Comments on: Chapter 4, Page 19

By: Borg

Borg — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:57:29 +0000

I guess twenty million might buy you the right to talk like that.

By: Tualha

Tualha — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 07:23:47 +0000

In reply to Packbat. I’m rather late to the party, but anyway, I wonder if part of this is also that Brendan is Jewish? At least, his name sounds like he is.

By: Sofia

Sofia — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:22:51 +0000

No, no no no. I loved everything in this story but this is just not ok, I dont like it at all, goverment is never like you put it in here sorry for my bad english, I have not read the rest of the story but this really pisses me off, I do not believe it, I can dream with all the awesome technology and human relationships but this imae of the goverment and the trust of the characters on it I just cant. I also do not like them as a corporation, I’d love them as people of science that care for the people despite their economic status. ug. But well I dont know I am confused I do love the story but this I do not love it that much.

By: Packbat

Packbat — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:39:34 +0000

In reply to wr4ith0.

*belatedly*

I feel like I both agree and disagree, actually – from the way Mr. Sterling and Col. Lee interact, what I’m seeing is less “this fellow is a White Heterosexual Male” than “this fellow is a member in good standing of the White-Heterosexual-Male-Oligarchical-Society”. Being in the closet is a part of that, but only because the WHMOS is uncomfortable with open sexuality outside the standard framework of heterosexual marriage … and judging by any number of political figures, as long as you act as if any other sex is shameful and try to keep it quiet, they won’t have a problem with it. The much more important signs are that Al is a busy man with a lot of important work to do, courteous but not deferential, aware of the professional landscape (this is reflected both in knowing of other important figures like Miss Villas and freely admitting what Col. Lee already knows about their financial status), and a confident player of the business negotiations game.

Even if he has no idea that Brendan is gay, (my mental model of) Col. Lee sees Brendan as a PR guy – one of those magicians who makes the hoi polloi enthusiastic, but otherwise of little interest – whereas Al is a guy like himself. To my mind, that’s who the “them” is in “a guy just like them” – people like himself.

Edit: I love this kind of thing in a story – and I love this story. I’ve not been checking it frequently (right now, I’m archive-binging every month or thereabouts), but it’s really good and I really appreciate it.

By: zodiacbiologist

zodiacbiologist — Fri, 30 May 2014 13:50:04 +0000

I got to meet Blue at Acen!!!! I will be cosplaying Sulla to Anime Midwest! Love this page!

By: Liot

Liot — Fri, 23 May 2014 02:19:48 +0000

“You’ve got the perfect face for this.” Dang. That means Al just forfeited any and all pipe dreams of transition within the next two years and probably beyond for publicity, largely because Brendon used the puppy dog eyes. :’C

By: Scrod

Scrod — Wed, 21 May 2014 20:52:07 +0000

In reply to Rex Ganymede, esq.. The guy on the phone is trying every kind of bait he can toss overboard. Likely he knows about Brendan, but not Al. First he dangled the girl, now it's fame. He REALLY wants this to happen, and not everyone who works for the government is a monster. He may be Mephistopheles, used to tempting everyone into doing his bidding, but I suspect he sees something about to be born and wants to be part of it.

By: Rex Ganymede, esq.

Rex Ganymede, esq. — Wed, 21 May 2014 16:23:13 +0000

you know, technically, that guy on the phone “has a point,” every if he is offering it in an offensive-coating

By: ross_varn

ross_varn — Sun, 18 May 2014 18:59:44 +0000

what no I can’t be caught up this isn’t faaaaair

By: Nova

Nova — Sat, 17 May 2014 00:53:39 +0000

In reply to Rosie. Don't be sill... His name is Lou Cipher