Hi guys

[farla]

Despite available evidence, I'm still not dead.

Although actually if I was dead you guys would probably be the second or so group to know about it. So it's more that I haven't been kidnapped or in a coma. I'd hope, anyway, if I came out of a coma to find out Mom's told you guys stuff I'd be pretty upset.

Wow this is morbid.

So anyway, yeah. I've just been stressed about other stuff and avoiding everything. Sorry, no good reason for any of it. Now to get to work on all the stuff I have to do and people I have to contact now.

Speaking of things that aren't dead, the rats are still doing well despite all our hopes and plans. Does anyone know if we can leave them out once it gets below freezing? They're living in a pretty good brushpile and have access to plenty of nesting material, but they're elderly pet albino rats, so I'm dubious of their survival capabilities. Although they've been outdoing the chickens by a fair margin so far.

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[charizamdc.livejournal.com]

because the most important thing is getting a ~reaction~.

...So, when you say young, you mean she's about five, right?

[farla.livejournal.com]

It's a sadly common viewpoint among some groups that things like "reader enjoyment" or "plot" or "legibility" are irrelevant. It's sort of a thing where writing is all looked at from the perspective of the writer, who already knows what they meant to say and finds it more interesting to do weird stuff mutilating the story structure, and doesn't care about the reader beyond this an almost passive-aggressive trolling.

Also shows up all the time in comic interviews and with some TV writing, because people are under the impression it's better to be hated than for people not to have any strong feeling. It's stupid, but unfortunately it's not rare.