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Like general but in the totally opposite direction.

*cough movestotherightplace*

I would lovelovelove for someone to start a gay-straight alliance or similar support group, because despite the impressive lack of homophobia on the island itself, there's still a lot of these kids who could use the help just in dealing for themselves. (And/or with the fact that Fandom is ten times more accepting than their homes and families might be.)

Selfish reasons ahoy, of course, but I know it ain't just my needs-it-but-would-have-to-be-dragged-there-so-bad-choice-for-setting-it-up girl.

Oooh, I concur with this. Not so much because my girl needs it, but it would be a good idea.

And I'm actually not saying this for selfish reasons, honestly. Just out of a sense of, y'know . . . having been there. There's only so much an open-minded environment can do if your issues are deep-seated enough.

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Oooh. Oooh. That's kind of a ridiculously fabulous idea, she says for not selfish reasons as well. Sam might be out enough to consider organizing it, for that nice shiny college application... *ponders*

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Raven's not the organizing type, either, but she would happily join to offer her empathic gifts to help anyone.

None of my kids would necessarily need it, but I think it's a fabulous idea and if there's no one ICly who *would* set it up, I would be more than willing for God to instruct Joan to set it up.

She says from the very wrong account.

No power in this universe could get Tara to organize this, but she'd go and appreciate it a lot.

Since we seem to have a lot of people who'd go but wouldn't be likely to start it up, I can offer Gabrielle for that sort of thing -- she does have that wacky passion for helping people, and I figure if she can organize a village to defend against a warlord all by herself, she can totally organize a club if someone gives her the idea.

Even if she doesn't think she needs it. She absolutely would, if she thought it would help people.

You know, the more I think about it the more I think I can offer up Sam too, as helpful as that is considering that they don't know each other.

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If someone mentioned to Karla that such things existed elsewhere, she'd definitely help set one up. Though it would be flavored with 'I can't believe your families have issues with this, who cares?'

Though she'd fail at anything that hinted at gender-bending.

Either way, she'd join once she heard about it.

*Pets her beloved, idiot girl.*

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Tony'd definitely be up for this. He could maybe be talked into organizing things, too.

Kate would definitely participate in something like this, and could even be part of the organizing team.

OOOH. Sookie'd be all over participating, as part of the straight-without-any-leanings contingent (thanks, Charlaine Harris, for saying it about once a book) and if help was needed with organization, she would be totes there, too.

You know the straits are the real minority on this island right?

That isn't actually the point of a gay-straight alliance. I realize you probably meant this as a joke, but it's not funny -- just disrespectful.

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Wrong account, but: I've been wanting Alice to look into what actually happened with her parents' estate -- the house burned, but there had to have been some mementos left, which were presumably sold off in order to pay for her care at the asylum. Which is probably way off, historically, but I don't know what the accurate response there is, and I've tried digging a little with no luck so far.

The point is, if anyone has any idea (OOC on the details, or IC of how to make it happen, or IC of someone whose character could help?) -- then I beg for your assistance and offer cookies.

That sounds like something that God might instruct Joan to help with, so I'd be willing to bat around some ideas with you :D

Regarding how it could start: Perhaps a letter from a lawyer finally finds its way from her place to Fandom? Or a bill from the asylum accidentally comes to her rather than the lawyers?

Wrong account, but I guarantee you Jack knows Victorian inheritance law. Getting them to have the conversation might be a little trickier.

Theoretically (with my admittedly less than cohesive knowledge which is supplemented a good deal by Bleak House), whatever remained of Alice's parents' estate would have been held in trust for Alice at her majority. I think what's going to skew her experience with finding it the most is WHO is the administrator of the estate. Because given Alice's insanity and minority, the administrator would probably have a lot of leeway to do what he wanted with it if he didn't want to hold it so much as use it.

So that might be the first thing to determine and then go from there. I think Alice would need to have someone declare her sane in order to inherit anything more than personal mementos.

...I'm really trying to resist getting in my car to go to the damn law library right now. :D

Speaking of groups to organize, would anyone else be interested in a sort of "Dead Parent(s)/Person of Importance in My Life Support Network"?

And the more we talk about support groups, the more I hear the song from the Life Support scene in RENT.

*cough cough* Visit my journal (http://hes-aphantom.livejournal.com/2192.html). Please. *cough*

Would people be intersted in visiting Bordertown?

On the full moon, all the werewolves on the island turn into, something cute and cuddly! Like Pomeranians, or Fizzgig.

Everyone turns into Muppets! Or a talent show hosted by the Muppets.