Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...  

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


erikaj - Aug 08, 2005 7:23:53 am PDT #3466 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Every vibe in the world for the internet spouse...funny, that's caught on for my local beta, too. He's always asking about "the missus" these days. Allyson, what Deb said. About being in your book. Besides I've named a character after you, anyway.(I probably should have asked first, huh? But she's a hero, so I guessed it would be all right.) Deb, not a problem. I could relate...see tag. (There's this bumper sticker a lot of disability movement people have that says that "natural" thing...to make the point that because we're different, doesn't mean there's anything to fix, nature's infinite variety and so forth..) Everytime I see one, I think of natural things that aren't all that pretty, you know?


Beverly - Aug 08, 2005 7:26:10 am PDT #3467 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Vibeage for Deb, writage for Allyson.

Still pondering green.


Allyson - Aug 08, 2005 7:26:35 am PDT #3468 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Can she have a decent date, erika? I don't want to impose, really, but one of us, either fictional me or real me, should get some smoochies.


erikaj - Aug 08, 2005 7:30:52 am PDT #3469 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

In the last book, he was decent, very hot, and married. Maybe she'll get a single one next time...


Allyson - Aug 08, 2005 7:32:30 am PDT #3470 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Thanks, erika. My fictional self is content.

deb, all the good karma you sent my way is spun back in your direction.


Susan W. - Aug 08, 2005 7:33:18 am PDT #3471 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Vibes to Deb~~


deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2005 7:41:39 am PDT #3472 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Heh. Allyson, having read your avatar's adventures in the first half of erika's first one starring her? She has no problem with the smooches. And she can have lunch with ita's fictional avatar, Domitra Calley, bodyguard to a rock star. In While My Guitar Gently Weeps, she gets herself a very pretty chewtoy, a martial arts-loving roadie named named Doug Hewlet, who is based on this guy, at least physically.

I thought ita would like him to play with.


Beverly - Aug 08, 2005 8:18:41 am PDT #3473 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Mmmm, chewtoy. What? Not poaching, just drooling. From the sidelines. As it were.


deborah grabien - Aug 08, 2005 8:43:38 am PDT #3474 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

He's a very pretty chewtoy, I think part Maori.

ita, when shown his picture, had no objections to her avatar playing with him, and I do not mean rugby. In fact, her employer - the rock star - offers to stand outside her bedroom door and make sure no one bugs them, for a change, since protecting him from whackjobs is her usual gig, and he spends a lot of time in the bedroom with predatory ladies.


Amy - Aug 08, 2005 1:04:06 pm PDT #3475 of 10001
Because books.

Sneaking in a "green" drabble under the wire...

Green

The highway signs are green, with every possible destination spelled out. This many miles to New York City, this many to Pennsylvania, this many still to go, wherever you’re driving.

The children are settled in the backseat, strewn with Goldfish and cookie crumbs, well-thumbed books and the baby’s toys, empty soda cups from the rest stop meal at McDonald’s. They don’t know how tempting it is to look for a place green with late summer’s lush trees, with quiet streets and neat little houses, a place to call home.

The light at the exit ramp turns green. I keep driving.