It occurs to me that Boone being relieved that Shannon was dead skeeves me more than the pity fuck.
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§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 7:16:20 am PST #4757 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 13, 2005 7:17:46 am PST #4758 of 10000
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Yeah, usually that's a response saved for the passage of hated relatives or ones suffering from a long illness that death ends mercifully.
Lee - Jan 13, 2005 7:18:52 am PST #4759 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I agree ita, but I'm not sure it was just a pity fuck. Shannon depended on being able to manipulate Boone, and he had finally caught on to how she was doing so, so she added a new way.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 7:20:58 am PST #4760 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It could have been a love fuck or a lets have babies with a gnarled family tree fuck or a I'm-your-daddy fuck. Still not as disturbing as how he got over it.
However, I do see it as a pity (not sympathy, pity) fuck. A "right, right, I'm sorry, stop whining" fuck.
Deena - Jan 13, 2005 7:21:04 am PST #4761 of 10000
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I think Shannon would have to be a nicer person for it to be a pity fuck. She just regained control over him. The sex skeeved me a lot. I could understand the relief. He's not a strong person. He's a little pissant. If she's dead all his sibling/sexual feelings don't have to be dealt with. He can just pretend it never happened.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 7:21:51 am PST #4762 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Shannon would have to be a nicer person for it to be a pity fuck.
Yikes. Either you think she's way less nice than I do, or don't see a pity fuck as an extremely un-nice thing.
-t - Jan 13, 2005 7:27:38 am PST #4763 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm confused. Who is pitying whom?
Lee - Jan 13, 2005 7:28:24 am PST #4764 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Still not as disturbing as how he got over it.
As I said, I agree.
Either you think she's way less nice than I do, or don't see a pity fuck as an extremely un-nice thing.
Or both. I think it was designed to get control over Boone, so it went a little past pity fuck. She did an already not nice thing, because she saw a way to work it to her advantage.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 7:28:31 am PST #4765 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Shannon, pitying Boone, in my evaluation.
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2005 7:29:17 am PST #4766 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm with -t. At first, I thought Boone was pitying Shannon, but ita seems to think it's the other way around. Either way, I didn't think it was a pity fuck. I thought it was, for Shannon, "I'm drunk and he wants me," and for Boone, "I can finally have her the way I want her."