GIP

[leethet]

Thanks to Nat who felt my icons were a trifle stale. :) Whee!

I have a question that's been asked before (what a surprise). I was thinking, of Napoleon and Illya, supposing they found themselves realizing that (despite, perhaps, having never found a man sexually attractive before) they were very attracted to their partner. Which of them, do you think, would have most trouble expressing it? Not so much admitting it to himself (I think they'd be neck and neck with that) but admitting it to the other (if he believed the other to be straight)? I was thinking that because I have this image in my head of Napoleon as the braver of the two in that sort of circumstance. He'd just say it, damn the consequences. Whereas Illya, though equally brave in general, would be less inclined to admit it aloud -- because of the consequences.

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Yeah, the issue really is that if one partner is straight, I'm inclined to say the other wouldn't want to risk all the good they have by attempting anything. They'd really need some hint or encouragement, because what they have is so important not just as a friendship (after all, people risk those all the time for the sake of sex) but as a very important work relationship, doing a crucial job that means a great deal to both of them and that requires total trust.

he might consider changing that indifference to interest to be a challenge...

Don't you think that would be rather insulting to Illya?

Oh yeah. I don't mean that I'd do it or that I'd love that sort of a characterization, just that one could so interpret NS, and people have done.

The thing about "Seduction" though is it really does imply some level of willingness ... well, I take that back. In some scenarios it does (if a girl is 14, after all, how much knowledge of what she's getting into with a 25 year old guy can she have?) -- and I think with NS/IK any seduction would be, or become, obvious to the seducee well before anything happened. Therefore it would become a dance rather than a deception. So I could see either one trying it, knowing that they might be rejected at any stage.