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Personally, I'm mostly glad none of the libraries I've ever been to, either public or for schools, have been that bad. That just sounds nasty, and someone really should do something about it. You'd think some big-shot bestselling American author or another would be donating hand over fist to improve libraries, but maybe it's just because most of us grew up with good, clean, adequet libraries so it never occurs to us. I think this is going to be one of my new things to advocate, along with organic farming, expanding the space program towards colonization, global warming, and world peace.

Anyway, great chapter, and I really liked the welcome-home bit. It was very sweet, but not too sweet, and it helped resolve Joviana's Mothering anxieties finally, which is good. You know, that bit about the kids being stuffed into nasty orphanages reminded me of an article I read years back in 6th grade about how bad orphanages are in China, and that it's mostly girls being sent there. Oddly enough, not long after that a couple from my church addopted twin girls from China, something that I understand a lot of American couples have done in recent years. Thinking about it now, though, do you think in ten years or so we'll be seeing a lot of Chinese guys coming over to try and find a girl because so many were taken out of their population pool?

Population control is an odd thing to consider. On the one hand, intellectually I know that people really should cut back on having kids. Emotionally, though, I'd certainly like to have more than one kid myself, especially as I look at my immediate extended family and see three recent deaths, and think "Eek! We're shrinking!" even though the main, well-known branches are from two-kid marriages that each produced two generations of three-kid-averages.

I don't know. Population is a weird thing. That's partially why I think we should be looking to space, as well as to give the planet a break.

-- Rosy

P.S.: Sorry for the rant, but I think alot and I felt it was relevant. You rock!

Wow! I really love your story, and can't wait for more.

Honestly, I don't know whether or not her theory is right. My innitial reaction to the idea was along the lines of "Wha?!" This was shortly thereafter followed by "Those two? No. Wait. Maybe? No. My brain hurts."

Whereupon I hit the review link, and now I'm here with no idea whatsoever.

Congratulations, you've inspired your first brain meltdown. Huzzah!

-- Rosy

P.S.: Now that I think of it, that whole lawyer-married-his-niece thing reminds me of Toni Morrison's "Paradise", only with less of it and no racial-purity motivation. I ended up just skimming through the rest of that book after that point, really.

Dear Gevaisa,

interesting thoughts you are developing... do man and woman have a right on children?
Do they have a right on healthy children? Do they have the duty to have either healthy children - or no children at all?
And if there is something like "a genetic disorder" - cure the "illnes" by getting rid of the child?
What would have hapened if there had been a "genetic disorder" in that child's genom? Is genetic manipulation really categorical desirable or the only alternative to abortion or chuldlessness?
...

I am by now hooked to Joviana as close as to Anne. ;-)

Sincere greetings,
awoman

Great chapter, Gevaisa! It sucks that you lost the reviews for the last one. I hope whatever problem you had with that situation has been resolved, and I can't wait to see what you do with this next.

Yay!

-- Rosy

*kisses your head*
*kisses your typey fingers*

I'm again having images of Victor as a father...too wonderful! I loved “That whelp of Richards' will not be allowed within five kilometer of any daughter of ours!” Hee! How great would that scenario be?
The whole chapter left me feeling somewhat as Joviana does- reassured and content.

*breaks out the silver-and-green pom-poms!*

Yay! Minion comic! And I'd be the one shoving my brother out of the way at the comic shop to get to it, just so you know.

Seriously, this story could be the best EVER, especially if you get a good artist to work with. And think how it could end up changing Marvel comics as a whole? I mean, they are all inter-connected.

*ahem,* As to this chapter, I loved how you pointed out the implimentation of the Laws of Heroics on Franklin's life. It was very eye-opening, and even I had noticed that the Baxter Building didn't seem very home-y before. Also, I burst out into giggles at Victor's reaction to Franklin potentially dating any potential VonDoom girls. I love this! The only thing keeping me from shoving a link to this at my older brother and saying "READ THIS NOW" is I'm worried about the weird looks I'd get about me reading smut. Silly boy, but my parents like him and listen because he's the "responsible one who has worked for the longest and has thus saved up the most money."

But enough about me, *you* rock, m'dear. Go team you!

-- Rosy

The best thing about Joviana's personal history, and one of the things that saves her from being one of those "oh, she had such a tragic personal history" heroines, is that she overcame that history by her own efforts. She decided to changer her life and her fate, and used all the tools of at her disposal to do so.

PS: I recently read this really interesting article in Discover Magazine about using mega-doses of vitamins to combat mental disorders. It kind of makes sense, when you think about the influence of chemical compounds (like lithium, for instance) on the brain...Makes me want to take my daily vitamin supplement.

It's me again. Something occured to me about your last response. I could have sworn that I heard somewhere that Marvel had a more adult-oriented line for comic books, like DC has Vertigo. You might want to look into that and see if they'd take your story as a mini-series or something.

It's only an idea, true, but I think it merrits some further research.

-- Rosy