in which the two largest organs in kevin's body share a beer

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Two months ago, after one of his friends' shows, Kevin sticks around and chats with the band. He has a particularly pleasant conversation with the pianist, a petite, friendly gal with tulip tattoos on each arm and a red feather in her hair. She giggles and smiles whenever she looks at him, though she seems to do that for everybody--Kevin can't

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[persistent_sun]

Brain: Phew, that was close.
Uterus: What's WRONG with you? That cute groupie was gonna ask you out.
Brain: The dicks just want you, and the brains always want to make shape me, make me something else. Or get tired of me, and both leave in the end. Anyway, if I was happy, I couldn't write. You know the drill.

(Heart releases a wet sob, and continues weeping throughout further conversation, largely ignored.)

[umbrarumcantus]

Probably you are joking, but the idea that creativity comes from being unhappy is a misconception that has always quite annoyed me.

[persistent_sun]

To summarize my thoughts:
1: Way to miss the point.
2: You may recall that, as a musician and writer, I do have some experience with these matters.
3: The idea that creativity or inspiration comes from one place has always quite annoyed me. Also, the idea that brains (imaginary talking ones or not) are fully rational. And the idea that characters are all mouthpieces for an author.
4: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/creepy.png

[umbrarumcantus]

Right, as I say, (a) I figured you were joking anyway, and (b) I was mostly riffing off of what you said, rather than intending to accuse you of believing it and fighting you about it. I didn't make that even remotely clear, I suppose. My bad.

Also that xkcd has nothing to do with my comment, so I am confused.

[persistent_sun]

Sorry, I think your pet peeve getting set off set off some of mine as well. The xkcd thing was a way of restating my original point with someone else's words.

[umbrarumcantus]

In a delicious bit of something, the fact that my pet peeve set off some of your pet peeves came close to setting off another of my pet peeves, but then I decided that was taking things a little too far and reconsidered. :P

XKCD thing makes much more sense now.