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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 05:33:59pm
Author: Nell and Jaybee
Subject:

Wednesday Roundup 1/11/2006

So, I'm back from my sister's wedding and a busy holiday (at last!) and our hiatus is over!

This week I want to point you to two new essays from metafandom:

On Adultery

On Redemption

I thought both of these were very interesting when read against LFN canon. Afterall, our main four LFN protagonists - Operations, Madeline, Michael and Nikita each commit adultery - and the first three could easily be described as "serial adulterers."

Any yet, we rarely use this as a reason to be unhappy with them - or when it does come up, it tends to get excused or explained. Not that it can't be, of course.... is a section-mandated marriage a 'real' marriage, to the section operative? One in which it is even possible for the section operative to committ adultery? This is a tough question to answer - because undoubtedly Elena, for example, considered her marriage to be real. But was adultery the greatest of Michael's crimes against her, or the least?

As for the second essay - redemption or the possiblity of redemption is an ongoing theme in LFN canon. What do you think of this essay's treatement of it?

Nell

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This raises an initial question (r) -- JayBee, Wednesday, January 11, 09:27:35pm
- And another teensy one -- Diane, Wednesday, January 11, 09:55:01pm
  - Re: And another teensy one -- JayBee, Thursday, January 12, 07:16:52am
- Oh, absolutley (r) -- Nell, Thursday, January 12, 01:04:37pm
  - Re: Oh, absolutley (r) -- Diane, Thursday, January 12, 03:09:21pm
    - Heh (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 08:41:06am
  - Well, I guess what I wanted to convey (r) -- JayBee, Thursday, January 12, 05:04:38pm
    - This sentence here...(r) -- Genevieve, Thursday, January 12, 06:25:58pm
      - Re: This sentence here...(r) -- Diane, Thursday, January 12, 10:07:56pm
        Hmmm...(r) -- Genevieve, Friday, January 13, 01:50:00am
        Heh - I guess I do - (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 09:19:22am
        Well...(r) -- Genevieve, Friday, January 13, 11:46:41pm
        Well...(r) -- JayBee, Friday, January 13, 04:17:29am
        Re: Well...(r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 09:24:15am
        Re: Well...(r) -- JayBee, Saturday, January 14, 10:34:32am
        I don't mean to put primary focus on it, not at all (r) -- Nell, Saturday, January 14, 11:25:09am
        That is, of course ,the ethicial question at the heart of his situation. (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 09:15:27am
        Because I just love debating with you (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, January 14, 11:07:51am
        Re: Because I just love debating with you (r) -- Nell, Saturday, January 14, 11:33:23am
        *Sings*: You say tomato, while I say to-mah-to (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, January 14, 11:58:45am
        Re: *Sings*: You say tomato, while I say to-mah-to (r) -- Nell, Saturday, January 14, 05:55:55pm
        Re: *Sings*: You say tomato, while I say to-mah-to (r) -- JayBee, Sunday, January 15, 02:26:23am
      - I don't know - 'least' seems over-reaching to me. *g* (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 09:11:00am
        Well... (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, January 14, 10:55:06am
        Again, depends (r) -- Nell, Saturday, January 14, 11:30:48am
        Well, here's the thing (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, January 14, 11:49:40am
    - Oh, they do have far worse crimes on their hands (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 08:54:02am
      - Hmm, I think I see things differently (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, January 14, 10:49:22am
        I guess it depends on how much value (r) -- Nell, Saturday, January 14, 11:10:04am
- Coming late to this, and you may not even see it, but -- Shanola, Saturday, January 14, 04:40:30pm
  - Heh - actually, yes. They have. -- Nell, Saturday, January 14, 05:40:35pm
Thinking about this (r) -- KT, Thursday, January 12, 09:34:14am
- Re: Thinking about this (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 09:30:55am
And on the issue of redemption (r) -- JayBee, Friday, January 13, 04:49:27am
- I know - the LFN world is compellingly gray. (r) -- Nell, Friday, January 13, 08:13:01am
Re: Wednesday Roundup 1/11/2006 -- warren, Friday, January 13, 09:01:10pm
- hm. I'm wondering... -- ~delle, Monday, January 16, 12:38:09pm
  - I mostly agree -- Shanola, Tuesday, January 17, 11:05:56am