driving practice #22: I'm good at k-turns now?
FCS-Ian and I were gonna go driving yesterday before church, but after much back and forth we ended up rescheduling to 7:30pm tonight. Now that it's still light out at that hour, it works well (after his kids are in bed, etc
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Now, about the reason why I am following you here, and on other places like A O 3 and F F [ D O T ] N E T T T T T T T (misspelled deliberately) is that I like your work, you are a quality writer, and I would hate for you to not know that.
Thank you for informing me better about messaging someone, usually I message a person in regards to their birthday, to be kind.
I am particularly partial to your piece titled "Love what is Mortal" but I also enjoy your "Buffy/Dawn" story that was on F F [Dot] N e t t t t t t t t t. and is now only really found to my knowledge on A O 3.
Sorry if I offended you, that was NOT intentional at all.
I am not sure if you're angry at me or not, and if you are, for what exactly- again, I am not sure. To the best of my knowledge, I haven't delivered any personal insults to you in my life.
The matter about the English language is that if you're not sure of someone's gender (not role, gender, it's biological, not mental) it's considered polite to use the masculine until you know the actual gender of the person- which is exactly what I did.
I don't really trust the pennames of people, as so many people have different pennames for themselves in different sites online (I am one of those, in almost all of the sites I am connected to I have a different penname- security matter), but as I now know your real name, I am confident to tell you mine: James Carmody. And I am pleased to meet you.
I do think your works are wonderful, that is the main reason as to my following you. Just curious, what did you think was my motive?
Let me inform you, though: if in doubt of the accuracy of a move, the best recourse is to seek to understand. An aggressive response to a hand offered in friendship or a well-wishing on a birthday will likely get most destructive very quickly. I am not one to forget an offense by anyone in any position of power- ever, and will continue a war against them for longer than eternity; regardless of what happens or who wins I will win those wars against the officials, and then the results to them won't be emotionally pleasent.
I do not forget any authority's offense of siding with someone thanks to getting emotionally loyal to them- nor will they be let go of for that by anyone. Even if God does order their release, they won't be released, in fact, His order to forget their offenses will only guarentee that the offenses will NEVER be forgotten or forgiven... partly due only to His rank.
I have found that any authority will walk on you unless you quite literally wreck them first, or make it clear to them that if they do move against you in any degree without first proving the moral rightness of their case; that you will have to destroy them- literally their souls by immersing them in temptation due to their rank in society until nothing worth living remains for them within the person thanks to the person's rank in society. This lesson I have learned from real life, and cannot be removed or overruled!
Again, the safest recourse is to seek to acquire information about the person, with all emotional or personal matters held back, till you have ascertained the person's views.
Your fan, Quite Sincerely;
Vantiri.
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Thanks for the explanation as to why you're following me. (I genuinely had no guesses as to why you were following me.) I barely write/post any fic these days, and when I do I usually post directly to AO3, so you're really not gaining anything by following me here on LJ, but I'm flattered by your compliments.
As a native speaker of English, who spends most of her life around other English speakers, I can assure you that many people do NOT think it's polite to use the masculine form when you're not sure and instead think it is most polite to not use any gendered references until you know how the person identifies/what terminology they use.
I was/am not angry at you, just offering (1) clarifying information about myself, and (2) a recommendation for interacting with Internet strangers in the future.
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I have commented to you under another penname of mine on AO3, but to this date I heard nothing back... maybe it is because you didn't know you had comments on your stories (such as "Confirmation" which partially inspired me to write my own tale "Confirmation Saint" depicting a bond between Buffy Summers and Joan of Arc- don't worry, I don't plagerize anyone. I loved the idea of Giles background as a fallen Catholic in that tale- it makes a personal bond between him and myself. Not entirely fair, but it does some good.), I frankly love them.
I think you hadn't replied because you didn't know I had commented- most likely reason. I have established an account there some years ago, and my replies to my stories show up in my inbox- I don't know about you or your account settings. One fellow there told me that he had no idea I had commented on his stories until I wrote to him on livejournal about the same tales.
Thank you for the friendly advice, Elizabeth, and if you want a real-life explaination as to my delay, it amounts to real life responsibilities of mine- like College Classes I am taking.
I hope we can get along, and even if we can't, I want to tell you that I love your works- even regarding a girl you said you don't even like in BtVS that I said in your story comments that you did a wonderful job of making her lovable, and thanked you for if memory serves correctly.
Oh, and about language (and I am not referring to things like cursing- but rather to speaking), I was referring to the actual language rules, not what people want to hear- there's a difference between "popular speaking" and "Correct speaking", I was referring to the latter of the two.
Sincerely hoping to be your friend, but not willing to give up my principles to accomplish that goal;
Vantiri (James Carmody- as I now know your name, I can feel free to tell you mine- and yes, I am a bit of a stickler for the rules, not popularity).
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