First time posting on your Live Journal, I powered through the books in about a week this summer because sleep and productive activity are for losers who don't have access to such awesome fanfic, And also because I was sort of in a fugue state this summer where all there was to do was put together med school applications. Anyway, on the subject of shipping, I favor Larry for three main reasons. 1. He is one of my favorite characters in the story and represents one of my favorite archtypes. 2. He's roughly equal with Alex in power and is one of the few who doesn't take shit from her. 3. Alexandra's personality seems like it would be really well-suited to a dark, angry, destructive romance (I'm picturing something like Spike/Buffy but with less annoying double standards) and that's more or less what I picture a Larry/Alex pairing as.
As for the ending none of the categories really fit my preference, but the closest would probably be EPIC GIANT ROBOTS BATTLE! Ever since I realized that a) Abraham Thorn has a wide array of similarities with Julius Caesar and b) Alexandra shares names with Alexander the Great and Gaius Octavian I've been kind of hoping for a fantastic retelling of the end of the Roman Republic, concluding with Alexandra proclaiming herself Consul-for-Life and First Citizen of the new American Empire from atop a throne built from Generous One Bones (If this is not what is going to happen, there is no need to dissuade me from my Happy fantasies). Maybe Medea could play the role of Mark Antony. As for what I acually expect to happen, Alexandra's death has been so heavily foreshadowed that I actually am expecting the story to end with the death of the hero (for realsies, not a cop-out like Deathly Hallows)
Shipping/Ending
Anyway, on the subject of shipping, I favor Larry for three main reasons.
1. He is one of my favorite characters in the story and represents one of my favorite archtypes.
2. He's roughly equal with Alex in power and is one of the few who doesn't take shit from her.
3. Alexandra's personality seems like it would be really well-suited to a dark, angry, destructive romance (I'm picturing something like Spike/Buffy but with less annoying double standards) and that's more or less what I picture a Larry/Alex pairing as.
As for the ending none of the categories really fit my preference, but the closest would probably be EPIC GIANT ROBOTS BATTLE! Ever since I realized that a) Abraham Thorn has a wide array of similarities with Julius Caesar and b) Alexandra shares names with Alexander the Great and Gaius Octavian I've been kind of hoping for a fantastic retelling of the end of the Roman Republic, concluding with Alexandra proclaiming herself Consul-for-Life and First Citizen of the new American Empire from atop a throne built from Generous One Bones (If this is not what is going to happen, there is no need to dissuade me from my Happy fantasies). Maybe Medea could play the role of Mark Antony. As for what I acually expect to happen, Alexandra's death has been so heavily foreshadowed that I actually am expecting the story to end with the death of the hero (for realsies, not a cop-out like Deathly Hallows)