Hm. Opinions, folks. Should I rant about my fanfiction here, or just create a new thread in the Writing forum?
Hm. Opinions, folks. Should I rant about my fanfiction here, or just create a new thread in the Writing forum?
It is all right with me...especially if it deals LGBT themes.
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Catching up on the last week's worth of posts here, it seems there's some call for a general reminder that being trans is not a sexuality.
Whether you are assigned the wrong sex at birth and who you are attracted to are two completely different variables, and "I'm trans" is never an appropriate response when asked whether you are attracted to people of the same sex/opposite/both/neither.
I'd say they're completely unrelated, if not for the fact that for whatever reason trans people are SIGNIFICANTLY more likely to experience same-sex attraction than cis people, statistically speaking.
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* lets out a might roar to banish all the darkness, negativity, and general badness away *Now I'm mentally recasting My Neighbor Totoro with bears. Thank you! :DI'd watch that.
Wait, are we talking about the same type of bears?
I understood that reference!
Eh, it's a Steven Universe fic, so it automatically has LGBT themes as a matter of course :P
But, in all seriousness, I need beta readers. I have good ones, but they both live in Europe, so we're kinda wonky on the time zones. And I'm still super paranoid that everybody is telling me that it's great because they're being nice to me and my writing is actually complete crap.
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@Rysky: *hugs* Happy Saturday!
@The Doomkitten: I have the same paranoid thoughts about my writting...so I can relate. I will volunteer to be one of you beta readers.
In other news...last night I finally got together with my one girl friend for a girls night. We hung out and talked about stuff...it was very nice. And she is just a awesome person.
That's awesome to hear Selene ^w^
And I'd offer Doomy but while I know of SU I haven't actually watched any episodes since I don't usually watch TV.
Eh, the episodes are in eleven-minute chunks. They're pretty easy to absorb say, during lunch. I will warn you, though, that nothing really happens until Episode 25, but you still have to watch everything before that just for the worldbuilding.
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Eh, it's a Steven Universe fic, so it automatically has LGBT themes as a matter of course :P
But, in all seriousness, I need beta readers. I have good ones, but they both live in Europe, so we're kinda wonky on the time zones. And I'm still super paranoid that everybody is telling me that it's great because they're being nice to me and my writing is actually complete crap.
Steven Universe! Count me in!
Well, unless it has spoilers for the most recent episodes. I'm somewhat behind having no easy way to watch the show live.
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So, GEARS OF FAITH is finally here! Not to blatantly self-promote, but to alert those of you who've been waiting for this novel and those of you who have come along since the short story "Inheritance" appeared in the Pathfinder Tales web fiction here (in *cough*2013*cough*)... the novel continues the adventures of Keren and Zae, a F/F couple, and their dog.
It also includes a trans main supporting character and a sprinkling of conspicuous non-binary folks as well. And sex-positivity. And epiphanies about respecting boundaries. And feels.
People in this book are queer and trans and non-binary and it's not a big deal to the plot or to anyone around them.
I wrote this for us; I wrote it to help to normalize us. This thread's positive and welcoming response to the short story years ago has never been far from my mind. I know the book is advertised on the site elsewhere, etc etc, but I wanted to personally thank the contributors of this thread. I hope I've done you proud.
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So, GEARS OF FAITH is finally here! Not to blatantly self-promote, but to alert those of you who've been waiting for this novel and those of you who have come along since the short story "Inheritance" appeared in the Pathfinder Tales web fiction here (in *cough*2013*cough*)... the novel continues the adventures of Keren and Zae, a F/F couple, and their dog.
It also includes a trans main supporting character and a sprinkling of conspicuous non-binary folks as well. And sex-positivity. And epiphanies about respecting boundaries. And feels.
People in this book are queer and trans and non-binary and it's not a big deal to the plot or to anyone around them.
I wrote this for us; I wrote it to help to normalize us. This thread's positive and welcoming response to the short story years ago has never been far from my mind. I know the book is advertised on the site elsewhere, etc etc, but I wanted to personally thank the contributors of this thread. I hope I've done you proud.
Just when I canceled my 'Tales' subscription - well, I will definetly order this volume :-D
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*Burning warm and bright, making for a cozy place for smiles, hugs, companionship, talking and reading, also offering tea and coffee*
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People in this book are queer and trans and non-binary and it's not a big deal to the plot or to anyone around them.
Sold. Or added to wishlist in anticipation of a soon-to-arrive Amazon gift card.
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So, GEARS OF FAITH is finally here! .... I wrote this for us; I wrote it to help to normalize us.
Thank you! I love this novel and it was well worth waiting for* (though I wish the wait hadn't been quite so long). Thank you for your envisioning a world with room for all of us.
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@Gabrielle: Gears of Faith is going to the top of my books to read pile...which is sadly getting bigger...:(
Yesterday was interesting...I went to a sci-fi that my friends run a boardgames room (the con is called Lunacon..,hopefully there is one next year.)
So I got to meet one of my friend's Transgendered woman friends. She was very nice and excited. I got some very good tips on where to shop for somethings and find out about another group close to me I can try.
I even attended a panel discussion called Gender Fludity and Science Fiction Fandom. Which was very interesting...and also very enlightening to me how paizo inclusive does help more than I thought. I should I mentioned paizo...but I was nervous to speak at those things.
It was a very God experience...except I hope I did not put off the Trans woman I met. She was very excited to meet me...and I was also...but I usually try to keep my emotions in check and appear calm. I will have to ask my friend when I see him next.
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Thanks Rysky.... *hugs*
And..
Congrats John... *hugs*
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Some non-LGBT fun in my life. Had surgery on my left foot to straighten my toes Friday. Toes are healing nicely, and they no longer hook down, or under other toes. Seriously, I had some very messed up toes. Now I just have to deal with steal pins sticking out the front of two of my toes for the next few weeks. So much fun.
Doctor wanted me to sit home of vacation for two weeks, like I have two weeks of vacation to blow, or could stand to sit at home for two weeks not doing anything. So I slept Saturday, like a good boy. Went out and ran game #99 on Sunday at one of our local Pathfinder Society events, then ran game #100 at a new venue yesterday to earn my 4th star. Yep, grinning past the minor pain and making people green with envy (or nausea) I earned my 4th star this week.
Yay for me.
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*Burning warm and bright, for a cozy place to read, smile, hug, be merry and enjoy the company*
*Hot tea included*
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3. Test. Where you hand off the bug-infested Masterpiece to people who simply don't care how many sleepless nights you've had.
Hey now, as a tester I do care how many sleepless nights you've had. After all, if I have to suffer through your bad code it's good to know you had to suffer writing it. ;)
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Good morning all you wonderful people.
* big fluffy bear hugs to all *
So, GEARS OF FAITH is finally here! Not to blatantly self-promote, but to alert those of you who've been waiting for this novel and those of you who have come along since the short story "Inheritance" appeared in the Pathfinder Tales web fiction here (in *cough*2013*cough*)... the novel continues the adventures of Keren and Zae, a F/F couple, and their dog.
It also includes a trans main supporting character and a sprinkling of conspicuous non-binary folks as well. And sex-positivity. And epiphanies about respecting boundaries. And feels.
People in this book are queer and trans and non-binary and it's not a big deal to the plot or to anyone around them.
I wrote this for us; I wrote it to help to normalize us. This thread's positive and welcoming response to the short story years ago has never been far from my mind. I know the book is advertised on the site elsewhere, etc etc, but I wanted to personally thank the contributors of this thread. I hope I've done you proud.
:O
I had no idea this novel was a sequel to that Webfic! I loved Inheritance, so I'll have to try to pick up Gears of Faith.
Posted as a parody of the actual process, of course. :)Hey now, as a tester I do care how many sleepless nights you've had. After all, if I have to suffer through your bad code it's good to know you had to suffer writing it. ;)3. Test. Where you hand off the bug-infested Masterpiece to people who simply don't care how many sleepless nights you've had.
Of course, my friend, of course.
I have worked with developers that I can tell put in the work and have had more than one sleepless night and the high quality of their code shows through and I have worked with developers whose code is so painful to work with that I swear they put in an hour tops.
All-in-all, though I highly respect the work developers do put in (having been one myself when I first graduated from college I know how demanding it can be but found I enjoyed testing more).
A close second is adding support for structs, unions, and enums to Small-C. Figured out how to handle bit-fields as structure members. I'll begin to implement them soon.
Does anybody know what language this Is?;)
I believe it's called "Techie." I keep a protocol droid for interpretation when necessary.
why do large flightless birds need support?
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We are a wacky bunch.
Good morning, everyone.
*grabs everyone in a big fluffy bear hug *
Stay awesome!
I don't know if everyone is following the Survivor controversy. Am I the only one who thinks that it was set up? While I don't think that it was scripted to out him, I also think that the producers set things up to out him. Maybe I'm just very cynical about "reality" TV.