My Twitter-wife Holly Smale has brought to the attention of her Twitter-followers, of which I am one, this here magazine article entitled "I Hate Strong Female Characters" — http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2013/08/i-hate-strong-female-characters — and I have to say I agree with it wholeheartedly.
For those of you too time-constricted/lazy to read it, it basically holds up a hand in the classroom and has the temerity to ask "Why are vibrant female characters called strong?" Why are they limited to such a thing? More to the point, however, is why is the word "strong" slung in there at all? If you take away the strong bit, that leaves "female character"— but isn't a female character just as inherently strong as a male character? Why do they need "strong" in there at all?
People say to me all the time "Derek, you're great," and I can't argue with them. They go on to say "I love your black shirt/blue jeans combo" and I nod wisely, agreeing with them but not needing to put it into words. Then they say "It's so cool that your books have strong female characters" and I shrug, and say "Hey, I'm a pretty awesome guy. Now go get me some Skittles."
Valkyrie is a strong female character. As in, she's strong, she's female, and she's a character. But she is not a Strong Female Character. She's not a role model — not really. She's deeply, DEEPLY flawed. Over the course of these eight books, she's done some outstandingly heroic things, but she's also done some downright mean and nasty and selfish things. She's hurt people. She's become arrogant (and not in the cool way that I am).
Here's what Holly has to Twitter-say about the subject:
"Strength" is one dimensional. It's saying "women can be strong like men", NOT "women are flawed, complex, brilliant, weak LIKE MEN."
I love it when readers don't like Valkyrie. I love it when they actively dislike her for the things she's done and the way she's behaved. But it's like they're surprised. It's like they can't compute. "Okay, wait, so... she saves the world but... but she's cheating on her boyfriend?? How is that POSSIBLE?"
Valkyrie is a character. She's as messed up as any male character I could ever write. That's what makes her real to me.
Having a girl as the protagonist in an action/adventure/horror/fantasy/whatever means things are going to get physical, and you all know how much I love my fight scenes. But having her kick ass is not why she's a good character.
Years ago, I was yapping to my mother about Buffy and Xena and talking about how great it is that we now have these TV shows about such strong female characters. My mother, who admittedly has never watched either show, asked me if these really WERE strong female characters, or if they were merely male characters with boobs.
Having a blonde cheerleader save the world with her martial arts skills doesn't equal feminism, she said. That's a male tactic. How about her saving the day using tactics that aren't all about punching and kicking and killing?
I didn't have an answer for her then. I still don't, even now. There's a whole debate to be had that I'm just not ready for, that I may never be ready for. My mother is a pacifist. I am not. We see the world differently, we operate differently, even though we want the same things. We both want equality and peace. My mother is the sort to talk her way to equality and peace. I'm the sort to talk to the point where I reckon more talk won't do any good, and then smash my way through to an understanding. It is not an enlightened viewpoint I hold. It is a crass, brutish viewpoint — but in a crass, brutish world, I believe my way is the way to go. Mum believes otherwise.
And that's the difference, I think, between us. We live in a world carved by men, where fear and oppression and violence are a part of our lives. I can't even IMAGINE a world sculpted by women, where other values have taken hold. I'm limited in that way. I could try not to be, but I honestly wouldn't know where to start. That's kind of sad, when you think about it. For all my imagination, I can't even imagine that...
... (turns to stare hauntingly out the window).
Monday, August 19, 2013
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4,955 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 2001 – 2200 of 4955 Newer› Newest»I wanna go to other places but you know with Momma being Grand Mage we only get to do so much becase her work is hard to get off from, which is fine because I know she has the entire country to deal with as well as the section of the country her job is to watch over so i get it *grins* Have you ever tried to walk on water?
I gtg now :(
BAAII!
I mention Niccolò a lot so its all good...he IS good looking...*shuts up before Ari does another randomly comig on stunt*
ADRA, I LOVE YOU. YOU'RE A GENIUS.
It needed saying.
#ChaseForBookNine
I know she didn't really leave, Jubi . . . But I still wish I'd been there. :/
#CHaseForBookNine
Bai Jubi! *hugs Star* Good. NEVER leave.
And no- I usually step right through it...
What did I say???
I wonder if its just an Elemental trick...my parents aren't Elementals obviously so asking them does not help,
Oh... That's a shame. Before I became an alchemist I tried being an Elemental- was pretty bad at it as well..
Alexis, were you in surgery?
The Empress Lady Adra "the Ducktor" Dark said...
*sighs* We can't fire with fire, guys. Leaving will not make the leaving stop. Staying will- but does water always put out the fire the first time? No- but we have to keep trying
August 10, 2013 at 3:03 AM
The Empress Lady Adra "the Ducktor" Dark said...
Jubi, it's all of our faults.
This is the conundrum I have:
Leave, in which case make more want to leave.
or Stay, and continue to hurt.
See? There is no win in this. And it is true, the only way to rid of it is with getting rid of the RP- but some of us really like that, but as you saw earlier- we talk as well.
It hurt when it was just Dragona, Brave and I. When I woke up this morning, there were only twenty new comments. That hurt a lot. I don't even know what happened to half the people. I miss Cain, Nix, Kallie- everyone who has slipped into the shadows.
((Which, I know Cain is occasionally on here as well, but not like how it used to be))
And it does hurt. A lot. And I want this madness to stop, but if we do stop, then this place will be a wasteland. Like Star said- we're green. But she was wrong about one thing. Yellow is a warm color, but so is green. Green isn't cold. In fact, we care a lot about everyone- and we're selfish because we want both, but can't have both.
Not that I'm about ready to give up the RP..
But I also think that Blogland is an outlet for a lot of people. Like a waterpipe on top of a house, where all the rain flows out. But too much rain makes a flood and some people who don't have a drainpipe begin to drown in the flood, so they try to climb out, or swim- and sometimes they plug up the outlets, and the rainwater backfires.
What I mean to say is that there are:
The people who come on to vent about their issues
The people who come on to get away from their issues
The people who just want to have fun and play.
and The people who have no idea what the hell is going on.
And no one should be patronized for venting. At all. In fact, if it is the only thing keeping you from backfiring on yourself, I encourage it.
But there comes a time when you have to put out an umbrella.
Things like a blog can become an addiction and not owning up to all of your problems is seriously unhealthy. And I understand that some people are in tough situations, but being negative won't help you. We have to stay positive, even when it rains.
August 10, 2013 at 3:14 AM
I dont like it much, but since i'm 11 i make use of my abilities to use Elemental magic until I can actually just be Adept. I can hear thoughts if i really really focus but i can always hear Olivia I don't know why though
Yeah I was Brave, few hours ago but i feel fine now just tired actually
Interesting... Why the sudden interest?
Oh. That. Yeah. *grins sheepishly*
Fun fact I have been crying for seven hours! STRAIGHT! IN ALL MY CLASSES
Because my right contact is screwed up and it has been burning so I have been crying from one eye the whole day OMG it is so weird
AT THE CAMPSITE, THERE WERE ALL THESE WATERSKIING AND WAKEBOARDING ARENAS (well, two. One for beginners, one for better people), AND WHEN THEY FELL OFF, THEY WALKED ON THIS THIN STRIP OF GROUND THAT WAS ABOUT WATER LEVEL TO THE HUT THING, AND FROM THE SIDE OF THE LAKE IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE WALKING ON WATER. IT WAS SO COOL.
Hunter can levitate over water so it looks like he's walking on water, but he can't ACTUALLY walk on water, so if he tries to go look-I-can-walk-on-water-I'm-so-cool, don't fall for it. XD
#ChaseForBookNine
Because its really useful and plus iplan to be somewhere in the field of Sensitives.
*nods* What have Hunter and Ez been up to?
Ah. Sensitivinivititi. A good field, I will say. *nods*
*looks up* she wants to work in the Sanctuary actually *goes back to my papers*
Yeah i thought you were...
That's why i got you this
*Hands Alexis a charm bracelet.* I just got it as a gift for you. It's enchanted so you can wear it and it helps you with your Elemental training. It helps clear your brain so you can concentrate
*stops the swing so the kids can flirt*
*scurries away to Zaf, giggling*
*smiles and puts the bracelet on* thank you Brave! *jumps down and hugs him tightly* its so pretty
It was just a gift Adra. A gift for a good friend. I know how scary Surgery is and she deserves a gift.
*covers mouth and looks at Adra* *smirks*
they just are jumping to conclusions Brave i ignore them mostly *laughs*
*crawls under the desk, grinning madly* Oh. My. GOOOD.
Shhh Adra! *smacks with papers*
*whines* This is animal abuse, Zaf!
I am a giraffe.
Sorry i know it was a stupid idea. I should go because i might cause you to get embarressed Alexis. I'm sorry...
I'm so stupid.
you so are not stupid Brave! I'm not at all embarassed don't worry. *hugs tighter* You're kind and thoughtful don't be afraid
*immediately shuts up, covering her face, swatting at ZAF'S leg* Shhh!
Hey down girl *pets Adlra*
*kicks her chair out from under her* *grumbles* Bitch
*falls* grrr *uses shadows to make a leash on her* Hehehe!
*gasps* *carves a bone out of the ground, "fido" carved into the side* *throws it at ZAF'S face*
I don't know. D:
Well, Morgan got kidnapped. *nods*
And I did the whole thing with her again mostly.
I did a lot of Morgan-ing.
*nods*
And . . .
Oh, and Marks and Hunter went all alliance-y. And then Marks owed Hunter. And then Hunter said that if he were a drug dealer, then he would now say, you owe me, but we can't settle it beacuse I don't have any cannabis and you were buying that, so instead, how about you take heroin, unless I was my friend, in which case he'd say ethermelt, and that seems smart but then the Crash happened and that sucked and I lost loads and everybody lost loads and basically LOSS, so I'm not being a drug dealer, so I'm not telling you anything you could do for me beacuse that could be heroin, so how do you want me to play it?
Marks: Er . . . *looks confused*
Oh, and before there, there was this plot-thing involving
Never being a doube agent and Hunter threatening her except not really, and then they decided she was their hostage, and then they had to think of explanations of why they weren't handcuffing her, and then they got away from Never's side, but then Never ahd to give away their location because she had to be successful at finding them SOME times otherwise Marks'd get suspicious, so then they had to deal with that. Oh, and before that they captured all these people and tied them up in their living room, except then they excaped, and then car crash.
*nods* And that's about as much as I can remember. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
I'd slap you
But that would be animal abuse.
*insert Louis Tomlinson troll face*
okay not really here probably idk
#ChaseForBook9
Oh dear, Star... *chuckles* Sounds like fun?
CAPTAIN MORGAN
*catches and puts by Adra* good Fido
*flattens it into a ball, throwing it* CATCH!!
*throws it back at Adra* Ooh lets hunt Niccolò with it!
HERE COCO HERE BOY COME HERE COCO!
Uh- no ta.
*crawls out the stands up, running away*
*chases Adra* BAD PUPPY!!! *grins*
NICCOLÒ WHERE ARE YOU PUPPY?
uhm Momma Niccolo is a human not a puppy
BITCH!
*hides in a cave*
*swings on explosive tree*
*eats carrots*
Where is everyone *aimlessly playswith Coco bear* Coco bear needs a playmate
Sorry I poofed, I did important stuff like brushing my teeth and wandering around my bedroom.
LOL, on holiday I just used to go behind Campy and endlessly circle the bikes. *nods*
#ChaseForBookNine
Well, I suppose there is no better way to express this situation at hand. Guess who has come to the original point of departure in a pseudo-circular motion?
I remember you Sir my mother told me you used to comment
Lol Star. *ruffles her hair*
SIR REIN! *tacklehugs*
... Why are you still a shark? It's been forever!
SIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! *screams* HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have been missed. :)
#CHaseForBOokNine
REN!!!!!!
Adra, there is a perfectly good reason that I am still a shark. But at this current time, I would say that the importance of that reason is dwarfed, comparatively, as to what has happened while I have been "away from the keyboard", as is it is said these days.
Zafira, Star, and Alexis, your warm, though relatively loud, greetings warm my heart.
How do you mean?
Because a lot has happened
A lot
What- not mine?
Rude.
lol no problem! I'm Zafira's duaghter!
I would have guessed as much, Adra. Well, to my deepest regrets, my return is merely temporary. I must egress for now, however, expect my return within the next few hours, to come in full form.
Yay! *hugs* Don't disappear for good, though.
Zafira. We need to organise how to talk.
At the publication day i mean.
I knows I told you who to ask! NJ is my contact so you gotta meet up with her
:( SEE YOU IN A FEW HOURS!
Well, it's good to know you HAVE a heart. DOn't let it get too warm though. It coudl combust.
#CHaseForBookNine
Did Sir swallow a dictionary? Does he just spew words?
yeah i know...
She may be willing to let you before or after I petrify Derek but you got to talk to her first.
SIR!
KESSIE SAYS HELLO!
SHE THOUGHT YOU LEFT FOREVER!
#ChaseForBook9
Oi. Don't insult his highly impressive vocabulary. :P
Sir's appearance brings back memories of the days when I used to come home from school and spend ten minutes laughing as I read the comments. They were good days, people. :)
*tries not to think about the people who were around then too much, because such thoughts have been known to make me cry*
#CHaseForBookNine
I MUST GO WITH ZAF TO EAT WE BE BACK SOONISH
MARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! :)
*hugs* I AM SO GLAD YOU HAVE NOT LEFT!
And, KES IS AWESOME. *nods*
And, I think we all htought he left forever, because he did, but forever doesn't exist, sooo.
#ChaseForBookNine
Forever is a long wait...
GOD.
I HE WAS A FLYING SHARK
WHO DOES THAT :3 Those were lovely days
FLYING SHARK WITH A MUSTACHE. *giggles*
Msd, btw.
#ChaseForBookNine
Kk!
Hi Staaaaar (:
I'm very very extremely distant because my friend is sleeping over sooooo...
KESSIE IS AMAZING *nods*
JESYPIC
Forever alwayyyyyssssss *sings*
Oh sorry :P
#ChaseForBook9
Oh my God... Sharky was on!!! He listened!!!
DEATH!!!!!!!!!!! :)
*hugs*
YES! HE WAS ON! *screams*
I think I'm distant . . .
@Maraness: ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS A LOAD OF YESSYNESS. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Ps. I'm still breathing...
Still alive but I'm barely breathing...
Just praying to God that I do believe in.
*waves*
Ugh. Church and Sac. Is the WORST class
@Adra: BREATHING IS OVERRATED. :)
#ChaseForBOokNine
Hi.
#ChaseForBook9
@Death: BReahting isn't overrated in a serious way, though. *hugs* You're amazing.
Don't ever forget.
*hands her medal for survivingness*
#ChaseForBookNine
HEY RHYDIAN! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Rhydian! *hugs*
Hello!!
Update: my right eye is still crying. Not my left
Hi Adra!
Hi Star!
Hi Death!
Mbd. Not really in a talking mood.
#ChaseForBook9
[Insert song lyrics here]
Uh... Name still applies, I'm about to go out the door again, so...
#ChaseForBook9
IM NOT AMAZING!!!!!
Hai Rhy!
*hugs everyone*
#ChaseForBook9
Rhy, I'd totally hug you back but Aretha kinda fell asleep on me so I wouldn't be able to go anywhere...
*hugs Fabi*
I love you.
And I hate taht you're fading, like you're a felt tip that's running out.
You're amazing.
Don't ever forget.
#ChaseForBOokNine
Wbd/ msd
and so she should stay on you
*hugs Rhydian* :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Hi Alexis!
#ChaseForBook9
OH FUCK MY EYE'S BURNING
OH SHIT
*is very distant* *very tired*
#ChaseForBook9
Hi Rhydian! Adra take the contacts OUT
Gtg now. Talj to ya all tomorrow bye!
#ChaseForBook9
Bye Rhydian!
Bye R!
If my she's scratched then IT WILL STILL HURT.
*shoves a tree into her eye*
[hugs Rhydian] You okay?
[hugs Death]
[hugs Adra]
[hugs Zaf]
[hugs Star]
[Smiles sadly]
#ChaseForBook9
Oh. It turns out I didn't have to go. So hi.
@Fabi: Not really.
#ChaseForBook9
so then what you suffer all day instead?
Basically, yeah. It hurts more when my eyes are closed. UGH EYES WHY YOU DO THIS.
*hugs Fabi*
Hence why i dont have contacts
@Fabi: Ooh, I though I should mention - whilst I was away, I had a dream with you in it!
Yeah, so you were making this spagetti things, like cooking, except it was also art. So you were distantly on the blog because you were doing that, I think. And so I portaled to you, and you were in a massive kitchen/artroom/idk/mighthavebeenakitchen type place with metal counters, and you were too busy to speak to me much, and I was thinking how cool it was to be standing here next to you in Amercica, although I wasn't actually here because it was only through Blogland/a dream/in my imagination (yeah, like above with the kitchen/art thing, I can't remember the exact things, just my impressions from them), so I wasn't ACTUALLY here, but it was LIKE I was here.
And then I woke up.
Uh, yeah. :P
BUt still. I had a dream about you. BE HONOURED. :)
#CHaseForBookNine
It isn't the contacts... A piece of sand, maybe. I don't know but my eye got scratched AGAIN.
Ugh. Negative five.
painful eh?
Yeah, just a bit.
My right eye is still crying.
But negative five vision.
@Adra: DAMMIT.
I'm really sorry I didn't reply in my earlier comment. Like you've seen, when I describe things, I often get carried away doing it and forget what I'm meant to be saying. It's nothign personal. I've done it to others.
Poor you! D: I've never had contacts, so I can't really empathise, but I can sympathise. Pain is a message from your brain telling you that there's a problem - try sending a message back and thinking to your brian that there's nothing wrong?
I don't know if it works. Once my mum mentioned sending a message back to your brain, so when I was in pain I tried it, and I thought it worked a bit, but that could have just been a natural gets-better-and-wosre thing . . .
#ChaseForBookNine
Ah...okay hold on the powrr flickered so
MSD possibly
Kk Zaf!
And my eye has been crying to expel the problem and it feels a bit better for a second, then it goes
Cruel eye
@Rhydian I hope things get better soon, then. If there's any way we can help you, let us know.
@Adra :-/ That stinks. I hope your eye feels better soon.
@Star That sounds awesome. Spaghetti art? XD Sounds like something I might do, actually. :-P
Oh, I should probably mention, I just finished Gone.
#ChaseForBook9
Well... By just finished, I mean yesterday. Or maybe the day before... Not sure.
#ChaseForBook9
okay power just decide to flicker when i am on the computer typing a comment...the computer is stupid! The one i'm on didnt restart automatically like the other one does when power flickers...it doesnt have the brains to i guess
okay power just decide to flicker when i am on the computer typing a comment...the computer is stupid! The one i'm on didnt restart automatically like the other one does when power flickers...it doesnt have the brains to i guess
okay power just decide to flicker when i am on the computer typing a comment...the computer is stupid! The one i'm on didnt restart automatically like the other one does when power flickers...it doesnt have the brains to i guess
AND NOW IT JUST REPEATS MY COMMENT WHAT IS THIS IS THIS FOR REAL?
*hugs Fabi* sorry. It can't be helped. Thanks anyway :)
#ChaseForBook9
i gtg be back tomorrow
Bye Brave
#ChaseForBook9
Aww bye Brave I'll see you Thursday I won't be on tomorrow!
Bye Brave!
*fades away into reality* (bye)
#ChaseForBook9
Here comes the Star Gone speech lol
Ta Fabi.
Bye Brave
*hugs Rhydian* bye..
bye rhydian
Oh btw- Rhydian I you ever need to email me...
I'm going now, for real. Shopping. [Waves]
#ChaseForBook9
have fun Fabi! i hope Ari comes back soonish i really miss her coming on
Bye Fabi! *waves wildly*
*shuffles around*
Sorry I poofed. Disturbed's amazing music distracted me.
Blogger The Empress Lady Adra "the Ducktor" Dark, Administrator in New Delhi said...
Here comes the Star Gone speech lol
Ta Fabi.
Bye Brave
August 20, 2013 at 11:04 PM
*laughs*
@Fabi: Okay, I know you left, but -
YOU FINISHED GONE??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
MO9re importantly, you READ Gone?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
*dances about* *or floats, seeing as how I'm a bubble* *tries to float about more excitedly* *can't manage more of a drift* GRRR.
Anyway, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
GONE IS AMAZING.
GONE IS AMAZINGNESS.
GONE IS AMAZING LIKE AMAZING STUFF.
YEAH.
#ChaseForBookNine
what to dooo?!
ONFG Star.
ONFG.
*picks up a rock, shaping it into a little wooden flower*
*would explode further, but seing as how there is no Fabi to diret my questions to, my explosian shall wait*
Speaking of awesome books, have anyone heard of The Morganville Vampires?
I should probably warn you that they have the crappiest covers EVER. I picked up the first book in a bookshop beacuse the author's surname was Caine and Caine is an awesome character from Gone (and Valkyrie Cain, but she spells that differently so it was a more abstract connection). I looked at the crappy cover, read the slightly0less-crappy-but-not-that-good blurb, and decided that the books weren't really my thing and there was no point buying a book I clearly wouldn't like.
Then I got the first one out of the library coz that doesn't cost money and CAINE, and then after reading it I realised how stupid the cover was and that it was actually a cool book.
So, yeah. *nods*
So I'd just give you a heads-up, because you'll never read them of your own accord, because you people have sense and pay attention to what the book's cover says it is. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
You have mentioned it before... I was interested!
So have you caught yourself up here yet?
BUT GONE IS AWESOME. *nods*
OKay, yeah. WHat are we talking about? XD
#ChaseForBookNine
Right.
@Adra: Nope.
I got bored of reading comments, so I started listening to Disturbed instead.
I'm still in the early morning hours of August the tenth. D:
Last time, I reckon it took me thirteen hours total to read all the comments made in my absence wheilst I was on holiday. So yeha. -_-
#ChaseForBookNine
Gone is always out in our school library....
Do you guys wanna see Juno?
Meh, too bad. There he is!
Juno?
I thought you meant the movie.
INDESTRUCTIBLE IS MY JAM
Andn - YAY FOR INTEREST! *dances*
Unless it's bad interest. Like how Marks is interested inHunter. THat's BAD interest. THat's capture-and-torture interest. But Marks is the good guy. Hunter's the bad guy. Marks is te3chnically the hero defeating the evil enemy. *shrugs*
It's bad interest for Hunter, but maybe it IS good interest.
Alhtough, interest can sometimes be bad, like when Wonga lends you money and you're YAY and then they're like right that's a thousand billipons pounds interest and you're like AW HELL NAW.
Yeha, don't borrow money from people like WOnga. THey're evil.
#ChaseForBookNine
Juno is my wolf, like Luna and Tempo.
Awesome Deathy!
@Adra: You know how I'm a bubble?
Sometimes people ask if this or that would pop me.
ANd I say "No, because I'mmm in-des-truct-ib-le."
I don't think many or any of them get it, though.
And then my brother said I was invincible and I was like NO I'M NOT I'M INDESTRUTIBLE. -_-
Okay, I may be suffering from the effects of sleep-deprivation. SOrry for the facft it makes me act crazy. :P
Indestructible is awesome. Both the album and the song. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Thanks Zaffy!! I'd totally give you a hug but someone is still on me!! *Looks pointedly at Aretha*
Juno is the Roman form of Hera.
*mutters about how Rick Riordan references to schizophrenia wihtout bothering to find out what it is*
#ChaseForBOokNine
Ari wont get off you *laughs*
Juno is...
*murmurs about Latin class*
ARI IS EVIL!!!!
she is funny
Wbd... In school...
school already...oh wow you start at almost 9?! NOT FAIR
Yeah... When do you start?
7:25am
Oh... You're lucky if I'm out of bed!! When do you end?
Jesus! I begin at 8, finish at three.
I'm just leaving a comment to say that Death, I am so relieved that you are okay.
eh its cruel and unusual punishment to us *shrugs*
HI/BYE EM
I THOUGHT YOU WENT TO BED, EM!
Yeah hi/bye Em
No, just chilling out but I saw that Death was on and okay.
Hi everyone.
Hola Em
*Looks down*
Argh! I though you left and that's why you didn't reply...
Silly.
*braids flowers into her hair*
Omg I'm watching Jeopardy and the one catogory is One Direction...MARANESS
Nope, I'm all here, barely.
But here.
Meh. Okay...
*le sigh* Emmy.....can I apologize or should I just shut up
It's up to you Zaf. Whatever you think is appropriate.
Then I'll apologize
Look Em I'm sorry for what I said last night I probably should shut up when I need to and that was a perfect time to. I did not direct my comment to you in particular and I did not mean to piss you off by that comment. So yeah I'm sorry.
ooh Northern Ireland was an answer on Jeopardy
Yeah the comment pissed me off Zaf but what really annoyed me was how afterwards, I was ganged up on and made to look like the bad guy.
But hey yesterday is gone so just forget about it.
Yeah I just feel bad now
First, the post.
Just for the record: I hated Valkyrie at the beginning. Like, seriously, wholeheartedly detested her. Actually, if I think about, I still don't like her too much. Granted, I just finished just Dark Days and try to resist the temptation of spoiling myself, but at the beginning she was just... too good, you know? She is twelve at the beginning, and she doesn't really panic. How can she walk anywhere, talk to anyone, without feeling like... small, just once?
How can she do all these things without getting an ego as big as the solar system? (Granted, she overestimates herself. Everytime.)
I like her better now, because she is selfish and egoistical and because she fails more often than not, and she has grown on me. What was the point of saying that...?
Oh, yeah, basically that it's not the strong part that makes her great, but the 'character' thing.
Actually, I don't agree with the whole "We need more female heroines" thing. We also need more non-white people on the screen, or Hollywood films in which the villains don't have a bad German or Russian accent. (I mean, hello?) I really couldn't care less if there are too many stereotypicals in books. I like stereotypicals. They are funny.
Yes, now skip to the important part... I really don't like you at the moment. I bought Playing with Fire, Dark Days and... what was the third book again...? Sunday, all the three of them, and now I am blank and already out of books.
I meant to read it slowly, you know. I mean, I did loads of other things. I worked, cleaned up, played Sims, went outside for hours, phoned my parents, painted, wrote Mails to four different people, chatted on Facebook (I NEVER chat on Facebook), wrote, did the laundry, was adopted by a dog that looked like sheep, got rid of the dog, went to town... and I am still out of books! I just wanted to let you know that I am VERY miserable right now and it is YOUR fault. (Well, kind of. It is. Isn't it?)
Another question: Does anyone know how long it will take until TLSDM is available as a paperback?
Somehow Zaf STILL manages first
GRRR WHY DO I GET FIRST ALL THE TIME?!
I dedicate this page to someone else getting first besides me oh and to Aretha for being epic and Derek for this morning.
Hey guys.
I slit my thumb open, so it takes me ages to type.
Uhm.
Hi.
Wbd wsd...
#ChaseForBook9
Hi! Mara!
Ah, the Faceless Ones. That's the name of the third book.
By the way, Tanith talking to the Tornment-Spider was the best part of all the books so far. "You look like you're ready to laugh." Oh my god.
Hey Zaaaaf (:
I now hate glass.
Sorry fot any grammatical errors :/
My finger huurts :(
#ChaseForBook9
Ah! I'm sorry Mara! *hugs* Heal well, darling!
Is okay Mara! I thought about you I was watching Jeopardy and a catagory was: One Direction
*hhugs Adra*
Thanks (:
I totaly blame muy frend for ths. I can barey ttyyppe, dammit.
#ChaseForBook9
*hugs Zaf* Ah :D whaat is Jeopardy, btw? Is it game show? (:
#ChaseForBook9
It's okay- I understand hun!
Its a game show where you can be asked about ANYTHNG but you only can answer in a question by like: What is, Ireland? And they have adults compete but they let kids in special tournments, they have Teen, Kids, College and Teachers Tournents and you gain money for each correct answer and you compete with 2 others and there are 3 rounds: Jeopardy round is regular money totals $200 questions easiest 1000 hardest then in Double Jeopardy the prices double to 400-2000 then in Final Jeopardy you can risk any or all of your money on a clue you find out after you wager and if you get it wrong your wager adds to the total but if it isnt right you subtract your wager from the total you have
I may take the online test to compete in te Teen Tourment actually you got to be 13-17 years old so I may seriously try
*rolls around like an armadillo* SALVETE OMNES, Mihi nomen Adra...
*sniffs*
Sorry, I may poof :/
Cool, Zaf! :D that sounds epic :3
If I got 1D. in any quiz I would just be like "mmmmhmmm haters be hatiing" haha c:
I have a spongebob plaster on my thumb XD
It's Gary the snail I thhn.. *friwns*
Idk man.
#ChaseForBook9
Mi nombre es Alexis!
omg the akward moment when momma's last year's history teacher calls the house
That sooo cool Mara xD omg *explodes*
*hating
*think
*frowns
:P
#ChaseForBook9
MY POSTER JUST FELL DOWN LITERALLY ON TOP OF ME D:
Heh heh.
I know you want e, Harry Edwrd Styles... (;
#ChaseForBook9
*me
*Edward
Dammit this is getting annoying.
#ChaseForBook9
Post a Comment