Story: "Blended" Part 5

This story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Hairpins," "Am I Not," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Querencia," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," and "Green Eggs and Hulk."

Fandom: The Avengers, Hulk
Characters: Hulk, JARVIS
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Past abuse. Past fugitives. Dysfunctional family dynamics. Isolation. Internalized oppression. Low sense of self-worth. Self-destructive behavior. Shame. Depression. Bruce and Hulk are somewhere between self-abuse and domestic violence inside their headspace. Current environment is safe.
Summary: Hulk makes his first, violent appearance in Avengers Tower. JARVIS helps him calm down.
Notes: Accidents. Hurt/Comfort. Anger management issues. Sensory processing disorder. Artificial intelligence. Hulk is an enormous green fear monster. Sibling rivalry. Emotional whump. Communication issues. Loneliness. Touch starvation. Memory problems. Boundary issues. Trust issues. Daddy issues. Attachment disorder. Friendship. Hope. Hulk needs a hug. Safety and security. Protection. Teambuilding. Family of choice. Competence.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Here ends "Blended." Thank you all for sticking with the series this far! I love your input. Final thoughts on the story overall are welcome, in addition to reactions on this specific chapter. I also have a list of favorite photogenic scenes from the whole series for fanartists to consider, partly compiled from audience requests.

Next up is "kintsukuroi," a poem focusing on Natasha.

A note on feedback: While it's not necessary to comment on every post I make, remember that I don't know who reads/likes things if nobody says anything. Particularly on long stories, I've discovered that I get antsy if there's nothing but crickets chirping for several posts. So it helps to give me feedback at least once, even if it's just "I like this" or "This one doesn't grab me." First and last episodes are ideal if you rarely feel inspired to comment in the middle.

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Art

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Story: "Squiggles" 1513.03.19

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1513.03.19

Umini sent me a letter explaining that the man who owns Ludoiver's Luxury Companions in Affamarg wants to import a breeding population of Squiggle Mice for the fancy pet trade there. Sraffi and I are picking out the right stock -- including both white and fawn -- while the paperwork processes. Transport licenses, travel licenses, it all adds up. But I'm glad there will be Squiggle Mice in Affamarg by the time I move there!


See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."

Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-10-13

I have written to blackout on my 6-10-13 card for the hc_bingo  fest, although not quite everything has been posted.  I went ahead and logged the results on the community, so you can see the I, N, and O columns.  Since it's amnesty -- the fest revives at the beginning of June -- I got away with listing the unposted stuff.

Poll: Generally Sponsored Poetry

Surprise!  The half-price sale and a random donation have put $33 into the general fund.  Since we have three big open epics right now, I'm directing it there.  You get to vote on how you want to distribute it.  Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll.  I'll keep it open until at least Tuesday midday.  If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it.  Otherwise I may leave it open a bit longer.

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Monday Update 5-26-14

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
10 New Species
Story: "Don't Try This at Home"
Review of "Cthulhu Gloom"
BINGO: blackout
Stories That Heal
Bullying and Superpowers
Amazon Kills Books
Transcultural Studies
Gender Dynamics, Comics, and Cyberspace
Origfic Bingo Card 5-22-14
Editing While Female
Read "Beachfront Propriety"


The half-price sale went well, selling out Queen Choufa and the Rebel Drones, along with Submerged Nebraska, and revealing one poem in A Conflagration of Dragons. You can find all those linked on the sale page.  There is also a general fund poll based on recent donations, so go vote in that.

The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, June 3 with a theme of "first contact."


Poetry in Microfunding:
"Faeder Way" follows the antics of human explorers as they try to understand some aliens with an unusual sex/gender structure.  "Uncounted Colors of the Stars" belongs to the series An Army of One.  A freetrader with an atypical identity grows interested in the culture of the Lacuna.  "Not the Absence of Fear" belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.  Damask deals with a big fight at SPOON.

Torn World writing update:
Currently posting: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal" (fiction).  Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" "Learning to Breathe the Clear Mountain Air" "Indoor Men and Outdoor Men" "From White to Blue," "Stalking Sleep" (poetry), "Sharing a Round" (fiction).  Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3), "Stinging Like Nettles"  "Off the Clock" (poetry).  Currently in front of the canon board:  "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet).  In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders"  (poetry).  Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).


Weather here has been mild.  I've gotten a bunch more plants put out.  Mostly we're working to clear the yard for mowing. Currently blooming: honeysuckle, white spirea, wild strawberries, raspberries, marigolds, blue salvia, cleome, portulaca, petunias, zinnias, pansies, sweet alyssum, torenia, lobelia, columbines, peonies, iris.

Update from Kajones_writing

May is new characters month.

Fiction: The World Walkers: Quiar: The Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments (part 9, 97th continuation) shows Meriwether explaining to Bertram and Sini about fae history and the Web.
The World Walkers: Quiar: The Case of the Counterfeit Enchanments (part 9, 98th continuation) has Kaito and Lucille talking about worldwalkers and past lives.

The Fae World: Eorith: Luke: The First Arrival shows Luke sucked into a gaming world.

The Donor House: Kerry: Searching for Someone introduces Kerry who is seeking a vampire she once met.

Pagan: Megan: Lighting a Candle talks about Megan's awful family dynamics.

The World Walkers: Taithmarin: Jarek: Storytelling has Old Max telling stories of the worlds of the Nox Gadael and the Felis Alati.
The World Walkers: Quiar: Fasach: Daedelus: The Aardvark Private Detective tells of Daedelus getting into finding lost people.

Other Fiction: The Fae World: Earth: Finula: Arranged…
The Fae World: Quindil: Whittaker: Magical Changes

Veteran Stories by Raze

 raze has written two veteran stories based on my prompts, one about Jacob and one about Andor.

Cruising the Default

Many things are chalked up to prejudice or poor decision-making that aren't necessarily so.  This study indicates that mental work takes energy, which can be depleted; and when it's depleted, people tend to choose the default option because it's easier.  There may be prejudice in the nature of the defaults, but it doesn't necessarily belong to that person; such things are readily absorbed from the environment.