LemonSoda

Confession: I spent this entire story feeling a lingering sense of discomfort as I related a lot to Avery (not the drug addiction and abuse parts thankfully) and thus some of Maverick's thoughts regarding his son hit a little too hard (especially their fight where Mav yells at Avery for being the only person capable of being miserable at Disney World. HAHA. HAHAHAHA.HA I definitely never had similar but less violent fights with my parents) then we got to his diagnosis at the end and I said OH. okay. that's why I related to you, Avery, it all makes sense now. SO, um, you nailed the struggle, congratulations but also wow that was a real difficult point of view to read this from for reasons beyond the darker content. Incredible writing, though, I'm impressed.

I always know that if a story begins with italics quotes or poetry it's gonna be the good shit and I was not disappointed. The whole way through is a poignant, emotional rollercoaster and the way the end reveal casts the interactions of older Arthur and Sidney in a new, revealing light is masterfully done. But I find Sidney's devotion to Arthur more tragic than romantic, and if we were friends I would be telling him a less antagonistic version of what Meredith says to him. You know, "this seems like a form of self-harm to me, you deserve someone who will be just as devoted to you as you are to him." my lack of romanticism aside this is still an incredible, moving story.

JR, American choreographer - Jerome Robbins obviously LF, American dancer-choreographer - guessing Larry Fuller? HL, American dancer - first thought is Hugh Laing but I think Greif would have called him British-American in that case. unsure. A de S, American dancer - Andre de Shields RH, English dancer - Robert Helpmann

This is such a friendly, welcoming group, wow, thanks everyone. Nobody greeted me by asking if I'm edible or pretending to lick me which is blowing my mind. It's been such a long time since an internet group didn't greet me with licking and I love it this is probably the inevitable consequences of my impulsively chosen username but I still prefer these non-licking greetings from people I don't yet know Also fhjsdt;ks;tiugaest thanks for reminding me of the actual purpose I joined. I got sidetracked by how friendly everyone has been.

I have commitment issues so I have uhh let's not count how many books I'm theoretically in the middle of reading. But the ones on my desk as I type this are: Sabriel by Garth Nix. Young adult fantasy. The Abhorsen (for anyone who somehow isn't familiar with this one: a special necromancer who makes the dead stay dead) is MISSING and his daughter tries to find him, which is made more difficult by the fact that his absence means there are Dead Spirits running amok. I read this as a teen and loved it and wanted to see if it still held up. (Spoiler: it still holds up and Mogget is still my favorite.) Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon. Another young adult, this one contemporary. Nerdy Sunny Dae meets super cool girl Cirrus Soh and maybe possibly lies to her about his hobbies (and convinces his friends to go along with this) in an effort to impress her. It alternates between making me laugh and filling me with second-hand embarrassment. The Complete Romances of Chretien de Troyes (translated by David Staines). 12th century medieval Arthurian Romances. Because sometimes I just want those old-fashioned morals where someone says "sure I've been hanging around this garden beheading every knight who enters, but I didn't have a choice, I promised my lady I would do anything she asked and this is what she asked." and everyone responds "we understand completely, you can't break a promise to your lover even if you were a dumbass and didn't bother to check terms and conditions before promising to obey her." #Couplegoals Chivalry logic aside, Chretien is a great narrator and I love every single time he talks to the audience. Would love to hear this read aloud as intended, it must be an incredible experience. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg. A group of geriatrics decide to create a gang and commit crimes because they think jail will be more pleasant than their retirement community. I'm not enjoying this nearly as much as I thought I would given the hysterical premise and the fact it's marketed as humor. The opening was the funniest part of the book and then it turned out to be a dream sequence. Disappointing. But I'm only a quarter of the way through, so maybe it will turn around.

Hey now, I'll have you know I'm perfectly capable of being thoughtless and mind-numbing on forums, too. But yeah this'll be a nice change from discord, where any length of absence you risk coming back to discover the admins were locked out of their account three mutinies ago and now the server is run by pirate llamas. ....in the pursuit of this I discover Owl City released a new album this year. Did you know that? I didn't know that. thanks for the welcome both of you!

Hello, GA, I'm digging the old school forum vibe you have going on here. I feel like I time traveled back to 2009. Makes me wanna bust out some Owl City. You can call me Lemon Soda because I refuse to use real names on the internet. Just be grateful I didn't make my username xX_LemonSoda_xX for the full 2009 experience. I'm here because sometimes I write stories and sometimes I illustrate them and I'm here to make that other people's problem. No, let's back up, I'm here to read other people's stories while I work on developmental edits and then line edits and other gross revision things. Then I'll make my book everyone else's problem. Also, advance warning: I am not the most consistent person about chatting in online spaces because I spend all my free time editing someone release me from this hell of my own making so if I spend two days socializing too much and then say nothing for the next three weeks don't be concerned. Cool, nice to meet you, glad to be here, someoneinterruptmenowsoIcanstoptalking