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[silverthunder]

This response to a whiny post about how "no one will play with me on XBox Live is made of win.

It applies to life, too. Don't act like you own people's time. They will start to dislike you.

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[catia.livejournal.com]

What? You mean people I barely know aren't supposed to drop everything they're doing to play with me???

God, people are soooooooooooooooo mean.

[silverthunder]

Y'know, it gets worse with this guy too... (I'm checking out fandom_wank at work, so that's where this comes from, btw) Apparently he is also specifically targeting women to harass: http://community.livejournal.com/girl_gamers/4250732.html?thread=63026540#t63026540

He seems like a really great guy. I might just have to drop what I'm doing and go make a game account so I can play with him, too!

[catia.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's just scary.

[squeakthefreak.livejournal.com]

This is kind of nuts. I had no idea XBox Live was prone to the same kind of creepiness as other bits of the Interweb...

Oh right, sorry. You have no idea why I'm posting here, and have never heard from me before. Perhaps I'm also a creep. [I'd like to think not, though.]

Anyhow. I'm here because I read your FictionPress stories, in particular Game Over. It's really excellent and I enjoyed what I read immensely, but you clearly had a priority reorganization and left it unfinished.

I am not writing to bug you about continuing the story [hurr hurr, wouldn't that be ironic given the material in your post]. I'm asking if I can try and continue it. As fan-fiction of a sort. You'd be credited, of course, and I'd try to stick to your original ideas as far as I could decipher them.

Er. This is kind of a new thing for me to do. How are you?
[Where is my social etiquette guide for this situation?]

[silverthunder]

Well, I do intend to finish Game Over at some point or another (I have had some massive writer's block over the past few years, and I am really struggling to get back into writing), but you're welcome to do fanfic for it if you want. XD It'd be awfully hypocritcal of me as a fanfic writer if I said you couldn't.

And no, I don't think you're creepy. :) Always nice to hear from someone who likes the stuff I write!

[squeakthefreak.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear that you're going to finish it! There is no replacement for original vision, and I just love the world you created. Obviously.

If I do write anything related to it, it'll go up on Fictionpress [with credit to you and direction to Game Over, of course] and I'll drop you a line. My SN over there is Coriande.

[silverthunder]

Awesome! I'm so excited to see what you come up with! :D Maybe it'll get me inspired to shape up and finish the story.

BTW, if you want to be friends on LJ, I can add you to my writing friendslock. There's not much going on with that right now, but if and when I have story updates, they'll go there first.

[squeakthefreak.livejournal.com]

Sounds about as awesome as a possum.
I don't post much writing on the Net - this'd be my first on Fictionpress. You're a brave soul [of course, it helps that you're mad talented].

[silverthunder]

Okay, you're added! :)

I started out posting fanfiction online, until I got brave enough to try original stories... My writing really sucked back then. XD But it was fun.