unions are sexy

I haven’t opened up Choices in a while (what a pain when things get in the way of reading my little stories!) but I think I’d like to try being more positive than negative with my posting. Now, there are some difficulties with that: I think overall quality of a lot of the stories has dropped off, and I’m in the middle of a ton of stories. But probably what I should do is just quietly finish up any that are diamond mines and focus on being excited for the ones that I enjoy.

Listen. I am absolutely BOGGLED that Adele and Violet were just, what, screwing around in Europe for fun? Without attempting to accomplish any of their goals? Was there a line of dialogue I skipped? It surely wouldn’t change the story that much if they left the US knowing that they’re broke and with a goal of finding Violet a husband. Instead of this absolutely bonkers tale of “We’re getting on a boat to New York and you need to be engaged by the time we arrive,” plenty of urgency could be given by saying, “We had no luck finding you a husband on the Continent so this is our last chance to return home triumphant.” Stakes still high, timeline still compressed, true love still a stokerporter who never works.

Okay that’s all I just wanted to say for now. There are other things I would have done differently but I would then just be writing a story to suit me exactly; I simply find the “find a man on the Titanic specifically and fuck around in France first without working on that” plan to be a baffling one

I can’t promise any snark, but minimal thoughts so far: The Duchess Affair really is A Bit Much. I’m still early in Blades 2 and having fun.