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Kevin Maher's avatar

Great!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks!

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Jim Cummings's avatar

This is just great. "For the first time I tell him, "No."

Quintessential Jimmy Doom. Bookmark for the next anthology.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Funny, because when I wrote that last line I did think “this sounds a fuck of a lot like me.” Guess I met my voice in the mirror. And you know I’m happy you like it.

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Patty Mallett's avatar

I liked that line, too. Very voice of Doom.

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Patris's avatar

This is so human it’s just broken my heart, J.

Not for his paralysis but for his yearning.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Yeah, the paralysis is just a passenger. It’s not the character.

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George P Farrell's avatar

I was wondering where the bullet went. It pulled everything together.

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