Newsflash! asexuality is still not celibacy

2011, apparently, is the year for acewank; there have been a number of other explosions on the asexuality tag at tumblr, most of which I didn’t feel any need to address at length. To explain sum up: no matter how often you call me straight, that will never make it true, usage =/= etymology, and sexual people do not have the right to decide who belongs in the asexual community.

The newest wank was precipitated by none other than that exemplar of open-minded activism, Dan Savage.
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getting my memes in

Nothing much important today, except I wrote over two thousand words of Revenge. It's probably a bit indulgent, but I'm actually pleased - I've managed to get the PT alternate canon in through occasional exposition and Luke's Jedi training (current unit: clairvoyance). In some ways, it's almost more about the alt!backstory than about the present; the sequel will probably focus more on the present-day characters, but there's a lot to set up. Anyway, I'm a bit gleeful because I managed to include my OFC even though she's been dead for twenty years, hint at the Anakin/OFC pairing, and more than hint at Bail/Padmé.

Come at me, Mary Sue paranoia.

Leia's plotline is finally settling into place, too; I should be able to end this with the coronation like I wanted, even though it wreaks some havoc on the rest of the outline, and fanwank her unexplained loss of authority in ROTJ. Without actually doing to her what ROTJ did. Hint: my post on the slave Leia debate is a pretty strong clue of what doesn't happen. She's not going to end up General Solo's soldier girl, either.

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