*nod* I both enjoy the contrast of positive feelings with harsh circumstances (and vice-versa, when I'm in a schadenfreude mood^^), and the story element of finding interesting people/things/ideas coming out of places between- places between rulers, between land and sea, between law and anarchy, things usually dismissed as good for nothing but those who cling to them manage alright, at least for a little while.
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Date: 2010-02-18 11:32 pm (UTC)