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Wow.
I guess, because I've basically emasculated poor Ben, that I secretly hate all men and want them to die. Or something. Also, I'm totes up with adultery because of that whole Healing Vagina thing (even though that ultimately backfires and breaks him more). *thumbs up*
Repeat after me: Authors are not our characters. Sometimes our characters do Reprehensible Things, and sometimes our plots reflect that. This does not mean that we endorse all the attitudes or actions of our characters. Yes, even if that character is the Main Protagonist that you're supposed to be Rooting For.
I love it when people impute motives to writers based on stuff our characters do. No, really.
And I'm back to wanting to throw this thing that I've spent six months of my life on off a bridge anyway. It sucks, it's horrible, why did I ever think I could pull this off? I am a blunt instrument, not a laser scalpel. I so do not have the delicate touch required to be able to do this.
Repeat after me: Authors are not our characters. Sometimes our characters do Reprehensible Things, and sometimes our plots reflect that. This does not mean that we endorse all the attitudes or actions of our characters. Yes, even if that character is the Main Protagonist that you're supposed to be Rooting For.
I love it when people impute motives to writers based on stuff our characters do. No, really.
And I'm back to wanting to throw this thing that I've spent six months of my life on off a bridge anyway. It sucks, it's horrible, why did I ever think I could pull this off? I am a blunt instrument, not a laser scalpel. I so do not have the delicate touch required to be able to do this.
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Except Stephanie Meyers...
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Yep. These are his balls, this is the lock-box. *turns key* I am a horrible person.
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I can only imagine what some may think of me after reading my dark poetry!
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I destroyed the Earth once in fiction. That probably got me on a List somewhere.
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I may be sick, but not in the way some people may think. And I've learned to channel that sick side into my poetry.
Still, if ever anything violent did happen to my parents, I would be the prime suspect because of the poem in question. Oh well, tis the life of a writer, I guess.
(In some ways, I am the subject of my poem, but in other ways, I'm not.)
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He wouldn't be able to fix Ben, though, and that would make him feel bad.
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Yes! More, please.
I think the reviewer totally misunderstands Dresden.
I hate that so many people want everyone to fit into certain boxes like little automatons.
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I wonder if she watched "The Ugly Truth" and said "yes, this is how men are, absolutely." It must be terribly difficult to go through life looking at it through Those Goggles.
Harry would hold the door for her anyway. And she'd slap him. Thus reinforcing the stereotype that Feminists (note the capital, there) are raging bitches.
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Seriously, I wonder what people who look at life through Those Goggles would make of This Thing I'm writing. If they'd think it was some Monument of Feminist Writing because poor Ben has, like, no agency whatsoever and the women in his life have to keep rescuing him.
Which is certainly not my intention, and he kicks ass and takes names at the end, but damn.
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http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/682428.html
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I've actually always really liked that Harry does the door-holding thing, because I do see it as a serious character flaw, and it's nice to see a central character with an actual flaw. Hell, how many women have pwned Harry's ass now by exploiting this?
That woman seriously needs to take a step back and look at the broader picture. Unfortunately, she seems to be the type where arguing with her is like banging your head against a brick wall...
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