sleeping with someone the next episode
> >after she died.
>
>It seemed pretty clear to me that he slept with Annie because he and she
>both were in so much pain that they needed to hold onto something just to
>get through a few more hours. The ones they loved were dead - they needed
>to feel alive.
A normal, very human reaction to death is the need to make love. There's
the comfort of human touch, the reassurance that you yourself alive, and
the biological drive to reproduce all rolled into one. Even when
reproduction isn't possible, the drive is there. I'm glad Annie was there
for him.
Pat L.
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