tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post4772464094051601906..comments2023-11-10T03:46:58.196-05:00Comments on Dragging Blue Lake: Chapter 55: Ermengarde Is PopulatedPenelopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-15196117025032372182009-06-10T15:32:31.169-04:002009-06-10T15:32:31.169-04:00At the rate that I update, I'm surprised that ...At the rate that I update, I'm surprised that you guys don't forget more than you do. :\Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-59912252064951922442009-06-10T11:37:35.276-04:002009-06-10T11:37:35.276-04:00Most definitely forgot about the Troy/Donna thing....Most definitely forgot about the Troy/Donna thing. My bad.Vanhttp://kingdomofnaroni.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-4299915733575258512009-06-10T08:32:16.179-04:002009-06-10T08:32:16.179-04:00It might also be worthwhile to mention the obvious...It might also be worthwhile to mention the obvious- Troy and Donna have slept together on many occasions and thought nothing of it. (Well, OTHER than the fact that they're both married.)Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16849958697187040289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-83086048264600838102009-06-10T08:25:51.378-04:002009-06-10T08:25:51.378-04:00Ha! And no, Troy and Jorge don't really know o...Ha! And no, Troy and Jorge don't really know one another very well. Troy's father Terrance completely hacked-off his family ties long before Troy was born. Not only that but Jorge was a teen when he came to Pleasantview and there's about a decade between his age and Troy's. They do know that they're related. The Torrences and the LeCroixs are pretty throughly interbred. Also, the two of them are descended from the same fae. Whenever a human family in Veronaville has a fae in their lineage, they make sure their children know. It's a matter of pride. They're royalty. They're the descendants of Deus Rex. And actually, this is why both Troy and Jorge have startling eye colors. <a href="http://draggingbluelake.blogspot.com/2008/07/chapter-5-lawrence-sees-beacon.html" rel="nofollow">They may even have a little magic.</a> <br /><br />I'm sure Troy and Jorge meet briefly when they come to pick up the kids from each other's houses but they're just acquaintances. They may have met through Donna a few times in the past as well. Pleasantview is a very small world. <br /><br />And by the almighty laws of Maxis, Cully and Laurie are more than distant enough to not be scandalous for reasons of familial relations.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16849958697187040289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-15213349542562665242009-06-10T01:28:04.814-04:002009-06-10T01:28:04.814-04:00Sorry to spam the post, but I was just looking at ...Sorry to spam the post, but I was just looking at the family trees and according to the "Relationships" tool, Troy and Jorge are second cousins, once removed. Do they even know each other at all? Or just sort of by reputation, and through their sons?<br /><br />Awww, poor Laurie and Cully are related :(Vanhttp://kingdomofnaroni.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-56826477811994074652009-06-08T18:17:37.787-04:002009-06-08T18:17:37.787-04:00Hey, Emilia! Thanks and welcome to the story! *spr...Hey, Emilia! Thanks and welcome to the story! *sprinkles magic fairy dust*Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-13378330554901391052009-06-08T13:44:51.136-04:002009-06-08T13:44:51.136-04:00*Shakes*I totally agree with Gayl.But I love this ...*Shakes*I totally agree with Gayl.But I love this storyEmiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950508761452828246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-50678038075881363282009-06-05T19:33:51.737-04:002009-06-05T19:33:51.737-04:00It's difficult to imagine something so incredi...It's difficult to imagine something so incredibly intangible in terms of appearance. But this discussion is relevant to the next two chapters.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-4820656040340900192009-06-05T15:32:45.616-04:002009-06-05T15:32:45.616-04:00You're right. A pocket isn't a very good ...You're right. A pocket isn't a very good metaphor. <br /><br />It's organic. Not a piece of clothing like a jacket with a pocket with or without lining. I am NOT going to go further than that LOL.<br /><br />and yes it is a strange conversation! but fascinating concepts!S.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15236399168777815648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-11299483203954988502009-06-04T07:36:38.676-04:002009-06-04T07:36:38.676-04:00hehehe What a conversation!
But here's what I...hehehe What a conversation!<br /><br />But here's what I'm thinking- Ermengarde is the pocket and the hole. If her soul or essence or what-have-you is the outer pocket and her psyche is the hole-riddled lining, then it is impossible for Ermengarde to fall out. (However! The pocket thing isn't really a very apt metaphor. If I were to draw a diagram, the psyche would technically encase the soul. But the two would be so intertwined that it wouldn't be possible for her to just fall out, even after death. The pocket and lining are yanked out as one object.)<br /><br />But needless to say, if you stick something in her pocket, it can fall back out again. It can be pushed out (which is what sort of happened to her in the moments before this chapter) or it can crawl out by it's own accord.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-13889077999769996642009-06-03T23:03:59.592-04:002009-06-03T23:03:59.592-04:00well...a hole is a hole. is there such a thing as...well...a hole is a hole. is there such a thing as a one way hole? LOL well Ermengarde has a hole like a gravity well then. Things go in. Nothing goes out. Or, if it does, it comes out someplace entirely unexpected and in another place altogether. I get strange about concepts like that!S.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15236399168777815648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-55553218647542925262009-06-03T18:46:19.912-04:002009-06-03T18:46:19.912-04:00Oh boy! That's something else all together! Co...Oh boy! That's something else all together! <i>Could</i> something fall out of Ermengarde's psyche? I've never asked myself that question. Of course, what goes in can come back out again. But could Ermengarde just leak out of her own psyche one day like water dripping from a sponge? I'm going to have to say no. The two are too closely integrated.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-36629825294636503372009-06-03T17:08:18.303-04:002009-06-03T17:08:18.303-04:00yeah actually it makes a lot of sense. The hole i...yeah actually it makes a lot of sense. The hole in your pocket that things either fall through or GET through from somewhere else.S.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15236399168777815648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-16819536178322557032009-06-03T11:56:59.502-04:002009-06-03T11:56:59.502-04:00Eggsellent.Eggsellent.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-36032073975481966242009-06-03T08:20:38.653-04:002009-06-03T08:20:38.653-04:00Best analogy ever.Best analogy ever.lotherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728796788599581316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-13068899706818454602009-06-02T20:01:55.858-04:002009-06-02T20:01:55.858-04:00Yay, thanks Beth! I was going for a cinematic feel...Yay, thanks Beth! I was going for a cinematic feel, particularly with the images.<br /><br />Well it's like this- She isn't trying to channel anyone. Likewise, she couldn't channel anyone if she tried. She is being forcibly invaded. It's less of an ability and more of a factory defect. If you had a sweater with a hole in it big enough to poke your finger through, it wouldn't be a case of, "Wow! Look what I can do with this sweater!" It would be more of a, "Crap. I can get my finger through this hole!" hehehe Does that analogy make sense? It makes sense to me but I can never be certain of whether or not I'm making sense to other people.<br /><br />As always, thank you for reading, Beth!Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-67344023171758327372009-06-02T17:23:22.630-04:002009-06-02T17:23:22.630-04:00Incredible writing! I felt like I was watching a ...Incredible writing! I felt like I was watching a movie! Your pacing and shots move forward so perfectly...<br /><br />Ermergarde is certainly no ordinary child and she seems to understand it. And saying what she has going for her is a handicap. Is it? Or a doorway for someone to exploit?<br /><br />Wonderful!S.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15236399168777815648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-85589160998401861632009-05-30T00:38:22.924-04:002009-05-30T00:38:22.924-04:00Blogger is good for eating a few comments for sure...Blogger is good for eating a few comments for sure. I copy every comment that I write in Blogger comment blanks. It's a goofy system. Goofy, goofy, goofy. But I greatly appreciate your persistence, Veron!<br /><br />Kvornan is about 3 miles away in his hotel room watching bad television while this is going on. So he's close enough to know if, say, Elise were in distress. ;)<br /><br />I wouldn't call what Ermengarde has a <I>power</I> per se. It's more of a handicap. And someone is exploiting it! It's interesting that you mentioned trauma. I kind of wonder if losing her mother made little Ermie more susceptible to this sort of attack. <br /><br />Thank you, Veron!!!!!Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-67957957152904521922009-05-29T21:53:55.875-04:002009-05-29T21:53:55.875-04:00Blogger keeps eating my comments, I feel like I've...Blogger keeps eating my comments, I feel like I've posted about 20. PENELOPE WHO IS COMING, oh crap and where is Kvornan when you need him to halt all this freaky sh*t. Oh poor Ermengarde, I am so sympathetic towards her, she's too young for this kind of power. Girl is going ot be traumatized. Nuts. <br /><br />You're shots are so gripping, you really worked the ambience on this one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-69682294075058972662009-05-29T17:22:29.865-04:002009-05-29T17:22:29.865-04:00Heck yeah! *Throws karma points at Van*
Ermengard...Heck yeah! *Throws karma points at Van*<br /><br />Ermengarde is PRIME real estate for certain consumer demographics. Kvornan knows this but I think that he's a little bit in denial. And unfortunately, he is soon to face the facts first hand. But I'm sure that you can imagine why this whole thing is painful for him.<br /><br />However, there is plenty of danger here. Ermengarde's psyche is very fragile. Hanging out in there is like walking on egg shells. Imagine her psyche like a very thin balloon. All that it would take is a sufficient amount of activity- Say perhaps Ermengarde fought back and the presence did not relent- And her little balloon would burst. This could lead to an aneurysm. This is how their mother died.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-90608321441280709082009-05-29T13:53:51.496-04:002009-05-29T13:53:51.496-04:00Thanks. It went quite swimmingly :)
Interesting--...Thanks. It went quite swimmingly :)<br /><br />Interesting--poor girl! Although I suppose it does make her quite indispensible, so maybe at the very least, it will protect her physically from anyone who might otherwise kill her if they can't make use of her. But still...Vanhttp://asheliaatwar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-85321039222506731562009-05-29T07:16:30.578-04:002009-05-29T07:16:30.578-04:00That occurred to me too, Van but I wanted to get t...That occurred to me too, Van but I wanted to get the chapter up as soon as it was finished. Congrats! I hope that everything went superbly! XD<br /><br />Thanks! The important thing to remember about Ermengarde is that her psyche is like a sheet of cheese cloth. Where most people have at least some psychic protection, Ermengarde has none. She's completely open and anyone with the know-how can just walk in there and do whatever they want. This includes taking over her body. <A HREF="http://draggingbluelake.blogspot.com/2008/12/chapter-40-elise-trusts-neither-hearing.html" REL="nofollow">Someone has already spoken through her.</A> And in the moments prior to this chapter, someone took her body out for a little stroll. (Whether it was the same person both times remains to be seen.) There are two windows in her bedroom and the house isn't very far off the ground- I'm sure she just climbed out. <br /><br />We will see "them" in the chapter after the next one. And Kvornan didn't do it! To tell the truth, I'm not even sure Kvornan <I>could</I> do it...<br /><br />Ha! I'll tell you right now- There is something special about Arnaud but Vince is as normal as they come! But maybe that in its self is special, considering.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-18674495175561681522009-05-29T02:51:12.442-04:002009-05-29T02:51:12.442-04:00Oh my goodness. I'm gone for ONE DAY and you updat...Oh my goodness. I'm gone for ONE DAY and you update, and I can't read until 24 hours later :(<br /><br />Anyway, some lovely writing there, Pen--very chilling and discriptive. I'm curious to know how she got outside in the first place? And who are "they"? Probably has something to do with the K man...<br /><br />Hmmm... I wonder if there's anything special about Vince and Arnaud? Elise is the Ib, and Ermengarde is proving to be no ordinary child, so... maybe there's more to the brothers than meets the eye? Hmmmmm...Vanhttp://kingdomofnaroni.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-41905947214461385712009-05-28T21:22:16.301-04:002009-05-28T21:22:16.301-04:00Thanks, Lothere! I try to stay away from distortin...Thanks, Lothere! I try to stay away from distorting my images. There are storytellers who are good at it and can pull it off. I'm not sure that I'm one of them. <br /><br />Heh. Heh heh heh. Nothing, I swears! I didn't even have a beer last night while I was writing this! Which does beg the question of where this chapter came from. Maybe it was a combination of the stories that my friends have told me about their drug experiences and my over-active imagination.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-19606700036448503182009-05-28T20:04:04.370-04:002009-05-28T20:04:04.370-04:00Fabulous writing, Pen. Conveying such a distortio...Fabulous writing, Pen. Conveying such a distortion of reality, and without even resorting to warping the pictures for an Ermengarde's-eye-view... just Wow. What illicit substance did you choose to ingest in your research for this one? :-Dlotherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728796788599581316noreply@blogger.com