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Post Cards From the Plebs: Kieron Gillen
Jan. 13th, 2014 09:43 pmDear Kieron Gillen,
This is my love letter to you, and Jamie McKelvie if you’re up for a threesome.
I've been following you since your Journey into Mystery and during that time I've become very accepting of your multiple personality syndrome, something I find very attractive in a writer. If I’m to be truthful, though, the aspect of you that I have most fallen for is Loki, whom you've passionately crafted with your heart and soul, and then, with Jamie’s hands, aged most appropriately for my demographic (I shouldn't call him Jamie, as we aren't close, but let’s not disrupt the intimate style of this confession of mine).
My feelings for Loki are as complex as the character himself, ranging from simple delight in his wordplay in the most inappropriate of situations, to admiration for his brilliant, layered and interlocking lies (another attractive trait for a writer), to flat out desperate jealously for his ability and willingness to change. Admittedly I am not dead, but I feel stuck in that limbo place of potentiality wherever Loki was before Thor called him back. I too need to change and start anew, but I am deeply unsure of how to do so.
So really it’s not a love of Loki (and by proxy you), but a love of his story and the hope it represents. I would give a lot for Loki’s ability to know exactly what to do in any given situation, but failing that I’ll take some guidance from his life so far:
•Letting some parts of your old self go is not always a bad thing
•Be ready to improvise, because plans don’t always work out and that’s ok
•There’s nothing wrong with putting some trust in love as it sometimes saves the day
•With the right tools it is possible to write your own happy ending
Thank you, thank you for your inspirational run writing Loki. It has meant a lot to me. I will be reading Agent of Asgard and I’m heartened that you have been having drinks with Al Ewing and that he uses the word “snog” in the series’ summary, but it won’t be the same. But, again, as previously discussed, sometimes change is the only option we have.
Thanks again for the love affair; it’s been quite a rush!
That is all.
Sincerely, Psylynce
P.S. If I never get a reply to this I'm going to consider it my first rejection letter and paper my wall with it and all my future ones, just like Stephen King.
P.P.S. I did get a kind of indirect response to this on tumblr. I'm not convinced he read this letter, but he did respond most kindly to my request for him to read it. What a lovely and talented person.
This is my love letter to you, and Jamie McKelvie if you’re up for a threesome.
I've been following you since your Journey into Mystery and during that time I've become very accepting of your multiple personality syndrome, something I find very attractive in a writer. If I’m to be truthful, though, the aspect of you that I have most fallen for is Loki, whom you've passionately crafted with your heart and soul, and then, with Jamie’s hands, aged most appropriately for my demographic (I shouldn't call him Jamie, as we aren't close, but let’s not disrupt the intimate style of this confession of mine).
My feelings for Loki are as complex as the character himself, ranging from simple delight in his wordplay in the most inappropriate of situations, to admiration for his brilliant, layered and interlocking lies (another attractive trait for a writer), to flat out desperate jealously for his ability and willingness to change. Admittedly I am not dead, but I feel stuck in that limbo place of potentiality wherever Loki was before Thor called him back. I too need to change and start anew, but I am deeply unsure of how to do so.
So really it’s not a love of Loki (and by proxy you), but a love of his story and the hope it represents. I would give a lot for Loki’s ability to know exactly what to do in any given situation, but failing that I’ll take some guidance from his life so far:
•Letting some parts of your old self go is not always a bad thing
•Be ready to improvise, because plans don’t always work out and that’s ok
•There’s nothing wrong with putting some trust in love as it sometimes saves the day
•With the right tools it is possible to write your own happy ending
Thank you, thank you for your inspirational run writing Loki. It has meant a lot to me. I will be reading Agent of Asgard and I’m heartened that you have been having drinks with Al Ewing and that he uses the word “snog” in the series’ summary, but it won’t be the same. But, again, as previously discussed, sometimes change is the only option we have.
Thanks again for the love affair; it’s been quite a rush!
That is all.
Sincerely, Psylynce
P.S. If I never get a reply to this I'm going to consider it my first rejection letter and paper my wall with it and all my future ones, just like Stephen King.
P.P.S. I did get a kind of indirect response to this on tumblr. I'm not convinced he read this letter, but he did respond most kindly to my request for him to read it. What a lovely and talented person.
