Ender

In order: Barret Oliver Wil Wheaton Jonathan Brandis

Heheh. Sure this "chapter" isn't an April fool's joke?

Well, Around here, there ARE stories about people in heroic situations who happen to be gay. dkstories's Mist of Fate comes to mind. His Do Over stories are also not about coming out. Also, alot of authors draw from personal experience. The whole self-discovery phase and "coming out" are powerful parts of alot of our lives. Retellings of those formative events, and speculations on how things might have been had events been slightly different are bound to come up in alot of this type of literature. Then there's the fact about G/L/B real life heroes getting little recognition that you mentioned. In most schools, the fact that Alexander and Lawrence had homosexual relationships is not exactly broadcast as much as the niceties of the personal lives of other historical figures are.

Being bi myself, I know that can tend to make things confusing at times, to say the least. Anyway, it's nice to have someone else around. I'm partial to the works of Comicality and dkstories myself, but I guess I can deal with Dom's fan base growing a little

Well, you know how much of a GFD fan I am, but as I went about rereading everything Com has written I came across 2 stories in particular that I really wouldn't mind seeing more of. They are "Not like the Others" and "Pretty Poison". So Com, If you're reading this, just know that the "little" stories are being enjoyed as well.

Phantom of The Opera 1776 "Once More, With Feeling" (Yes, I'm a BtVS fan)

I'm: 6'0" Dark-haired 27 Male Left handed Bisexual An INTJ A Virgo Active in a Conservative Baptist Church (gasp) A story Writer A music Writer A Network Admin A Programmer A Game Player ( mostly RPGs, though not the ones you have to play online) A Game Maker (Yep, story, programming, models, everything) An avid reader A listener of all music styles except rap (which, not to offend anyone, I don't consider "music") Single at the moment, but it looks like something might be developing with a girl (another gasp) Regretting that a certain Male friend doesn't share my feelings for him. Pretty smart (I've taken 2 IQ tests. On an off day I scored 168. On a good day, I scored 182) Athletically challenged (I'm terrible at sports. Being uncoordinated doesn't help either.) Honest, even sometimes when I probably shouldn't be.

First Celeb crushes would be, in Chronological order, Barrett Oliver, Wil Wheaton, and Jonathan Brandis. First certifiable real life one would be a guy named Chris who turned out to be a real jerk.

Well, thanks for reading and thanks for the feedback and all, but I do believe that the saying is happy median. Median means middle, so finding a happy median would mean a good middle point, not too much, not too little. I did a quick google search just to make sure on this and there are plenty of references to the saying "finding a happy median". Again, thanks for even reading, I'm glad you liked it. Later, Me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 931 results for "happy median" ~533000 results for "happy medium" Not trying to be a vocab nazi though. Just a suggestion

Hmm. I like it. The sense of humor evident in the story is refreshing. The only thing bad that jumped out at me was your use of the expression "happy median". I'm pretty sure it's generally "happy medium". There's my nitpick for the day. Other than that, great start.

I'm generally pretty introspective/introverted, so I'll rarely look at anyone while I'm out, let alone make full eye contact. Even when talking to someone, I have to actually force myself to look at the person sometimes. I have to be pretty comfortable with most people before that isn't a problem. Then there are times where I make a concerted effort to pretty much stare at everything, and project the impression that I'm confident enough to find nothing of concern in all I survey. Some of the results from those times are interesting, but it's actually alot of effort for me.

Hey James, I'm sorry to hear you quit the project. I thought you did a marvelous job setting it up. Bubba <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He's not saying he's quitting this proposed project. He's talking about the problems enountered by previous collaborative efforts, where you had people quitting because of petty disagreements.

Sorry but I think that the answer is clear as mud. Yes and no. Yes- I think that it would sell better than expected. No- part of the appeal of online fiction is that it is free and anonymous. People that would NEVER, EVER buy a copy of the Advocate at their local Barnes&Nobles or Borders can and do access it on the net so that they can read without outing themselves. Another thing that would cause a LOT of contreversy is the age of the characters in some of the stories. The good Reverund Wildmon would pop a gasket. It's not that teenagers NEVER have sex. Our society has been so in denial of it for so long that it might come as a rude but necessary shock. Why is it that every time the teenage pregnancy numbers come out, everyone is so shocked? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree with all of your comments except one. The local Borders already has a "Gay literature" section. Donnie boy would have to go to that section, thumb through the selections, and read some of the stories to find out about the ages.

Great chapter. I'm looking forward to the next one (as always, heheh). It's nice to know that with so much bad sci-fi and fantasy out there, you're contributing to the number of truly enjoyable stories. This series is one of my favorites. Have fun.

I was 24 when I told my mom I was bisexual. Why? Well, she wanted to know why we weren't all that close, and she sensed I was hiding something from her. She didn't take the news well. Frst, she assumed I was lying, and that I was gay instead of bi. Based on this belief, she demanded to know what was so wrong with me that I "could like a man instead of a woman". I responded "Who ever said 'instead of'?", and things deteriorated from there. We get along quite well now, though not because of how you all are probably hoping this story ends. She kept referring to my bisexuality as "that problem". After lots of lectures from my parents, and even a time where they gave me this stupid video from the AFA purporting to show "the evils of the homosexual lifestyle", (It's called "It's not gay", if you ever want to be nauseated) she asked me if I "still had that problem" I told her I didn't have any problem. Of course, I meant that I fully accept who I am, and don't see anything wrong with how God made me. She took it to mean that I somehow changed my mind about this whole "gay thing". Since I know there's no use even discussing any of this further with her, I let it go at that. I know, it's not the most courageous way of handling things, but it's worked for more than 2 years. I take comfort, ironically, in the same thing that she bases her dislike of an aspect of who I truly am. I'm speaking of our Christian Faith. She believes that God condemns the expressed love of 2 people of the same gender. I believe that God makes no mistakes, he made me like I am, and those lovely passages are speaking about male prostitution associated with pagan worship of fertility deities. Interestingly enough, on anything not involving homosexuality, she comes to me and asks me what my judgement is about any passage she has a hard time understanding. I know more about the Bible than the average graduate of Bob Jones University (you know who they are, right?), but it's always interesting when you see blind emotion come up to interfere with logical interpretation of scripture, or any other theological topic. But I digress. As far as wishes go, I wish I had never opened my mouth to any of my family, but I wish desperately that I could have had some friend I could have talked to. It would have helped 15 years ago, whe I first started to subconsciously suspect, or years later when I knew I was in love with my best friend. It still would be a good thing now, when I feel surrounded by stereotypical fundamentalists. It hurts to realize that your "friends" don't know you, and wouldn't have much to do with you if they did. Sometimes, it makes me feel like the lonliest guy in the world. Ironically, that's when faith helps.

Well, I knew he was a Mormon, and lives in Greensboro, NC. Homophobia kinda goes with the territory in both cases. The guy can write though, so I try not to hold that against him too much. If I only read the works of authors I agreed with, that would tend to vastly reduce my options. Besides, I can't ever get the authors to return the philosophical questionnaires I send out. M.C. and Genesis? Someone trying to convert you? Anyway, I've read all of those (assuming it's Plato's Republic), and I can say that you shouldn't be too bored out of your mind. Well, you're one up on me. I've only read 3 of those: Heart of Darkness, Waiting for Godot, and Hamlet. Have fun. The list seems rather hefty, but you seem like you're not too concerned about getting it done.

Periodicals: Local Newspapers, Maximum PC Books: Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game Ender's Shadow Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets Shadow of the Giant Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus Treason Robert Jordan: Wheel of Time series (10 books, 11th out in October) David Eddings: The Belgariad (5 books) The Mallorean (5 books) Belgarath the Sorcerer Polgara the Sorceress J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter series (everyone knows about this one) Others: Misc Star Wars and Star Trek books Programming books Assorted works by H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis, Shakespeare, and many other authors that escape me at the moment. BTW, what's on your reading list? Some of the ones I had to read in High School were actually interesting, such as "A Prayer for Owen Meaney"

I agree wholeheartedly. I've already sent him a note, but I'll just say here that he will definitely be missed.

My #1 favorite story is Comicality's "Gone from Daylight". It's a solid Sci-fi piece that happens to be a good multi-level allegory for gay experience in general and problems that specifically plague popular authors specifically. Well, maybe I'm subconsciously inventing the allegory, but It's still a darn good story. Other favorites include works from authors already mentioned, such as dkstories, Dewey, Eggman, Keith Morrisette, and others I'm completely drawing a blank on.

Well, I can honestly say that's not what I expected to happen when Sean and Davey go drunk together. I expected Sean to hit on Davey, and try to convince him it wasn't worth waiting for Brian, not for him to bitterly open up on him with both barrels. I do hope that Davey tones down the ego a bit though.

I hope this is a better adaptation than #3. I'm the kind of person that hates when a book's story gets screwed around with too much in a movie adaptation. I liked 1 and 2, but there were too many changes between the PoA book and movie. Truthfully,I'm looking forward to Book 6 more than the GoF movie. /me shrugs. I could be pleasantly surprised. Revenge of the Sith though... I have the soundtrack, have read the novelization (much better than the Episode I book), and plan to see it at least twice.

Well, not that everyone's as... enthusiastic as you, but I'm sure something similar's happened to most people. You're reminding me of myself after I watched Antitrust with Ryan Philippe in it. My dreams for the next week were... interesting.

Thanks for the responses, guys. I'm really sorry to hear he's had so many problems though.

Great! I look forward to consumi- um, I mean reading the next chapter. GFD is easily one of my favorites.