It's been a while since I've written anything about it but the Delia Day story has been in the back of my mind. Yesterday I got the most intriguing email about my last DD post.
You are correct in coming to these last conclusions you theorize. Foremost, I've kept wondering if anyone would ever notice that Delia's writing was not mine, as sofar only the Choctaw county officers in possession of all evidence, including computers, seemed to realize this.
The theory she was confirming was that she was not the one writing as Delia Day, that Travis had been writing in her voice all along. In my mind this blows the idea that this was all consentual wide fucking open.
We're writing back and forth now about a possible interview so hopefully she will be able to share her side of what happened.
I have no reason to believe that this person is anyone other than she claims to be. So I'm going to assume that I'm corresponding with her and be thankful that she chose me. I like to believe it's because I've been writing about the story in a thoughtful, non-judgemental manner and have been doing my best to see it rationally from all sides.
I, for one, can't wait to hear what else she has to say.
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You know after I read your theory, at first I was stunned. But later as I thought of it I personally believe you are actually much closer to reality than anyone had suspected (including myself)! I thought back to some of the writing and it just doesn't have a real female perspective, or at least not any of the females I know. Secondly I don't know why I found that site fascinating, probably because it was so surreal (now I feel like a fool for not even considering that before). Whatever happens to her I find myself pulling for her. I think a well deserved quite place would be fitting. Equally I hope she does not do any interviews or the like. Although I know nothing of that situation, I am reminded of infamous criminals who were initially discharged by a grand jury. Only later to be brought to trial because of public statements they had been making. She was not found innocent in a trial, meaning exempt from retrial.
Posted by: Mike at August 22, 2005 9:57 PM
i can't help it--though it made me feel guilty and nosy, i've been following this story via the intarwebs since i heard of it. upon reading his journal/posts to usenet, and the deliaday.com stuff via the wayback machine, i did notice a lot of the same spelling and context errors..."loose" for "lose," for example. there were several others--hard to imagine that two people would make the exact same typographical mistakes.
waiting with bated breath for the rest of the story.
Posted by: superdeluxe at August 24, 2005 7:18 AM
I read Delia Day's website a couple years back, even though I am absolutely completely vanilla. I've only been spanked much and didn't much care for it. I felt a bond, though, because emotionally in our relationship dynamics we were the same. I was emotionally submissive in a total way. Her outspoken example validated this submissiveness in me, I felt, and made it a viable although unpopular lifestyle choice.
I am divorced now, and only beginning to realize what was worn down and lost in me. Reading here what happened, and that Travis was actually the author of the website, has been a deep and intense validation that my married life was simply wrong. Reading what happened has opened my eyes and made me see how right I was to get out.
Posted by: divorced at September 10, 2005 4:26 PM
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