My journal is becoming a journal of rants

[capturedribbons]

Today I was accused of writing for “fake” reasons and I’m rather insulted, I admit. I don’t think I’ve actually been accused of something so revolting in quite a while.

I’m a lot of things and have been a lot of things in name calling or otherwise. I’m a hardass. I’m a mother hen, I’m a bastard by definition. I’m an emotional bitch. I’m not

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[theobligron]

"If I wrote a story with flat charachers made to make people hate them its highly unlikely it would sell and if it did it'd end up in the used book store or trashcan more likely then not."

this was the biggest thing that sounded fake to me. it sounded like you write in order to sell. i don't think anyone will disagree with me on that. of course, i know that's not the way you are and i assumed you would have picked up on that since you know my opinions on what you have written and let me read before. i was merely pointing out how it sounded.

the rest was formulated through your refusal to see something through to the end in order to get the bigger picture. the idea that something is worthless because of one small part seemed and still does seem very childish, especially when it's possible that there's a reason why that part is made to be unsatisfying. i find it very hard to respect such a view. as i've already admitted, even i wasn't too thrilled with the prospect of finishing the series, but at least i was willing to try it before i deem it completely worthless. perhaps this is one of those "beauty in the eye of the beholder" questions, but when you refuse to even look at it, you really have no room to make an opinion in the first place. that is fake and rather out of character with the sarah rose i know.

[capturedribbons]

"If I wrote a story with flat charachers made to make people hate them its highly unlikely it would sell and if it did it'd end up in the used book store or trashcan more likely then not."

this was the biggest thing that sounded fake to me. it sounded like you write in order to sell. i don't think anyone will disagree with me on that. of course, i know that's not the way you are and i assumed you would have picked up on that since you know my opinions on what you have written and let me read before. i was merely pointing out how it sounded.

Then you say so, first off, instead of saying "This is why you write? It sounds fake."

Past that, there is a very good reason why it sounds that way: It’s meant to. The only way you can be sure something is read is by selling it. You could have the greatest thing to say, the best insight, the best idea, but if you can’t write it well, make people interested, then it’s useless. I write in order to sell- not only money wise if it came to that- but mainly to the readers at large. If it’s not interesting, if it’s not well written, then any message I may be putting forward will not go through and it will be forgotten and may as well not be put out at all. It’s not fake. It’s life. It’s the way people are.

the rest was formulated through your refusal to see something through to the end in order to get the bigger picture. the idea that something is worthless because of one small part seemed and still does seem very childish, especially when it's possible that there's a reason why that part is made to be unsatisfying. i find it very hard to respect such a view. as i've already admitted, even i wasn't too thrilled with the prospect of finishing the series, but at least i was willing to try it before i deem it completely worthless. perhaps this is one of those "beauty in the eye of the beholder" questions, but when you refuse to even look at it, you really have no room to make an opinion in the first place. that is fake and rather out of character with the sarah rose i know.

The idea of the series may not be worthless but it is worthless to me because it hardly met any of my requirements to being interesting. It’s not part of a genre I normally am into so there’s no draw there, the characters are flat- minus twenty points from there because I’m very much into characters-, the beginning hardly keeps me interested, the plot seems very basic and without good characters it’s not about to keep me, etc. Without the verbal promise of a fantastic ending (which I’ve heard from so many) those things lead me to believe it would be an unsatisfying read/watch and while the ending conclusion may be spectacular would it be worth fighting through just to see if all the hype is real? For me in my current schedule it’s not. I can find something I find far more interesting that likely comes to the same conclusion.

My refusal to see something through to the end in order to get to the bigger picture, though, now that amuses me. I can. I could. But I don’t want to. If there was a reason for me to I would but I haven’t heard a good one yet. You say I am childish, in a way, because I refuse to see something through because “one small part” except it’s not “one small part” its many large parts. It lacks a good beginning according to me, any draw, good characters, a plot that seems anything new or interesting. In fact, the only thing that it does have, to me, is a big group of people proclaiming it is great. This doesn’t make it useless to others but, for me, I have no reason to watch it.

I have read up on the series, I do so before watching any series. I have read part of the manga. I have seen part of the show. Does this sound like I “refuse to even look at it”? I’ve looked at. I’ve looked all over it and don’t see any reason why I should waste time watching the rest of it when I have no reason to.

[capturedribbons]

There could be a reason why part of it is made unsatisfying and that’s fine. It’s a fine plot device, if it makes you happy for me to say that, but I find others better and since I have very little draw to watch it anyway it makes it even more less appetizing to me.

It’s not my thing, Ben. I think I’ve made that clear again and again as people repeatedly invited me to see it- Including you. I could say more, however, I probably shouldn't.