And in today's news -- heart attack

[rthstewart]

I came back to our rental property from an afternoon at the beach and found my mother in law trying to get into my laptop.  And my spousal unit, bless him, "Sorry, mom, but I don't know my wife's passwords."  Boundaries people.  Respect them.

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Comments

[rthstewart]

Panic indeed. Turning on someon's laptop is like opening someone's mail. And aww, thanks for saying the nice things!

If YOU wrote Cinderella

[katharhino]

Cinderella would be a person of color, there would be a detailed description of the political situation(s) attached to the Prince's marriage options (including scheming by several courtiers) and the Prince would have an original-character best friend who would end up being more interesting than the Prince to half your readers.

:-D :-D ;-D

Re: If YOU wrote Cinderella

[rthstewart]

I DIED when I read this. snort. especially about the OC best friend who is more interesting than the canon character. And I end up shipping the OC with one of the wicked stepsisters, except maybe she's not so wicked after all after a 15,000 word digression. And it's the Fairy Godmother whose the real power behind the broom. Errrr, stopping now.

[katharhino]

LOL! Of course the OC falls for the stepsister. Think of the societal pressures the poor stepsister has been under. Her entire self-image has been shaped by a culture that sees women as trophies. Naturally she is threatened by the fact that Cinderella is not only attractive, but doesn't seem to CARE about being attractive.

I think the wicked stepsister may be my new favorite character and she hasn't even been written yet. LOL.

*reads the below comment to autumnia* AHAHAHA. Awesome. Please write it.

[rthstewart]

YOU are a BAD influence. BAD BAD BAD And Wicked Stepsister and Cinderella end up running off and forming a combination investment counseling service, pumpkin pie baking, and housecleaning service that doubles as an intelligence operation for Prince's Kingdom.

And yes, I'm already shipping the indefatigable Martin and the not so evil stepsister.

[autumnia]

Yay for passwords on computers! Personal computers are, you know, personal.

Hmm. I expect to find lots of very well written Talking Animals, discourses on contracts, joint ventures and monarchical managements. And oh yes, all the glorious historical footnotes, etc.

And if you were writing Cinderella... I do not think she would be a slave of her stepmother. No, she would be serving her stepfamily not because she had nowhere to go, but because she learned the will was a forgery and is on the hunt for the real document so she legally throw them out of the house. Of course, she also has friends--Good Beasts of course--helping her by spying on stepmother and stepsisters and reporting back to Cinderella in Rat and Crow.

And her fairy godmother? I see her as a shrewd adviser of sorts, not unlike a lawyer or a banker. Cinderella does not go to the Ball to win the heart of a Prince, but to corner him so she could discuss revising the marriage and inheritance laws of the country.

[rthstewart]

Booting up someone's computer is like reading their mail or opening their medicine cabinet. or the bedroom nightstand. Oi

[autumnia]

This almost makes me want to go watch Disney's Cinderella, just so I could try to figure out how to rewrite 'helpless girl looking for her Prince Charming' into what you have above. Seriously. I am liking this Cinderella very much!

Gay Finches, eh? Well, I suppose the High King didn't have to lecture them like he did with the Songbirds!

[lauren_titmus]

Please, Please, PLEASE WRITE THIS!!!

[metonomia]

D: That's just...well, good for your husband.

And when you write a story! I expect to learn a bunch of things I never knew or even thought of before, both in terms of detail and just general thoughts; I expect a certain...expository style of prose? If that makes any sense. Your narrative style is very distinctive to me, is what I'm saying. Lots of descriptive explanation but that makes it sound boring when it's not at all :) And always, always a mix of literal laugh out loud humor and tiny-but-meaningful comments or moments that hit hard, over and over, in the best of ways.

[rthstewart]

Aye Aye! Captain Exposition of the ship Point of View Exposition, as opposed to omniscient, And then X happened. And abuse of commas. Let us not forget misuse of commas. Thank you!

[cofax7]

Animals that behave like animals (even if they have intelligent brains and can speak).

Also evidence of research.

[rthstewart]

With footnotes! Thanks so much!