LdyEnki Reads Anger Is A Gift Chapters 12 And 13

LdyEnki reads Anger is a Gift Chapters 12 and 13

The continuing adventures of LdyEnki being unprepared for Mark Oshiro’s “Anger is a Gift”.

Chapter 12:

Again, the tension between Moss and Esperanza hurts.  It makes sense though, their different experiences are going to cause misunderstandings. Esperanza feels left out and isolated because she goes to a different school from her friends but Moss can’t conceive of anyone wanting to go to his school, especially now.  His school is a trap to be escaped, not a fun experience Esperanza is missing out on.

Chapter 13:

That was intense.  The stomach tightening, heart pounding kind of intense.  I expected the crowds and everyone being late to class.  I expected the cops to give Reg a hard time.  I did not expect that.  I didn’t even know it was possible for a metal detector to have that effect, though I knew machines like MRI scanners can do that and worse.  God, Reg.  And he was already worried about making a full recovery.

I can’t help thinking about a friend I had in college.  She has 3 metal rods in her back, but you would never know it to look at her.  She has enough metal in her back that you can place a magnet there and it will stick.  She took something that must have been a traumatic childhood experience and turned it into a party game.  I didn’t hear her talk about it much, but I know she was always given a hard time whenever she had to go through metal detectors.  I don’t even want to think about what could have happened in a situation like this.

Chapters 1 and 2 are here.

Chapters 3 and 4 are here.

Trying to loosen up…

Two death sentences? Really? I mean, you look very well, considering.

Yes. This is 100% me.

Hi my name is Marissa and I get inordinately emotional about fictional characters.

where a little old lady owns a bodega and her customers are frequently vigilantes, anti-heros and morally ambiguous mutants and phd students. and they are all sweet as pie to her. they listen to her talk about her grandchildren and her cat. these hardened criminals become the sweetest ppl with mrs. lo who gets help stocking her shop by like someone who has no qualms hanging a drug dealer out a window. 

so like mrs. lo’s shop is on an unwritten list of places that aren’t robbed. until like some super-villain has the gall to have a throwdown in mrs. lo’s neighbourhood and now the hero has a group of lawless vigilantes showing up to help them just because mrs. lo is in the hospital with a broken arm. and like two of the most sinister vigilantes are now running her shop for her while she recuperates 

“so who do i have to kill?”

“what, they eat planets whole -”

“so i need a bigger gun, fine, lemme call some people”

“what the fuck-”

“hey, language, kids play in this street. i thought you were a hero”

an excellent response to bigoted parents!