I have a lot to think of... must not be as close to done as I'm thinking. But eventually, I'll be glad I took the time, right?
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
The Great Write Way
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erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 1:04:49 pm PST #8571 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 1:16:44 pm PST #8572 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'm thinking, if they were used as, well, a blunt instrument, could you tell they were the vic's? Probably not. They're probably gonna have to find it with blood on itand stuff. Nobody's ever gonna ask me what I'm thinking ever again, are they?
(blink)
You're absolutely right. Not the perp's, the vic's. Huh.
Now I'm madly curious to know the circumstances.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 4:20:53 pm PST #8573 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Maybe there's such a thing as trying to be too cute. But it did encourage me to ask the questions "Can crutches be a murder weapon?" and "How distinctive are they?" which are important things to know in this situation.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 4:23:41 pm PST #8574 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, erika, have them hold the floor end of the crutch and swing like a baseball bat. Mucho deado.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 4:29:04 pm PST #8575 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Good to know.
Susan W. - Dec 07, 2004 7:39:28 pm PST #8576 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
What would someone a few months away from death of tuberculosis look like? Deathly pallor or hectic bloom?
I'd think pallor, but I know in the Anne of Green Gables series, when Anne comes home from college one summer and learns that Ruby Gillis is dying of consumption, there was something about the roses in her cheeks being too bright.
Ginger - Dec 07, 2004 7:58:13 pm PST #8577 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think that flushed face is in the earlier part of the disease, when there are intermittent fevers. By the end, you get the reason why it's called consumption--weight loss, hollow cheeks, dry skin and the characteristic cough.
eta: Here's a 1907 description [link]
Susan W. - Dec 07, 2004 8:25:16 pm PST #8578 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, Ginger--that's perfect.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 8:43:59 pm PST #8579 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I heard what you said, and I know what you meant, and either you're stupid, or you don't know me at all. When you say quality of life, you mean your life. Not mine. You train me to duck and to kick and then you go home to your family. I'm out there, hitting and getting hit, and that's my life. That's my quality, man. So when you tell me the next good hit I take could be my last, I say bring it on. Let him try. But that's how I'm going out, not home, sitting, almost dead forever.
JoeCrow - Dec 07, 2004 10:32:55 pm PST #8580 of 10001
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Quite liked that one, actually.
Still shaving words off mine, at the moment.
Y'know, my kid's probably gonna end up a lot like you, ita. Not sure how comforting that is...