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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.

That sounds really fun, things would definitely get crazy, and I agree that they are better as a group. This time was different because the particular story you wanted to tell could only happen if Five and Percy were left alone. I don't know if your idea of having them be 21 is them being able to legally drink alcohol (as opposed to drinking it anyway, despite that). If it is, your yacht idea would allow you to achieve the same thing at the age of 20 if they do it in a country with a drinking age of 18 (there are a lot), instead of the US.

Sure, and Five's parents are realistic. But I'm still going to criticise them as characters, not the writing about them. I'm looking forward to that. I hope your next Christmas story will a wider group, including these two. We'd get to see that dynamic better that way. That makes sense, I really didn't want him to stay in the closet. Both for the sake of future stories and because it would be bad for him.

That was intense, but you showed things have consequences to the physical and mental health, that was good. It sucks for our characters, but it's realistic. Ethan will spend time in jail and his brother is dead, that will mess him up. Even with the awful stuff Ira did, his dead is still very tough for Ethan because it's his brother. I'm glad Percy's grandfather helped him, his actions in this pair of chapters turned my opinion on him around and now I hope he won't be in jail for long. Bethany is stuck trying to comfort her ex-boyfriend, and presumably also the guy he broke up with her for. That's a lot, I don't envy her and I don't judge her or her patience wearing thin. Knowing Five isn't allowed to fly for a while because of his ear, once she had an idea for when Five got released, I just knew the plan had to be driving all the way to San Francisco. Bethany, thank you for helping the two guys that made you lose your boyfriend. Five lost his hearing in one ear, there's the realism by having actual permanent consequences of the ending. It sucks that he had to separated from Percy, but it couldn't be helped. Percy had to be taken to the best doctor for what he had and Five couldn't fly. But fuck Five's parents, their son having a serious medical issue should always be more important than their holidays. His self doubt sucks to deal with, but it makes sense and I'd probably be the same in that situation. He hasn't yet experienced life dating Percy outside of the bubble of being isolated from the world, so he doesn't know how Percy would feel at that point. When I heard Five was flown to be in the hands of the best doctor, I was worried because it means it was serious. Being told Five was considerably better off than Percy and then learning he lost his hearing in one ear had me bracing for impact wondering what was worse than that. He actually recovered from that worse, coming close to dying, But it sucks that he won't be able to play baseball professionally. I get how that made him give up, he feels like there's no point. He would have regretted it later if that had made him not recover as much, but it's hard to convince someone of that. Which is why Bethany was the saviour of his recovery through her plan to bring Five to Percy. Because, with Five by his side, Percy will now have the strength to fight to recover as much as possible. I'm looking forward to seeing Percy and Five again, to see what their dynamic as a couple is like when they're around their friends. Thank you for a great story.

Thanks for the explanation of what could have been. That alternative version sounds very dark. Ira has a tough backstory, now that you explained it. It wouldn't have excused what you had planned for him, but that didn't actually happen and I can understand the homophobia passing on from his father. Ethan would have also went to a dark path, but he didn't in this version and the risk he's taking to save Percy and Five's lives redeems what he actually did. As for Ira and John, I did get the impression from Ira's confidence that he had done this before, and from John's nerves that he hadn't. So your thoughts on that came through in the writing.

Damnit, I didn't think that threat through, lol.

Tbh, I had to look at the comments to know who Ira and John are, it's been a while and I'm not good with names. Ira is hypocrite by using a homophobic slur. I don't care if him and John don't stick their dicks on each other, the spanking is sexual and it's between two guys. It's not going to end well for them, Percy won't be merciful because they hurt Five and Five won't be merciful because they hurt Percy. Ethan finally shows up, he pretty much had to be the guy hiding around the property. We thought he was mad at Percy for leading him on a bit, only to then not have sex with him, and we though his attempts with Five were about getting back at Percy. But him replying to “He’s my everything.” with “Why do you think I left you alone?” paints him in a much better light than I expected. Ethan is obviously still wrong for spying on Percy and Five to jerk off to them having sex and steal used underwear. But he definitely made up for that by helping them now, he's potentially even risking his own life. After an initial natural reaction caused by being pissed off at Ethan, Percy allowing Ethan to be alone with the most important thing in his life, the man he loves, is a big show of trust.

Seeing Percy being named explicitly but not Five, I have to say Five better be alive by the end of this story or I'm going to travel to San Francisco and force you to eat chocolate ice cream.

It looks like you should take a cue from old movie (that I never watched) called Christmas in July in regards to when you should start posting on your next Christmas story to make sure you finish it on Christmas. (I didn't say which year's July, you have earned the right to take a break from Christmas stories.)

I was only making an observation, not asking to see more penises on TV. I also prefer asses, anyway, and HR shows them plenty of times.

I don't know if they can't show dick or can't find good actors willing to show dick.