Whoa. That was powerful, and very scary. The idea of behavioral modification chips on such a large scale . . .and of course our Rodney would be the one to bring it down. Just awesome.
Pretty chilling. And unless many millions wake up and smell the coffee, all too likely to happen in this country. (Why, oh why, couldn't the English have defeated those pesky Colonial rebels? Maybe we'd be part of the enlightened UK now).
I rate this story right up there with Atwood's Handmaid's Tale for scaryness.
Oh god, this ripped me up. The casual reality of the chips just sucker-punched me. And John and Rodney struggling against it, the casual touches, the forced closeting. I hurt for them, a physical ache in my gut. Honestly, if I didn't trust you as a writer, I'm not sure I could have finished reading, it hurt so much.
And it made me desperately want to go out and find a girl to kiss.
I was right to keep going though because the ending makes up for it all. The triumph and the hope and this line: “I hope there is so much gay sex going on in this country right now,” he said. “Seriously: sodomy everywhere.” .
This one's going to stick with me for a long time, I think.
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And the end was agonizingly sweet.
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I especially love how it made them touch slow and secretively--that was sad and hot and gorgeous.
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I rate this story right up there with Atwood's Handmaid's Tale for scaryness.
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And it made me desperately want to go out and find a girl to kiss.
I was right to keep going though because the ending makes up for it all. The triumph and the hope and this line: “I hope there is so much gay sex going on in this country right now,” he said. “Seriously: sodomy everywhere.”
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This one's going to stick with me for a long time, I think.
*uses slashy girlfriend icon for the occasion*
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