East vs. West

Pot legalization, or at least medical marijuana, is mostly in the West; gay marriage is mostly in the Northeast. Of the USA, of course. Though you do get civil unions in the West, plus Illinois, Wisconsin, and NJ.

Ironically, the pot-friendliest NE states are the two most hostile to gay marriage, Maine and Rhode Island.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States#State_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis#United_States

Dreamwidth

BTW, I have a few invite codes.

Character flips

I've gotten pretty used to unsympathetic characters getting redeemed to some degree or another. It's really really common in anime. And sometimes dubious characters dig themselves a hole. I'm less aware of initially sympathetic characters turning bad, especially if they're not an obvious Charismatic Villain candidate. Liveship Traders trilogy is having a good example of this, as well as some more standard redemption arcs.


Also, hey, democracy in SF! Okay, more like a democracy of oligarchic family heads, but it's something.