Hi pamelalass! I'm deep into my Brotherhood re-read, but checking in here frequently. Diana is indeed brilliant in creating these characters and stories, which for me, require lots of re-visits to fully uinderstand the twists and turns..(I can be slow sometimes). I wonder if Lord John has a gay following of substantial number? I did note that on the Barnes and Noble webpage for the book, the sidebar has links for other books in "Gay and Lesbian" categories. -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 06:08:41 09/08/07 Sat
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teddie
Subject: Hi pamelalass! I'm deep into my Brotherhood re-read, but checking in here frequently. Diana is indeed brilliant in creating these characters and stories, which for me, require lots of re-visits to fully uinderstand the twists and turns..(I can be slow sometimes). I wonder if Lord John has a gay following of substantial number? I did note that on the Barnes and Noble webpage for the book, the sidebar has links for other books in "Gay and Lesbian" categories.
In reply to: pamelalass 's message, "So interesting, tlk2vicki! I don't know what the scandal was either, but your comment about the book helping you gain more understanding makes me wonder how DG came up with it all? I often wonder how she came up with the whole idea of Lord John - he appears as a young naive soldier in Outlander but then comes back as Jamie's warden, and is gay, and falls in love with Jamie??! How did she come up with it?! I've always thought it was a brilliant way to create a subversive love triangle that reinforces the power and strength of the core love story and marriage, and I admire DG's decision to create this strong character, and then to make him a leading man in his own series of books. Still of course I wonder how did she "get" him right? And though we love him a lot, I wonder if gay male readers think of him as a hero? OTOH, he's just a character, and I don't want to suggest that he has to stand in and represent the whole "gay experience" in the 18th century." on 19:33:49 09/07/07 Fri

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Yes, I've been wondering about that too -- I guess I kind of fantasize that he has a lot of male fans swooning over him, because I think he's so swoon-worthy, though I'm sure he'd find the whole notion of being a romantic hero kind of silly! *G* OTOH, we know that he does like to read novels, and talk about them at length (eg. Pamela, of course!) so perhaps he might understand the hosed phenomenon after all... (NT) -- pamelalass, 07:17:57 09/08/07 Sat

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