bwahaha, pissing off Lolth, that's such a Zaknafein thing to do. ;) Of course Drizzt kept the memory of a father who died for him, twice even. And while I know that Zaknafein did indeed love Drizzt, it bothers me that Drizzt is ignoring the other, darker side of his father. Now I can understand why he does it, but since we only see Zak through Drizzt's eyes in the later books it feels like RAS himself has forgotten who Zaknafein really was. That's mainly why I don't want him to write a prequel series about zaknafein and jarlaxle. I'm afraid that RAS will write Zak as some sort of older, more bitter Drizzt. And that's simply not who he is. Drizzt has no idea just how much of a drow Zaknafein was. I really want to bring that out in Kindred Spirits.
Hehe, yes, it's easy to forget that Artemis rarely got away from "his" area, the Sword Coast and surroundings. Send the poor guy into one of the real high-level-regions of Faerun and things will look different. That was one of the few things I liked about the Sellswords Trilogy - Artemis and Jarlaxle meeting epic characters who made them look very weak indeed. ;)
That's why I definitely see Artemis as somebody to go to courtisans, because he'd never trust anyone enough to have some sort of relationship, even if it's only for one night. He'd have to separate his sex life COMPLETELY from his professional life, because - like you said - it would be rather damaging to his reputation if his true preferences came out. But if he really doesn't like women, and I don't think he does, he'd rather have no sex at all than sex he doesn't enjoy. So, yes, all of this crossed my mind, and this was the only version that made any sense to me. I don't know/can't remember if you've read "Coming to Terms" - it's a one-shot I've written about precisely this whole "young, successful and paranoid assassin looking for a safe way to get what he wants"-issue. ;) And it's better than that just sounded. ;)
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Date: 2009-08-20 02:59 pm (UTC)Hehe, yes, it's easy to forget that Artemis rarely got away from "his" area, the Sword Coast and surroundings. Send the poor guy into one of the real high-level-regions of Faerun and things will look different. That was one of the few things I liked about the Sellswords Trilogy - Artemis and Jarlaxle meeting epic characters who made them look very weak indeed. ;)
That's why I definitely see Artemis as somebody to go to courtisans, because he'd never trust anyone enough to have some sort of relationship, even if it's only for one night. He'd have to separate his sex life COMPLETELY from his professional life, because - like you said - it would be rather damaging to his reputation if his true preferences came out. But if he really doesn't like women, and I don't think he does, he'd rather have no sex at all than sex he doesn't enjoy.
So, yes, all of this crossed my mind, and this was the only version that made any sense to me. I don't know/can't remember if you've read "Coming to Terms" - it's a one-shot I've written about precisely this whole "young, successful and paranoid assassin looking for a safe way to get what he wants"-issue. ;) And it's better than that just sounded. ;)