She mentions having a crush on Giles in the episode where Giles is singing "Behind Blue Eyes"...it's on the soundclip I have.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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askye - Dec 12, 2002 5:27:29 pm PST #1603 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Burrell - Dec 12, 2002 5:39:53 pm PST #1604 of 10000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I can't imagine a 13 capable of making an intelligent decision about sex, but I'm probably basing my judgment to closely on the various 13 year olds that I have known. (By that I mean, he/she may well be out there.)
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 5:41:40 pm PST #1605 of 10000
brillig
I can't imagine a 13 capable of making an intelligent decision about sex
Neither can I. Which is a great deal of the problem. And I read all this HP stuff of them finding their true loves in school, and all I can think is "They're too young! In five years they'll despise each other!" Though threats of war do pretty much throw reasonability out the window.
Burrell - Dec 12, 2002 5:45:42 pm PST #1606 of 10000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I read all this HP stuff of them finding their true loves in school, and all I can think is "They're too young! In five years they'll despise each other!"
True. But so often teens, because they have never been in love before, can't imagine that they could ever feel that way again.
I do know two couples who first got together in HS & were still happily married in their 30s. I would hate to think of either couple ever breaking up.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2002 5:46:26 pm PST #1607 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a branch of the family where all 4 girls lost their virginity at 13. There's a surprising range of reaction there.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 5:47:20 pm PST #1608 of 10000
brillig
Yeah, my older sister married her high school sweetheart and are apparently still going strong. (I seem to be persona non grata with that sector of the family, so I may not be on the updates list.)
askye - Dec 12, 2002 5:50:44 pm PST #1609 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Two of my cousins are married to their high schools girlfriends. Both relationships have been different but both couples seem to be very happy.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2002 5:51:33 pm PST #1610 of 10000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t sap
My parents started dating in high school, and today is their 50th anniversary!
t /sap
But they were, like, 16 or 17. 13 is an entirely different story.
Fay - Dec 12, 2002 6:05:34 pm PST #1611 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
13 is an entirely different story.
Which is absolutely true. But when you're 13 you aren't thinking about 20 years down the road, and if it feels like a grand passion, then fair enough. I mean, wrod, I think 13 is ickle and way too young to be having the sex, but I also think that to some extent this is culturally determined & environmental. But that might just be because of Romeo and Juliet.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 6:07:14 pm PST #1612 of 10000
brillig
I don't deny that the feelings are strong and real, it's just that I, as the reader, look on the romances as sweet, innocent, and generally doomed by the growing-up yet to be done.