I was initially skeptical of the premise, especially when I noticed how closely it was meant to parallel black white black white black white black white black white gray, but upon reading it through a second time and properly registering the subject header I was more into this. It's a man giving himself a pep talk because he's the only person who can - justifying his existence and the terrible things he does because it's in service of both the greater good of humanity, and the lesser but no less important good of his family. I can jive with that.
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(account deleted)It's definitely not on black white gray's level; the simultaneous conciseness and depth of that piece are tough to match. But this IS cute in its weird, R-rated way. Not headcanon'd in whole, but definitely a decent pick-me-up antinihilist story.
Seeing the foam come from his mouth was one of the finer points of my life as a father, and well worth the reprimand from the O5 council.
Mr. Glassman's still healthy, of course. Only difference is, he believes that if Penny ever cries, a seven-foot-tall eel-man lurking outside his peripheral vision will eat his eyeballs.
Marvelous. And yeah, paying attention to the e-mail header info was important and rewarding.
I love that.
"You've got to let her toughen up on her own… and let the bullies run rampant in the process."
"Awesome, then I'll be the bully. Toughen up, Mr. Glassman."
You want happy endings?
Fuck you.
You want sad endings?
Again, fuck you.
NO FUCK YOU
+1
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I understand that you're joking, but please try to be more descriptive in general when giving feedback to an author, even if you are praising their article.
Did this need to be staffposted? If "[Insert short, jokey comment], +1" is improper for the forums, then there's about 100,000 staff posts that need to be made, pronto.
I was expecting some real depressing stuff based on the title, but this ended up being a weirdly heartwarming tale, which is something I can completely get behind.
+1
I like this enough that in my headcanon the good doctor watched enough Doctor Who that a MTF had enough time to resolve the issue and put things right.
Not everything has to have a sad ending.
Fuck sad endings.
Endearingly charming how the article crosses over Lisle's perilous day job with the Foundation and something as harmless and ordinary as a day off watching Dr. Who and going to his daughter's school for a conference. A very down to earth and refreshingly entertaining little tale, nicely done!
P.S. - Congrats on +100, first time I've had the privilege ;-D
I actually think this is way better than Black White X5 Grey. It may have been something special in its time, but now it just kind of reads a little too try hard. Like something a cliche action film hero might say just before he loads his gun and jumps out of the helicopter.
Something about this is so sympathetically human I could barely stand it. It's so soft and so gentle and so real. It's very good.
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