madelezabeth:

Can I just say I have a lot of opinions about JJ, especially from a Westerner’s point of view? Specifically, the way he’s treated by the other skaters in YOI? JJ is loud, boisterous, and toots his own horn at every chance. Does this make him a bad guy? No way. In fact, all it does is paint a picture of how the rest of the world views people from America. Now, I’m from the US, so I can’t really speak for Canada, but I have quite a few Canadian friends and we are all, by definition, “North Americans”. I notice that our cultures aren’t really that different- specifically our social culture. Most Western young men act A LOT like JJ does- making jokes at other peoples’ expenses, trying to one-up everyone around them, be it verbally or otherwise, being really competitive and thriving in a competitive atmosphere, and generally just being very loud and obnoxious. 

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Minor correction, Never Look Away Chapter 10: “more subtle weedling out of information” -> “wheedling”. Weedle is the Pokémon.

Hey, I love weedle. They turn into Beedrill and are super good at stabbing people. (I am not even going to contest the error; it definitely sounds like one my pokemon-loving butt would make.)

….If people are correcting our spelling/grammar, does that mean that we’ve FINALLY MADE IT?!?!?!??! 🙂 

‘Cause I find errors in our chapters constantly, no matter how many times we go over it. Especially when it comes to formatting. Holy crap. I found a bunch of them today when I was rereading ch 17 for reference and I was just running my hands down my face like “nooooooo whyyyyyyyyy” – so you’ve really got your work cut out for you, anon.

(but thank you all the same)