[ SECRET POST #2707 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2707 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Fingersmith Discussion

[straightforwardly]

Oh, I think their relationship is definitely plausible. They seem to have financial independence by the end, and there have been plenty of women throughout history who lived together in similar situations. I can't think of their names right now, but I read about them in Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928 by Martha Vicinus, which I read a few months ago for a research project.

I was surprised by how much I liked John by the end of the novel, actually. In the beginning I disliked him, but... even though he was a jerk, I felt like he was better than people like Gentleman and Mrs. Sucksby. Perhaps it was because he wasn't as manipulative as them.

On that note, while I think I hated the Gentleman more, I was more horrified by Mrs. Sucksby than I was by him. That she could raise Sue and treat her with love and care for so many years, and then send her off to an insane asylum like she was nothing worth... I found it utterly chilling.

Re: Fingersmith Discussion

[inevitableentresol]

There have been many women who've lived together without men. We mostly know this because there have always been others throughout history bemoaning it and saying how immoral it is.

I also liked John Vroom at the end. It was that last part where he's suddenly jealous of Gentleman's interest in the boot boy, and we get to see that perhaps there was more going on behind the scenes than we realised. John may have been a careless idiot, but he was raised badly by Mrs Sucksby, and he had feelings too.

I wanted him and Dainty to go off and have a happy life together. I admired John for having survived that far at all.

Re: Fingersmith Discussion

[diet_poison]

Agreed about John and Dainty. I think they did, or at least would like to think they did, since they wound up together. I also think his concern for Dainty's safety before anything else when Charles ran to the street to announce the murder was sweet. He did care about her even if he felt he couldn't show it.

Re: Fingersmith Discussion

[diet_poison]

Good point about John. He was very straightforward about what he wanted. He was a dick, but he was rather transparent. And I think his bark was way, way worse than his bite.

Yeah, she was pretty chilling. I kept waiting, when she was telling Maud her story, for the part where they go rescue Sue. It never came.