There's also the part in Turn Coat where Lara feeds on her cousin, and it's a twisted parody of eroticism (particularly the heterosexual male's girl-on-girl fantasy). In fact all of Harry's dealings with the White Court emphasize how unpleasant and freaky they are about sex and sexuality, and Harry is never seriously attracted to any White Court vampire, even Thomas; he might know they're attractive but what they are makes that completely unpalatable. I have to think that's a reflection of what happened at the Red Court. (And I see what you mean about that now, I just didn't pick up on it -- it's not something I was looking for, tbh. But then it took me several years and almost a dozen rereads to pick up a similarly coded reference in a Pterry book.)
Okay, that makes sense. It was also partly driven by necessity and desperation, which might have overcome some barriers that would usually be there.
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Date: 2011-01-14 07:44 am (UTC)Okay, that makes sense. It was also partly driven by necessity and desperation, which might have overcome some barriers that would usually be there.