Autobiographical Elements
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John's Story ("The Metamorphosis") by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
13 Mar 2017
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“I won’t lie to you,” Jefferson was saying, "it won’t be easy out there, on this side of the gloves. The real world isn’t a children’s book. Normals tolerate us when we’re useful to them, but they never truly accept us.”
John nodded. Useful. The book had shown all the ways that telepaths were useful.
“You’re special, John. You’re gifted.”
He hoped he wasn’t making the mistake of his life.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 5 of Behind the Gloves
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She pins her insignia badge to her jacket lapel, slips on her leather gloves, and examines herself in the mirror.
Perfect hair. Perfect clothes. Perfect smile.
All dressed up, and nowhere to go.
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- Part 11 of Behind the Gloves
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Not all scars are physical.
A story about a Psi Cop and post-traumatic stress.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 79 of Behind the Gloves
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What was your face before you were born?
A telepath misses her lover.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 85 of Behind the Gloves
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A telepath steps into an elevator.
What do you think happens?
What always happens.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 80 of Behind the Gloves
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Reflections on memory transference and PTSD.
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- Part 86 of Behind the Gloves
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No one can be reduced to mere numbers.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 93 of Behind the Gloves
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A court telepath trainee learns a little about the world, and justice.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 105 of Behind the Gloves
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What Are "Surface Thoughts"? by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
17 Sep 2018
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"Do you know what a telepath has to do in order to avoid picking up stray thoughts? We have to kick down our natural abilities. Run rhymes and little songs through our heads, round and round. All that to keep from picking up what you're broadcasting loud enough to be heard halfway down the hall. You're one of those people who rehearses everything, Mr. Garibaldi. You never enter a situation until you've gone over it and over it a hundred times, worked out what you will say, what the other person will say, how you'll respond. It's quite remarkable. And extremely depressing. That little personality quirk must have cost you more than a few relationships. Mundanes want us to fill our heads with noise and babble, so we won't hear what you're shouting at the top of your minds. I didn't need to scan you, Mr. Garibaldi." - Byron Gordon, Paragon of Animals
What are "surface thoughts"? What does it mean to project them (or not)?
This essay also provides an in-depth look at what differentiates P4s from P3s (and at the different levels of "surface thought" telepathy).
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 119 of Behind the Gloves
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Mabel visits Dipper at college on the cusp of summer.
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Sometimes people ask telepaths for really strange favors.
(Julie's first story is here, although these are stand-alone.)
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 148 of Behind the Gloves
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What do P-Ratings Mean? (Condensed) by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
15 Apr 2020
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Everyone knows that Psi Cops are P12s, but what do the other ratings mean? What's a "latent telepath"? What's the cut-off for the Corps? Why are there even telepathy ratings, anyway?
In this collection, I compile and clean up my earlier essays on the meaning of P-ratings. I also add some new content/chapters that have not appeared before. Behind the Gloves is an evolving, long-term project.
(The earlier versions of these essays can be found here.)
Telepathy is complicated. And in the B5-verse, it's also extremely political.
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- Part 7 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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Julie's Story (3) - The Letter by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
18 Apr 2020
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Julie, a commercial telepath, gets an odd letter.
The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!
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- Part 149 of Behind the Gloves
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The man on the radio didn’t warn against the living the same he did the dead, but it went without saying: after the end of the world, there wasn’t a single thing left that wasn’t a monster. The Dead and The Living were both things to be feared. A tragedy teaches a solitary young woman, Quick, that she is no exception.
Daryl Dixon has been wandering on his own with Dog for some time until he comes across Quick’s remote property and, subsequently, Quick. Each is haunted by their own troubles, but together, they discover what words like “survival” and “death” really mean in the world that remains after the end.
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“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.”
― Gillian FlynnSeries
- Part 1 of all things go
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"Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.”
― Alain de BottonSeries
- Part 2 of all things go
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George gets stuck in the wash. Thank God Ringo is there to help him out.
Part 3 of free-use George series
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- Part 3 of Free Use George Series
- Part 3 of Beatles Smut
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Happy Birthday (To the Girl I Became in Your Ruins) by Just_jessy
Fandoms: Original Work
02 Jun 2025
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A poetic scream from the mouth of a daughter turned into a weapon.
This is what happens when you break someone who only ever wanted to be loved.
Happy birthday to the girl I became in your ruins.- Language:
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"The Suicide Note" (Telling My Story Through Fiction) by Doloris_mii8o8_sideB_via
Fandoms: Original Work
15 Jul 2025
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⚠️ The third letter in this piece is the author's actual suicide note (with original Chinese text included). The author is still alive. This work is a blend of fiction and reality—please read with respect.
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