A fate worse than death

[nineveh_uk]

It isn’t that I was contemplating Peter/Bunter ‘fuck or die’ fic during the meeting that’s so bad. It’s that I was chairing the meeting at the time.

Peter canonically prefers death to embarrassment. Bunter, on the other hand, is not hampered by being a gentleman.

Comments

[antisoppist]

That is a bit bad. Though as long as you wake up when people stop talking and the fic doesn't make it into the minutes it's probably fine.

I spent last night at the secondary school Celebration Of Achievement Evening and all I came up with to entertain myself was literary references to prize-givings. There may have to be a quiz.

[nineveh_uk]

Item 4: Pension auto-enrolment

JS reported on the implementation of pension auto-enrolment and procedures for opt-out. The committe noted that Mervyn Bunter, though accepting his lordship's disinclination for the circumstances, observed that death was considerably more unpleasant and that if his lordship felt unable to do the honours, he would make the attempt himself.

There should be a quiz.

[antisoppist]

Item 5: motion that all minutes in future to contain fanfic carried unanimously.

Bunter is practical. And capable with it.

Isn't it Harriet who would rather see him dead than embarrassed? Not that I can quite remember where. I feel he should have some say in the matter and possibly if push came to shove, as it were, Harriet might change her mind.

There will be a quiz once I have proofread 8,000 appallingly written words about the manufacture of socks. I am deliberately working at night because I did children's swimming after school. This is allowed.

[nineveh_uk]

Bunter doesn't see why he should get his throat cut for his lordship's sensibilities. It's not as if Peter actually objects to sleeping with people who are under duress, as long as they hide it well enough.

Harriet says that P. would rather see her dead than embarrassed. Though the question of who exactly she would be embarrassed for is left unsaid.

I can scarcely imagine 8000 good words about the manufacture of socks, let alone appalling ones.

[antisoppist]

There are quality control procedures to make sure that hold-ups stay up. Who would have guessed? Basically it was think of anything about manufacturing hosiery and then take all the articles out and get all your verb forms wrong.

as long as they hide it well enough
Well when one is used to paying for it one has high faking it standards....

Ah, true (re. Harriet). I still feel it's the person who is potentially embarrassed that should get to decide, not anyone else.

[nineveh_uk]

Thinking further, it's actually Harriet who says that P. would rather see her dead than embarrassed, with which he sort of agrees, but he still raised the option in the first place even if he doesn't seem to get as far as having practical suggestions as to how they pretend to be engaged/in a relationship.

Oh dear. I am not sure that I am going to be able to resist crackfic on the London coach.

[antisoppist]

Now I've looked at it, Peter doesn't want her dead, which is fair enough. Harriet thinks Peter thinks she would rather be dead than make an embarrassing pretence, and his "well wouldn't you?" is sound judgment based on the fact that that was exactly what she did over her trial defence, and she agrees he's right. But I think for her it's more about the pretence than the embarrassment.

I shall ponder what does make Harriet embarrassed on the train.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

Please write it.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Carpe fuckor diem?

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

*groans*

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It might be too cracky even for me! On the other hand, I will have a very long bus journey when on holiday soon.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I have noticed in PW a strong and practical desire to save his own life. (And even more, to save another.) He may angst later-- in the moment he will do what he must....

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

True. He doesn't mind taking risks, but the "I don't care if I live or die" is in the abstract rather than the heat of the moment. But I can come up with some qualms for him if necessary ;-)

[marginaliana]

Are you susceptible to bribes?

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not! What an appalling and thoroughly despicable idea! How can you say such a thing!

Meet you in Lyons Cafe at Piccadilly Circus. I will be wearing a wine-coloured evening dress, and you will be carrying a brown envelope.