Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.

Cordelia ,'End of Days'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Jul 31, 2013 8:28:20 am PDT #904 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A large amount of sibling incest is going to have power dynamics at play too. Not saying two random strangers are 50-50 power wise, but just because I'm not my sister's parent doesn't mean I wouldn't be flexing years of influence, that started before she could talk, in order to get into her pants. And if it was her idea, she'd be responding as someone who's looked up to/defied me her whole life. It's not even like having had a friend (or even a cousin, who I also won't shag, but I will fake date) from preschool. It's a relationship crafted in our subconscious and reinforced by the ultimate powers in our family.

I had to keep up a fifteen minute conversation with the intern (poor kid) and that is officially all I got. I know my boss wants a meeting with me soon, but if he doesn't catch me on the way to the car, he might not catch me in time.


erikaj - Jul 31, 2013 8:32:37 am PDT #905 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Feel better, ita.


Burrell - Jul 31, 2013 9:23:29 am PDT #906 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

A large amount of sibling incest is going to have power dynamics at play too. Not saying two random strangers are 50-50 power wise, but just because I'm not my sister's parent doesn't mean I wouldn't be flexing years of influence, that started before she could talk, in order to get into her pants.

Quite true. I find as an intellectual thought experiment sibling incest has more room for more possibile degrees on the exploitation-consent spectrum than parent-child, which is clearly exploitative from the get-go. But as with yesterday, that thought experiement for me contains no room for any configuration that involves my actual self.


msbelle - Jul 31, 2013 9:32:45 am PDT #907 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My only thought on this whole topic is:

Not enough EWwwwww in the world.

No theoretical discussion, no philosophical exploration, no no no.

On this I become my simple, puritanical, do not talk about it parents. I can hear my mother saying "why would that even come up?" "why would anyone even discuss it?" On that point we vary, because thanks to this place, I realize everything must be discussed. and I say that with love. head-shaking, heeby-jeeby dancing, please pass the brain bleach, love.


§ ita § - Jul 31, 2013 9:38:33 am PDT #908 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The no-incest guy apologised to me this morning. Last night he called me hateful and told me to stop talking, and I replied by saying I'm discussing issues, not personalities, and I don't have to follow his orders, especially when he goes ad hominem to launch them. And then I asked him to talk up to the standard of the space.

He explained that he thought the word "squick" meant "kink" (er, my facts are still factual either way, dude), and now that he realises I'm on his side he then listed a number of personal details to explain why he's too emotional for reading comprehension.

Now there's a point where I can abandon a pointless conversation. He still never clicked the links.


§ ita § - Jul 31, 2013 9:39:36 am PDT #909 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, and I'm firmly in extreme migraine phase, and migraine doc says "Well, you can't go to a UCLA hospital!"

So, yeah. An adventure of some sort awaits me. I HAVE TO BE "AT" WORK TOMORROW MORNING.


Gudanov - Jul 31, 2013 9:43:31 am PDT #910 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Maybe you could recommend Game of Thrones and Flowers in the Attic to him.


Burrell - Jul 31, 2013 9:44:31 am PDT #911 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ugh ita, that sucks.


Sue - Jul 31, 2013 9:46:36 am PDT #912 of 30000
hip deep in pie

An adventure of some sort awaits me.

I hope there's a magical pain relieving unicorn at the end. Seriously, best of luck.


Gudanov - Jul 31, 2013 9:48:29 am PDT #913 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Lots of medical~ma.