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CyranoRox
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The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
And why did it feel that way?
Because, mes amies, you have had what you are all asking for. Allow me to explain.
Consider the vocal music, separate from the verbal content. Consider the rhythmic pattern. I am going to argue that it was isomorphic to intercourse, but intended to bypass conscious filters and not to be quite perceived in that way. I am specifically not arguing that it was pornographic or obscene in any way.
The opening exchanges set it up; the startling, shocking sexiness of the voice and movement is strong enough to start disrupting normal conscious processing. The comic beginning of the long speech; the half-involuntary acceleration; the increasingly penetrating voice; crescendo; a splash of silvery laughter; decrescendo, a sweet and relaxed passage from about ‘my very good honor..’; coda, back to normal conversation more or less.
The unconscious is ravished while the consciousness is distracted trying to keep track of the flying words. Note, I am strictly talking about a transposition of the erotic, in the mind and ear. Make more of it at your leisure. Not that there weren’t some sighs in the theater, but that’s another thing entirely. I’m talking about the erotic but not literally sexual satisfaction. You can find the effect in Beethoven, strongly; in Chopin, darkly. I’ve never seen anyone try for it in this manner, let alone succeed so well that the whole thing is invisible, but effective.
With literal sex on screen, bodies engage with each other. You watch, play mentally with identifying with one or the other etc but you are a voyeur by definition. The naughty bits stay up there on the screen; flesh is represented, but not actually present. Here, Evey as passive partner, sitting in a dark place [weren’t you?], with V rather towering over her [and you], having gone out for the evening [didn’t you?]…a little startled [no need to repeat] … receives the torrent. The situation makes the audience JUST as much a passive partner as Evey, since the mode is aural. A voice is not only represented, but actually present. A voice does what no image can do; departs from the screen. The fourth wall is dissolved. [lots of dissolving to talk about but later…] You get just what she got. All the sex there was to have, you had. In a platonic key, in the mode of juissance [fancy French for the erotic pleasure of speech itself], but doesn’t it make sense of just why people want it Again? Again?
It explains a lot: have you seen some of the angry hating posts on some other boards? Some guy just wants to smash V - and V4V- but can’t quite say why. I know why; he got ravished, caught off guard, and feels intensely angry about it without being able to explain it to himself. Another portion of the audience seems to have walked away bored; they seem to have shut the whole thing out in a defense reflex, and never quite got the rest of the film.
The next question, and darker; just who/what are you enjoying? and to what end, and whose? But I’ll be back with more if you like my topic.
“and, as I end the refrain, strike home!”
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
*falls down and worships literary analysis*
 
CyranoRox, you are awesome.
That also explains the Vandals' insistence that V must be gay. They quote the trappings of his love of art and music, but in the end he evokes a very visceral and sexual response from men and women alike. It's unnerving to anyone who's not completely at ease with his (especially his) own sexuality.
*grovels more* I totally want to be your friend now.
*hurries to fetch tea and chocolates in hope that bribery will work*
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just who/what are you enjoying? and to what end, and whose?
Lovely chap by the name of "Maestro", the hero of the novel I'm revising and preparing for review by the 3 agents and 2 editors (I miscounted and had a pleasant surprise in the cards I brought back from the RWA conference) who showed interest. Dude is something I want to see: a bona fide wizard who's not a prepubescent kid or a grey-haired old curmudgeon. I love magic, and have been working my ass off trying to create a character who's just the right balance between dark and light, dangerous and protective.
He also needs to be freakin' hot: it IS a romance, after all.
Maestro's another one of those guys about whom I'm torn -- on the one hand, I'd really like to have a couple hours alone with him in a dark room with a comfy bed; on the other hand, I just want to sit down with him and pick his brain. V does that for me too -- incites a deep attraction on the mental and emotional plane that carries over into just good old fashioned lust.
In other words, I'm writing the story I've always wanted to see, but have never found. It's fun as hell, and I have a shot at publication now.
*plays hostess to CyranoRox*
More tea? Try the little dark chocolate truffles, though mind that you eat them quickly; they tend to get melty.
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
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The next question, and darker; just who/what are you enjoying? and to what end, and whose? But I’ll be back with more if you like my topic.
We like! We like! 
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
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You get just what she got. All the sex there was to have, you had.
Oh my dear Cyrano (btw, welcome to the board!  ), you are completely right. In the theater, I had great, mind blowing sex with V!!! And the proof of it is, that as the sequence you so thoroughly described flashed before my eyes, I felt as if I was having a "religious experience". My breath caught in my throat, my pulse quickened to the point of madness, and afterwards, I felt as if I had just stepped out of a tornado. All this, caused simply by a voice... his voice.
Gives new meaning to V's phrase: "words will always retain thier power" 
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
Reminds me of what someone posted on IMDB
The V speech: Starts off slow gets faster and faster before finishing with his name. Thats erotic.
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
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Reminds me of what someone posted on IMDB
The V speech: Starts off slow gets faster and faster before finishing with his name. Thats erotic.
OMFG!!! That's AWESOME!!! You hit it right there.
And then the "Are you hurt?" in the velvet purr is like afterglow, I swear.
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
CyranoRox
I'm speechless.
That was perfectly stated.
Bravo!
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
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MelindaKitty wrote:
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Albion19 wrote:
Reminds me of what someone posted on IMDB
The V speech: Starts off slow gets faster and faster before finishing with his name. Thats erotic.
OMFG!!! That's AWESOME!!! You hit it right there.
And then the "Are you hurt?" in the velvet purr is like afterglow, I swear.
Whew!! Anybody got a cigarette? 
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Re: The erotic dynamics of alliteration, or why it felt that way.
MelindaKitty wrote:
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That also explains the Vandals' insistence that V must be gay. They quote the trappings of his love of art and music, but in the end he evokes a very visceral and sexual response from men and women alike. It's unnerving to anyone who's not completely at ease with his (especially his) own sexuality.
So ladies, it is a little embarassing to be the only guy in the room while the group of you is lusting enthusiastically after V and his climactic Volley of alliteration, but I do have to agree with the analysis.
Here is what I wrote at the "Is V Gay?" thread at IMDb earlier today:
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Perhaps I missed something, but as a heterosexual guy I really didn’t think V was “gay”. Sure he is dramatic, a snappy dresser, a fabulous interior decorator, and an intellectual, but right from when he first encounters Evey he is showing off to her physically, intellectually, gallantly; and courting her as only a heterosexual man would do. And their romance, although unconsumated, is so filled with longing, it was clear to me V was carrying a major torch for Evey. The smashing of the mirror with the mask after Evey lets V have it about being a monster and leaves him, is the ultimate confirmation that he is hopelessly in love with her in a very heterosexual male way.
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And then the "I merely played my part". Holy Christ! It's post orgasm bliss in its finest form! 
