Love, love the Senateverse like nobody's business, and I really did appreciate reading this story, and this chapter is one of my favorites.
I try to take most everything Stephen does with a grain of salt but sometimes the inherent well-intentioned part of the idiot just gets to me, like his being personally touched enough to make sure that the soldiers get to keep their homes. I mean, some politicians can be incredibly stupid and sleazy and are well-intentioned at heart but maybe poor Stephen is just too close to mine.
Supporting the troops seems like a no-brainer, but this is Stephen we're talking about who puts aside his personal vanity, asks for a co-sponsor, and lets it be a notorious liberal like Jon. Okay, so he needs it to be, knows that Jon has a sort of charisma all his own, which was the very reason that Stephen sided with him on that project with the special needs schools, but still. I know Stephen couldn't be completely incompetent and unfeeling, being elected for a reason.
I just... love their unlikely dynamic. I love that Jon has to think for an hour whether or not he's going to answer a desperate man's plea to meet him in his limo. I don't care that on the one hand, it only took him an hour and on the other he didn't jump right to it.
I just like the gradual feel of these two guys' unlikely friendship. And Jon conceding to talk to Brian Williams and actually PR'ing for Stephen it seems, even if it might just be majorly because Stephen went out there to serve a good cause (even if Jon had sort of inadvertently made him feel guilty about the troops.)
And the Huckabee Decreee, nice! He's willing to go on the equivalent of the Report! And I know Jon's a good guy, but hey, that's three shows in a brief amount of time, picking up the slack for his friend.
And no matter that Stephen got himself into it, I can't help but feel for the man that he's willing to sit there with his eyes closed the entire limo ride back, no matter how childish it is, just so that he doesn't have to see that Jon isn't there.
And the funniest part of all... it's how good Stephen can be at his job. I swear, I saw it in that one chapter when Stephen was telling Jon what to do and what not to do in politics, that America was a nice lady that you had to woo and distract before you robbed her blind. Jon has the knowledge and is fine on his own, but Stephen seems to know how to play the Southern charm game, and it's freaking awesome. I like how he needs Jon's help, not just to co-sponsor but as a bit of moral-support to and because Jon has a "something" that Stephen can't even forget in Iraq, but there's no way in hell Stephen's going to tell him.
I swear, something about their dynamic is just attractive to both the reader and the characters, themselves, and it shows, especially in the last paragraph. I'm not sure if I'm reading the third to last sentence correctly, but... gah.
They just. work. together. well. And I think those two can do great things together and possibly even cover it as the spirit of bipartisanship.
And bonus fucking points for making mental snuggles (I don't care if it's only in my head,) while still having them wary of one another, i.e., Stephen looking "cagey" and Jon's ... being Jon.
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Love, love the Senateverse like nobody's business, and I really did appreciate reading this story, and this chapter is one of my favorites.
I try to take most everything Stephen does with a grain of salt but sometimes the inherent well-intentioned part of the idiot just gets to me, like his being personally touched enough to make sure that the soldiers get to keep their homes. I mean, some politicians can be incredibly stupid and sleazy and are well-intentioned at heart but maybe poor Stephen is just too close to mine.
Supporting the troops seems like a no-brainer, but this is Stephen we're talking about who puts aside his personal vanity, asks for a co-sponsor, and lets it be a notorious liberal like Jon. Okay, so he needs it to be, knows that Jon has a sort of charisma all his own, which was the very reason that Stephen sided with him on that project with the special needs schools, but still. I know Stephen couldn't be completely incompetent and unfeeling, being elected for a reason.
I just... love their unlikely dynamic. I love that Jon has to think for an hour whether or not he's going to answer a desperate man's plea to meet him in his limo. I don't care that on the one hand, it only took him an hour and on the other he didn't jump right to it.
I just like the gradual feel of these two guys' unlikely friendship. And Jon conceding to talk to Brian Williams and actually PR'ing for Stephen it seems, even if it might just be majorly because Stephen went out there to serve a good cause (even if Jon had sort of inadvertently made him feel guilty about the troops.)
And the Huckabee Decreee, nice! He's willing to go on the equivalent of the Report! And I know Jon's a good guy, but hey, that's three shows in a brief amount of time, picking up the slack for his friend.
And no matter that Stephen got himself into it, I can't help but feel for the man that he's willing to sit there with his eyes closed the entire limo ride back, no matter how childish it is, just so that he doesn't have to see that Jon isn't there.
And the funniest part of all... it's how good Stephen can be at his job. I swear, I saw it in that one chapter when Stephen was telling Jon what to do and what not to do in politics, that America was a nice lady that you had to woo and distract before you robbed her blind. Jon has the knowledge and is fine on his own, but Stephen seems to know how to play the Southern charm game, and it's freaking awesome. I like how he needs Jon's help, not just to co-sponsor but as a bit of moral-support to and because Jon has a "something" that Stephen can't even forget in Iraq, but there's no way in hell Stephen's going to tell him.
I swear, something about their dynamic is just attractive to both the reader and the characters, themselves, and it shows, especially in the last paragraph. I'm not sure if I'm reading the third to last sentence correctly, but... gah.
They just. work. together. well. And I think those two can do great things together and possibly even cover it as the spirit of bipartisanship.
And bonus fucking points for making mental snuggles (I don't care if it's only in my head,) while still having them wary of one another, i.e., Stephen looking "cagey" and Jon's ... being Jon.