roseandheather wrote:csilkenat wrote:1. Hemphill-Foraker singularity. Or, in the words of a poster that I am not currently able to find "watch the universe collapse in a singularity of lesbian nerd love."
That poster would be me, and you're very welcome!
(Also I am so right there with you.)
csilkenat wrote:2. Give the Solarian League a taste of their own medicine and drop ever SD that can be spared into orbitals around earth.
That.... would be
incredibly satisfying.
csilkenat wrote:3. Give Honor one last giant fleet battle, preferably above Mesa and kill her off. In a suitably heroic fashion of course. (yes, I know that this is going to get me hated but I can just not see Honor going quietly off into retirement)
I'm kind of actually with you on this one. I mean, I don't
want Honor to die - at least not any time soon! - but you're right, I can't see her going quietly into retirement, either. She needs a blaze of glory. After all, she's basically the modern Edward Saganami or Ellen D'Orville, and D'Orville had a very long (for pre-prolong) and productive life before she went out in
her blaze of glory...
csilkenat wrote:4. The beginnings of truly bringing the Talbott quadrant into the Manticoran Empire.
Accompanied by Dame Estelle kicking diplomatic arse all over the Empire! Good God yes please!!!
csilkenat wrote:5. A more lasting edifice than the current alliance formed to provide a place for all factions to negotiate. Not to end war but to provide a neutral ground simply to talk.
I think this is a bloody
fantastic idea. Not that I have my doubts about the endurance of the Grand Alliance, but a neutral planet/system/space station that belongs to none of the participating nations when issues (because there
will be issues in the future, even between star nations that are on the best of terms) arise and need to be settled.
csilkenat wrote:edit. Apparently it is already fannon that the two of them are going to be lovers no matter what RFC does with the characters.
Er... that may also be my fault.
In all seriousness, though, I think it's a wonderful idea, and not for the reasons everyone's going to pin on me. (I doubt RFC is going to come poking around this particular thread, but if he does, here's my thinking.)
For one thing, there's been a bit of lamenting about the lack of prominent, openly gay characters, and while I'm totally on board with his decision not to do it simply as a case of tokenism (and as someone who is most definitely not straight, I think I have a bit more insight into the matter than the usual), Shannon and Sonja would be the
perfect opportunity to give us a lesbian couple center stage.
They're both established characters, they have a tremendous amount in common, they're going to be working together for an extended period of time in very close and intense circumstances, and neither of them are on record as to sexual orientation. Their relationship would be a natural outgrowth of the story, not awkwardly jammed in to fill a "social correctness quota" - which I have seen done, and which is never any less painful to witness. And one of the main themes of the Honorverse is what people can accomplish for the sake of love. Take Eloise and Javier, for instance - if they hadn't felt about each other the way they did, the future of the Republic would have been very different. They accomplished something extraordinary in the name of love - who's to say Shannon and Sonja couldn't do the same?
In fact, I'd go so far as to say that, aside from my other pet pairing, they make more sense with each other than any other prospective relationship in the Honorverse, and believe me, I have at least a dozen I could write essays on about why they're suited for each other. So yes - I stand behind the idea of Shannon and Sonja together romantically, because they
do make sense and because I think something even more wonderful than just a loving relationship could come out of it.
*sheepishly climbs off soapbox*
But I