I confess that the romance novel bit came about courtesy of a friend I was watching with, who clutched at my arm and explained at great length how obviously Ray knew all about romance novels (see: Seeing is Believing and A Likely Story, wherein Ray does seem to have a pretty good grasp of what goes on in romance novels), and in the end I was charmed enough that I had to use it somewhere; but I can see why one might have a hard time imagining him reading them for fun.
I also confess I was very slightly tempted to do the Orpheus ending, but due South is ... inherently happy to me, I guess, so I couldn't bring myself to.
Anyway, thank you for the lovely comment and for the link. :D
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I confess that the romance novel bit came about courtesy of a friend I was watching with, who clutched at my arm and explained at great length how obviously Ray knew all about romance novels (see: Seeing is Believing and A Likely Story, wherein Ray does seem to have a pretty good grasp of what goes on in romance novels), and in the end I was charmed enough that I had to use it somewhere; but I can see why one might have a hard time imagining him reading them for fun.
I also confess I was very slightly tempted to do the Orpheus ending, but due South is ... inherently happy to me, I guess, so I couldn't bring myself to.
Anyway, thank you for the lovely comment and for the link. :D