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Date Posted: 11:04:54 09/14/07 Fri
Author: Oleander
Subject: maybe- even so, wouldn't people then remember those rumors when the whole percy thing happened? Especially since they were known to be so close?
In reply to: pamelalass ( not logged in) 's message, "Yes, I think I need to read more about Everett - - is it in Hellfire? Because I also think that there would have been an immensely overwhelming sense of fear of discovery, that is really just hinted at when John and Percy are sneaking around the regiment together. For John it would have been a lifetime of living in fear, not only for himself, but for Hal and his family, if he were ever proven to be a "sodomite." If he were found in flagrante, it would put Hal in the same awful position he (John) is in with Percy. Perhaps it has to do with needing eyewitness testimony, and if there were just whispers about John, it wasn't enough to cause permanent damage to his career or reputation, but enough to get him banished to Ardsmuir and removed from proximity to whatever scandal might be brewing?" on 09:03:40 09/14/07 Fri


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  • Hellfire and LJAPM both took place after Ardsmuir. I honestly believe Everett died at the end of Hellfire (April 1757) that preceded PM (June-August 1757). I don't recall Everett being mentioned at all in PM. There was only the one brief mention of him in Voyager when John was writing his mother. So all we really know of him was the little that was mentioned in Hellfire. I don't think we ever got any details of the actual event that got John banished, possibly there wasn't enough evidence to really do John any damage. I assume if there had been all Hell would have broken loose and poor John would have been destroyed. (NT) -- Jane, 16:02:43 09/14/07 Fri

  • Thanks Jane! Wow, if he did have something with this Everett, he has suffered the deaths of two lovers, and the betrayal by Percy, before he's even 30. His mourning for Hector seems deeper and more permanent than anything except his impossible love for Jamie. I think John's alone-ness is one of the aspects of this character that affects me the most. Such a paradox -- he's quite in demand socially, yet quite isolated by circumstances from sharing himself fully as a friend. This is one of the things I think he and Jamie have in common - - that their sense of responsibility for others, and duty to uphold honor and preserve a facade of strength and control, often separates them from the men around them. They will always have a care for their loved ones and comrades before themselves, and in John's case this means his secrecy and discretion are more than just self-serving; they are shielding his family from shame and dishonor as well, and he never questions the burden of it. (NT) -- pamelalass, 17:17:03 09/14/07 Fri

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