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[3scoremiles_10]

This was written in about an hour several months ago. I don't like it much, but that's just me. In any case, it belongs here too. I can't remember where it was posted before, but apologies to those who have already seen it.

Title: A Wish Come True
Summary: Bagoas learns the hard way to be careful what he wishes for.
Feedback: Yeah, sure.

Comments

[qaddafi]

You wrote all that in an hour? That's fast. I'm totally impressed.

It's so sad, and also makes me feel bad for Bagoas. He wouldn't have made the wish if he'd known what it would mean and now he has to deal with the guilt of it. I especially like the line, "He had always thought that the king’s strength was his own, it had never occurred to him that he might draw it from another." Very nice.

[3scoremiles_10]

Well, maybe it took a couple of hours ... I don't remember specifically, except that this was not one of those stories that I had to work on. It didn't take long.

As for Bagoas ... his feelings of guilt are of course unfounded, he had nothing to do with Hephaistion's death. But sometimes just knowing that you thought a thing is enough.

[bagoasalexander]

This is Bagoas in ways that Renault could not have expressed.

Bloody PERFECT portrayal of Bagoas' misunderstanding of Hephaestion and Alexander...and the consqences of his own arrogance. Pride goeth before a fall, for everyone, eunuch, king, and courtier.

B

[3scoremiles_10]

You could even almost feel sorry for him, huh? ;) It was one thing about Renault that did bug me ... she dropped these little tantalising hints every now and then that indicated that maybe Bagoas really could see the truth of what was between Hephaistion and Alexander, but then he'd turn away at the last minute. Of course, I don't write in Renault's universe (I'm guessing you picked that) but this is probably as close as I get to her Bagoas. Glad you liked it.

[annakas]

Liked this.
Was sad thought that Hephastion was dead the entire time and Alexander mad with grief but still Hephastion was felt the entire fic. Ai and Bagoas finally understood what Phai was to Alexander.

annakas

[3scoremiles_10]

Hephaistion's a strong presense here, even in his absence. It's ironic perhaps that it takes the loss of the man for Bagoas to see just how important he was. Better late than never, huh?