Listen, protag...

[conuly]

I'm glad you got married. Yup, you thought it'd never happen, and now it's happening.

But... I don't know, I think it's a little skeevy that the dog you rescued is now your boyfriend, and he's going directly from sleeping in your bed as your dog to sleeping in your bed as your husband and omg are you still calling him by his dog name!?

Maybe spend some time getting to know each other as humans first? A few months? Or weeks? Or... hours, even? A few minutes? ANY TIME AT ALL?

Okay, well, I guess that's happening.

(But, honestly, stop calling him by his dog name. No, seriously, stop. People will talk. I mean, they'll talk anyway, but why give them so much to talk about? STOP.)

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Comments

[brokenallbroken]

You've just described every Sirius/Remus fic ever.

[conuly]

...only incidentally.

[siderea]

At first I was confused about who was rescuing whom because I just finally took in "Jupiter Rising".

[conuly]

Her dog/boyfriend and his brother (also in the form of a dog) rescue her repeatedly as well. There's a lot of rescuing going on.

[amaebi]

Wise words.

[shadowkat]

But... I don't know, I think it's a little skeevy that the dog you rescued is now your boyfriend, and he's going directly from sleeping in your bed as your dog to sleeping in your bed as your husband and omg are you still calling him by his dog name!?

Maybe spend some time getting to know each other as humans first? A few months? Or weeks? Or... hours, even? A few minutes? ANY TIME AT ALL?

It took me a minute to realize you were talking about fictional characters in a book and not a real person. LOL! Whatever book you are reading - it sounds unintentionally, hilarious.

[conuly]

It really wasn't, other than that. I could honestly believe the author had no sense of humor whatsoever, at any rate, it didn't show up in the book if they do.

[shadowkat]

Oh, too bad. It's set up perfectly for humor.

[kshandra]

...Anne Bishop?

[readerjane]

That sounds like a plot that started with the author thinking, "I wish I'd meet someone who loves me as much as my dog does."

[nodrog]

Yah, sometimes stories say more about the author, than about the characters.

[conuly]

That level of devotion cannot sustain conversation.

[chelseagirl]

. . . and this is why I steer clear of shifter romances.

Although Maria Vale's wolf ones seem cool and I will check them out someday.

[conuly]

It didn't advertise itself as one when I bought it or opened it!

[pauamma]

Is the transition supposed to be permanent? It feels like the dogname should be a deadname as well in that case. (Or perhaps even if the transition doesn't last. Etiquette about that's unclear to me.)

[conuly]

I suppose if he doesn't object....

[chez_jae]

Just what book were you reading?!

:/

[conuly]

Nope, I do not answer that question when criticizing a book that I cannot praise as well.

[conuly]

(Except when I do, but this is not one of those times.)