Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[LarryPQ]

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That sounds fascinating. A lot of times I don't like female fantasy characters because they are too perfect - you know, whacking off heads with a sword in one hand while nursing some poor orphan child with the other, all while wearing some unbelievable lovely dress that would make both actions impossible.

(Okay, so I admit, I DO like a little reality in my fantasy world.)

Nah, this character runs around smelly and barefoot much of the time. She does things because she thinks she is right, but is completely unable to see the big picture.

 

[NellaBean]

I hadn't participated in that thread in, oh, 7 pages or so. PHEW

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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That sounds fascinating. A lot of times I don't like female fantasy characters because they are too perfect - you know, whacking off heads with a sword in one hand while nursing some poor orphan child with the other, all while wearing some unbelievable lovely dress that would make both actions impossible.

(Okay, so I admit, I DO like a little reality in my fantasy world.)

Nah, this character runs around smelly and barefoot much of the time. She does things because she thinks she is right, but is completely unable to see the big picture.

Dang it, I did take a shower today!

 

[Orchid]

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What WERE you thinking?

Hey, the system ignored me for 18 years, so I'm going to milk it for what I can?

Sad part, I learned from those things how to milk the system. So I find it really really wrong to. So I feel bad for considering using WIC.

Well, I stand by my statement that WIC and other such programs are there for when life hands you lemons. One cannot possibly be prepared for all eventualities. It's nice to say "have 6 months of bill money saved up in case you need it" but what if that money gets used up and you still don't have a job? I heard on the radio the other day that something like 46% of people who lost their jobs two years ago are still unemployed. And these are people who WANT to work.

 

[Orchid]

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That sounds fascinating. A lot of times I don't like female fantasy characters because they are too perfect - you know, whacking off heads with a sword in one hand while nursing some poor orphan child with the other, all while wearing some unbelievable lovely dress that would make both actions impossible.

(Okay, so I admit, I DO like a little reality in my fantasy world.)

Nah, this character runs around smelly and barefoot much of the time. She does things because she thinks she is right, but is completely unable to see the big picture.

Smelly? SMELLY?! Ewww.

 

[sparkles2307]

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He finds any fantasy story (LOTR, Harry Potter, Narnia, etc) to be a waste of time because "theres no way it could ever have actually happened" .

Fantasy: you mean like the hotness that is Sparkles somehow fell in love with the unappreciative lump that is Tim?

Science fiction indeed.

yes, that one. it got high ratings.

 

[Orchid]

I think that's why I never made it past the first couple of books in the Clan of the Cave Bear series. That heroine, cavewoman though she be, was just way too perfect. And perfectly dumb, most of the time.

I want a smart heroine with a couple of fatal flaws, please.

 

[sparkles2307]

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Thank you for that, I almost bought the first book in that series yesterday.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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Hey, the system ignored me for 18 years, so I'm going to milk it for what I can?

Sad part, I learned from those things how to milk the system. So I find it really really wrong to. So I feel bad for considering using WIC.

Well, I stand by my statement that WIC and other such programs are there for when life hands you lemons. One cannot possibly be prepared for all eventualities. It's nice to say "have 6 months of bill money saved up in case you need it" but what if that money gets used up and you still don't have a job? I heard on the radio the other day that something like 46% of people who lost their jobs two years ago are still unemployed. And these are people who WANT to work.

Yeah, we are talking about WIC. As in, what, 3 or 5 years at max? Which we so wouldn't use that long because the reality is it's just the blasted formula that is so dang expensive.

Yeah, there are lots of people who are running out of UI, if the state even got to the 99 weeks and they got the max. The state I was in (besides insanity and denial), it was maxed at 60 and we were getting just killed with outsourcing, then they cut the TRADE 2009 act back, so all those people who DID work for 20, 25, 30 years in a job without any other training are running out of time and are still unemployed with no real prospects.

 

[Orchid]

I recommend the Kushiel series by Jacquelyn Carey for a good heroine, and the Naamah series by the same auther for a good hero. Both very believable characters, and very riveting books. (Just don't leave them laying open for your kids to read.)