I think... been a few years since I read that one so correct me if I'm wrong. It just seems that's the only time she ever did it for something approaching fun; after that, it had to have a purpose.
Actually, her entire relationship with Jean-Claude, though brief, seems ridiculously healthy in retrospect. They had fun, they took care of each other -- the restaurant scene in Burnt Offerings is still one of my favorites of the series. It's so deliciously tender, in Real!Anita's ass-backwards way of being grumpy at the waiter and JC's pouty puppy eyes at her not finishing the whipped cream. From their sleeping together in Killing Dance to their last meeting in Blue Moon, Anita freakin' Blake was actually in a relationship that did NOT involve A) angst over sex, B) agnst over penis size, or C) a harem.
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Date: 2006-07-13 03:52 pm (UTC)Actually, her entire relationship with Jean-Claude, though brief, seems ridiculously healthy in retrospect. They had fun, they took care of each other -- the restaurant scene in Burnt Offerings is still one of my favorites of the series. It's so deliciously tender, in Real!Anita's ass-backwards way of being grumpy at the waiter and JC's pouty puppy eyes at her not finishing the whipped cream. From their sleeping together in Killing Dance to their last meeting in Blue Moon, Anita freakin' Blake was actually in a relationship that did NOT involve A) angst over sex, B) agnst over penis size, or C) a harem.
And then it all got shot to hell.