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That's the second time I forget about the latest episode of True Blood because I'm stuck watching BSG. Last week, I didn't see episode 10 until Thursday. And now, even though I've downloaded the latest episode of True Blood, I want to keep watching BSG. *headdesk*
Small Heroes question. How old is Nathan in 2006? I confess that I've never had any clue and I might or might not use it in a story.
Small Heroes question. How old is Nathan in 2006? I confess that I've never had any clue and I might or might not use it in a story.
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I think Nathan would definitely bring up the age difference, though; if only to screw with Claude more because I get the feeling he'd be sensitive about it. Not so much because of the age difference itself, but because of what different backgrounds they have.
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I actually have a couple of unfinished fics that get pretty angsty about Claude's sensitivity about the age gap. I'm going to try not to go into deep angst territory in this one though, because it's meant to be relatively lighthearted, but it has gotten ugly.
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Mm, I can see it getting angsty. I mean, it's about so much more than just the age with the two of them; to Claude, Peter's not just younger in actuality, he's younger in the sense that he's innocent and naive and (if you're getting slashy) pure. Compared to Claude's long and storied history of really shitty things. But of course that's entirely Claude's perception because Peter's not really all that innocent and he's been through a hell of a lot lately. *cough* I think too much about these two.
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Peter's "innocence" has certainly been altered lately. That might really alter the way Claude sees Peter, no longer the naive boy who though Nathan could do no wrong (or at least not that level of wrong).
But I was thinking more "in the future". It's not a problem now, but if Claude gets it in his head that if they manage to survive and not get killed by Sylar or some other thing, then when he's 50, Peter's still a young 34 and when he's 60, Peter's still only 44 and on and on we go. I don't know why my brain goes in these directions. My muse just looks for regions of maximum angst.
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True, but I'd like to think that it would make Claude sad. Just a little. I mean, it makes me sad, for Peter to have lost a little bit of his optimism.
Yeah, and at least now Peter isn't going to be ageless. I don't think Claude would deal well with that at all. I can really see him pushing Peter away, especially as he got older and had to deal with all the older people stuff. I mean, given the life Peter leads it's not impossible that he would get killed before Claude died but that might be even worse for Claude, to lose someone like Peter after all he's been through. *laughs* Going to the dark place fast tonight, aren't we?
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That would have been so much worse. My muse has tried to go in that direction, believe me, As well as the "Peter dying" one. I don't want to, so nothing has materialized yet, thankfully, but man. My muse is all death and tragedy. It's horrible. And that's why I don't want to write it. I couldn't stand Claude' heartbreak if Peter was killed. *sniff*
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I remember when we first out it was a possibility, with Adam, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and I had that discussion. It would really be awful, because while Adam learned to deal with it well, probably because he was already a kind of an outsider even before the "living forever and never aging thing", Peter would really not handle having the people he loved drop like flies around him, and after a while that's what it would feel like. Claude would really be broken by losing Peter. I mean, he wouldn't kill himself or anything super dramatic like that, but he'd completely shut down, I think.
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That scenario makes me kinda glad that his father took away his powers even if he doesn't have the invisibility anymore, because wow, that's way too harsh. Peter is so loving and attached to the people he knows. Future Peter is just a taster of what he might deteriorate into. I also think Claude would shut down. *sign* This is such a depressing conversation.
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*sigh* I do miss the invisibility. I bet Peter does too. But I do like the reboot of his character like that; it makes him a lot less powerful in a sense, but requires him to be awesome in a whole different range of ways, and I love seeing that. I think if it were just Peter and Claude, and Peter died, Claude would be pretty broken; but remembering Abby, I think it's also possible he could give up on relationships like he had with Peter and just devoting himself to being a fatherly influence. Or not. And hey, better we get this out here than write fic about it. [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] would kill me.
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It was a good thing for his character to start from scratch and at least now he can sample different powers, so he's not tied to one, either. But I miss invisible Peter. Claude needs to show up so they can be invisible together. Claude might survive if he formed other relationships like that, but it would still be incredibly sad. Yes, it is best if we don't depress everyone else with this kind of fic. We'd have crying all over the place.
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Seriously, I miss that one little hint we get that Peter is thinking about Claude or at least still remembers him. I still cross my fingers for an on-air mention. Poor Claude doesn't deserve to lose anyone else; he's been through too much already and it's hard enough for him as it is to form attachments. There would be much tearing at hair and rending of garments were we to write this kind of thing out, though, as achingly romantic as it would be.
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That phrase made me laugh. Now I have cracky thoughts of a future emo Peter scribbling his autobiography and using that as a title.
An on-air mention would be wonderful, some tangible proof that Claude is in Peter's thoughts. I'm imagining those professional mourners now with the wailing and tragic "nooo"s. Best not.
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Is it really too much to ask? We got a GN mention of Peter from Claude, it wouldn't be stretch. Heee. People rubbing ashes into their hair and all that.
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It can't be that hard to work an "I miss Claude" or something like into a conversation. Or he could be reminiscing to himself. Which he probably does anyway.
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Or baring that, because why would they give into the most delicious subtext of all, at least a reference to his being invisible, or his training, or his yummy accent...anything, really. But no, Peter has to keep those reminiscence to himself.
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Darn you, Peter. This is not the time to repress your feelings. Let them fly!
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*laughs* Were Peter to let his feelings fly at this point, he'd explode again; between Claude, Simone, Caitlin, and Adam, well...and that's ignoring the whole Nathan deal.
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True, poor guy. Either that or break down into tears and never stop. *hugs him*
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*sigh* Poor baby is so screwed.