You guys don't have Kinder Surprise?  Part of me wants to say "Oh man, you're lucky."

(The toys are great.  The chocolate is TERRIBLE.)

Fear not.  We have plans.  Sometimes they're within other plans, like little Kinder Surprise toys.

I presume his comment on the whole proceedings was "Harrumph."

We'll be running on time.  Just sent the final file to the people what need it.

~L

Oh hey, you're making it out?    Yay!  Look forward to meeting you!

Glad you did. 

Oh, hey.    Thank you.

People are complicated. 'Twas ever so.

No, "it depends" is a perfectly valid and honest answer, and thank you for it.

I'm sorry that my work has caused hurt.  That's not what I like it to do, and please (both generally, and to Tylik, and seriously, thanks for broaching the topic) accept my unconditional and sincere apologies for making work that's caused hurt.

I think there have been two failures involved here -- one element being a failure of craft and effectively communicating what I was after with "Five Autopsies", and the other being a failure to, as Tylik said, completely think the scenario through past the borders of this story and into the world of all the other stories and the narrative tropes around transgendered people, and how those ideas translate into the real world and serious, life-or-death consequences for people who have to live with them every day; the people who can't just put them down to start the next story.

Which is basically the cardinal fault of privilege, right?  Not thinking all the way through, to the realistic consequences, the things you don't have to think through every day.

I do want to emphasize though, if I may, that it's my work: it's not Emma's, or Bear's, or Will's, or Amanda's, or Sarah's, or Holly's, or Chelsea's, or Stephen's.  So I hope nobody holds against them my own failures of craft and failures to think through my text and subtext in a responsible and considerate manner.  They're mine solely, and I will gladly take responsibility for them.

Thanks for the patience, and for graciously raising the issue -- which I appreciate immeasurably.

~L

Would it be useful to you if we discussed some of the logic of those decisions a bit, or would that come off as justification/excuse-making and thus inflammatory and sucky?

Thanks,

~L

And to add on: My apologies for that.  The bug is basically that I bit off more than I could chew for time management this month, and planned badly, and I'm sorry for that.

Moral: Don't get cocky, kid.

~L

We got content, popcorn, caramel corn, hot dogs, soda, cotton candy, peanuts, content--

Thank you kindly, ma'am. *hat*

Looks like I'll be in your neck of the woods for a day or two on my way to World Fantasy at the end of October.

Anyone want to hang out? 

~L

...I would love to see these characters play a game of Mafia.