tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post4874512182789733856..comments2023-08-10T04:15:22.199-04:00Comments on Victoria Janssen: Marriage of Convenience or Not?Victoria Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-47921785239885049222010-06-14T09:13:34.632-04:002010-06-14T09:13:34.632-04:00Wow, L., you finished that fast! I'm so glad ...Wow, L., you finished that fast! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />Tumperkin wrote:<br /><i>The thing that makes it a MOC storyline for me is the journey to love (or realisation of existing love) of the couple. In short, they don't marry for love but they end the book in love. </i><br /><br />I like that definition a lot. Because I do intend them to have a love relationship as wellVictoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-66803994281397589652010-06-10T16:46:23.680-04:002010-06-10T16:46:23.680-04:00I think it is marriage of convenience - I think ma...I think it <i>is</i> marriage of convenience - I think marriage of convenience is quite a wide-ranging trope with varying levels of conflict and familiarity of the couples. Some couples start off very hostile to one another, others as polite strangers and others as friends. Yours seems to fall into the latter cateogry. The thing that makes it a MOC storyline for me is the journey to love (or Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-82488887632471820752010-06-10T15:19:25.271-04:002010-06-10T15:19:25.271-04:00I just finished TMM and I'm so glad these char...I just finished TMM and I'm so glad these characters get their own sequel! But I think you're right, it's not a classic Marriage of Convenience. It's not just their intense (though brief) history with each other that takes it out of that category. It's the fact that they already know that they share something that's so deep and emotional and fundamental to their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com