( There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest. - Anaïs Nin )

If You Need To Make A Tiny Cry To Feel Superior
You Are The Problem
In Defense Of Mary Sue: She's Not The Enemy

trigger warnings: misogyny, internalized misogyny, poke me if I missed something.

I'm going to assume that I don't actually need to define Mary Sue for you, and arguably it's a tough thing to clearly define for anyone at this point in ( Read more... )

Originally posted by heeroluva at "Suspicious comments" and "Spam comments": LJ decision to 'block' spam is a big FAIL!
So I've been noticing in both my own journal and communities that I haven't been able to see some comments even thought it says there are more comments there than are actually showing up. Instead I'm getting a place holder that says (Spam ( Read more... )

Title: The Jet Locket
Fandom: The Elenium
Characters: Martel, Petrana (original)
Rating: PG13 to R for disturbing themes.
Warnings: Character death, adultery, stockholm syndrome.
Gratitude: AJ very helpfully beta'd this for me and generously provided a summary, and basically all of my flist sat through rambling about it after I powered through ( Read more... )

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