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Jinjur gets swept off her feet...
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I had this climax in mind when I began the piga-paka arc two years ago (the challenge at the coronation party) but as time marched inexorably forward, I realized I had no idea how Koz was going to grab Jinjur and haul her up onto his saddle. She's wearing hard shell armor, so he can't grasp her by the back of the shirt, she's low to the ground so snagging her under the arms was...well, I figured he could grab her by the shock collar. That would be a nice touch, the instrument of punishment being used to save her life, right?
Thing is, I could only envision him dragging her over his lap like a seal, from that position. It would have been more comic than dramatic. Howard Hawks would have added a quick buttock-spank, like John Wayne delivered to so many headstrong women in the films he directed (never mind that Jinjur is wearing hard-shell protective pants.)
But I wanted her to be able to search his face with a bewildered expression in her eyes--I mean, here she's been cussing him out and abusing him not only all morning, but FOR YEARS--and he saves her life. He could have looked the other way, and they'd all be free of Jinjur. Hell, he even wanted to shoot her on many occasions, volunteered to assassinate her, in fact.
Why did he save her?
Well, for one thing, Kathy would be upset. If she hadn't cried out in horror, Koz wouldn't have moved. But in spite of his avowed cowardice and apparent laziness and lack of respect, he's got the heart of a hero. That's why he's Sir Vorrior, Bravest Vorthy Companion.
I was also going to put different text into the last . He was going to say, "And if anybody is going to kill you, it's going to be me. I got dibs." But my husband felt that would telegraph too much.
So anyway, after making numerous sketches, searching for photos online of men catching women up onto the saddle (there aren't any, BTW) and even making up two figures in Hero Forge to try to figure out how to draw the rescue scene, and how he could catch her, pull her up, and then get her turned around so she was looking at him--and getting incredibly frustrated in the process--I decided, "Screw it!" and just winged it.
In actuality, your winging it is pretty darned good.
Vix
https://www.patreon.com/c/kathy_gar.....llogg_carry_on
He's gonna feel that one later.
... and if anyone get a snapshot of the last , with Jinjur in Koz' lap as the damsel in distress, it would make for excellent blackmail material XD