Post by Porter on Apr 6, 2014 19:07:50 GMT -5
I raised my eyebrows at Adella's response. There's was a likely chance she probably lived in an incredibly degrading and prejudiced time period against women, but she must know that doing the same towards men wasn't the greatest solution, right?
"That's a bit of a generalization, don't you think?" I prodded. "Judging someone with what they were born with?"
I figured I might as well open up that can of worms, but I was certain it wasn't going to change anything. She was following Artemis, why would she choose my opinion over a goddess? Even, she probably figured I was a whiny boy who needed to check his privileges.
"Just, ah, food for thought?" I offered as we continued the conversation. "Just want to make sure you know I'm not sexist or anything."
I didn't want to show my annoyance at her blatant disregard for the opposite gender, but I was sure Artemis was not beyond killing dudes for being assholes, so I kept my mouth shut and just rechecked my male privilege. If this is how girls are treated on a daily basis I guess I can handle it for a day.
Adella's question sounded more and more like truth or dare sleepover questions, but I went along with it. I looked up at the bottom end of the top bunk while I searched my memories for embarrassing moments. It felt like there were too many to count. Come to think of it, they mostly involved Fletch. Super friendly bro stuff like mouth to mouth, and almost killing each other, came to mind. None of them were that embarrassing for Fletch than it was for me because it included me being brainwashed and attacking my friends. I finally plucked out an embarrassing moment from the top of my head that, yes, involves Fletch.
"Well I mean there's this one time my friend Fletch was trying to wake me up from sleeping and, ah, let's just say I now have the nickname 'morning wood'." I could feel my face heat up as I pressed my knuckle against my cheek to try and play it off casually.
I doubt any huntress of Artemis would've liked to hear that.
I tried quickly to change the subject by asking my question. I figured I should ask Adella more personal questions, like she's been doing to me, instead of politically charged questions, so I just asked the first thing that came to mind.
"So like, uh, what's YOUR most embarrassing moment?"
Such creative, very imagination.
"That's a bit of a generalization, don't you think?" I prodded. "Judging someone with what they were born with?"
I figured I might as well open up that can of worms, but I was certain it wasn't going to change anything. She was following Artemis, why would she choose my opinion over a goddess? Even, she probably figured I was a whiny boy who needed to check his privileges.
"Just, ah, food for thought?" I offered as we continued the conversation. "Just want to make sure you know I'm not sexist or anything."
I didn't want to show my annoyance at her blatant disregard for the opposite gender, but I was sure Artemis was not beyond killing dudes for being assholes, so I kept my mouth shut and just rechecked my male privilege. If this is how girls are treated on a daily basis I guess I can handle it for a day.
Adella's question sounded more and more like truth or dare sleepover questions, but I went along with it. I looked up at the bottom end of the top bunk while I searched my memories for embarrassing moments. It felt like there were too many to count. Come to think of it, they mostly involved Fletch. Super friendly bro stuff like mouth to mouth, and almost killing each other, came to mind. None of them were that embarrassing for Fletch than it was for me because it included me being brainwashed and attacking my friends. I finally plucked out an embarrassing moment from the top of my head that, yes, involves Fletch.
"Well I mean there's this one time my friend Fletch was trying to wake me up from sleeping and, ah, let's just say I now have the nickname 'morning wood'." I could feel my face heat up as I pressed my knuckle against my cheek to try and play it off casually.
I doubt any huntress of Artemis would've liked to hear that.
I tried quickly to change the subject by asking my question. I figured I should ask Adella more personal questions, like she's been doing to me, instead of politically charged questions, so I just asked the first thing that came to mind.
"So like, uh, what's YOUR most embarrassing moment?"
Such creative, very imagination.
