I need a rec... something good, to get me through the holidays anybody have any good ones?   

And I started my Twi version of Bared to You yesterday and damn, it's a good story. I'm really liking it, thank you everyone for rec'ing that 

And I started my Twi version of Bared to You yesterday and damn, it's a good story. I'm really liking it, thank you everyone for rec'ing that 

What's the name of that twi version? i get confused watching 3 threads here... 

What's the name of that twi version? i get confused watching 3 threads here... 

There is no Twi fic. It's us addicts putting Edward and Bella's names in place of the original characters 

There is no Twi fic. It's us addicts putting Edward and Bella's names in place of the original characters 

Ohhh, yeah! Duh! Sorry for not realizing that.  I forget some of you do that. Me, am too lazy nor do i know how to do it... But my mind is so used to picturing Rob/edward whenever i read any book so am happy with my fantasies just the same   

I usually just open it as a Word document and then use find and replace.. I'm not sure how others do it though, my way only works for the main characters really.

Is anyone else interested in getting Otherwise Alone, the original fic by Savage? It's only £2 on Amazon UK but I wasn't sure how long it is. Story sounds great though!

Isn't it identical to her submission in the fandom for Texas ? Has anyone compared?

I usually just open it as a Word document and then use find and replace.. I'm not sure how others do it though, my way only works for the main characters really.

Is anyone else interested in getting Otherwise Alone, the original fic by Savage? It's only £2 on Amazon UK but I wasn't sure how long it is. Story sounds great though!

Yup,  that's how I do it as well :-) Though I'll also switch the secondary characters as well. It's a good project when I get in a fic funk. I need to do the second Crossfire fic and I hv found a couple others to do :-)

I'm such a nerd lol

Isn't it identical to her submission in the fandom for Texas ? Has anyone compared?

Everyone I've talked to says it's exactly the same, it's short(4 chapters), and it's 3.99. That's like a buck a chapter! I've seen lots of people mention returning the ebook because they were so disappointed. More about her now selling something she wrote for charity, but many are mad about the length and that nothing was changed.

Savanablue - How about The Selkie Man by DarkBlueBella?  It just completed.

The Selkie Man Author: DarkBlueBella PM
AU. A summer studying Scottish folktales leads to Bella Swan meeting a stranger unlike anyone she has ever met. Can she let herself believe that myth and legend might also be reality?
Rated: Fiction M - English - Supernatural/Drama - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 22 - Words: 67,402 - Reviews: 1,926 - Favs: 1,082 - Follows: 1,415 - Updated: 12-22-12 - Published: 02-19-11 - Status: Complete - id: 6758760

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I LOVE this story. It's in my top 10 I think. I'm so glad she completed it. It's so different than a lot of the stories out there. I haven't read the last 2 chapters yet, I hope I won't be disappointed. 

Sometimes you just need a rant. As an Australian I suppose I'm not really qualified to comment on this topic except from the side of someone who lives in a country with very strict gun controls and is totally for them. Police, Protective Services Officers and Armaguards are about the only people in Australia who can legally have weapons on them when out in public, and those aren't even concealed. Most people in rural areas will own a gun, and those that hunt, but otherwise pretty much no one here owns a gun. I read somewhere that there is one gun per person owned in America, and those are just the legal ones, to me that is astounding and ridiculous.

I agree, school should be somewhere students feel safe, there shouldn't be a need to have armed guards at schools. What happened in Newtown was so unbelievably tragic and it's sad to think it's only the straw that broke the camel’s back. I know many people say guns don't kill people; people kill people, but whatever. If the people can't get the guns then most of them won't kill people. There is never going to be complete gun control in the USA like there is in Australia, it's a deeply ingrained part of your culture (however strange I find it, I can't comment, every culture is different), but do people really have a need for automatic weapons? No, they are not useful for anything other than killing people in large numbers, something that seems to becoming alarmingly common in the US.

I know they have the second amendment, and never having studied American History I will say this is only my opinion, think about when the constitution was written, guns were hardly commonplace, and to me (Having studied the English Bill of Right, which heavily influenced their constitution, along with linguistics) the wording 'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed' seems to me to mean something more along the lines that people have the right to raise an army to protect the freedom of the country, and at the time people in the army were required to supply their own weapons. I have a feeling that their forefathers didn't really mean that any walley can own a gun and wield it as he pleases; they wanted the people to be able to protect and fight for their newly gained freedoms...Although I suppose that could be an overly simplistic view...

Don't even get me started on the NRA, to me the whole thing just screams lunacy. It's almost scary a gun lobby has so much control over the government...It makes me scared for what could happen in Australia (and already is to an extent) with Gina Rinehart and the other big Mining Magnates and bosses...

The second amendment's right to bear arms comes from when the British army were requiring the colonists to house and feed the armed men but they didn't allow the colonists to have weapons themselves.  Though I believe they may have been allowed long rifles for hunting. 

I do agree with the 2nd amendment in its basic form.  One should be able to have a rifle or shotgun - especially if you use it for hunting.  However, although most states have laws against automatic weapons, this is what you see used everywhere for these shootings.  Hand guns are the only questionable thing.  Way back when  where I live was the "old west" and there were few lawmen around, a hand gun was necessary.  Now, you can call 911. And well a hand gun is more likely to be used against you. 

It's a big conundrum.  But armed guards in schools?  Seems like there should be a better way.