I watch splatter movies, I read about all sorts of diseases and horrible ways to die and suffer, in that sense I'm pretty tough. But everyone has something that turns their stomach; for me it's self-inflicting wounds. Bludgery, fine; if I see someone cutting herself, even in simulated television, I feel like fainting or throwing up or both. Oh, well, vampires are actually different - I only feel a twinge then; because I know the scars will fade and there's no way that would kill or really harm her. Still
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Re: Mal, meetings, and her sense of worthlessness:
Yes. She does still feel worthless. Still hates herself a fair bit. (I don't know if VA meetings would help with that or not... If they're anything like AA meetings then probably not. What leads you to a particular choice isn't as important as making that choice, and making it again every night).
I think part of why she doesn't go is... pride? A sense of "Dammit, I can do this without you. I mannaged to exist with *no-one* for years. I can at least do *this* on my own." But it's combined with a need to prove her own strength (remember her father? How he hated weakness?) and, thus, her own worth. Almost like a hair-shirt if you will. (A bit like Sam keeping that bottle of Bear-Hugger's in his desk drawer, although possibly more-so
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Let's see, Mal breathes out, do vampires do that? Also, what does she mean by "pretended not to know"? Also you now have a , instead of a . after "crease". But yes, it looks much nicer with the full stops.
Knowing why you made a choice and having the support of others to convince you it was right - that ought to help. If she's not a "group kind of person", she'd still need someone who is a vampire and a ribboner to talk to, sometimes at least, I'd think. It wouldn't hurt, she wouldn't have to do it all alone, all those struggles Polly can't share.
There have to be more Ribboners in Borogravia, anyway, even if it was mostly a traditionalist vampire area. Who did she go to for the change, anyway? Where was that group hall?
In my ficverse, yes, vampires breathe. (That way they can inhale scents, or gasp at a touch, sigh at the irony of a situation, whisper or shout or sob, or have their breath quicken perceptably at the thought of a kiss or a calamity
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My assumption re: vampires breathing has been that they only draw breath when they need it - to speak, for example. But why not?
And I understand now about the pretending-not-to-know. Somehow I read that as pretending to them to really not know them, which seemed er, strange. But yes.
How many vampires ARE there in Borogravia? It's vampire country, to be sure, but hunter vampires can't be that numerous; human stock takes a few decades to renew. Er. A little longer in Borogravia, one should imagine.
Ooooo fic with Sally and Mal would be marvelous. Uberwald is right next to Borogravia, they're both young, they're both Ribboners, they both have short hair (except when I care to argue about it), it's entirely conceivable they met before Mal joined the army and Sally answered the siren call of Morporkia.
Unfortunately: I've just changed some stuff <*sigh*> ;-) in the fic (added, really), and need to know if it works. I think it could still use some tweaking, to be honest. :-)
Also: Side note about the time-line: "An Unexpected Guest" happens between "Save Me" and "I Miss You". :-)
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I kinda figured. ;-)
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Yes.
She does still feel worthless. Still hates herself a fair bit. (I don't know if VA meetings would help with that or not... If they're anything like AA meetings then probably not. What leads you to a particular choice isn't as important as making that choice, and making it again every night).
I think part of why she doesn't go is... pride? A sense of "Dammit, I can do this without you. I mannaged to exist with *no-one* for years. I can at least do *this* on my own." But it's combined with a need to prove her own strength (remember her father? How he hated weakness?) and, thus, her own worth. Almost like a hair-shirt if you will. (A bit like Sam keeping that bottle of Bear-Hugger's in his desk drawer, although possibly more-so ( ... )
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Knowing why you made a choice and having the support of others to convince you it was right - that ought to help. If she's not a "group kind of person", she'd still need someone who is a vampire and a ribboner to talk to, sometimes at least, I'd think. It wouldn't hurt, she wouldn't have to do it all alone, all those struggles Polly can't share.
There have to be more Ribboners in Borogravia, anyway, even if it was mostly a traditionalist vampire area. Who did she go to for the change, anyway? Where was that group hall?
Also, where in the timeline should I put this?
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And I understand now about the pretending-not-to-know. Somehow I read that as pretending to them to really not know them, which seemed er, strange. But yes.
How many vampires ARE there in Borogravia? It's vampire country, to be sure, but hunter vampires can't be that numerous; human stock takes a few decades to renew. Er. A little longer in Borogravia, one should imagine.
Ooooo fic with Sally and Mal would be marvelous. Uberwald is right next to Borogravia, they're both young, they're both Ribboners, they both have short hair (except when I care to argue about it), it's entirely conceivable they met before Mal joined the army and Sally answered the siren call of Morporkia.
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But Sally's very short hair is def. canon. Very very short hair. Yep.
Mal's supposed to be young too, so in human years I'd imagine their age difference was more like four years - Sally's sixteen to Mal's twenty.
Drunken. Vampire. Conversations. :D I can't wait!
I think a hundred is hugely many, considering. But I don't know...
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That was quick work. :-)
Unfortunately: I've just changed some stuff <*sigh*> ;-) in the fic (added, really), and need to know if it works. I think it could still use some tweaking, to be honest. :-)
Also: Side note about the time-line: "An Unexpected Guest" happens between "Save Me" and "I Miss You". :-)
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Thanks for the note - will fix.
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Thanks for fixing. :-)
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