Comments on: C03P30 – Neither do you

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:57:36 +0000

One of my best friends AND my mother-in-law are your height, and I know better than to mess with either of them! It sounds like you’re quite the tough lady as well! I hope that over time some of the people you’ve worked with have figured out not to underestimate you due to your size! That’s part of why I wanted to have a variety of heights in LeyLines. Heroes are often are depicted as these huge, imposing beings, but what makes a true hero has nothing to do with how tall a person is. It has everything to do with a willingness to take moral actions in difficult situations. People of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds are capable of greatness under pressure.

By: Kunoichi

Kunoichi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:38:52 +0000

I’m a very short woman (4’10″, that’s short in just about every country), so I tend to get doubly under-estimated. Sometimes I work as a millwright, and I’ve had to deal with everything from catcalls to patronizing remarks. I find that overcompensating with cussing and longer hours and never asking for help is the solution. I also never yell, because when you are a tiny woman with a soprano voice, shrieking is just going to get you laughed at, and there you are pissed because some idiot has laid your welding cable over metal frames and then run over it with a scissor lift and by some miracle no one is dead. Outside of manual labor, I still have the short-people-complex trait of not asking for people to get things off of shelves for me.

Also, doctors think that tiny means anesthetic works better. This kind of underestimation is painful! I had an outpatient surgery where they didn’t double check that the local was in effect, and dear gods does getting sliced by a scalpel hurt! And all I said was “ow”, so they didn’t believe me!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:21:51 +0000

ZHIRO LOVE TO THE MOOOOON!

It’s funny, I have a similar conversation whenever I’m talking to creative people about engineering, or technical people about creative things. I’m always fighting the urge to interject, “I’m smart and capable and I draw good! BAAAAAAAHHHHH!” I just get frustrated when people say “Oh, you’re ____, therefore you’re good at ______, but you can’t do ______.” No thank you!! Keep me out of that box!!

Some of the most interesting people I know got English majors, yet even I have caught myself going “Well, this accounting test was written for English Majors, so what’s the big deal?” Then I stop, think about what I’ve said, and smack myself. Particularly since one of my English major friends can do computations in his head far better than I can!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:17:34 +0000

That’s a really interesting over/under estimation issue. Hopefully as people get to know you better, that problem fades. It’s interesting what people assume “everyone” is good at, particularly with social stuff!

By: SkysongMA

SkysongMA — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:29:10 +0000

Well, my love for Zhiro just went from enormous to astronomical. <3 <3 <3

And as for being underestimated… my conversations with people about my college career are all secretly this, even though they pretend to be something else: Yes, I'm an English major. I'm also really smart. Just because ninety percent of English majors are idiots does not mean we all are. No, no, really, I'm smart. I picked my degree because I wanted to improve my cultural knowledge and develop media literacy. Yes, those are skills. Yes, they are important.

By: Green_Dragon_Iris

Green_Dragon_Iris — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:39:34 +0000

Healthy non-perfectionist limits… ummm I’m pretty short on them (looks for way to present a null set). I do, however, have a way of living without care, but it doesn’t really qualify as healthy. I really like your perfect schedule trick, though. I’ll try that out and see what I find. If it’s interesting, I’ll even share it.

By: Noel

Noel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:56:32 +0000

Ahhhh GO ZHIRO! He is definitely giving me reason to award him the title of “favorite LeyLines character.”

I get both under- and overestimated on a regular basis. People underestimate my dedication and seriousness when it comes to subjects I care about, but they also tend to overestimate my ability to handle certain kinds of social situations. I’m a very confident and somewhat private person, so they’re surprised when I can’t complete a task or get overwhelmed due to anxiety issues.

By: Khyansaria

Khyansaria — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:29:50 +0000

Thank you very much!

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:28:14 +0000

That sounds like SO MUCH FUN! I really hope you decide to move forward with your story! It sounds like there’s a lot of great material there! At the very least, maybe some short stories from the world to test the waters and figure out your process? Best of luck!!!

By: Khyansaria

Khyansaria — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:08:22 +0000

I don’t have any taglines or anything yet, but this should do for now.

It’s about four people in a steampunk dystopia who all have their own reasons to change the way things are run, and find themselves both at odds and working together.

Also there is lots of magic and warping of the atmosphere and hard decisions and stuff. aka FUN.