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Post by ruthmadison on Jun 14, 2011 16:33:07 GMT -5
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Post by ruthmadison on Jun 14, 2011 21:50:53 GMT -5
Or, as Lee rightfully points out, if you don't want to answer through facebook on a question about devotees, you could just tell me here... I'll see if I can set up one of these poll things!
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Post by Emma on Jun 14, 2011 23:21:50 GMT -5
Yeah that's why I didn't answer.
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Post by dentelle on Jun 14, 2011 23:39:04 GMT -5
I like A and B. I didn't want to answer on FB either. It's not everyone who knows about me and what I like.
Oh well off to the bath to read my new books!!!
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Post by dolly on Jun 15, 2011 12:38:29 GMT -5
my hunch is that the majority of devs will answer A and the majority of wheelers might answer C... ...so the target audience for both kinds of stories may be quite different. i'm A all the way. there is only one book i know of that represents us... and you wrote it!  it's nice to see your own experience (or similar) represented in written form. i think the C-type stories are easier to write (and read) because they don't get into all of the more messy/honest/complicated stuff about being a dev. it's all just happy coincidence or whatever. i like those stories too, but there is no question i'd prefer to see more of the dev experience expressed if given the choice. |
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Post by ruthmadison on Jun 15, 2011 13:59:07 GMT -5
my hunch is that the majority of devs will answer A and the majority of wheelers might answer C... ...so the target audience for both kinds of stories may be quite different. i'm A all the way. there is only one book i know of that represents us... and you wrote it! it's nice to see your own experience (or similar) represented in written form. i think the C-type stories are easier to write (and read) because they don't get into all of the more messy/honest/complicated stuff about being a dev. it's all just happy coincidence or whatever. i like those stories too, but there is no question i'd prefer to see more of the dev experience expressed if given the choice. It's funny, yes, for me I lean toward the Type C stories because stories that are actually about devs can be very self-conscious feeling, plus all the extra issues! Apparently, though, many people are hungry for more representation of their actual experience. The story I did for the Paradox book was Type B. I have a collection of stories that I'm finishing up now. Out of six, two are Type A, so explicitly about devs, and the others are C. Since they are just short stories, I left most of the soul-searching difficulty of devness and kept it simple. I hope the collection will have a "something for everyone" feel! I've seen some stories that are Type A, but they are from the other side, and about female wheelers (and sometimes lesbian relationships). |
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Post by ruthmadison on Jun 15, 2011 14:00:04 GMT -5
Silly of me to try to put a poll like that on Facebook. I didn't even think! But, I'll have a much more "safe" poll up today! I'll do it here and there again too.
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Post by ruthmadison on Jun 15, 2011 17:11:16 GMT -5
I picked C because I feel self-conscious about my dev feelings and having them articulated by another person makes me feel even more self-conscious. Yes! That's how I am too! |
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Post by Cake on Jun 15, 2011 17:40:48 GMT -5
I picked C, because in my eyes, that's the more romantic version.
I don't feel bad about being a dev, but in the stories I make up myself, "she" is never a dev...
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Post by Dee Dee on Jun 17, 2011 2:40:10 GMT -5
I have taken the poll and my answer was A.
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Post by devogirl on Jun 17, 2011 9:53:32 GMT -5
Devo Girl says A all the way! Or possibly B.
I get what you all are saying about fantasy and guilt, but I HATE it in a romance novel when the heroine says something along the lines of "I love him anyway even though he's disabled, I've learned to see past it." In the fantasies I make up for myself, the girl is always a dev.
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Post by ruthmadison on Jun 17, 2011 10:07:07 GMT -5
Devo Girl says A all the way! Or possibly B. I get what you all are saying about fantasy and guilt, but I HATE it in a romance novel when the heroine says something along the lines of "I love him anyway even though he's disabled, I've learned to see past it." In the fantasies I make up for myself, the girl is always a dev. Lol. Well, even if I write C stories, I promise the girls will never say "I've learned to see past it" or "I love him anyway"! |
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Post by Cake on Jun 17, 2011 15:25:57 GMT -5
Devo Girl says A all the way! Or possibly B. I get what you all are saying about fantasy and guilt, but I HATE it in a romance novel when the heroine says something along the lines of "I love him anyway even though he's disabled, I've learned to see past it." In the fantasies I make up for myself, the girl is always a dev. Lol. Well, even if I write C stories, I promise the girls will never say "I've learned to see past it" or "I love him anyway"! Hahaha, same here. I mean, please! I would NEVER write that. I doubt ANY dev would ever write that. It's a typical non-dev sentence. No, my female protagonist doesn't love him "despite his disability", she's not "learning to love him", she just loves him, period, from the moment she sees him. And he's the hottest guy she's ever seen in her entire life. But she's not a dev. BTW, I strongly believe this scenario is a quite realistic one. It's what many of the guys here have trouble believing: That even someone who's not a dev could find them hot. It's simply not true that only a dev can be attracted to a guy in a chair. When people fall in love, they fall in love. |
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Post by anisanara on Jun 18, 2011 10:24:10 GMT -5
Hi ruth, its me(Anisa Nuratih)! finally I join this forum
I picked B, and C actually....we are devotee, but we just can fall in love with one right person
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Post by dolly on Jun 18, 2011 20:14:49 GMT -5
i enjoy reading *any* stories involving men in wheelchairs. lol the reason for my preference (besides our incredibly under-represented status!) is that "c" stories always seem to end up making me feel like i wish that i wasn't a dev and that i could "just" fall for a guy who "happens" to be disabled... without all of the messy, complicated, "unusual" dev stuff. so in the end they kind of make me feel a bit yucky and badly about myself because no matter how much i wish that could happen (obviously this is a common fantasy for us), it never can. whereas reading from a dev's perspective makes me feel more normal, more "usual", less alone. also, i expect there would be a greater, more obvious attention paid to the little details that i so enjoy. if i were to write myself, i'd likely stick with "b" or "c" because it wouldn't require as much introspection and self-exposure. however those are the very reasons i'd prefer to read someone else's work from that perspective. it's nice to imagine that it's possible to meet the "right" person, who happens to be in a wheelchair, as my true self... a dev. now there's a fantasy in every sense of the word!! lmao  i just appreciate the efforts of everyone who takes the time to write stories and share them with us. i'm woefully behind in reading a lot of them, but love that they are there and available. so a big thanks to all of the authors in our midst!  |
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