It's a grahzny vonny world, o my brothers...

[fajrdrako]

From Fannish 5: What are your five favourite sibling relationships?

1. Francis Crawford of Lymond and his brother, Richard Crawford, Third Baron Culter. Richard and Francis are wonderful. I love all their scenes together, particularly the most fraught ones: in the clearing in The Game of Kings, on the beach in The Ringed Castle. I like the way they love each other, but Lymond can always push Richard's buttons, and does... And Richard has no defenses against him.
   
   
2. Northstar and Aurora, in Alpha Flight and X-Men and other Marvel mutant comics. I love Northstar in particular - Canadian, gay, a glamourous athlete. Aurora I don't much like - she has suffered badly from terrible writing over the years, and characters with dual personalities are notoriously hard to write well. But they are pretty together, and dramatic, and they can fly.
   
   
3. Sam and Dean Winchester, in the TV show Supernatural. The writing there has had its ups and down, but my goodness, they are fun - heartbreaking and heartwarming. My favourite Sam and Dean scene is the moment with the cereal, when Dean gives Sam the last serving.
   
   
4. Robert, Cyril, Anthea, Jane and the Lamb in Five of us and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit.
   
   
   
   
5. The Power children, Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie Power, from Marvel's comic, Power Pack. This is not surprising, in view of my choice #4: I believe Louise Simonson once said that the Power kids were inspired by the E. Nesbit books.
   

Comments

[rusty_halo]

That scene in the dell between Lymond and Richard in Game of Kings is one of my favorite scenes in all of literature, and is what got me totally and completely hooked on the Lymond Chronicles. Dunnett is so brilliant at capturing the complicated psychology behind their love and hate and rivalry and respect and just... I've never read a more nuanced (and ultimately wonderful) sibling relationship.

I also love the scene in Disorderly Knights when Lymond lays all his cards on the table and asks for help defeating Gabriel, and for a minute it appears that Richard still doesn't believe him, but then it turns out that Richard is the first one to stand up for him because Richard knows that if Lymond is asking for help, he's got no other alternative and really needs help. Richard being loyal and for once getting Lymond and understanding his motivations=so much awesome!

[fajrdrako]

Oh, I totally agree. That scene in the dell is one of my favourites in the whole series. It's wonderful all the way through, but even more so that in the end of the scene, Richard is ready to save Lymond from the law and even from himself.

But there are other great moments, not just when Richard and Lymond are together, but when they talk about each other. Sometimes these are incredibly funny moments (like, "What did he do? Knock her down and stomp on her?") or heartbreaking or sometimes just insightful.

(Love your icon, too.)