[ SECRET POST #3370 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3370 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I only really ship this in the book, rather than the show. In the show, the Gentleman is so much more flatly vicious and sees Stephen more like a pretty toy, but in the book there's ... Book!Gentleman loves him, genuinely, as much as an ancient, amoral, inhuman fairy knows how to love anyone, and Book!Stephen is so much more conflicted in his reaction to the Gentleman, both terrified and appreciative, more capable of manipulating him in little ways than Show!Stephen is, much more tempted by the end by the honest-if-terrifying appreciation the Gentleman shows him when compared to how humans treat him. They're an incredibly fucked up ship no matter which way you go, but the book versions have a thread of honesty and emotional involvement that I didn't get so much from the show. The Gentleman's inhuman love and inability to show empathy on one side, Stephen's terror and appreciation and temptation and moral courage on the other.

I do prefer slightly happier ships for Stephen, at least as the endgame, I want him to have something happy and consensual and not terrifying at the end of it (I favour Stephen/Vinculus in the show, and Stephen/Mrs Brandy in the book), but I really, really ship Stephen/Gentleman during the course of the book, in all its incredibly fucked-up glory.

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds really fascinating and make me want to watch/read the show/book.

[(Anonymous)]

Go for it! I'd advise the show first, it's a) gorgeous and b) less involved than the book, so it'll give you an overview of the universe and a chance to see if you like it. Then the book, because the book is so much more intricate and involved, with all sorts of extra worldbuilding and fascinating asides.

Also, if you do it that way, it's easier to forgive the ... alternate interpretations the show puts on some things. It generally is an excellent adaptation, but it did put a different slant on several elements.

[(Anonymous)]

The show is absolute garbage that misses most of what makes the book worthy of at least a dozen rereads.