Thank you so much; that praise means a lot, coming from you!
Re: 3, yeah, I've been thinking various thinky thoughts. I had a long conversation about it with a friend whose job is working with kids with disabilities, and she raised the point that this is the reality of certain people with disabilities, who may have a physical body but be unable to use it for any interactions. And it was that comment that helped keep me from writing a "happy ending" of "Coulson gets his body back, and then everything's great." The happy ending is moving forward in life with what you have and who you are. But yeah, still mulling over implications for Coulson's experiences (if I write a sequel, it'll be from his POV).
Re: 4: I wish I could say it was a personal shout-out; it was mostly a friendly poke at people (... like myself ...) dedicating their lives to things with zero "real world applications." By which I mean, um, yes! I completely had you in mind! ;-)
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Re: 3, yeah, I've been thinking various thinky thoughts. I had a long conversation about it with a friend whose job is working with kids with disabilities, and she raised the point that this is the reality of certain people with disabilities, who may have a physical body but be unable to use it for any interactions. And it was that comment that helped keep me from writing a "happy ending" of "Coulson gets his body back, and then everything's great." The happy ending is moving forward in life with what you have and who you are. But yeah, still mulling over implications for Coulson's experiences (if I write a sequel, it'll be from his POV).
Re: 4: I wish I could say it was a personal shout-out; it was mostly a friendly poke at people (... like myself ...) dedicating their lives to things with zero "real world applications." By which I mean, um, yes! I completely had you in mind! ;-)