Geeky love
I just finished(*) the shojo manga "Kimi ni Todoke". It's a bit slight but is adorably sweet. It's about a shy awkward 15 year old girl coming out of her shell and making lots of friends, my inner shy awkward 15 year old girl was very happy :) I was reminded of my first crush, on a guy who I also saw as kind and friendly and a million miles too cool to ever think of me that way.
Two differences I find significant are that most of the people who were nice to me on my journey into "Maybe I'm not too horrible for anyone to like" were themselves somewhat rejected by the social hierarchy rather than being the most popular kids (some popular kids were nice to me too, though), and that I was SO much more jealous and petty towards the people I liked (they were MINE).
Also! Set My World Into Motion is a very cool Dr Who vid about River Song.
I reread "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett. It really is a great book, and I'm not just saying that because it has femslashy crossdressing women with swords fighting the Patriarchy2 :D
1)Well, the part that's online. Which happily stops in a moderately satisfying place.
2)This is my favourite niche genre of fiction
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Two differences I find significant are that most of the people who were nice to me on my journey into "Maybe I'm not too horrible for anyone to like" were themselves somewhat rejected by the social hierarchy rather than being the most popular kids (some popular kids were nice to me too, though), and that I was SO much more jealous and petty towards the people I liked (they were MINE).
Also! Set My World Into Motion is a very cool Dr Who vid about River Song.
I reread "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett. It really is a great book, and I'm not just saying that because it has femslashy crossdressing women with swords fighting the Patriarchy2 :D
1)Well, the part that's online. Which happily stops in a moderately satisfying place.
2)This is my favourite niche genre of fiction
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