Couplethinking

[pippin_999 <foxmoth@qnet.com>]

The Elkins said:
(Who is The Elkins, what is she? And who can comprehend 
her?)

>>I mean, for heaven's sake! Did Paul get *laid* on the Road To 
Damascus?"<<


LOL! Should I tell you that my filker's mind immediately flashed 
on Jesus, accompanied by the Fab Four, appearing before Paul 
in a blaze of gory and banging out "Why don't we do it in the 
road?"

But seriously, I think that many people aren't as 
compartmentalized as The Four Loves philosophy implies. I 
think many people really can't feel any kind of love strongly 
without arousing a sort of echo from the others. In real life, 
expressing these echo feelings would many times be 
inappropriate and would upset or even violate the primary 
relationship. In realistic fiction, the same applies. But since fan 
fiction is not about the "real" characters, authors and readers can 
explore those echoes without implying that acting on them would 
be a good idea in real life.

Pippin