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That nightmare was awful, damn. Malik's stepfather sucks, I can see why he needed places to hide. And the homophobic part of it has a bigger impact now than when it happened because, unless I'm misremembering, Malik thought he was straight until he met Rhaelce. And then the Naivres part is difficult for a different reason, because it means he feels guilty for her death. It's common to fall into thoughts like "If I hadn't done this, she might have been alive", but that doesn't imply guilt since nothing he did was wrong. We later get Rhaelce's perspective on her death and he makes a good point. Sometimes people want, often subconsciously, something concrete to blame to help deal with the grief. Malik provides that for Naivres, while the vagueness the Unspoken, which they can't retaliate against, doesn't. Rhaelce went in a different direction, he wants to travel to hunt those creatures, which means they're no longer a vague threat, they're something he can pursue. Traveling in a group is proving useful, because Chihiro is right about needing to prepare for the cold and the plan to achieve that seems good. If Malik had been traveling alone with Rhaelce, they'd have probably ended up continuing unprepared for the weather. It's good to see the group trusting each other more, as evidenced by them teaching each other their fighting styles. Malik and Rhaelce are also getting closer, judging by the kisses, that's good.

I already read until the end of book 1 a while ago, but I fell back on commenting because I was busy. It took me too long, but I'm finally coming back to comment and I will ignore what I know about the remaining chapters while I do it. Malik and Rhaelce met new characters and a group of people from different places who don't yet trust each other can create an interesting dynamic. For Malik, finding someone from Earth who speaks English must feel really good. Chihiro has a similar story to Malik regarding how she ended up in this world, although hers in scarier. That creates the question of why are there hidden portals to this world in different parts of Earth, who put them there and why? I assume there are more than just these two and they're in abandoned places to keep them hidden. Malik and Rhaelce not yet trusting Chihiro and Shuza is prudent, but I don't think they mean any harm. And both pairs benefit from traveling together, they have different things to offer. Chihiro and Shuza have a crude map and more knowledge of the world, while Malik and Rhaelce can hunt and are skilled enough to feel like they can defend themselves in the forest. But communicating is difficult for Shuza and Rhaelce, and Cassie too, they have to go through a double translation made by people with limited knowledge of their languages. Chihiro said Shuza collects tales and news, but there's nothing from the north and he wants to know why. One possibility for that, like she said later, is the north being unexplored. But another possibility is that whoever goes to the north doesn't usually return and that's why stories from there don't make it to other regions. That makes traveling there sound hazardous, or maybe another word I'm not supposed to use yet.

Respect for GA that, they didn't just ban that person, they even contacted you about the plagiarism.

I learned that a story I was reading on Nifty was also being posted on a site with a comment section, this one. I like reading what people say about stories, so I started coming here to read the comments. That made me check out what other stories it has and I learned that it's significantly easier to find stories I'm interested in on GA than on Nifty. So I started reading stories, mostly old ones at the time, and created an account a few months later.

If a chapter is particularly interesting or is creating more conversation in the comments, I will open it more times to read the comments than I open other ones. If every click from the same account counts, that will increase the numbers in comparison to other chapters. In addition, if there's a longer wait between a pair of chapters than others, maybe more people reopen that chapter to check if they already read it or it's a new one, even though they could see that from the GA thingy that says what's the highest chapter we've read.

To give one extra piece of information, the new Stargate show was approved under one Amazon president and the plug was pulled after a change in president. So it was a matter of the new president having a different opinion. Personally, I think the reasoning doesn't make sense. The best way to get new fans to an existing property to get the original fans to like the new show, while not requiring a lot of background knowledge, and then hope those fans will introduce the show to new people.

I had given up on commenting, switching to just reading to be faster. But I have to connect the dots on Dylan and Brandon, since I don't see anyone else doing it in this chapter's comments. In chapter 4, Brandon saw Billy doing some stuff with Dylan at a cabin, which Dylan repeatedly insisted he's not gay. I don't think we knew Dylan was Devin's brother yet. Then, in chapter 11, Billy asked Brandon for advice in the bathroom. But this was right after Brandon and Tyler had an argument and weren't speaking to each other. So Brandon's thoughts in that moment, coloured by what happened with Tyler, was to find a new friend because hooking up with straight guys always ends with getting hurt. Now we learned Billy flat out stopped talking to Dylan and Brandon's bad advice is the reason. And that bad advice happened because, at that moment, he though Tyler was just another straight guy who made him fall for him and then left, leaving him hurt. So it all an unfortunate consequence of Billy asking for Brandon's advice precisely while he was dealing with with being hurt by a similar situation and before Brandon's situation ended up getting resolved, therefore proving that what he believed then was wrong. While this resulted in a whole mess, I don't blame Brandon, he said what he truly believed at the time and it was because he was hurt.

I only look at authors' names in the sense that, if I have read something by that author before, my opinion about it may increase or decrease my chances of reading it. The name of an author I know nothing about has zero impact on my decision on whether to read their story. Other things that have no impact on that decision include whether a story has sex or nor and whether it's told in the first or third person. Things that can eliminate me reading a story are me suspecting the author has used AI for it and the presence of genres or themes I'm not interested in. Besides my pre-existing knowledge of an author that I mentioned, the main things I look at are the tags to see if it focuses on genres or themes I enjoy and the description to see if it seems captivating. A story having a lot of likes, comments per chapter and recommendation can increase the chance of me reading it. But the lack of those things doesn't decrease it because sometimes good stories by authors that aren't as well known can remain somewhat unnoticed. If a story already has multiple chapters out when I find it, the chapters having a sharper decline than usual in the number of comments as the chapter number increases is also a negative point. When I'm still unsure, I sometimes read the first chapter of a story before making a decision. But whether I have more or less free time when I see a story can also influence whether I read it or not.

That was hilarious, both what happened witg the mum and the interactions between the furniture. You did the idea justice. That hateful woman got what she deserved. Her pants seemed very attracted to the gay jizz, they soaked it all up. Maybe the homophobic woman's pants were gay.

I'm switching back to the seriousness of the original topic because I think it's an important one. I don't know if I can make a useful contribution, but I'll try. These kinds of assumptions people make can range from mildly annoying to pretty damaging, depending on how serious and strong the stereotype associated with that accent, mannerism, etc. But it can also be annoyingly difficult for people to counteract this effect, to stop making this kind of assumptions. People can reduce it's impact by trying not to judge, but there are also people who are aware of this effect, thing they have managed to avoid it, but still do it. Which makes it more important to raise awareness of how damaging these assumptions can sometimes be.

"to draw, bend, or flatten by or as if by hammering with a peen" I know this isn't what that means, but I saw the words "hammering" and "peen" in the same sentence and the mental image hurt me.

I see it now, thank you.

In the place where my rank symbol would usually show up, I see a broken image symbol. The attacked symbol is how I see it on Google Chrome on the computer, but the same happens on Android. And I also don't see it on my user profile. I don't know if this a problem on my end in some way or on GA's end, but I'd figured I'd say in case it's on your end.

Percy spends a few weeks alone with his friend Five at his grandfather's winter home in the lead-up to Christmas. What starts as a game of gay chicken may go further than either of them expects. For the most part, Frosted Hearts is a funny lighthearted story with a lot of romance and sex, but it also has some heavier moments at times. I really liked this story. It's not necessary to have read any other Glacier Bay stories to understand this one.

Ah, I misunderstood your reason for them to jump from 19 to 21. It's to match the time it will pass in real life between stories.