I had no idea that race, politics, and the impact of the Brown vs. The Board of Education (1952) and the Southern Manifesto (1956) in the South was such a prominent theme of Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon (1959).
The devil-girl is at heart a control freak; she's just not mean or unpleasant about it. Depression results when she's stymied in finding how to control problematic situations from which she cannot escape, which usually ends up with her trying crazy and dangerous things to bully her way through.
But...
If it the situation puts people at risk and she can't do anything about it...
She did have a mental break one time, where she failed to harm herself.
Another time... well, her employer died, though it was because her employer became too stupid to live. She has enduring PTSD, and it's not because of her too young age. It's that she's was raised to be responsible and doesn't know how to let go.
Czesi stworzyli komedię s-f. Patrząc na recenzje i oceny, to jest dno. Ktoś skomentował, że w końcu w Czechach powinno się wprowadzić prawo, które pozwoli karać za tworzenie złych filmów (jestem za tym, żeby i w Polsce coś takiego wprowadzili).
No i to wszystko zamiast mnie odstraszać, wręcz prowokuje do tego, żebym obejrzał ten film :D
Hello #Fediverse! We're here now and we're not going anywhere, so here's our #introduction post.
We are an indie scripted vodcast/podcast called, ”The Unlikely Adventures of an Improbable Family,” but we go by “Unlikely Adventures” for short. 😁
It's a dark, surreal sci-fi comedy featuring the unlikely adventures of a forlorn man, his laptop (which is infested by a self-absorbed artificial intelligence), a cartoon alien fuzzball, and a mysterious woman with inexplicable telepathic abilities.
We provide video as well as audio-only versions of each episode, whichever you prefer. Please check it out and let us know what you think!
I know few will care about an unknown story by an unknown author, but goodness, I loved writing about this one! I'm proud of what I wrote. And I think my guest poster did as well.
#PennedPossibilities 333 — Pride Month Edition: Do you write any characters who are a part of the #LGBTQIA+ community?
My objective is to write female characters who overcome and deal with the strictures of their society, whatever they may be—stories that make you think of why needing to write such stories should even be necessary. (#Feminist author.) I neither avoid nor actively seek to write otherwise diverse characters, but I have written them anyway. Characters have a way of presenting themselves. I've written a gay romance side story for my current main WiP arc. I wrote a short story accepted for a trans fantasy anthology that sadly never got published because the publisher went under. That my MC's roommate is also apparently bi just is, and how it plays out is just what it is, too. No drama. Having been brought up with diversity makes me want to depict diversity as normal and everyday. Do I try to make political points with such characters? Not so much as I might with female characters.
On today’s #GreatestTrek, Burnham and Moll teleport onto a set leftover from Apple TV’s Foundation, and engage in a little Mortal Kombat to determine the future of the Federation, and life itself.
"What’s the matter, are you old fashioned? This is the twenty-second century, the enlightened century, remember? There’s nothing a girl can’t do if she sets her mind to it."
#WordWeavers 2405.31 — Do your MCs enjoy games that are more physical or intellectual?
Wintereyes has never heard of... What did you call that? Games? She'd be interested in learning more about Township people if you would be willing to teach her.
The devil-girl is familiar with the concept of games, and she's done role playing games—as in trying to act the part of various people she might deal with in social situations (estate parties) or in real life (tenant farmers, officials, miners, petty rulers, etc.) Doing well meant she'd face less anxiety when hosting or negotiating with real people. Social anxiety was one of the many reasons she would later run away.
Things like board games or sports games? She wouldn't see the point. She was a prizefighter. Though people considered it a sport, that was never a game for her. It was how she would earn tuition and hone her fighting skills, and get sucked into the mob.
So physical or intellectual? She'd definitely enjoy physical games better.
#PennedPossibilities 331 — Has your MC ever desired the feeling of a fresh start, or a better understanding of themselves and / or the world around them?
Yes. Disappearing and starting fresh is a recurring theme with her. She's done it a few times.
My devil-girl values her freedom to pursue her interests (thaumaturgy) over practically anything. But for a single book, she has no attachments to anything material. She lives as an ascetic. Threaten her people and it won't end well. She will do most anything, if she feels she is learning or stretching herself. And, when she's pressured to do what annoys or bores her, or you have the temerity to threaten her, she will state clearly that she will disappear on your ass if you don't stop. No idle threat, that. She ended up running the syndicate when the Doña died (and no comment about who was responsible for the Doña's death), then ghosted the organization two weeks later taking nothing with her. She'd gotten rid of the undesirables first and was just sooo done with it all the flapping headaches.
References to Robert Heinlein's To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) appearing in a terrifying right-wing group chat founded by Erik Prince (founder of Blackhawk and promoter of MAGA causes).
Alita - Angelo della battaglia (Alita: Battle Angel), 1990-1995(Manga) + 2019(Film)
2563, trecento anni dopo la "caduta": il dottor Dyson Ito vive ad Iron City e ripara cyborg nella propria clinica.
Qui, da pezzi rinvenuti in discarica, "nasce" Alita, apparentemente senza memorie regresse; in realtà la sua provenienza originale la renderà un elemento cardine nella lotta con Zalem, la "città nel cielo", e con colui che in essa vive.