It's a Whole Spiel by Katherine Locke & Laura Silverman & Mayim Bialik

Author:Katherine Locke & Laura Silverman & Mayim Bialik
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2: MILK & HONEY AND HOME

Author’s Note: n/a, see endnotes

The first thing I do when I get home from school on Monday is dump my backpack by my desk and log on to Milk & Honey. I’ve got a half dozen new comments on my fanfic where I reimagined the X-Men as Maccabees.

This is pretty awesome, dude. When’s the new chapter going up?

Omg I love it. MOOORRREEE

UM YOUR WRONG ABOUT ICEMAN—HE IS WAY TOO SENSITIVE FOR THIS. DELETE YOUR FIC.

Please update soon? Also is it going to earn that M rating?

*bookmarks*

“And this isn’t what they expected. They expected it to be easier. They expected it to be harder. But they didn’t expect that the cold in the mountains, looking out over their city under occupation, would turn to steel in their veins. They did not expect to find a new camaraderie in the face of defeat. But they did.” <= MY FEELS. HOW DARE YOU.

The “please update” comments make me laugh, because I just posted a chapter last night. How often do I need to update to make them happy? (Do not answer this.) According to the moderator and founder of M&H, and probably my best friend, but don’t tell them that, YaelLouder, you can’t make everyone happy, no matter what you write. Still, it’s hard to wrap my head around that in the moment when I’m scrolling through the comments. At least I don’t get harassed much on M&H. My handle is gender-neutral, but I’ve been clear on the forums and in my fic that I’m a cis guy, and I’m pretty sure that’s why.

Sometimes, if I can’t sleep, I stay up on M&H’s forums and help Yael with the harassment that comes through. Yael—who always has third singular in their profile despite their gendered username—gave me moderator privileges so I can go through and issue public or private warnings, put people in time-out, or ban them. I’ve never had to ban someone, but I like helping Yael out.

I’m still responding to comments when a chat message pops up on the site from Yael.

YaelLouder: hey Mabface looks like people are enjoying your new fic!

They call me Mab because it’s the shorthand for my handle: Make A Beat.

Makeabeat02: hi yourself! How’s it going today? People are…apparently I need to update every hour?? Send help. I can’t do homework anymore. Just fic.

YaelLouder: lol people are so demanding sometimes.

Makeabeat02: haha I know, but it’s nice. I mean, that’s why I write it, right? For people to read it? Imagine how unbearable I’d be if no one read my fics.

YaelLouder: I would probably have to go into invisible mode just to avoid you. You’re emo enough as it is.

Makeabeat02: omg

Makeabeat02: I am not emo

Makeabeat02: take it back

YaelLouder: have you even read your own fic?

Makeabeat02: feeling v attacked right now tbqh

Mom calls up the stairs, “Are you starting homework? If you haven’t done your homework, you can’t get on the computer!”

“I need the computer for homework!” I call back.

YaelLouder: the truth

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