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[sorcyress]

I think that if my past writings are going to make me feel melencholy and empty*, then they should at least also be able to make me giggle.

Julia is smart
She sends Xan/Xav/Drew to the future
Yay!
She can talk to them, through the use of paying way to much attention
(sattilites are awesome)
Julia and Jon are friends
They figure out timing
They figure out everything
Xan gets sent back to Partystart
She kills main Party-man
This is bad for her
She comes back
Revolution is all Kwish plot -OH NOES!
Pissed at Jon
Kwiland rules the world
Jon is right up there with the world ruling
Xan has to decide which time to live in
MYSTERIOUS CHOICE!



Somehow, the line "MYSTERIOUS CHOICE!" cracks me up. Especially as I can't actually remember which time she would've chosen, or indeed, if I had a choice for her at all.

The all-caps to designate humour thing is something I picked up from Questionable Content, along with the term "hurr".

In other news, you can find everything I wrote of said novel over in the Kattales. Linky!

~Sor
MOOP!

(((In other news, it's nice to know that I write myself into almost everything I write. Case in point:

"Boston was, however, one of the most prominant cities in the world, ever since the failed dominator of all mankind declared it her capital. She moved a lot of important stuff up there, and did a lot of very good works for the world and then died spectacularly by tripping while doing a manic victory dance around a bonfire. History can be quite funny sometimes like that."")))

*A lot of the problem is that, when I was fourteen, I was very thoroughly convinced of the idea that you really really really didn't need someone else to be happy. I could grudgingly accept that sometimes people needed to have significant others, but I was convinced that I didn't need anybody else to be happy. Con*vinced*.

And see, that's changed. My emotional stability tends to be somewhat supported by other people at any given point. That's always been true, but it's moreso now. Nowadays, I *need* a partner to keep myself stable and happy, which is so very against my fourteen year old ideal, that it makes me want to scream.

Yep. I'm crazy. What else is new?

Comments

[astaereth.livejournal.com]

I don't think human beings were meant to be self-sufficient. It is possible to get by with friends and family, but in the long run I think everybody needs somebody to whom they can be totally devoted and who can be totally devoted to them.

I've always felt that I needed someone to balance me out, to inspire me to be the best person I can be. Although it's a mix, because unrequited love tends to draw out the worst in me.

Anyway. The point is, there's nothing wrong with needing people.

[marcmagus]

I agree that we aren't at our best attempting to be self sufficient, but I completely disagere with where you take it. I think that friends and family can absolutely be sufficient if that network of relationships is properly supportive. Where I think people fall down is when they try to stand completely on their own without adequate support for anyone.

(I'd go so far as to say that people often *don't* get sufficient support out of their friend/family networks, and that many people may find it easier to get the bulk of what they need from a single person with mutual devotion, but I think there's a lot of risk there. Mostly that if the single person is providing too much of the support, you can run into trouble if they suddenly become unable to provide it, and you don't have appropriate alternatives to take up the slack.)

I completely agree with your conclusion. :)