therealljidol, week 4: I don't skate to where the puck is. I skate to where the puck is going to be

[j0ydivided]

Dar told me, on our first date, that I was the sort of person her parents would hate

Comments

[fannishliss]

great story! I really like the ending, how the main character makes a secret change, and the partner accepts it. :)

[j0ydivided]

Thanks! I didn't want to have Alex give in completely (because I wouldn't, myself), but at the same time, their relationship was so clearly comfortable to me that I didn't want to shove and introduce unrealistic conflict. Their partner isn't the problem; her family is.

[cheshire23]

I like your Alex (and sigh, good point about "Lexie").

[j0ydivided]

Thank you. :)

(And re: Lexie...yeah. I knew someone in high school who owned it, but I never had the guts to do that with my own name, and I can't imagine going by a nickname that would invite it.)

[sinnamongirl]

I can relate to this in the sense of being more feminine than I'd like. I'm pretty normative otherwise, but there's that whole androgynous thing I love so much. Then again, sometimes I can tell myself I'm like a drag queen, sometimes I like feeling femme, sometimes I'm resentful. I don't know; it doesn't matter when I choose to look a certain way, but it certainly bugs me when it's someone else's expectation.

[j0ydivided]

That's more or less the point I'm at, myself. I'm happy with how I look now, how I act and dress and the set of pronouns I use, but I really hate being forced into other roles (which happens a lot, especially in the corporate world :( ).

Thank you for reading.

[penpusher]

Really a meaningful and lovely use of the prompt and just a good narrative flow to the story. I could imagine it fitting as a chapter segment in a much longer work.

[j0ydivided]

Thank you!

[my_name_is_jenn]

This was very touching and I didn't even realize it was fiction until the end. Great take on the prompt!

[j0ydivided]

Thank you. Realistic fiction is what I'm aiming for here, so I'm glad it worked for you!