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Chapter Six of Observation: The Iverexperience is now posted at: http://www.observationtheiverexperience.so...hapter_six.html

Chapter Five of Observation: The Iverexperience is now posted: http://www.observationtheiverexperience.so...apter_five.html

Congratulations Dave! I guess Ben knows what he's talking about every once in a while...

Chapter Four of Observation: The Iverexperience is now posted: http://www.observationtheiverexperience.so...apter_four.html

I've heard people talking about the study that mapped a high school "sex chain." It surveyed direct sexual contact, and showed how one student's direct sexual experience could be linked indirectly to hundreds of other people/partners. To use that analogy, I was wondering about the "chain" from Comicality. As I will readily admit, he is not my favorite author, though I do (or did at one point) like many of his stories. But putting my own tastes aside, I think Com has left a very important legacy to authors and readers alike - and I was trying to fathom just how many people he has touched with his writing. I think if we made a "chain" linking all the authors who were inspired or helped by Comicality in some way, all the readers who had direct contact with Com's work (whether they wrote him or not), and all the readers who then have linked with those inspired other writers...we'd probably connect the entire online gay erotic fiction world and quite possibly beyond. I know I'd easily put myself down on the list.

Shouldn't that be "Mr. Luka?"

You could do worse. Besides, I've been taking lessons... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I

Actually, in humans, depth perception is about 85% visual cues, and only like 15% stereoscopic vision. :king: Snow Dog the Domaholic Danderthal <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you for proving my point.

I hear Mark is good at airing out dirty laundry...

And some people can't tell when they are being played like a fiddle Although I did like the TLW quote to keep on topic. :king: Snow Dog the Domaholic Danderthal <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I repeat (because I'm on topic): "God, I just hate it when people don

I'm glad you shared that link. Those pics are nice! It's cool to see talented people around here...

Sheesh, someone is a little too literal minded... And I bet he would if you let him.

Snow Dog, you remind me a lot of someone... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I thought I

I think this is an excellent question, but I didn't have a chance to answer it when you first posted and forgot about it until now. I think the best fiction writing appeals on both the emotional and intellectual level. So, I like making readers have to think. But the best stories allow the plot and characters to carry along the social issues lying underneath. Once characters start stepping on a soapbox, my interest can start to wane. I spend a lot more time reading non-fiction than fiction. There are a lot of excellent essays, articles, books, blogs and the like, all devoted to raising awareness and social issues. The beauty of fiction writing is to craft a compelling story that can address the same ideas in a more subtle - and often far more powerful - way.

Chapter Three of Observation: The Iverexperience is now posted: http://www.observationtheiverexperience.so...pter_three.HTML

You know what they say about the one-eyed man

An Update (not that anyone really cares) - I can see clearly now... The infection is all gone, and I'm back in contact lenses - Hurrah! I'm also making a point not to sleep in them and to switch to back and forth with my NEW glasses more often. We'll see how long that lasts. Plans to continue my oppositional campaign for emperor will resume shortly.

Mark, Such compliments from you are making my head swell :king: Snow Dog the Domaholic Danderthal <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To quote someone from around here, get a room!

Agreed that we can't extrapolate from the average to the particular circumstance of Davey himself. I didn't mean to imply otherwise, but rather that this was a significant possibility for Davey that Dan simply does not address in any capacity within the story. As for the nuance that Novelty is objecting to Kevin's behavior - being the 'adult' - it forces the same exact issue. If Davey is viewed as an adult for the purpose of drinking alcohol, then there is no problem with Kevin procurring it. Otherwise, we agree about this particular example, and I know better than to question what type of storyline might be viewed as 'morally irresponsible' because I think we've played that conversation out before. To go a different direction, your post reminds me of the Degrassi series - (thanks Canada!) that I used to watch in the 80s. Whenever a kid did something 'wrong,' the worst possible consequence ALWAYS happened. Someone had unprotected sex, they got pregnant. Someone drank alcohol? They'd drive and hurt someone. A kid tried acid, BAM, he wound up brain damaged. Somehow, the message didn't quite stick, because we knew people who acted irresponsibly and yet didn't suffer the worst thing ever.

To add my two cents to the underage drinking issue, because it raises some intereseting ideas as they relate to the Do Over story. 1) It is illegal to sell alcohol to minors because they are less physically able to handle the effects, and they lack full adult judgment-making - as a physiological matter - when it comes to making choices about risks. I do not mean to offend any of the younger posters on this board. But there is medical evidence that the human brain continues to develop throughout the teen years (and to a lesser extent beyond). The last part of the brain to develop is the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for balancing risk, long-term planning, and the like. The question is whether these two reasons dictate that Davey (and Sean) should be treated as minors for the purpose of alcohol consumption. As Dan points out in the story, they are physically less able to handle the alcohol. But are they lacking in full adult decision-making brain processing capabilities? This is an interesting question that I think Dan has glossed over in the entire series. We have been repeatedly told that Davey is stuck with the body of someone younger - for good and bad. His hormones are allowed to play some part in his behavior. However, Dan has never addessed how Davey's decision-making process, when it comes to issues like risk calculation or planning, might be affected by the fact that he does not have the developed prefrontal cortex of an adult. So far, we are presented a fictitious world in which this is not addressed or demonstrated to be a problem. If you have suspended your disbelief thus far to think that Davey has the mental processing abilities to advise the United States government on serious issues of military strategy and politics, as he has done in different time lines, then you have to accept that Davey has the ability to assess, like any other adult, whether and how much he should be drinking. 2) The second interesting issue is what message you take from Do Over about different subjects, like time travel, religion (hi Snow Dog) or something like drinking alcohol. I don't see how Do Over condones underage drinking or gives a suggestion to any minors that this is acceptable behavior. The story - with Davey's past, with Brian in DO and with Davey/Sean in DOR - clearly presents the effects and consequences of underage drinking and/or alcohol abuse. It doesn't glorify drinking in the least. I think it is better to have a series like Do Over address the situation of underage drinking and portray it in a negative light, which it does, than to pretend that this doesn't exist at all. Oh, and EMoe, Wyle E. Coyote is my role model for how gravity works. It does not engage until you realize you are no longer on the cliff. And large objects falling on you only hurt temporarily. I don't know where I'd be without Looney Tunes...

Here is a new story I recommend adding to your reading list: http://www.observationtheiverexperience.solacelenity.com/

Michael Jackson is black?

Favorite characters - toss up between Tony and Chris, but I probably have to go with Tony. I don't remember a favorite scene, but I was amused at Tony/Jake early efforts to date.