Well, maybe. I'd never rule out the ability of a good writer to make something work.
It still strikes me as difficult, though. Even if we're talking about a few weeks in rather than a few days in, there hasn't been time to build up much of a reservoir of trust. And this would be a big, big deal. So I'd think that both the obvious ways it could play out would be problematic, in story terms. Either the confusion/misidentification is cleared up instantly, in which case the story isn't about Richard thinking Alec has drugged him at all, or else it isn't, in which case I'm thinking that at best, Alec is going to have to work very hard to even get an opportunity to clear things up.
This is a guy who doesn't even drink to the point where he can feel an effect from it. Being drugged, I have to suspect, would be something that at best would have him cutting off a relationship with no further discussion. And that's if he didn't kill the offender just to make sure it wouldn't happen again.
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Date: 2007-02-16 01:50 am (UTC)It still strikes me as difficult, though. Even if we're talking about a few weeks in rather than a few days in, there hasn't been time to build up much of a reservoir of trust. And this would be a big, big deal. So I'd think that both the obvious ways it could play out would be problematic, in story terms. Either the confusion/misidentification is cleared up instantly, in which case the story isn't about Richard thinking Alec has drugged him at all, or else it isn't, in which case I'm thinking that at best, Alec is going to have to work very hard to even get an opportunity to clear things up.
This is a guy who doesn't even drink to the point where he can feel an effect from it. Being drugged, I have to suspect, would be something that at best would have him cutting off a relationship with no further discussion. And that's if he didn't kill the offender just to make sure it wouldn't happen again.