Cock Block Strikes Again!

[fembuck]

Hollows/Ravy fans, read at your own risk ...

Drama Box Question
THi Kim!!! Since its April 1, I can ask my question about WWBC, although its not really a spoiler. Anyway, when Rachel is picking up her brother that the airport, she sees a woman greeting her partner with their children. Then she is sad that her and Ivy's relationship will never be recognized like that. First, awesome scene and a nod to other families. Second, how can Rachel not want to be with Ivy after a thought like that? Seriously, people don't have those kind of thoughts about normal friends. Honestly, I think that Rachel is just so scared she would lose Ivy that she is not even letting herself consider the possibility. Look at how their auras merged to become one in ODW. Ok, I'm done stating my case for time being. I'm lovin' the book!!!~Indy

Cock-Blocks Answer
4/1/09 -- Hi, Indy. It's complicated. Rachel is smart enough to know that some things come with so many attachments, that to follow them will lead to disaster. Yes, you can try, but at some point, it's going to fall apart. Ivy is my tragic figure, and she will be happy when I'm done even if I have to kill her to do it. (just kidding) Ivy will be happy, but it won't be with Rachel. And Rachel is going to have to live with that. --Kim

My Response
That sounds pretty conclusive to me.




The nicest thing I can say is, at least she finally manned up and has stopped intentionally fucking with the hopes of Ravy fans.

So, on the one hand ... I'm free! I no longer do I have to worry about how I'm going to get through 6 more books. The answer: I don't! I'm done. I'm retiring from the stage. Adios. Sayonara. Goodbye. And, there's something in having that resolved at least. A clean break and all that.

Mostly, I'm feeling like this towards Cock Block however:

Because, while she didn't owe me a Ravy ending to the series, she made me hope for it, and for books, and books, and books was tease about the whole fucking thing and so ...




Thanks for the memories!  It was good for a while between us bb, but it got ugly real fast!  Buh-bye.


*gets ready to start programming my brain into believing, utterly and completely, that the series ended with book five*

Looks like it's strictly fanficly from now on ... my heart is sad, but I guess my wallet can rest easy.

*sigh*

So, yeah ... there's that.

Comments

[julygreen.livejournal.com]

Well. Consider the shark well and truly jumped.


I don't mind that "And Rachel is going to have to live with that" as much as you do, though. It sort of sounds like Rachel will realize what she missed out on, what she could have.
... I'm being way too charitable, aren't I?

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

It sort of sounds like Rachel will realize what she missed out on, what she could have.

That's what it does sound like. The thing is I don't care. If Rachel's misses out on the opportunity it's entirely her own fault. I will not feel sympathy for her. I will hurt for Ivy, that once again under the guise of caring Rachel will manage to emotionally torture her, but all of my sympathy will be for Ivy, and none of it will be for Rachel. Rachel has had too many opportunities to have what she wants, and she as turned her back on all of them. She is not unaware of Ivy's feeling for her, she not even unaware of the fact that she has more than friendly feelings for Ivy, and EVERYONE THEY KNOW thinks they like each other and would support them if they got together (even Keasley - who was the closest to being 'ew' about the idea of GoGA - was like, "I don't love it, but I like you both, and I'm not going to stop talking to you because of it").

Honestly, if it plays out like it seems it will I will actively be hoping for Rachel to suffer. But she won't for long. She never does. If WWBC is any indication, three days after Ivy leaves, Rachel will probably be lusting after the handsome dwarf we learn was secretly living in her basement for two years, who she had a powerful connection to while she was at Camp Kalamack.

[ralphy137.livejournal.com]

Rachel will probably be lusting after the handsome dwarf we learn was secretly living in her basement for two years, who she had a powerful connection to while she was at Camp Kalamack.

ahahaha this for life.

[julygreen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I certainly won't feel SYMPATHY for Rachel. Ravy makes sense in ALL ways: it's her fault she's too stupid/self-absorbed/in-denial to make it happen. Rachel made her (Ivy-free) bed and now she has to lie in it! But I would feel a little vindicated if Ivy gets her happily-ever-after, and Rachel is left realizing what could have been. Actually, this is my preferred ending at this point. Just imagine it: Ivy rides off into the sunset with her lady love, leaving Rachel looking around at the emptiness that is her life without Ivy.

(Of course, that would presuppose that Ivy was a character that mattered to KH, and not just a repository for angst and emotional wankery ... oh this cockblockage pisses me off so much. IT IS STUPID AND MAKES NO SENSE).