The 2024 Geek Pride Story Event: Official Support Page
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Duleigh
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I just dropped a 750 word story titled 750-10 Captain Scarlet and PandoraThere’s always room for more Captain Scarlett adventures! Come on, tell us about them, please!
It is a teaser about their mission, the "Asimov Plan."
It's carrying the Geek Pride 2024 tag
AchtungNight
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Not unless you want to write about a gay geek. Nothing wrong with being into that. But straight, bi, or lesbian characters are fine too. Long as they’re enjoying their geeky lives.
Duleigh
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Which geek character - the main character in the story or the writer?
Traditionally Geek Pride indicated the author's embrace of their internal geek
Anton25
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Example… a story of a geek cuckold ..?
ElectricBlue
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Geeks are just as proud as gays, just less colourful.
Duleigh
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We don't have pride so much as determination.
Lovecraft_Lore
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Can I go Greek cuckold?
"Cucked by the minotaur- a story by Mintos"
Why should I think up a story when I can just plagiarize one from Posiden.
"Cucked by the minotaur- a story by Mintos"
Why should I think up a story when I can just plagiarize one from Posiden.
AchtungNight
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You can have pride without being gay. Personally I’m proud to be a cisgender heterosexual male and a lustful purveyor of erotica. Then again I do also enjoy reading lesbian and group sex erotica, and I have accepted the gay people in my family as the people they are as bad wish to be. So I am also proud to be a gay ally. And an opponent of certain people who are proud to be opposed to my opinions.
Duleigh
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I was hoping @Lovecraft_Lore was going for a play on words - Greek Pride, which in my home town is a big thing
Of course you can have pride if you're not gay, it's silly to consider otherwise.
Duleigh
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I just noticed this... I cannot believe you said that!
Your Geek Card has been revoked!
MediocreAuthor
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I looked it up. I've never seen Firefly. Sue me, old man.
Duleigh
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I looked it up. I've never seen Firefly. Sue me, old man.
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Enjoy. There's only 14 episodes plus the film, though note the first episodes were shown all out of order, making it very confusing for those who saw it pre-DVD.I looked it up. I've never seen Firefly. Sue me, old man.
Back on topic: I suppose there's no reason why something in Reviews and Essays couldn't go under Geek Pride, even though it's not a 'story'?
NoTalentHack
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This probably edges into “nerd” territory, but something with a classics professor doing a deep dive into mythology would fit, right?
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Mythology nerds county very much, IMO.
Duleigh
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It's not a contest, it's a challenge. There's two big differences:
1. In a contest stories are posted as they come in, in a challenge stories are (supposed to be) posted at the same time
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FreyaGersemi
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I am an unfashionable and a socially inept person, but never thought I was a geek. Not that the geek label is a bad thing, I just never really knew what a geek was. Ignorance is bliss? Anyway, would a shy goth/emo girl be a geek? I'm guessing that she would be, but I could use some guidance on what exactly a geek is. Thank you!
Duleigh
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Where I came from, goth/emo was the peak of geek. ESPECIALLY if you were immersed in D&D or the D&D culture.
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Geek is a matter of opinion, but also a state of mind. If you can be and will go into obsessive detail about the history of post punk and how it transitioned into goth, or minutiae of a particular band, then you’re a geek, even if you’re a geek about things people wouldn’t normally consider geeky.
Fantasy football folks can be geeks. Goths can, dog show people can, military historians can. While scifi/fantasy obsessions are what we usually think of, that’s just because they used to be the least socially acceptable yet still common obsession.
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