Krista

Some queerbating is reactionary in nature. As the audience we may have perceived the, "breadcrumbs to nowhere," ourselves and instead of the creators clarifying, they bend to the fans and state, "well yeah, they were," or, "yeah they could be," which I think is on us. We've baited ourselves, especially with the examples listed in the Wiki. I never thought many of those shows were queerbaiting.. in the sense. If anything Glee did it though, because Santana and Brittany's relationship was platonic forever and then they just decided to begin making out with one another. But neither of them had said anything about having same-sex relationships. They were both kind of boycrazy beforehand. Merlin/Arthur I felt was just more of the fandom running wild with two straight guys being as close as they were... and that happens a lot. I actually despise what Authors like J.K Rowling are doing. There aren't that many subjective things in the books about the sexuality of Dumbledore until the later movies started being made. She "confirmed," his sexuality, but there wasn't anything for readers to go on within the written text. She has later said that Hermoine could have been black - which no, it plainly states she has fly away hair and 'pale' skin. It is annoying for authors and producers/writers to not stand behind their work and there characters and say, "No, they are not gay," I would respect that more than someone attempting to bend their own established writing/characters to be more inclusive. But there are people out there that hate that they are being left out of the mainstream and would boycott, so really we are our own worst enemies as fans. We're angry when we're not included and we're angry if we're not sure of the motives when we are. I would be like, "I'm sorry I didn't include more minorities and sexuality, etc, I will do better if the writing allows for that." And be done with it, to be honest. I think it is all an ill conceived attempt to placate people AND to force creators/writers to write for, "us," and not for themselves - both of which are bad.

It does remind me - style wise of Dragon Age 1 or 2. How long has the story been so far? I've not picked up a console controller in ages because I've played out Dragon Age and Mass Effect. I'm like you as well, I like single player story driven games over multiplayer. I get killed too easily.

You do see it happening in Teen dramas (in television and films) and such, they go to the restrooms and lock the stall doors so they're not caught eating lunch alone... instead of going to the cafeteria and sit at a table by themselves. I've not read or thought about this story for ages, so I'm guessing with this answer.. lol. I hope I don't confuse you. It is my 'first' ever writing project for fun back in high school (before we really got into grammar and writing structure) - fair warning it is a bit poorly written.

My old self would have said.. No.. he died shortly after that kiss and, "I love you's.." and the adoption and need for a family was driven by the death of Alex. My new self will answer you with, yes, they had a very long love life before the tragedy happened and Dan decided to move along with their plans for a family even though Alex wouldn't be there with him. So uhh.. ;)

Steven if you'd behave yourself maybe I would grace you with my presence, but you have shown that you can be a bit of a heathen. As for my plans, we're doing a lot of work around the home, as you know. The kids are in a bit of a weird age where the oldest is old enough to do a lot of things and I wouldn't have a minor heart attack watching them do it.. and the twins are not. Since I don't want to have a heart attack, probably just the usual camping, hanging out with family, might take a family trip that is more kid friendly and such. Other than that everything is up in the air.

Happy Birthday!

Well.. he was still a bit of a walking stick with no emotions as Cedric too..

Such a sad loss, he brought so much to our little GA community with his story, life, and presence. He will be missed.

I do think Tom Brady is the best modern quarterback surrounded by a lot of top talent money could buy. As for the best NFL Quarterback - ever, I wouldn't go that far, but still you cannot leave him out of that conversation regardless of anything surrounding his career. I am too young and too... not in the loop with the NFL. I personally think Peyton was a purer quarterback, so I would lean towards him - maybe because out of all the quarterbacks I've watched in my limited experience with watching the league I've saw him play the most. Aaron Rogers gets my vote for best looking though.

Thanks for the Birthday Wishes y'all. AS for a certain someone... they'll be feeling the chill of my revenge.

I didn't know much about yachts when I wrote the story, back in my earlier writings I wasn't much for research. As for the sentence of dialog, the main character was supposed to be cutting off his Mother's lecture about getting better roommates. It wasn't properly done, I apologize for the confusion.

Yeah, Brett wanted to be himself, in earlier chapters he didn't make much of an effort to conform/be proper around people that may have expected someone to change to fit their standards.

Hi! Noo, go ahead and comment if you feel you want to. I will read them, although this is an older story that I honestly would have to re-read myself to possibly fully and openly discuss without too much confusion. Thank you for starting this story.

I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Dragon Age Origins has Zeveran (spelling), who is bisexual and romance options for both male and female Wardens. Also Liliana is bisexual. Mass Effect 2 am I forgetting something - can't you romance Kaiden as a male in ME:2? Or is That ME:3? I actually prefer playing as a Male in the ME series, I just think the romance options for the male are better thought out/written. Andromeda the characters are good.. too bad the rest of it (especially the character creation mechanics), are a bit bleh. I am in love with the Dragon Age franchise as a whole. I actually didn't like the romances in Dragon Age 2 where practically everyone was romance options for either gender. I do like there to be sexuality and limitations on what you can do based on which gender your inquisitor is. Also, maybe in the future we'll see a Transgender option for the protagonist, I mean Krem was a favorite character for a lot of people, but he wasn't a romance option. They do need a better dwarf romance... I don't play as a Dwarf because there literally are none in all three games so far. :P

Sorry! I am writing, just very slowly..

Little late to the party, but this sounds cute.

Halloween is actually seeing a bit of a comeback of sorts. It was becoming a forgotten holiday. Christmas being the one that everyone/every business are already preparing for. Aside from all the pumpkin based foods I am glad to see it coming back. Although, back when I was a kid we had to work for our candy - there was no such thing as designated Trick-or-Treating stops. We actually had to go door to door and people were generally happy to see us coming down the sidewalk. It used to take us all of the 7 - 9pm to get our sacks full of candy. Now it takes all of about 30 minutes to drive to your designated spot and get in line and just get the candy when it is your turn... But anywho, I've always liked dressing up. With kids it gives me a reason to do themed costumes.

Happy Birthday! :D Now don't hold it against me that I was a wee bit late, or I'll beat you up. :P

Happy Birthday Dave!

Hi! Thanks for liking the story, it is on hold. I will finish it, my life has a lot of time constraints right now.. and there is also some lacking of motivation/a bit of block going on. Unfortunately, I just don't have the time to settle down for long periods and really hash out the story like I need to. Hopefully I'll have some new content for y'all on this story one of these days. I want to be quite a bit farther ahead as to not have more of a wait.

Wow, I literally remember nothing from this story... lol. I know that it is just about as rough - if not more so - than, "Something Unexpected," so fair warning with that.. lol. There is a lot of overly dramatic scenes with this story. I think it developed too quickly and ended too quickly. In doing so, I think the character development is more than a bit rushed and with that, some of their actions made little sense other than the fact that they were fighting to stay in one another's lives. You have a lovely view on characterizations and how a character may be acting out of character, or doing something funny, etc. The insight into my stories have been very reasonable.

Yeah, in those situations the, "its not a matter of if, but when.." is never really a good thing to be in. At least they had one another to get through it and they stuck stubbornly together instead of allowing the people involved to push them apart. I actually 'did' start a sequel to this story, but it was later on down the road when they were in College or about to start. It started out just too different from the original and too well, dark... I may go back to the idea, but not with these characters. I think it would hurt the original if I did the sequel that way.

I'm glad you've taken the time to read and comment! It has been wonderful reading through your comments/reactions and remembering little bits of stories that I've not looked at in ages. Some of what you said got me thinking about the older stories and how I went about writing them, how some parts would have done better with a bit of a re-write or further thought that I gave them, etc.

Hi! Yeah, he did forgive Lacey, I guess he realized that she was hurting because she had this crush on him. He's a bit of a softy when it comes to seeing people upset as it is, if I'm remembering correctly. (That could be Corey, too many C names in my early writing... mercy). It did though, send the story in a bit of a downward spiral, wrecking Jonathan's relationship with his father and such. (Although it strengthened the one he had with his mother) Honestly though, that would have likely been wrecked no matter what, the father was just that kind of person. Lacey just happened to be the one that did it, and I don't think she did it maliciously, just someone who is upset and a bit dramatic/gossipy herself.