Oh, god, I hate my brain.

Antubis, you are horrible and should be taken out and shot. Or at least given a good stern talking to.

I may (or may not) have an endgame coming together.

It is one in which Ben gets to make a Sophie's Choice over his girls. And in which he tells Ange he loves her. In front of Janni. And then Ange will say "I know, puppy, now go save your wife." And, of course, he does. And Ange goes poof into a pile of ash and bone because he can't save them both.

Not that there's any question he'd save Janni, because DUH, but DAMN.

Oh, god, I hate my brain.

Antubis, you are horrible and should be taken out and shot. Or at least given a good stern talking to.

I may (or may not) have an endgame coming together.

It is one in which Ben gets to make a Sophie's Choice over his girls. And in which he tells Ange he loves her. In front of Janni. And then Ange will say "I know, puppy, now go save your wife." And, of course, he does. And Ange goes poof into a pile of ash and bone because he can't save them both.

Not that there's any question he'd save Janni, because DUH, but DAMN.

GORRAMIT.

People need to stop being stupid on the internet. The first one is lulzworthy, but the second one is rage-inducing, and I need to stop reading it lest I do something else truly horrible to Ben to compensate for the fact that there's no way to actually smack someone through the internet.

Okay, seriously, rape victims are getting their ENTITLEMENT all over FANFIC AUTHORS, whose ARTISTIC INTEGRITY is going to be VIOLATED by posting a WARNING for their RAPEFIC? They're shitting me with this, right? Right?

I mean, come on. Even if you're not going to post a specific warning, something for "triggering content" or "every shade of Wrong" is appropriate. Toss the victims a bone, eh? If you want to keep your "artistic integrity" *chokes* intact, think of it as advertising rather than "warning."

Also, I liked the cookie analogy:

And you know what, even if they were remotely equivalent, let's say you're at a party and have a tray of peanut butter chip cookies.

Ten people have no food allergies and will eat your cookies no matter what.

Ten people have some allergies and just won't eat anything without an ingredients list.

Ten more people absolutely fucking love peanuts but are not going to eat your cookies, because they don't know there are peanuts in the cookies.

And one person will eat your cookies and go into shock because almost everything else at the party with peanuts has a GIANT LABEL SAYING 'PEANUTS' on it.

Congratulations, you've just fucked up an otherwise excellent party.

Fanfic is Serious Business, I guess. And I'll just mop up and unlock my caps key. There, that's better.

Oh, hi, Ben...

GORRAMIT.

People need to stop being stupid on the internet. The first one is lulzworthy, but the second one is rage-inducing, and I need to stop reading it lest I do something else truly horrible to Ben to compensate for the fact that there's no way to actually smack someone through the internet.

Okay, seriously, rape victims are getting their ENTITLEMENT all over FANFIC AUTHORS, whose ARTISTIC INTEGRITY is going to be VIOLATED by posting a WARNING for their RAPEFIC? They're shitting me with this, right? Right?

I mean, come on. Even if you're not going to post a specific warning, something for "triggering content" or "every shade of Wrong" is appropriate. Toss the victims a bone, eh? If you want to keep your "artistic integrity" *chokes* intact, think of it as advertising rather than "warning."

Also, I liked the cookie analogy:

And you know what, even if they were remotely equivalent, let's say you're at a party and have a tray of peanut butter chip cookies.

Ten people have no food allergies and will eat your cookies no matter what.

Ten people have some allergies and just won't eat anything without an ingredients list.

Ten more people absolutely fucking love peanuts but are not going to eat your cookies, because they don't know there are peanuts in the cookies.

And one person will eat your cookies and go into shock because almost everything else at the party with peanuts has a GIANT LABEL SAYING 'PEANUTS' on it.

Congratulations, you've just fucked up an otherwise excellent party.

Fanfic is Serious Business, I guess. And I'll just mop up and unlock my caps key. There, that's better.

Oh, hi, Ben...

*smooches Concrit Group*

Okay, so new words in the novelthing, not happening. At least, not yet--the Sophie's Choice Scenario is coming together...badly, and possibly needs more time to percolate. Dammit, I really don't want to kill Ange off--and the angst potential if he tells her he loves her and she lives might be higher than if she dies. Yes, I'm evil, I know. Shut up. But the night's still young (relatively, for me), so there's still time.

HOWEVER. I got the edits done in the Cow Story, based on the feedback from My Happy Few *smishes you all HARD*, and I think it's ready to go into the wide world--or at least to Writers of the Future, who frequently complains that they don't get enough humor. Let's see how they like this. I'll be shipping it out Saturday, probably, seeing as the deadline is the 30th and there's no sense wasting time. I may just call it "The Cow and the Beanstalk" and be done with it, unless anyone has any better ideas.

*smooches Concrit Group*

Okay, so new words in the novelthing, not happening. At least, not yet--the Sophie's Choice Scenario is coming together...badly, and possibly needs more time to percolate. Dammit, I really don't want to kill Ange off--and the angst potential if he tells her he loves her and she lives might be higher than if she dies. Yes, I'm evil, I know. Shut up. But the night's still young (relatively, for me), so there's still time.

HOWEVER. I got the edits done in the Cow Story, based on the feedback from My Happy Few *smishes you all HARD*, and I think it's ready to go into the wide world--or at least to Writers of the Future, who frequently complains that they don't get enough humor. Let's see how they like this. I'll be shipping it out Saturday, probably, seeing as the deadline is the 30th and there's no sense wasting time. I may just call it "The Cow and the Beanstalk" and be done with it, unless anyone has any better ideas.