Passivity can be sexy in context! Imagine young, war-torn Ned, a second son lost in a world of volatile lordlings. All he'd like to do is curl up and wait the war out, but he can't, he keeps having to act and make decisions. And then he comes home and keeps it up, the patriarchal role, making decisions with so much weight. Cat, who had found his staticness dull and cold initially, starts missing it. She's seeing how HARD it is for him to keep wearing that role all the time, the way his passivity could be restful and could let her be more active - if only privately.
And that is the evolution of Catelyn Stark, Fabulous Domme... If your taste runs more toward Ned/Robert, it works there too: Robert, who is addicted to acting on the moment, finding rest and temporary reprieve in Ned's contemplative embrace. That kind of thing.
Pathetic can be sexy in two ways. One is the roundabout "so pathetic it's endearing, so endearing it's sexy" route - such as early Sam, or, if you've seen Being Human UK, George Sands - or Mickey Smith of Doctor Who (rawr).
The other is more visceral. Think kidnapped Jaime or Greyjoys of ADwD. Formerly haughty characters being made totally... different. By suffering. Not everyone's cup of fictional tea, obviously, but in the right circumstances I can find it very hot indeed.
(Also! Thank you very much for the nice things you said about me. <3! Oh, and happy recent birthday!)
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Re: Stark
Date: 2011-07-26 01:45 pm (UTC)Passivity can be sexy in context! Imagine young, war-torn Ned, a second son lost in a world of volatile lordlings. All he'd like to do is curl up and wait the war out, but he can't, he keeps having to act and make decisions. And then he comes home and keeps it up, the patriarchal role, making decisions with so much weight. Cat, who had found his staticness dull and cold initially, starts missing it. She's seeing how HARD it is for him to keep wearing that role all the time, the way his passivity could be restful and could let her be more active - if only privately.
And that is the evolution of Catelyn Stark, Fabulous Domme... If your taste runs more toward Ned/Robert, it works there too: Robert, who is addicted to acting on the moment, finding rest and temporary reprieve in Ned's contemplative embrace. That kind of thing.
Pathetic can be sexy in two ways. One is the roundabout "so pathetic it's endearing, so endearing it's sexy" route - such as early Sam, or, if you've seen Being Human UK, George Sands - or Mickey Smith of Doctor Who (rawr).
The other is more visceral. Think kidnapped Jaime or Greyjoys of ADwD. Formerly haughty characters being made totally... different. By suffering. Not everyone's cup of fictional tea, obviously, but in the right circumstances I can find it very hot indeed.
(Also! Thank you very much for the nice things you said about me. <3! Oh, and happy recent birthday!)