The one-sentence version is that I wonder whether mixing war stories with romance configures the romance (or, if you prefer, the relationships) militaristically--I don't know whether it does or must, but it struck me as something to keep in mind.
I also think that the arc of the fandoms you talk about in that post may provide a lens on militarism in British history--starting out with Austen, whose first books have landowners for heroes but ended up with people like Captain Wentworth as the love interests, and by the time of Holmes it isn't necessary to have any characters actively in the service for the entire thing to be imbricated in the military-social complex (which is a term I think I just invented but which I like way too much). Again, I'm not sure whether I even think I have something here, but it did suggest itself to me.
These thoughts are very inchoate at the moment, but if and when I do put them in order I will write them up!
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Date: 2010-05-07 19:23 (UTC)I also think that the arc of the fandoms you talk about in that post may provide a lens on militarism in British history--starting out with Austen, whose first books have landowners for heroes but ended up with people like Captain Wentworth as the love interests, and by the time of Holmes it isn't necessary to have any characters actively in the service for the entire thing to be imbricated in the military-social complex (which is a term I think I just invented but which I like way too much). Again, I'm not sure whether I even think I have something here, but it did suggest itself to me.
These thoughts are very inchoate at the moment, but if and when I do put them in order I will write them up!