If no one was kidnapped, it doesn't sound traumatic (except for the part where you realise you did a dumb thing...which'd sting).
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2005 7:57:08 am PST #8825 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2005 7:59:35 am PST #8826 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Tiramisu ice cream
OMG - That's my favorite kind!
Trader Joe's?
Nicole - Mar 23, 2005 8:00:28 am PST #8827 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
I guess I'm failing to see the trauma. Now, if they kidnap and torture them just to get their point across, that's different, obviously.
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2005 8:01:46 am PST #8828 of 10001
brillig
I think the "on camera" portion would be the part to make me pissed if I was a teenager. If your point is to show your kid how not to be dumb, there's no reason to add potential humiliation at school into the mix.
beathen - Mar 23, 2005 8:02:10 am PST #8829 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I guess I'm failing to see the trauma.
I suppose it depends on the kid's age when it happens. I can see the positive side to it, but still.
eta: what connie said
Almare - Mar 23, 2005 8:04:53 am PST #8830 of 10001
"My drink preference does not indicate my sexual preference. "
Nation Wide Humiliation might be responcible for the camera phobias that are poppin' up
vw bug - Mar 23, 2005 8:07:42 am PST #8831 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I recommend online grocery shopping when you don't feel well. You save LOTS of money.
Nicole - Mar 23, 2005 8:07:51 am PST #8832 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Camera phobias? Is this the new thing?
brenda m - Mar 23, 2005 8:18:32 am PST #8833 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Baklava ice cream? It sounds like Moose Trail icream... something you would never taste underless slightly drunk.
I was dubious, but it was damn good. Then I pimped it to my sister, who gave me the same crazy look I gave the person who pimped it to me...but she's drinking the kool-aid now.
brenda m - Mar 23, 2005 8:23:30 am PST #8834 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I guess I'm failing to see the trauma. Now, if they kidnap and torture them just to get their point across, that's different, obviously.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, coming right after the break in stories. I guess it depends on whether it goes kid gets in car, driver turns around and says "now wasn't that stupid?," or if they're actually making someone think they've been kidnapped. If it's the first, then I think the lack of trauma is matched by the lack of point. If it's the second, then I stand by my outrage.
Maybe I'm also coming from too personal a place. I've had a gun to my head - being told that it was a set-up afterward wouldn't make it much less traumatic, and any residual effects would be like ongoing betrayals from whatever kind soul set it up. No thanks.