Dayne Mora

I wouldn't say David is spineless. He's still a kid who hasn't yet learned what his limits are, let alone how to set them. Our early brushes with romance are a sort of trial and error in which we learn about our romantic selves. Another thing to consider--those who have suffered sexual trauma may have a difficult time setting limits. Having one's limits violated in such a way kinda fucks with your head and makes you feel like you aren't allowed limits at all. It can warp or outright destroy your concept of body autonomy.

Jade, Sydney, and Seth are good friends, but still don't understand Dorian. In addition to his "PK syndrome", he's also horribly sheltered. He's been kept out of sight for so long, and it's been nearly a decade since he's seen a movie, of course he's going to have issues socializing and may be uncomfortable with sex. However, they can't all be so oblivious that they can't recognize that Jerry is trying to use Dorian as a meal ticket. Are they just blinded by how much they want to see him hooked up? Of course, the only way they'll see any of this is if Dorian speaks up for himself.

Witcher is based on a series of stories, you can actually find the titles among the books you pick up in the third game. There's also a tv series.

For some reason, I didn't get into the teen idol guys when I was in my teens. I got hot for rocker guys instead--Gavin Rossdale, Anthony Kiedis, Billy Corgan, Shirley Manson, Gwen Steffani, Trent Reznor, Dave Nevaro, Zach de la Rocha, etc.

Fine, I'm reverting back a couple decades. As far as chat is concerned, I am officially 13. Deal with it! PS - I missed saying happy b-day to Alex in chat. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAHLING!

Found something "Frozen" that Indie wouldn't object to:

Have you seen the inside of a Spencer's? Indie and Efrain could act out every scene in Preston's spank bank, and I'd still find Spencer's unpleasant.......I'd still stay for the show. As for Jameson staying away from Indie...if only, if only.

Preston and Indie are blind as bats when it comes to themselves and each other. I got to knock some sense into them.

I wonder if it's coincidence that she's lying on jimmies or if they did it on purpose. In any case, Fate really does like rustling jimmies.

They allowed straight and lesbian porn, but not gay. And of course, a ton of users had nude images in their avatars. I took a junior or senior level course on Japanese Folklore at UF. These were the required readings (may have been others, but I can't remember): Japanese Tales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural -- This one is about folklore in Ukiyo-e prints (some in color). I haven't personally read this one, but it looked useful-- The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore Also, if you're wanting to write about kitsune, I'd recommend looking into trickster mythology (Br'er Rabbit, Anansi, Eris, Coyote, Satan, Loki, etc.)

Literotica?

Thaw and Frost are hella hot, and Joel and Lucas are sweet together. Although Lucas can be a bit obtuse sometimes. Poor Joel.

the Sword of Truth...so many awesome parts, and so many cool AF characters, and then he goes and pillages from Robert Jordan and goes off the rails on weird rants. But, I agree, there has to be a "reason" for their actions, even the most unreasonable.

Interesting thing about arse and ass: in American English "ass" is a curse word, "arse" is not. I could use say "arse" all day in front of students, but the moment I say "ass" they get pissy.

I'd realized Thorn and I were getting mixed up with our respective dialects--native American English speaker and some one who learned British English as a second language. But, I really stepped in it by creating Spanish speaking characters from two different dialects, despite the fact that I don't speak Spanish myself. Google translate only goes so far! Something I haven't really played with is the language preference feature in Word. The version I'm using has 22 dialects of Spanish and 16 dialects of English. That could cut down on some inconsistencies, at least within standard use of the respective languages.

It's wonderful to see Kye being cared for after so many years of abuse, but I'm sure it will be beyond hilarious when he finally realizes whose room he has claimed as his own.

It's kinda like how a Weird Al parody is how some artists know they've made it. I like to imagine Kurt Cobain first reaction to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" whenever I listen to it. There's a sense of accomplishment with seeing ones work in fanfic or parody--you wrote something that made others really take notice. I think I'd be honored, actually. I've been asked for permission to write fanfics at least once, and I'm curious if that ever happened.

I think even the antagonists feel unnatural if there isn't some sort of humanizing anti-flaw.

Heart-melting and sweet. Ima go swoon now.....

Post-Katrina NOLA is a perfect metaphor for Becker. Tulane and Adam Becker paint a nice picture. Classes, frats, friends, happy hour. But, just a little stretch beyond that are the places they don't want you to see. New Orleans and Peter Becker are still a mess. Adam was supposed to finally come into his own here, but still hasn't reconciled his image and his identity. It's almost as if he's three different people--Peter/DC/super-ego, Adam/Tulane/ego, and Becker/Downman Rd/id. Getting stuck in front of that gas station forced him to admit to the conflict between who he has to be, who he wants to be, and who he really is, more than his relationships with his boyfriend and sister, which merely highlighted the disparity between "Peter" and "Adam". While there he does recognize the dangers of allowing elements of one identity to cross into the world of the other, he lets the clash disguise the fact that neither identity is truly "him". He has a lot to reconcile, but it doesn't look too good from where I'm standing. Considering that it's been a decade since Katrina and NOLA still suffers from income inequality, child poverty, low affordable housing, etc., and is still just a fragment of the city it once was, Peter Adam Becker's identity crisis may need more than four years to resolve.

When David spoke with him, Danny said he'd work on his vault o' issues. Maybe the headaches are from Danny's work in the background. We know he needs to meditate, but he's said before that the healing place doesn't work unless he has a specific issue in mind. Perhaps his subconscious, aided by Danny, needs to unlock his Burch trauma (the first one) and associated issues so that his conscious mind can begin to sort through it. In the meantime, finally recognizing Sam as his best friend and building a store of positive same-sex associations will put him in a much safer place in order to process it all. Kissing Randy whilst still dating Alex was wrong, but necessary. How else would David understand that he really didn't get anything out of kissing girls? Otherwise, the psychological damage caused by confronting such pain without a foundation could be deadly. This might be what Danny meant by David joining him. On a lighter note, I'm kinda wondering about the boy who Cody couldn't figure out. Toby?

Cory thinks he's just dealing with Efrain's competitive streak.

Thanks for reviewing. Hopefully, I won't keep you waiting too long for the next installment.

Between Indie's deadly kisses, and Jameson's douchbaggery, Preston is a goner.

It had to be like a scene out of Hitchcocks The Birds. Those poor bouncers.