what makes me squeal like a crazed bitch every time I read that passage is the description of the visual -- Bush sitting on oakum cushions nursing his knees. That TOUGH motherfucker, the crazy man of Samana Bay, sitting on a cushion nursing his knees. The mind reels. XD
See, the problem I have with this whole thing is that I don't think the pieces match well. Or more likely, I'm too stupid to figure it out.
Barbara says, "You are fond of him." It's a statement, not a question. She's got it figured out somehow.
Bush says , "If you say so I suppose I must be. I hadn't even thought of being fond of him before." Okay, does that mean that we are seeing the Bush instinctual process in play again? Does that mean that he's never given any internal articulation to the way he feels?
And yeah, his response doesn't read like a pronouncement of the gay love for his captain. It's more of a professional admiration sort of response.
Totally possible I'm reading the whole Lady B. thing wrong because Bush's answer isn't matching up. Or I'm reading Bush's response wrong.
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Re: oh Bush, baby. :/
Date: 2006-01-23 05:57 am (UTC)See, the problem I have with this whole thing is that I don't think the pieces match well. Or more likely, I'm too stupid to figure it out.
Barbara says, "You are fond of him." It's a statement, not a question. She's got it figured out somehow.
Bush says , "If you say so I suppose I must be. I hadn't even thought of being fond of him before." Okay, does that mean that we are seeing the Bush instinctual process in play again? Does that mean that he's never given any internal articulation to the way he feels?
And yeah, his response doesn't read like a pronouncement of the gay love for his captain. It's more of a professional admiration sort of response.
Totally possible I'm reading the whole Lady B. thing wrong because Bush's answer isn't matching up. Or I'm reading Bush's response wrong.
I'm fucking confused. *g*