I met Ela at Grundoon and Wertperch's handfasting so many years ago. What a character she was! My memories from that time are now a bit hazy, but I seem to remember, for some reason, she and I went trapising through the streets of London later that evening. I don't quite remember why, but we might've been trying to find the location of the party being held after the handfasting. What I do remember is that she was great fun to be with and there were a lot of laughs. I hope Ella has met up with Grundy in the afterlife, and they're having a great chat.
You will never find a more wretched hive of ponies and buttercups.
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In media created for the 15-19 age group, especially dystopian and urban fantasy narratives, there is a trend of presenting the protagonist with two (or as many as six) virtues or ideals which are pitted against each other, due to circumstances which force those values to be expressed in their unhealthy extremes, to the exclusion of each other. Sometimes the young reader is railroaded by the narrative into agreeing with whichever side the protagonist ultimately
…This is my first post, so I apologize if it's not up to snuff. For now, I have given up on trying to make sense of the 2024 United States Presidential Election, but this gives me a jumping-off point to begin ordering my thinking.
While it may be true that the Obama-era coalition has fallen apart, I think it's too early to say definitively. Another obvious fact about this election is that Joe Biden's last-minute decision to drop out denied any democratic candidate the opportunity to build a
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