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
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«Oldest ‹Older 3001 – 3200 of 4955 Newer› Newest»At the risk of sounding like someone who is out of it I am going to ask what the hell are you talking about Trip.
Oh, I took down a crime boss recently, Adra was just intrigued as to the details.
#ChaseForBook9
*fires light at Trip*
YOU DO NOT TELL A FANGIRL TO CALM THE FOOK DOWN
THIS IS GOING DOWN IN FOOKING HISTORY
ONE DIRECTION AND LITTLE MIX
FOREVER UNITED AS ONE ❤
#ChaseForBook9
*gets a bottle of tumble soz, and takes a sip*
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@Trip: How come you're allowed to kill people? Surely that would make you a murderer?
#ChaseForBookNine
*deflects the light with a hand covered in energy*
Just, I'm worried for your lung health.
#ChaseForBook9
Evening meal, bbs!
#ChaseFoBookNine
License to kill, booyah! But actually, he leapt into a furnace rather than hand himself over, but I just laughed at him as he screamed, for he didn't think it through. Apparently the pain was worse than he expected.
#ChaseForBook9
*comes back, looking pale, sticking her phone away*
*sits, with her glass, downing it*
*leaves*
Bye Star!
#ChaseForBook9
See ya Adra!
#ChaseForBook9
*huggles Mara*
Awesome news. :3
And I'm going to add a quick happy-attack about Inside Out because SEPTEMBER 17th.
I still don't think it's actually been announced, but IDC because SEPTEMBER 17th.
*grins*
MUSIC IS GOOD.
Even if it's only one song. Songs are good.
I'm interested about the sound, because I caught up on YouTube interviews and MCS were saying that the new song's they'd been writing are a lot more 'kinetic' than those on the last record.
I'm curious. :3
#ChaseForBook9
The train can be a bit boring.
*gazes out the window at ditches and hedges*
*I'm not leaving ya dope*
*frowns, thinking about why Adra was frowning*
#ChaseForBook9
*gets another phone calla and she walks out into the woods, answering, urgently trilling in a different language*
*raises eyebrow, spying through the window*
#ChaseForBook9
Last time I was on a train, Eden, there was somebody who looked SO SIMILAR to the guy who acted as Rory in Doctor Who.
And there was also a Derek lookalike, sat behind him.
It was really cool. x3
#ChaseForBook9
My lungs are okay
I think
But I really don't care
Just
Zerrie
♡
#ChaseForBook9
*switches to another eastern language before turning to Spanish then Arabic to Tamil, changing almost every paragraph*
*groans, rolling her eyes*
I'm happy for you Mara. And them, because you know, they are the ones getting married and all.
Young love... :)
#ChaseForBook9
There's a lad who's about 15 in my school who looks like Derek.
-Fine.
*shuts her phone, immediately pulling out a knife and slicing into her hand, dragging it in a large circle around her, pulling out a few candles, lighting them around her, plopping down, pulling heavily scented oils and things from her bag, mixing them into a bowl*
Stupid people. Stupid idiots
*spies*
#ChaseForBook9
Okay...
Ha, awesome Eden. :)
Hey, best of luck to them, Mara. :)
And, uh, your lungs, I suppose. :p
#ChaseForBook9
*frowns, getting another call*
Dammit, I'm coming!
*turns off her phone, closing her eyes, her head dropping*
((I'll be back in 80. Trip, if you're gone again, I'll skin you alive :D))
(Okey dokey!)
Crap. I think I'm going to get skinned alive.
#ChaseForBook9
Bye Adra! *waves*
Everything's ending here...
#ChaseForBook9
"The Beatles split after John Lennon got engaged.
The Jonas Brothers split after Kevin Jonas got engaged."
oh.
#ChaseForBook9
Dun dun dunnnnnnnn...
Not funny, Eden.
#ChaseForBook9
Mara: Motion City Soundtrack haven't split, and I believe Jesse, Matt, Josh and Justin are all married, now.
It depends on a lot of things, not just an engagement, I think. :) *hugs*
#ChaseForBook9
*murmurs a bit, stiffening*
((I'll just comment when I can))
* slips eerily into the shadows*
* comes out because it's boring *
I'll tell you what was awkward Kevin jonas in their tv series with his ring on.
* slips back into the corner*
*hugs Taia*
Thank you (: you're perfect<3
#ChaseForBook9
@Trip: I still don't get it.
So, if you have a license to kill, that means that killing, in some circumstances, is okay.
Then why does this mean that every murderer is punished as if they have committed a really big crime?
How can you convict people for doing things that you do yourself whilst you go unpunished and claim to be a fair justice system?
See, Hunter's organisation doesn't pretend to be something it's not. It admits that it does bad things and can be unfair.
Looking at it that way, it's actually a better than a lot of 'good' organisations.
#ChaseForBookNine
It'll be fine Mara. The Beatles split up a bunch of times.
And 1D isn't The Beatles, and 1D is /definitely/ not the Joan's brothers.
#ChaseForBook9
And, yeah, I'm back. :)
Oh, not trying to have a go at you, btw, Trip.
Just trying to make a point. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
I suppose John Lennon getting shot didn't do wonders forte Beatles staying together or him saying they were bigger than Jesus.
See there's a lot of factors.
Well Star, it's not that simple. But Trip /can/ and not be a murderer because of his licence to kill.
#ChaseForBook9
((Good music though))
*frowns in her meditative state* No...
@Maraness: But think how many bands HAVEN'T split up when a member has got engaged.
There's more of them than have split up, I believe. :)
#ChaseForBookNne
*for the
Saying they were bigger than Jesus was controversial, but in no way contributed to the Beatles breaking up.
#ChaseForBook9
@Trip: A license to kill is a good reason to kill someone.
How do you know some of these so-called murderers haven't had equally good reasons to kill?
#ChaseForBookNine
*hugs Mara back*
Hey, you're Perriefect.
... Zerriefect.
Um.
Perriefect. Amazayn.
*tilts head*
How would you join the two..?
*considers*
Star, I think I agree with the point that you (and Hunter, I guess) make, there. At least to some extent. Don't know what extent that'd be, but, yeah. :)
#ChaseForBook9
*keeps spying*
#ChaseForBook9
(Lord Trip lol)
*clenches her hands, a growl rising in her throat* Dammit- no
I know. But I'm not David Cameron, or Theresa May, or whoever controls that. I understand your point, but at the same time see flaws in it. If I were using my laptop I would make a counterpoint, but yeah.
#ChaseForBpok9
@Taia: It's kind of Hunter's point, just I'm making it for him . . . :P
ANd, thanks. :)
AMAZERRIEFECT? :)
#ChaseForBookNine
iPods are hard to be a sophisticated on.
#ChaseForBook9
((I frequently use mine? I don't think it is that hard.))
:)
Amazerriefect? *nods*
That'd work. :)
Or...
*tilts head*
Amaze...
Amazerrific? Amazerriefic?
*laughs*
#ChaseForBook9
Trip, I agree. iPods are awkward for typing in general, IMO.
*is also using iPod atm*
#ChaseForBook9
You can always tell what device I'm on. When I'm on the laptop, I make typos like this:
THis is a sentence.
And when I'm on my phone, I can make typos like this:
This os a semtenxe.
. . . That was only slighlt relevant . . .
Typing on a proper keyboard is much easier, in my opinion, but I get both of your points.
#ChaseForBookNine
And then I go make a phone-like typo on the laptop right in that comment. *facepalM*
They'll be many of them on my phone, though.
@Taia: AMAZERRIEFIC! I like that! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Hello, Brave!
#ChaseForBook9
Gah.
I've been listening to this song so much recently. It's, like, timeless. I don't get bored of it. It never seems to play through in the space of only a minute. I don't feel like 'Oh, yeah, and then it's part', I just hear it. I want to switch to 'We Dance', but I can't bring myself to stop its playing to do that. Maybe that's just me, but I think it's pretty cool. :)
@Star: Thanks! :P
#ChaseForBook9
*Is /still/ spying on Adra*
#ChaseForBook9
Hi Brave! Hi Dragona! :)
#ChaseForBook9
((My class is over in about half an hour, just be patient. Lord.))
*winces in her sleep, tensing again*
This is ridiculous.
wb Dragona.
#ChaseForBook9
I've kind of got twelve Mass Effect posters that I like.
Blah. Blah blah blah blah blah. Bleempop.
#ChaseForBook9
BOO!!!
Hey Jubi! How are you?
Amazaynly Perriefect?
Zerrie (:
Zerrie omg ilysm <3
#ChaseForBook9
DRAGONA!!!!!!! *supermegatacklehugsofdoom*
HAAII!!!!
I'm pretty good, I guess xP
how about YOU?
Oh, look, I changed sounds. This one has more... yelling. :P
HEMINGWAY, JUBI! :)
#ChaseForBook9
*has heart attack because of Jubi, dies.*
#ChasEForBook9
... I THINK Star just decided to make a 'ship' name for some of my characters from my Mass Effect story. For a start I thought she was talking about the SF-2 Falcon - the starship that the main characters fly about on. But she isn't. It's something to do with the characters being kind of in a relationship but I don't know what the hell it means so can someone elaborate? What does 'ship' mean? Why did she invent a name for them? Do I have to do anything?
*Regenerates*
Oh hey Jubi!
#ChaseForBook9
*giggles* I killed Trip!!
AND HIS BAR!!!!!!! xD
TAIA!!! TRIP!!!! MARA!!!! *Supermegatacklehugsofdoom*
HAAIIII/HEMINGWAY!!!!!!!
And I'm fine thanks. Eating gingerbread. :)
YUMMY GINGERBREAD!!!
Oh god, shipping.…
#ChaseForBook9
Oh yeah, I heard about the raid...
Grrrrrr.
#ChaseForBook9
So can people answer my questions? I have no clue about it...
xDD I think Zaf, Death, and I drank all your loopy wine...
and coffee...
and we were also pretty close to kinda sorta accidentally burning it down...
heh
*her eyes open*
*stands up, calmly cleaning up her circle around her*
Jubi, please do try not to kill Trip. It inconveniences me.
It isn't wine. *crosses arms and hurrumphs*
#ChaseForBook9
Aw, thanks Adra, that's very sweet of you.
#ChaseForBook9
*keeps spying*
#ChaseForBook9
*Giggles*
Dragona - 'Ship' being 'relationSHIP', it's the supporting of some form of relationship characters/people, whether hypothetical or otherwise. :)
Like, I don't know, Clarabar. Zerrie, Hannigram, being Clarabelle x Finbar; Zayn x Perrie; Hannibal x Will Graham.
You usually just put the names together, I guess. :P
If people are shipping characters of yours, you could choose to look into including that ship in your story on some level, or you could not. Your choice, I suppose.
Basically, you don't have to do anything.
But it's probably a good thing, because it maybe means your characters are real enough for somebody to see possibilities within/between them? IDK.
But, yeah. :P
^^
#ChaseForBook9
*facepalm*
If you want two people to be together, you 'ship' them. 'Ship' is slang for 'relationship', but it's not used in the same context, as 'ship' can be a verb as well as a noun.
Sorry I poofed, btw. I got sidetracked reading old comments.
#ChaseForBookNine
It's like Valduggery
which is a ship with Valkyrie and Skulduggery
They don't necessarily have to BE together, but a person might see that they /could/ be, basically. :) ^^
#ChaseForBook9
They're usually created by crazy people.. xP
*rolls her eyes, picking up her backpack, realizing the light rain that had been falling where she was*
*shivers, drying off and hiding in a cavern far far away to change into a new dress, then comes back*
*ahem*
*Is /still/ spying*
#ChaseForBook9
Thanks Taia and Star. Sorry for my stupidity. I've never encountered them before - some people have mentioned them on here before but I had never known the meaning.
So, Star, you want Emi and Thomson to be together? Why? ^^
*Stares creepily at Trip*
*punches him in the arm, walking into the bar*
Sorry. I just got sidetracked and am now trying to find out the ship-name for Will x Alana. Like, Alanagram, or Willana, or...
I don't know. Why would I ever even need to know that? I don't ship it - I don't not ship it. It just- *frowns*
Never mind. :P
No worries, Dragona. :)
#ChaseForBook9
Hello again Adra!
#ChaseForBook9
... It's easier to spy if people don't KNOW that you're spying. :P
#ChaseForBook9
. . . Yeah, just going to hide under a Sudoku book now.
Or maybe two.
Because I have two.
Because I lost one so I bought another one then I found the old one.
And I have had other ones, but I don't count them when they're completed.
So, I have two.
Yay.
Watch me procrastinate.
...
I don't know. Probably beacuse they like each other and I'm a nice person so I like it when people are happy. Also because I think they would be good as a couple.
Go ask somebody else who can be more enthusiastic. I'm not too good with all the romance stuff. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
Hi.
Do you have a towel?
Ok let's get this straight. I reckon neither men nor women sculpted the world on their own.
If women sculpted the world today, it would be so different. If countries were in conflict they wouldn't speak to each other for god knows how long, there wouldn't be wars but there would be cat fights and a whole lot of bitch slapping. The suffragettes would be the main point in history taught at schools today.
If men sculpted the world today, it would also be different. The suffragettes may not get a mention when kids are being taught history. Women would only be used for bearing children and doing housework. Men would do all the work and provide for his family. Women would not be allowed to wear trousers or be bus drivers etc etc.
So my view of life is that over the centuries we have sculpted the world together, since the time of Adam and Eve. Men are strong, women are equally strong. Men can drive buses, women can drive buses. Men can be politicians, women can be politicians. Men can wear trousers, women can wear trousers. Men can provide for their families, women can provide for their families. This world has no boundaries, and if it does it's only because we created them. We created our illnesses we have today by introducing fatty foods and electrical products into our lives. The only reason you see so many people in hospital is because they've either had a heart attack (humans created those fatty foods), they've been run over by a car (humans created that car), they've been stabbed (humans created those knives), they've been shot (humans created those guns)or they possibly were electrocuted (humans created electricity and phones and computers etc) so together we have created our own problems and together we have found medicines and bandages etc so together we have sculpted this world. Together we will live in it until the end of time so we better start respecting each other and respecting the fact that we are all equal.
I HAVE A TOWEL!!! *Magically pulls out a towel from no where BECAUSE I CAN!!!*
HEEERE!! *hands towel to Adra*
OMG.
Somebody on YouTube made a video to Farewell Continental's 'We Are Cosmonaut' using Doctor Who footage.
Somebody on YouTube is AWESOME. :)
Random comment of discorvery over.
#ChaseForBook9
Of course. *chucks her a towel*
So, what's got you so wound up?
Or more, who?
#ChaseForBook9
I am the QUEEN of shipping.
I ship everything.
JIALLLL<3
Jade x Niall
Or Larry. Holy fook. I'm a bullshipper, sorry.
But I respect Elounor, and sort of ship it.
#ChaseForBook9
Star, I doubt many people would agree that a human who works for the military and an alien who has to wear a suit and a helmet all the time because she has a terrible immune system would go well as a couple. But I kind of understand where you're coming from. ^^
I take objection with some of the things miss pleasant just said, because the man being the breadwinner is a very new concept.
#ChaseForBook9
Maralie, do you ship... *checks the name Star gave it* Thomi?
But they would go well together as a couple. Alotly because of who they are, personalities.
And, it's what makes it hard for people to be together that makes shipping interesting.
*shuffles*
Yeah.
#ChaseForBookNine
Heh, Snowlock.
#ChaseFprBook9
Thomi?
Are they your characters? (:
*has not read your fanfic yet (Sorry D:) so isn't sure*
But I basically ship everything, so XD
#ChaseForBook9
Like Tadra!
#ChaseForBook9
Trip, I was just about to contradict the thingy about women only being used to bear children and do housework. I think that wouldn't happen. There would be too many people contradicting it. I would. Some people would agree - but I think the majority would not.
Or well at least if someone went back in time and altered the books of pretty much every religion then we'd be equal. It's their fault. *shrugs*
Ez: @Maraness: You better not ship me and Hunter. *glares*
Back to me: Sorry, that just sounded in my head. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
I would like to say that I do not think that Adam and Eve existed.
*catches the towel, swinging it around her shoulders and working on drying her hair off* Long story. Angry story. I might have to kill some people now
do you shiiipppppp....
FLETCHSPECKLE?!?!?!
@Jubi: I bet people (like Maraness and Mushroom) do. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
Larry. Louis x Harry.
Bravery. 👐 👐
#ChaseForBook9
That's creepy *Shivers*
@Star: *nods* :)
*pauses* *laughs*
'Alotly'?
Good word. :P
FLETCHSPECKLE. xD
#ChaseForBook9
OMG EZ
Hunteralda *nods*
Or Ezunter... *frowns*
#ChaseForBook9
I ship Scapebelle c:
Scapegrace x Clarabelle
#ChaseForBook9
CAN I HELP? *is exited*
I'm the same Adra. One time someone said everyone was everyone's sixteenth cousin, because of Adam and Eve. I wouldn't have cared, if it had not been taught to them by their science teacher.
#ChaseForBook9
Maralie, yes. Thomson and Emi (technically her full name is Emi'Derik, but she's just known as Emi). They're in my Mass Effect story. Thomson is basically just a soldier and a captain of a starship and Emi is well...
An alien.
But a humanoid alien. She doesn't have tentacles or anything like that. She's pretty much a human though their race has a terrible immune system and they have to stay in suits and helmets all the time so they don't die. As far as I'm aware they are pretty much human apart from a different ear shape, maybe a different skin tone, glowing eyes, three fingers and three toes.
I'll get a picture.
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100317060346/masseffect/images/7/7c/QuarianMaleAndFemale.jpg
Dinner, bbs.
#ChaseForBook9
You know, if you were Synyster Gates, you wouldn't be able to get a Coke bottle with your first stage name on it because they'd say it wasn't a real name, I bet.
I thought that on the train back from town, still simmeringly angry at the fact I oculdn't get a Coke bottle saying 'Bloglandians' because only first names were allowed.
My friend asked for her friend's name, and it didn't register on the system because it was so rare, and the man had to google search it to check it was a real name.
And if you WERE Synyster Gates and you asked for a Coke bottle with Synyster on it, and it didn't register on the system, then the man would probably google the name, and a wikipedia article ahbout you and one about A7X would come up and on Google Images all these pictures of you would come up, and I just think that would be so cool, to type your name in and you being what came up. And that is what I thought.
. . . Yeah.
None of that was really relevant, but um, yeah.
#ChaseForBookNine
That's so cool, Dragona :D
I ship it.
*nods*
Sorry, I can't do links on my phone D:
Zerrie❤
I TITANIC IT
#ChaseForBook9
Hello
ONLY 8 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!!!!
#ChaseForBook9
Hunter: @Mara: It's Ezter.
Ez: No, it ISN'T! It isn't ANYHTING, because it doesn't EXIST!
Hunter: Yeah, but if it did exist . . .
Ez: But it doesn't!
Hunter: Well, if people are going to have a name for it, I'd rather they had the LEFT name.
Ez: But there is no left or right name, because there is no name, because IT DOESN'T EXIST.
Hunter: But nonexistance has a name and nonexistance doesn't exist. Nonexistant things can have names too.
Ez: Giving them a name is a form of encouragement.
Hunter: They already have names! I'm just making sure they have the LEFT name!
Ez: THERE IS NO NAME!
. . . THey could continue like that for quite a while. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
Sorry I am driving- might go into an unserviced zone.
And you can if you want. It won't be pleasant. Not now, of course. Later on.
Oh.
The person who made that video's username involves both Zombies and Dinosaurs.
AND has videos of the HUGE Theatre benefit show, which I'd been meaning to find the full performance of.
Wbd. :)
#ChaseForBook9
*mutters* Shame about the sound quality..
Sorry, btw. I'm talking to myself. :P
HEY AIS! :)
@Star: *laughs* :P
BRB
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The day LSODM is the one day that week that I'm in school for a full day. But there's a bookshop on the way home! *grins* is it possible to walk and read at the same time? I'm getting very exited about it now. And scared.
So how is everyone today?
#ChaseForBook9
*LSODM comes out
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Well mY copy's probably coming in mid September, so...
DAMMIT AMERICA!!!!
and also
AIS!!!!! *Supermegatacklehugsofdoom*
HAAII!!!
Mine is early September.
well it said september 6-11
Sooo
6 is early and 11 is... I guess kinda early...
so yeah..
EARLY SEPTEMBER! XD
*is supermegatacklehugofdoomed*
Well mid September isn't too far away. And once school starts up again time will either go faster or slower. Hopefully faster. And America get some things before us. Like movies (sometimes or maybe always I'm not sure) and probably lots of other things that I can't think of right now.
#ChaseForBook9
Yeah mine said the same, Jubi!
Whoa
It's like... America
*works on drying her hair more, shivering*
Ez: You should be the one who's bothered about this!
Hunter: I am bothered about this. I just bother calmly. And look, if we want people to say THERE IS NO EZTER, then they have to have the EZTER in order to say it, otherwise it's just THERE IS NO NOTHING. WHich is THERE IS NO NO THING. Which is refusing to acknowledge the existance of things that aren't things. Which could -
Ez: *tries to interrupt*
Hunter: *puts hand over her mouth* Which could insult them and then they could revolt or something, and WAR IS ALWAYS BAD AND REVOLTING IS REVOLTING. Oh, and itg's unfaiur on nothing to say it doesn't exist. So Ezter needs a name so we don't insult people. Although, Ezter could get offended if we say it doesn't exist . . . So maybe we might have to rethink this. THoughts?
*pause*
Hunter: Um, hello? *waves hand in front of Ez's face*
*longer pause*
Hutner: Are you ignoring me?
Ez: *points at Hunter's hand which is still on her mouth and gives a 'DUH' look*
Hunter: *gives a 'DUH' look back* Well, just take my hand OFF your mouth!
Ez: *pushes hand off* What's the point of putting your hand on my mouth if I can take it off whenever I want?
Hunter: Well, you couldn't have done when I WANTED it on your mouth. Easily.
Ez: Well, why didn't you take it off when you DIDN'T want it on my mouth?
Hunter: But I didn't mind whether it was on your mouth on not. For all I knew, you could have liked having my hand on my mouth, and if you didn't, all you had to do was take it off.
Ez: How did I know you would let me take it off?
Hunter: Because I asked you a question and you needed my hand off to answer?
Ez: Then why didn't you take it off for me to answer?
Hunter: Because I thought you were grown up enough to be able to do it yourself?
Ez: It's your hand. WHy should it be my responsibility to move it?
Hunter: Well, beacuse YOU needed it out of the way?
Ez: Actually, YOU needed it out of the way, beacuse YOU needed me to talk?
Hunter: I didn't NEED you to talk.
Ez: Fine, I'm not answering then.
Hunter: So you're just saying silent?
Ez: *narrows eyes suspiciously* *nods* *turns the other way and ignores him*
Hunter: Yay! MARA WHO DOESN'T LIE MORE THAN AVERAGE, THE SHIP NAME'S EZTER!
Ez: SHUT UP!
Hunter: I THOUGHT YOU WERE STAYING SILENT?
Ez: I CHANGED MY MIND!
Hunter: OOH! IS YOUR NEW MIND INTELLIGENT? BECAUSE YOUR OLD ONE DEFINITLY WASN'T.
Ez: AT LEAST IT WORKED PROPERLY!
Hunter: Oh my God, you're so nice to me.
Ez: You're welcome.
Hunter: So, do you think Ezter would be insulted if we said it didn't exist?
Ez: Nope. Because we wouldn't be insulted, and we are Ezter. Or we would be if it existed, AND IT DOESN'T.
Hunter: Yep. FINALLY, WE AGREE.
Ez: I think the moon might be blue.
Hunter: Can't see it through the snow.
Ez: So it might be actually be blue!
Hunter: OH MY GOD, IT'S BLUE!
Ez: It's blue!
Hunter: It's blue!
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Well the 6th of September is only 8 days after the 29th of August and the 11th is only 19 days after it. So the sixth really isn't that bad and the eleventh isn't too bad.
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HI AIS!
Yeah . . . What are we talking about? XD
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Wait 19 days what? It's 13 days after. Which isn't bad.
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Ezmunter?
What is that ship name
Star - how many days until the Amerminions LSODM's are delivered.
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Ezter that would be very interesting. *grins* or wait does it or doesn't it exist?
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@Ais: Ah, okay. *nods*
Hunter: @Adra: It's EZTER.
Ez: NO IT ISN'T. It doesn't have a name, because IT DOESN'T EXIST.
Hunter: Don't you think this is getting a bit old now?
Ez: Yes, I do, which is why you should just agree to stop the arguing.
Hunter: Uh . . . NO.
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I'm watching G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
The first thing I noticed: The scene where they're playing Call of Duty and he's spinning is actually the best moment of the entire film.
The second thing I noticed: the scene where Roadblock is giving some speech or other in the plane before they land to try and secure the nuke is the WORST scene in the history of film making. It's completely crap.
The first thing I thought about the film: what drug was the director on when he made that film?
Ezter. I can ship that.
*nods, rubbing her arms*
You have a point...
But by the time that date comes, I have school. So it's like, I HAVE to start school before I get the book
which is annoying because I'm looking forward to getting the book but not for school to start... so they kinda contradict eachother xD
Hunter and Ez *in unison*: IT DOESN'T EXIST.
*look at each other* Oh my God, we're not doing this again, are we? *laughs*
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Jubi that's exactly how I've felt all summer! School starts on Monday and LSODM comes out on Thursday, the one day of the week that's a full day!! The first three are short cause its the start of the year which in secondary means you get a half day on the first day back and first years start a few days before the rest of the school and then we get a half day every Friday.
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I'm in my second week of school... I love it
My first day of college is next Friday. I learn how I did in my exams tomorrow.
Hunter: *looks at Adra in horror* Uh, NO.
Ez: *glares at Hunter* You started this.
Hunter: No, I didn't!
Ez: YES, YOU DID!
Hunter: All I did was make sure they shipped us CORRECTLY.
Ez: How about you just make sure they don't ship us AT ALL?
Hunter: Stop being so fucking lazy. Do it yourself.
Ez: If you want a job done, do it.
Hunter: Exactly.
Ez: I was saying it to you. If you want them to stop shipping us, you stop them shipping us, and I'll just sit here ignoring everyone.
Hunter: Hey, I said that to you last time. STOP STEALING MY LINES!
Ez: I'll stop stealing my lines when you stop them shipping us.
Hunter: YOU stop them shipping us.
Ez: YOU stop them shipping us.
Hunter: I could stop them shipping us by blowing them up?
Ez: *looks at him* NO.
Hunter: Well, if you have a better solution, go carry it out.
Ez: . . . Do you actually know how to effectively stop people doing things when they won't immediately listen to you without resorting to threats or violence?
Hunter: Nope.
Ez: Neither do I.
Hunter: Oh.
Ez: . . . I think we're offically very sad people.
Hunter: Can I start threatening them, then?
Ez: I guess so.
Hunter: @Everyone else: If you start shipping us, I'll pour RedRays on you all.
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Backles! :)
*decides against reading up, but looks at the comments she can immediately see*
Good luck in both, Dragona! :)
Hm. I return to school I think two weeks from now, but I could be wrong about that.
I also get exam results tomorrow.
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No you won't, Hunty.
@Dragona: Good luck with finding out. :)
@Adra and Ais: MWAHAHAHHA, I'M NOT BACK TILL SEPTEMBER. XD
But your holidays did start earlier than mine, so . . .
I feel sorry for you people at school. :P
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I don't ship anyone. I only write mass effect fanfiction where two people are in a relationship so there's no worrying about me.
Thanks you two. I hope I do well. But I'm not worried. I can't change what I have got so there's no point at all in worrying. What's done is done *shrugs* ^^
And good luck Taia. ^^
Good luck Dragona and Taia with finding out :)
I ship Ezter Hunter and Ez. I've no idea what RedRays is though.
Wbd
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*hums, pacing a bit*
Why is it so cold..
Thanks Aisling. ^^
I don't tend to ship specifically.
Like, I'll enjoy ships, but not actually take them into anything more than a idea of sorts. I don't really know how to say it.
Like, Hannigram.
I think Hannigram shippers are FUNNY.
I grin and/or laugh when something Hannigram-related appears on my tumblr feed, for example.
But I don't actually ship Hannigram.
I think if Lecter and Will were together - that'd be ultimately pretty weird. It wouldn't happen. :P
That's kind of the best explanation I can think of.
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Tadra 5ever you guys
Hunter: HUNTY?
Ez: Yup, HUNTY.
Hunter: Shut up.
Ez: You give people stupid nicknames. Have a taste of your own medicine.
Hunter: True, true. Okay, I'm going to be mature and not react.
Ez: You've actually HEARD of mature?
Hunter: Yup. It's an adjective that can be applied to cheddar.
Ez; Yes, it is, HUNTY.
Hunter: *eyes grey* It is.
Ez: Why haven't you ever acted mature BEFORE?
Hunter: I don't like cheddar.
Ez: SO why are you being mature now?
Hunter: I don't know. Maybe I should stop. Okay, stopping now. *tries to balance gun on nose*
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*an
Thanks Ais, thanks Dragona. :)
@Ezter: If it's any consolation, I wouldn't threaten you and/or use violence.
I don't tend to agree with beating people up in the name of something - verbally or physically or anything-else-ally, so you're safe from me. :P
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*stares at Hunter strangely* Huh
Ez: *takes gun off Hunter and chucks it at Ais's head*
Hunter: That was idiotic. You could have used it to blow a hole in the ship so it sank.
RedRays is this substance that can come in various forms. It was invented to torture, and it tortures remarkably well, creating pain beyond anything. A lot of people use it to torture, nowadays . . . It's a lot less messy than stabbing knives through people's hands.
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Tadra. *nods* :)
Cheese. *nods again*
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*nods back at Taia* Tadra.
Yay cheese rules the page!
I dedicate this page to gingerbread because it's nice. And to Mass Effect that I will play tomorrow because I haven't been on it in three days.
And also good luck to everyone who will be finding out their exam results tomorrow.
Oh no, Dragona! The horror! :3
Ez and Hunter: STOP CALLING US EZTER.
Ez: I TOLD you giving them that name was a bad idea.
Hunter: We're not arguing this again, are we?
Ez: @Taia: Then you must be a very nice person. Hunter doesn't really believe in beating people up in the name of something either, he just does it for the sake of it.
Hunter: @Ez: Oi. You know, if I blew a whole in YOU, it would effectively sink the ship, seeing as how you're half of it.
Ez: Yeah, you're really disproving what I said here.
Hunter: Oh, shut up. @Taia: Nice to know we're safe from one person. Just a few more billion to go! Ez, how many billion people are there in the world now?
Ez: A number.
Hunter: Oh my God, really? I'd never have guessed.
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*Nods again* Tadra.
Great ded, Dragona. :)
Angelina-
Angelina wants BLOOD.
This song always reminds me of the BookNarcs theme song. Not sure why. Similar instrumentation, probably. *shrugs* :P
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@Taia: Unfortunately, I haven't heard of either. :(
@Dragona: Hope you enjoy playing Mass Effect tomorrow! :)
TADRA. :)
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*nods* Tadra.'
My Tumblr was blocked at school for pornography oh my god help
Help
I'm dying.
DAMMIT JOHNLOCK
*gun hits her on head and she falls back.* *sits up moaning and holding her head* oww that hurt. *glares at Ez*
That sounds painful. Very painful.
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I'm pretty sure I will. Shooting husks and stuff is always fun.
Hunter there's a bit over 7 billion people here now.
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@Ez and Hunter: My saying Ezter could merely have been Ez & Hunter, as opposed to the suggested Ez x Hunter. You really have very little means of knowing. And I doubt those numerous billion (I thought it was around six - could be wrong) would ALL ship you pair. And of those who do, they mightn't ALL resort to violence if you asked them not to.
Thank you for the compliment, though. I'm sure you're both nice, too. :)
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Star, did you read the post on my mass effect story concerning characters?
@Adra: Our school blocks most things. Like Blogger. And most game sites (we can get Coolmath, and that's about it.) And we can only go on the educational version of YouTube.
-_-
THIS IS THE DISADVANTAGE OF BEING IN A LARGE AND OFFICIALLY OUTSTANDING .
LOL, our school is so modest. WHen we got the results from the inspection, they made the next issue of the school magazine about it and sent a copy to all their catchment primary schools (who don't usually get a copy), and put a massive banner annoucing our Outstandingness on the fence that seperates the school from the road, so everyone who drives past will see it. :P
I'm pleased for my school, though. I like my school. It's a nice school. I didn't like my primary school. LOL though, when the inspectors came in, we all of a sudden weren't allowed to stand in the corridors (wth) and all our teachers made interestin lessons. My friend's form tutor did an activity ebacuse the inspector was there and told his form that if the inspector asked, they had to say that they always did activities in form, even though they didn't. And the inspector did ask my friend if they normally did activities. And my friend lied and said they did. ANd I'm not sure where I'm going with this. Yeah . . .
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I go on blogger as much as I can ;D
LOL, Adra! xD
My school has next to everything blocked. It makes research for Welsh Bacc SO hard when you can't even get hold of a set of alcohol-related statistics.
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Was there not a thing a few months ago where they were like sometime this week the seven billionth person will be born? There's a chance it was just my imagination though.
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*taps her foot, curling up in a chair*
So. Like. If I brought sticks in here and set them on the ground and lit them up, would I be warm?
Well, that bar's made of wood but I don't know if it is fireproof or not
My high school blocked lots of sites too. They also blocked the command prompt things - but I unblocked that using wordpad of all things. From there I managed to make some alterations to the administrators, system tools and stuff like that. I made myself a network administrator.
@Star: Mine is VERY similar, in that sense.. But, we don't get any version of YouTube at all. We had people from careers/college/universities at one point, to do I'm not really sure what, but one pair had planned their ENTIRE session based on videos on their college website, and they couldn't because nothing YouTube allowed. :P
*Laughs* We spent a month saying prayers every morning in form because we had somebody inspector-ish sitting in... :P
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Hunter: I'm nice. She isn't.
Ez: You're getting muddled up between me and you, Hunts. I'm nice, you're not.
Hunter: Uh, NO.
Ez: Sorry, Ais.
Hunter: But people must -
Ez: - pay the price of -
Hunter: - irritating us if -
Ez: - they want to ship us.
Hunter: So, don't ship us. @Taia: We may be safe from shipping. That doesn't mean we're safe.
Ez: I'm safe. You're the one who everyone hates.
Hunter: Whom everyone hates.
Ez: Whatever.
Hunter: @Taia: True. I call Ismorga Ismorga.
Ez: Ismorga isn't a ship name.
Hunter: I thought Ezter wasn't a ship name beacuse it didn't exist so didn't have a name?
Ez: Yeah, till you wrecked things.
Hunter: Sorry.
Ez: You look very sorry.
Hunter: It's a talent of mine. But you did it wrong. SORRY.
Ez: *Darth Vader voice* Apology accepted.
Hunter: Yes. @Taia: You don't know. They could all have been possessed by violent beings. Like gremlins. From yellow shower curtains. Did you know, yellow shower curtains are possessed by gremlins that will eat your mind? So you should stay away from them. I know it sounds unlikely, but the fact it sounds unlikely is why they remain undetected.
Ez: *sighs helplessly*
Hunter: @Ais: It is very painful.
And, thanks. Seven billion? Cool.
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Harralie for totes eva guys ermagerd
I have Harralie's outfits picked out :))
Look, I wrote a sad imagine... :/
"I remember, fans would say that we were perfect for each other," Niall smiled, his eyes filling with tears. "(Y/N) and I would read their tweets, both smiling and laughing, never even realising for a second that everything would change so... quickly. Even when I went to see her in the hospital, she would give me a huge smile and hug me close."
"Even on those days when she was confined to her bed, we would still laugh and smile and do everything we used to do. (Y/N) was a star. My star. The brightest one in the entire universe. I miss you, baby girl," he said, turning to face your coffin as he spoke the last lines of his speech, choked up,
"No matter how far you may seem
You are always in my heart."
Niall fixed the pink cancer ribbon on his suit and walked slowly down to join his family for the rest of the funeral.
Sorry if that hurt anyone. I'll take it down if it did.x
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*for the Requiem
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@Ais: I hadn't heard it, but it's probably not unlikely. :)
I had a recent number in one of my Biology exercise books, because the Teacher got sidetracked, but I don't remember what it was. ^^
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Omfg Mara why.
*sobs*
Seriously though. Can I burn some dead sucks or something in here
@Taia: WOW.
WHAT. :P
We're not a school belonging to one religion, though . . .
@Ais: Yup! We were sitting in Geography watching the countdown. It was in year eight, actually. So . . . that's last year. No, over a year ago. *hgas just finished YEar Nine* Because I just finished year ten. We were sat there watching the screen which was a website which showed the number of people in the world, and waiting for the number to go up to sveen billion. :)
@Dragona: I saw it. The only reason I didn't comment is beacuse I don't have any charcaters to comment. :/
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You could create one? Or if you have an OC you could modify them to suit the ME universe?
*hugs Maraness* :'(
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omg i am so distant...
I have to go now. Bye!
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