Andrew

@smiley ohhhh my friends used to read those a lot! I recognize it, though I never read it myself.

@ellette-giselle yeah it’s so much more reasonable when you have context and the proper meaning of the word is used (I’m sure you know all about the newspeak dilemma where people, especially important people, use one word when they really mean something else, in order to control or to convince others to do something they normally wouldn’t). I…[Read more]

@keilah-h

btw, yay! I got a reaction out of you!

lol.

@keilah-h

You’ll have to read more to find out. lol

Oh completely. In the actual book they are in a completely different font and are indented. KP wouldn’t let me indent them, so I guessed Italicizing would have to do.

@keilah-h

I agree with you…. but if you look at the old original damsel in distress stories, the girl was often a strong woman, but she was defeated and captured by a man, or held captive by evil in some way. (Totally reasonable.)

I think as women it can be easy to balk when we hear that term because of what society has been telling…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle wowwwww! I don’t know what to say. Will he die? will he live?? I must know!!!

also, a good idea would probably be to separate the writing in his letters out with an indent or with centered text as opposed to the normal look:

After some time, Aaron took up the quill and began to write, unsteadily at first, but growing…

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@smiley that was funny, who are the non-marvel characters again?

all that to say, I really don’t like the damsel in distress trope cause it implies that being “in distress” is all the character’s good for.

@ellette-giselle ok but HOW is a damsel in distress cool??

The whole “in distress” thing, from what I’ve seen, has kinda been turned into “I am a pansy and will faint or something at the very sight of blood or even a grasshopper.”

I really don’t think every female character should be the “rarrrr I’m a warrior and you can’t say no to that” kind…[Read more]

@calyhuge

The damsel in distress?

*smiling and blinking hopefully*

I love him! Such a sad life. But a redeeming end.

@calyhuge

There are other cool characters. *says the person with 95% of their lead characters in the army.*

@freed_and_redeemed

You should come RP with Calyhuge, Keilah, Koshka, and Loopy. We’re moving pretty slow and keep dying every few days.

We’re in the school.

Walking down a hall.

I think.

We might not even have started walking.

@calyhuge.  @keilah-h

Oh he most likely will.

Actually, Brian will be lucky if he gets out of that one unscathed if he doesn’t give a warning.

lol.

Y’all are so mean! Are you trying to give poor Rory more PTSD flashbacks!?

lol

@freed_and_redeemed

YOu MADE JEZYK FOR ME!!!!!??????

I LOVE ITTTT!!!!!!

I’m crying! He was such a sweet character.

Thank you!!!!!!

@calyhuge @loopylin @keilah-h @ellette-giselle

Leo

He shifted Quincy higher on his shoulder. The kid sighed, tucking his fluffy blonde head against Leo’s neck. It looked like Quincy wasn’t waking up anytime soon.

“I’m Leo. I work here.” He smiled at Kate and Brian. “And this little monkey is Quincy, my kid brother.” Or at least, that’s what the…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint  @keilah-h

It was early morning when Aaron woke from a light but peaceful sleep. He had stayed up long into the night, praying and studying his Bible. He sat up and watched the dim light from the rising sun grow stronger as the sun climbed higher, throwing more light through the bars of the window.

Aaron picked up his journal…

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@linus-smallprint

Yeah, honestly, why wait? Not only the two things you brought up, but also the fact that they live in the same building…. I mean they might as well get married.

Do you really want me to answer that question?

My guess, the lieutenant will become a Christian himself.

Hmmmm.

I make no comment.

@ellette-giselle haha Rory’s in for a surprise if he thinks Hunter and the gang aren’t soldiers.

@calyhuge I think I said Hunter was 12 earlier, but apparently I made a mistake and he’s actually 13. Sorry everyone else! lol

@koshka @loopylin

Hunter

“Well, he startled me and I almost killed him at lunch the other day, and then we were in th…[Read more]

@rae

Coming back in here to see who won. Congratulations!