January 2011
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“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.”
– Virginia Woolf, “An Unwritten Novel” from Monday or Tuesday (via liquidnight)
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Random Thing about Ryan: Baby Names.
Ryan has chosen girl’s names that include a Y for about half of the alphabet. He started in early adulthood, after the second girl he was sure he was going to marry and have children with, and it became a habit for him to file away good possible names just in case.
He once lost a girlfriend when he told her the name of their hypothetical daughter. They weren’t at a level of...
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“Some friends don’t understand this. They don’t understand how desperate I am to...”
– Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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Random Thing about Ryan:
Ryan consistently refers to Queen Mora as “her/your majesty.” This is a frequent source of irritation to Jacinth, since he never calls her “your highness.”
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Beautiful, confined, and dead.
fuckyeahbutterflies:
Emma has these.
Depending on her mood, they’re either a metaphor for herself or just pretty.
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“He is a nice man. Thoroughly reliable. He’s in a rock band. And he goes to...”
– “Mandy Goes To Med School” by the Dresden Dolls
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Random Thing About Ryan: High School BFF.
Ryan Glick and Colton Michard met in their freshman year of high school, and were best friends throughout high school.
They kept in touch during college, but gradually became distant as Colton got busier and busier with med school.
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Watchhomedesigning:
This is how you will read magazines and newspapers in a decade. Check here for more awesome concepts.
Rey’s gonna miss that kind of thing.
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“Some people feel like they don’t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty...”
– Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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Random Thing About Ryan: Love.
Ryan is terrified of loving Reyes more than he loves Emma.
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“But we can’t be blamed for-
I’m sure this goes against everything you’ve been...”
– Student and House, “House, M.D.”
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Thracia ideas from NationStates: Some things...
Budget Time: Accountants Excited
It’s time for the government to allocate spending for the coming year, and as always, special interest groups are keen to have their say.
This was a tough choice, but in the end, I picked a tax cut. Thracia makes individual deals with people for what kind of health, education and defense they get. And I want to do the levels of citizenship idea I had, and...
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“It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it...”
– The Sweet Far Thing, Libba Bray (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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Just A Girl Living In Captivity
Re: Just A Girl
I’ve had this open in a tab rereading it for days, so I figured I should come up with a response to it.
Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
…someday, I am going to find a song that doesn’t fuck me up on the first line. ::sigh:: Metaphorical pink ribbon? (Metaphor for what?)
Okay, here’s all I’ve got: Pink and ribbons are symbols of femininity, of being a girl....
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Random Thing About Emma and Ryan: Communication.
Emma and Ryan have a lot of nonverbal signals. Most of them are things that look like everyday motions, but that Emma can hear over the earpiece. For example, Ryan timing his steps a certain way, moving his fingertips across any given surface a certain way, and so on.
Even hiding signals under normal gestures would look suspicious if Ryan repeated them too often, so while they have a lot of...
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Thracia ideas from NationStates: Drugs, TV, Food,...
Our Lord Thrace Awash With Red-Rimmed Eyes
National marijuana consumption has hit an all-time high, with alarming results, a new poll has found.
Extra-legalized. Thrace doesn’t approve, but he won’t scare off citizens by forbidding it. Though this gets me into the levels of citizenship idea again… average citizens, then citizens who have to abide by stricter rules, then...
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They might ask why.
Shelly: Definitely showing the kids that one.
Ryan: And how are you gonna explain it to them?
Shelly: “He likes to dress up”? ::shrugs:: I don’t plan on raising my kid to think there’s anything wrong with crossdressing. ::faint smile:: Maybe when she gets to be five or so, she’ll want to put make-up on you, too.
Ryan: Yeah, but they might ask why I was...
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Thracia ideas from NationStates: Retail and...
The Holy Empire of Our Lord Thrace:
Category: Father Knows Best State. Civil Rights: Average. Economy: Strong. Political Freedoms: Outlawed.
Mm, much better.
The Holy Empire of Our Lord Thrace is a tiny, devout nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service training. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants...
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Random Thing About Reynaldo: Mirror, Mirror.
Reynaldo keeps a small mirror with a Star of David attached to it. When he can, he takes it with him when he travels, and when he can’t he gets a new one as soon as he can.
Every day, he looks at his reflection to see if it’s still there and touches the star to see if it will burn him.
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Thracia ideas from NationStates: Euthanasia and...
Issues:
Corporations Demand Political Say
A well-heeled lobby group is pushing for the elimination of regulations that prevent corporations from donating money to political parties.
Excuse me, what political parties? What’s all this talk about voters? Apparently I didn’t ban elections hard enough the first time, so I banned them again.
Cancer Sufferer Demands Euthanasia Bill...
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Thracia ideas from NationStates: Military and...
The Holy Empire of Our Lord Thrace.
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists.
Civil Rights: Rare. Economy: Strong. Political Freedoms: Outlawed.
The Holy Empire of Our Lord Thrace is a fledgling, devout nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its...
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Keepsakes.
H: Oh! Did Ryan keep the hamsa bracelet, BTW? V: Yep- he’s not wearing it, it’s on his desk.
Denna: When did you get this? Ryan: This one? A few months ago. I still have one from when I was a kid, but when your life sometimes has vampires kidnapping and stripping you, you learn not to carry around things you don’t want to lose.
That’s why he’s not wearing the...
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Thracia In NationStates
The name “Thracia” was already taken, naturally. So my nation is called The Holy Empire Of Our Lord Thrace.
I set it’s history as “Long-Suffering But Still Optimistic Pilgrims” because “Departed godless homeland to found new spiritual paradise-on-Earth; some decades lost after following wild-eyed man into desert.” is closest to how the cult of Thrace saw...
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Rey ideas from Dragon Age: A Healer In Battle.
Vivian’s next fight was getting though a darkspawn-overrun tower with Alistair, Soldier and Tower Guard- who I’ll nickname Sol and Tony, since the game didn’t give them real names. I set Alistair, Sol and Tony to attack any enemy in sight, while Vivian followed them.
I spent most of my time in the fight watching health bars and having Vivian heal the good guys when their health...
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Things I am Considering
Having Reynaldo get a white standard poodle.
Breaking every bone in Ryan’s body. (Not all at once. Writing several things into his backstory that add up to every bone having been broken.)
Stealing other universes for Reynaldo to have visited.
Making a character named Vivian, who was one of Rey’s mentors.
Putting a thing in Ryan’s backstory where he survives a plane crash and...
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Random Thing About Reynaldo: Favorite Color.
Reynaldo’s favorite color is white. His second favorite color is black. He doesn’t care for gray.
He gets a little annoyed when people assume that means he has a black/white mentality and doesn’t see gray areas. Black and white are just colors he likes to see, not how he thinks.
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Rey ideas from Dragon Age: Never fuck with a...
New levels for Vivian, and new spells.
Mass Rejuvenation: The spell that makes people less tired, now with the option to cast it on multiple people simultaneously.
Heroic Offense: I’m getting into actual combat-related spells now, not just things Reynaldo learned to help Ryan that incidentally have combat applications. This spell makes a person better at fighting for a little...