I dunno, I can actually see a sorta virginal Revan, her being a Jedi in the Jedi Order that discouraged attachments [insert appropriate Jedi preaching here], but I can't really see a virginal Revan completely ignorant of the birds and the bees... (have yet to write that Carth/Dustil-8-years-old talk...) I mean, considering she served among soldiers for at least two years (heh, I can just picture a drunken soldier offering to take her to a joyhouse). Gosh, I wonder if they have sex ed in the Jedi academy. o.o
I think my main problem with the virginal!Revan is that when the council gave her memories, presumably they gave her memories of an average woman in her late twenties or early thirties who was not a Jedi. In addition, Revan almost always seems to be portrayed as a rebel (and usually a very good looking one at that), so unless Revan were interested in being a good Jedi when she was a Jedi, then I really can't see this either. Her age combined with how hot most authors make her and how rebellious most authors write her makes the odds of Revan being a virgin almost nil. Although if the author established Revan as being the kind of person where this were believable, I really wouldn't have a problem with it no matter what her age is.
However, my main gripe with virginal!Revan is that she tends to be used in a one true love paring with Carth, as if the author is afraid that if Revan had been in a sexual relationship before now, it would somehow soil their love.
I can see the bonding in battle, but bonding doesn't lead to understanding - or love - although given that both Revan and Carth served in the wars, both have killed people, up close and from a distance, she may understand the pain and regret he must go through better than Morgana, if, of course, a given Morgana wasn't a soldier. War's an ugly business, and I can't see Carth pouring out the horror stories to his wife when he sees her on leave, whereas Revan would know already.
Oh yeah, this I can see. I think what annoyed me was the whole idea that because Morgana hadn't bonded with him in battle, there was no possible way that she could understand him the way that Revan did, which is silly since presumably Morgana got to see him in a context that Revan doesn't. The two of them had a child together, which is one of the biggest bonds that two people can have. It just kinda smacked of jealous fangirls resenting a dead fictional character - which was so weird.
I agree with Rose about writing Morgana... who'd remember my Morgana? When people ask, "Morgana", they'll go, oh, that cute little blonde engineer with the nice rack, right? Yeah, she's cool. And I'll go, "..."
LOL. Both you and Rose need to come and join me and Arrow in the cult of Morgana. Come on... It'll be fun...
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Date: 2005-05-16 10:07 pm (UTC)I think my main problem with the virginal!Revan is that when the council gave her memories, presumably they gave her memories of an average woman in her late twenties or early thirties who was not a Jedi. In addition, Revan almost always seems to be portrayed as a rebel (and usually a very good looking one at that), so unless Revan were interested in being a good Jedi when she was a Jedi, then I really can't see this either. Her age combined with how hot most authors make her and how rebellious most authors write her makes the odds of Revan being a virgin almost nil. Although if the author established Revan as being the kind of person where this were believable, I really wouldn't have a problem with it no matter what her age is.
However, my main gripe with virginal!Revan is that she tends to be used in a one true love paring with Carth, as if the author is afraid that if Revan had been in a sexual relationship before now, it would somehow soil their love.
I can see the bonding in battle, but bonding doesn't lead to understanding - or love - although given that both Revan and Carth served in the wars, both have killed people, up close and from a distance, she may understand the pain and regret he must go through better than Morgana, if, of course, a given Morgana wasn't a soldier. War's an ugly business, and I can't see Carth pouring out the horror stories to his wife when he sees her on leave, whereas Revan would know already.
Oh yeah, this I can see. I think what annoyed me was the whole idea that because Morgana hadn't bonded with him in battle, there was no possible way that she could understand him the way that Revan did, which is silly since presumably Morgana got to see him in a context that Revan doesn't. The two of them had a child together, which is one of the biggest bonds that two people can have. It just kinda smacked of jealous fangirls resenting a dead fictional character - which was so weird.
I agree with Rose about writing Morgana... who'd remember my Morgana? When people ask, "Morgana", they'll go, oh, that cute little blonde engineer with the nice rack, right? Yeah, she's cool. And I'll go, "..."
LOL. Both you and Rose need to come and join me and Arrow in the cult of Morgana. Come on... It'll be fun...