My burning desire to avoid studying, let me show you it.
1.) The big blogosphere news of the last 48 hours is Cooks Source editor's plagiarism and rudeness when asked to acknowledge her unethical action. Unfortunately for Ms. Griggs, the original poster has a social media connection, and basically her bad behavior brought the internet dogpile on her.
A frequent source of protracted energetic online discussion seems to be that both sides bring at least one valid point to the discussion. In this case, the original poster acted reasonably and Cooks Source absolutely in the wrong; after months and years of fighting about perception, prejudice, and sometimes language, what a relief to have a cut-and-dried case of being wrong on the internet!
2.) A thought experiment: Herald Talia = Honor Harrington, y/n? A short list of similarities:
Empathic bond to intelligent animal-shaped life companion
Thinks she's not attractive (author disagrees)
Epic self-esteem issues
Adored by cast of hundreds or thousands
First Hot Date = Herald Kris = Paul Tankersley
Life Partner = Alexander Hamish = Dirk
BFF with dynastic ruler(s)
(Winton genetic modification: like Companions in a way)
Karsite priestess: like a steadholder, with fewer bodyguards
...and there's that personal involvement in the peace process with a hereditary enemy (Haven, HH12; Karse, short stories someone else cough
norabombaycough will have to look up) so everyone can join forces against...
Mornelithe Falconsbane, aka Leonard Detweiler
One of these is a YA fantasy series, the other is mil SF. I parse them in the same language of character agency, emotion-driven storytelling, and antagonists as limited-dimension evil, which may be compressing two characters who may be fundamentally different into a bad character-mold. Yet I am suddenly tempted to give Edward Saganami a really emo Herald-Mage backstory.
3.) There is nothing wrong with songs with less than 110 beats per minute, but I'm more likely to enjoy the song if it's at least 110 BPM. For me, slow songs can't be carried by bombast and audio pyrotechnics.
A frequent source of protracted energetic online discussion seems to be that both sides bring at least one valid point to the discussion. In this case, the original poster acted reasonably and Cooks Source absolutely in the wrong; after months and years of fighting about perception, prejudice, and sometimes language, what a relief to have a cut-and-dried case of being wrong on the internet!
2.) A thought experiment: Herald Talia = Honor Harrington, y/n? A short list of similarities:
Empathic bond to intelligent animal-shaped life companion
Thinks she's not attractive (author disagrees)
Epic self-esteem issues
Adored by cast of hundreds or thousands
First Hot Date = Herald Kris = Paul Tankersley
Life Partner = Alexander Hamish = Dirk
BFF with dynastic ruler(s)
(Winton genetic modification: like Companions in a way)
Karsite priestess: like a steadholder, with fewer bodyguards
...and there's that personal involvement in the peace process with a hereditary enemy (Haven, HH12; Karse, short stories someone else cough
norabombaycough will have to look up) so everyone can join forces against...
Mornelithe Falconsbane, aka Leonard Detweiler
One of these is a YA fantasy series, the other is mil SF. I parse them in the same language of character agency, emotion-driven storytelling, and antagonists as limited-dimension evil, which may be compressing two characters who may be fundamentally different into a bad character-mold. Yet I am suddenly tempted to give Edward Saganami a really emo Herald-Mage backstory.
3.) There is nothing wrong with songs with less than 110 beats per minute, but I'm more likely to enjoy the song if it's at least 110 BPM. For me, slow songs can't be carried by bombast and audio pyrotechnics.