Well, I Knew We'd Get Back Here Eventually

Not that this is going to make much sense to people who haven't read the earlier parts of the book, but--yes, there's going to be yet another sex scene in the third section of A Book of Tongues. From the very beginning, I've been vaguely flirting with the idea of hooking Chess up with Ed Morrow, our hapless ostensible "hero"--and yeah, it's going to happen, imminently. But OTOH, I've figured out fairly psychologically valid reasons why it "has" to, and how that's actually going to spur other parts of the plot, so...while it's probably exploitative, it's not as exploitative as it otherwise might be. Not really.;)

Hilariously, my first reaction to this particular twist was to worry that I was slashing my own narrative. Remember, folks--this is already a narrative revolving around a canonically gay guy in a canonical gay relationship, so--what? But then again, I guess I am threatening to extend my OTP (Rook/Chess) into an OT3 (Rook/Chess/Morrow). Or at least two pairings, both involving Chess; I'm pretty sure the Rev has no venereal interest in Morrow, aside from in an evilly indefinite, high-on-your-own-magic I'll fuck the whole world! sort of way...

Soooo--there 'tis. And there we go.

I love my damn job.