That was so very freaky.

Awe, I kinda like the idea of them together ...

Oh, I love them ... It makes sense to me, but I grew up in a household where they were held up as the tip top of the sexy meter.

Yeah, me too. I keep hoping she's not really dead. Then I think I'm glad she's dead because she freaks me the hell out and I don't want to look at her. And then I look at The Will's face and I change my mind again.

Whoa ... they were thinking of going there? Someone read too many of those freaky Nazi/Survivor books from the mid 20th c. Oookie.

I think you may have given me the only argument for keeping the monarchy that makes any sense.

How about we toss the monarchy and keep the spelling and healthcare? I will totally go colonial again.

I've read all that they've produced and so far nothing utterly crushing. There are sad bits of course, but nothing like Agent 355. Yet.

I think we do agree, essentially. I would also be fine if we significantly increased corporate and individual tax rates and offered healthcare, childcare, and more affordable housing. Or some combination of higher minimum wage and more services. Basically, I just want people to be able to feed, cloth, and house their…

For about half a second I wondered if there was any way a person could collect that stuff and not be a racist dung heap and then realized I didn't want to really think on it that deeply.

I see what you're saying, and I might even agree with you if CEOs weren't being paid millions and millions of dollars. We are entering another era of labor regulation. There was a time when we needed to make laws to ensure that our capitalist system didn't work people to death and now we need laws to ensure a more…

I've not read Cannery Row, but the other three are excellent examples of how fiction can open you up and fill you with borrowed anguish, leaving a piece of their story in your soul. All Quiet on the Western Front was the first classic I read and I will always remember how things I'd always imagined to be true about…

Yeah, that was so sad. Did you read Pride of Baghdad? Vaughan has a particular gift for stomping all over your heart.

I'm sorry? :) I do like fiction that stabs ya in the gut.

I would say read the whole series, it's really quite good.

Yes, I'm aware of that. I'm not sure what that has to do with my comment?

Now I'm curious. What were the others?

Preach! I was on the train when I read it. Tears streaming down my face, hiccup schnuffling, the works. Boy did I get some strange looks.

I would so beta that fanfic. Here, have an It's-It from my super secret stash (I hide them in frozen peas). They help with the pain.

Yeah, my hair was not up to the task. :)