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[recoda]

Hi everyone! Sorry, I know this is going to be kind of a mundane request, since I'm sure it's been asked before. But, is anyone offering self-defense lessons? I'd really like to start learning, since it seems like an important thing to know.

I guess this is only kind of related, but I'm mostly just curious. Do you have powers, like everyone's been saying? What do they do? I can't imagine how I'd feel if I woke up one day with superpowers! I'm kinda surprised I don't see more people in capes!

Anyway, thanks! I hope everyone is staying safe out there!

Comments

[thesettingsun]

I think it's free, but don't quote me on that.

Right into the story. Characters and all.

[recoda]

Free? No way! That would be so amazing.

Wow ... that sounds like it should be like a dream, but you said it's not that fun. What's happened to make you feel like that?

[thesettingsun]

It's a little hard for me to explain, but do you know the term 'uncanny valley'?

[recoda]

Oh yeah, of course I do. Is that what it feels like when you enter a book?

[thesettingsun]

Exactly like that. It's worst when I'm talking to a character. An author can try to make their characters feel like people, and to some extent they can succeed, but if you put them in conversations that their author didn't intend, they come off as not quite right. It's really creepy.

[recoda]

I'm sorry... I never would have considered that kind of thing. I don't think I'd want to spend much time in books either, if it were me.

[thesettingsun]

It's okay. Once I figured out how to not accidentally fall into books anymore, it isn't inconvenient or dangerous or anything, which is better than some people get. I shouldn't complain.

[recoda]

Omg! You were falling into books accidentally?! That's pretty alarming. I'm glad you've gotten control over it!

Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with expressing your feelings, even if they're negative ones. If anything, it's even more important to express those, instead of bottling them up! You don't sound like you're complaining to me. But even if you were, that would be okay too.

[thesettingsun]

That's true, but on Retrospec it's hard to know what the person you're complaining to has gotten. It'd be like whining about a stubbed toe to somebody in a full-body cast.