Popular Post spike382 Posted February 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2017 I can see several tangents caused by simple offhand remark. This board is so fun! 6 Link to comment
Former Member Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) hohochan are you the ‘Damsel in distress’ (I don’t know how to re-gender that: Hansel? Dancer? Damien?) that Alek has tied up? He’s been keeping you in the dark, hasn’t he! Just hold on for a little bit longer! Corey and Marty will rescue you on the way to rescuing Liam! I think they have a silver cape for you too… Edited February 25, 2017 by Former Member Link to comment
LitLover Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I've really been enjoying the tangent this thread has taken I've actually roughly sketched out a few scenes based on the whole 'villain/damsel/traintrack' theme LOL I have to say, Alek looks hilarious twirling his moustache and laughing maniacally Hey Lit, in this latest chapter, you refer to Alek's full name as "Aleksei" and "Alexei" I know these are both accepted spellings of the name, but I figured his full name would be spelled as Aleksei, since his nickname is Alek. Just letting you know. Thank you! I'll have to go back and change that. 4 Link to comment
LitLover Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Well, first you have to buy or rent a Segway. Then you just step on it and lean forward a little bit! ;-) How you’d segue into a scene about Segways would be more difficult. ;-) But we’ve already got a werewolf tying up Damsels and leaving them on railroad tracks to tenderize them while laughing maniacally, so a Segway would probably go unnoticed… ;-) See, this is what happens when I try to answer reviews on my phone.... a phone that LOVES to autocorrect everything 3 Link to comment
Popular Post Kitt Posted February 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2017 Autocorrect is evil. Every time I try to order hay for the barn it wants to order "gay". 9 Link to comment
Popular Post Drew Espinosa Posted February 28, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2017 Autocorrect is evil. Every time I try to order hay for the barn it wants to order "gay". Maybe your phone is trying to tell you to invite all of us to your home! 8 Link to comment
LitLover Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Autocorrect is evil. Every time I try to order hay for the barn it wants to order "gay". 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Kitt Posted February 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2017 Lol maybe, but I am pretty certain my current hay supplier IS gay, and a typo like that is bound to come back and bite me in the ass. 9 Link to comment
LitLover Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Lol maybe, but I am pretty certain my current hay supplier IS gay, and a typo like that is bound to come back and bite me in the ass. Hopefully he has a good sense of humour. lol 4 Link to comment
Former Member Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) I grew up in a culture that deals with ‘embarassments’ like Alek’s orientation by trying to make sure no one outside the family ever finds out about the ‘secret.’ The topic would never be brought up and it would take its place among all the other elephants gathering dust, leaving few subjects available for discussion. Different cultures handle conflict in very different ways. But cultures change when families move to the US or Canada and are exposed to other ways of thinking and alternate strategies for dealing with individuals who refuse to follow traditional paths and behave in ways not accepted in ‘the old country.’ Alek’s sisters are examples of that change. Parts of my own family are more comfortable with my being Gay. My brothers are somewhat less accepting than my favorite aunt & uncle and some cousins, but more than my parents were. Families are always… ‘interesting.’ Edited February 28, 2017 by Former Member Link to comment
Popular Post LitLover Posted February 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2017 It can be tough when a family is from a culture that is less than accepting of differences. Alek's parents are first generation Russian immigrants, and hold to their ways. Alek and his sisters were raised in Canada, so their outlook would naturally be different through friends, school, and the overall society they're raised in. I'm happy this seems to have come across in the story. 7 Link to comment
Popular Post Headstall Posted February 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2017 It can be tough when a family is from a culture that is less than accepting of differences. Alek's parents are first generation Russian immigrants, and hold to their ways. Alek and his sisters were raised in Canada, so their outlook would naturally be different through friends, school, and the overall society they're raised in. I'm happy this seems to have come across in the story. I totally get it. I've known many first generation parents through my years, and it's hard for them to let go of the old culture... understandable... not every culture is enlightened.... 6 Link to comment
Popular Post Kitt Posted February 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2017 Lol my great grandmother died thinking I was married to the paper boy because she was so worried I was a spinster at 16 my grams introduced him as my husband. Was he surprised! 6 Link to comment
Former Member Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Was your second husband aware of your first husband when you got married? (Talk about arranged marriages!) Link to comment
Headstall Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Lit has the next chapter back ... just kidding ... maybe 3 Link to comment
hohochan657 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Lit has the next chapter back ... just kidding ... maybe Why oh why do you tease us so ? 3 Link to comment
Headstall Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Why oh why do you tease us so ? Because I'm a bloody author 2 Link to comment
Former Member Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 And doing tricks like that are why you’re bloody! ;-) Link to comment
hohochan657 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 hohochan are you the ‘Damsel in distress’ (I don’t know how to re-gender that: Hansel? Dancer? Damien?) that Alek has tied up? He’s been keeping you in the dark, hasn’t he! Just hold on for a little bit longer! Corey and Marty will rescue you on the way to rescuing Liam! I think they have a silver cape for you too… Dear Drought, This Hoho is hardly a damsel in distress, but a full fledged DRAMA QUEEN (on paper only, I'd never contemplate such antics in real life). If I were to be tied onto a railroad track, I would have screamed so loud the the metal track would shatter and I'd have easily escaped ... 4 Link to comment
Former Member Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Hmmm. A closet Drama Queen. I’ve heard of opera singers hitting a note that shatters a crystal goblet, but is there such a thing as steel crystals? Maybe you’re an Ice Queen – extreme cold can cause the steel to shatter! (Heat can cause track to distort and go out of gauge.) Let it go! Let it go! Whatever the lyrics are… Link to comment
Bucket1 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Hmmmmffff... Talk of Ice queens and I get accused of going off on a tangent It can be tough when a family is from a culture that is less than accepting of differences. Alek's parents are first generation Russian immigrants, and hold to their ways. Alek and his sisters were raised in Canada, so their outlook would naturally be different through friends, school, and the overall society they're raised in. I'm happy this seems to have come across in the story. It's a very common story. The migrant parents don't change but the home country does. 3 Link to comment
Popular Post Timothy M. Posted March 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2017 Why oh why do you tease us so ? Because I'm a bloody author No, in this case you're a bloody editor heading for a spanking. 6 Link to comment
Popular Post Headstall Posted March 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) No, in this case you're a bloody editor heading for a spanking. You've been an editor longer than me so you're way overdue Edited March 2, 2017 by Headstall 6 Link to comment
Timothy M. Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 You've been an editor longer than me so you're way overdue well, I already got threatened with a spanking over in the Cards topic, so I'm ahead of you. 4 Link to comment
Popular Post Drew Espinosa Posted March 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2017 No, in this case you're a bloody editor heading for a spanking. I'll gladly spank Gary! 8 Link to comment
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