How did it get so late? Now, there's a good goddamn question. I only meant, how did it get to be 12:47 p.m., when I could have sworn it was only noon
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The cyber bullies (and academic bullies and litcrit bullies) who simultaneously scream for inclusion and exclusion
Is this something like Schrodinger's Cat that's somehow dead and alive at the same time??
I've been taking your advice and simply Screwing the Art Police and Writing Things (albeit fanfiction, but, hey, it's Writing, plus, I'm filling prompts on a prompt comm and making people happy when they get their prompts replied to); I'm also feeling worlds better than I have for the past six months off and on. By their estimation, I shouldn't be writing about an albino Japanese male energy vampire because I'm a beige-skinned Irish-English-French-German-God only knows what female human. But yah know? I like writing this guy because he has a twisty personality and while his head isn't a pretty place to be in, I like visiting it. Also, I'm writing about a guy who has one word to describe the Art Police: food.
Is this something like Schrodinger's Cat that's somehow dead and alive at the same time??
Well...I have scientific quibbles with the "problem" of Schrödinger's Cat. But it does present an insoluble paradox to those who try to appease the Thought Police.
I've been taking your advice and simply Screwing the Art Police and Writing Things (albeit fanfiction, but, hey, it's Writing, plus, I'm filling prompts on a prompt comm and making people happy when they get their prompts replied to)
This shit thrives in fanfic communities. So, you're doing right.
This shit thrives in fanfic communities. So, you're doing right.
Fight on.
It does. It really does. I haven't been on the receiving end of it much (knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder), aside from the person who yelled at me for using "insane" as a metaphor, but on one comm, I've seen some napalm-like fanwank that ended up triggering the sporadic writer's block that had me crippled for too bloody long.
aside from the person who yelled at me for using "insane" as a metaphor, but on one comm,
Fuck that. I'm crazy, certified, papers and everything, have spent time in the mental wards of hospitals, and I have no problem with insane.
I keep hearing about the Thought Police causing writer's block. It will never have that effect on me. I'm a little surprised (and horrified) it has that effect on anyone.
And I didn't want to play the game of figuring out author versus narrator, particularly an unreliable narrator, but that part sounded a lot like you, so I concluded.
I appreciated any part of the book dealing with mental health, especially the way those treating it seem so willing to deny parts of insanity the name of treating it.
And I didn't want to play the game of figuring out author versus narrator, particularly an unreliable narrator, but that part sounded a lot like you, so I concluded.
Well, Imp - like Sarah Crowe - is a sort of distilled and idealized version of me. I wish I were as good a person as Imp. I'm much nearer Sarah.
Is this something like Schrodinger's Cat that's somehow dead and alive at the same time??
I've been taking your advice and simply Screwing the Art Police and Writing Things (albeit fanfiction, but, hey, it's Writing, plus, I'm filling prompts on a prompt comm and making people happy when they get their prompts replied to); I'm also feeling worlds better than I have for the past six months off and on. By their estimation, I shouldn't be writing about an albino Japanese male energy vampire because I'm a beige-skinned Irish-English-French-German-God only knows what female human. But yah know? I like writing this guy because he has a twisty personality and while his head isn't a pretty place to be in, I like visiting it. Also, I'm writing about a guy who has one word to describe the Art Police: food.
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Is this something like Schrodinger's Cat that's somehow dead and alive at the same time??
Well...I have scientific quibbles with the "problem" of Schrödinger's Cat. But it does present an insoluble paradox to those who try to appease the Thought Police.
I've been taking your advice and simply Screwing the Art Police and Writing Things (albeit fanfiction, but, hey, it's Writing, plus, I'm filling prompts on a prompt comm and making people happy when they get their prompts replied to)
This shit thrives in fanfic communities. So, you're doing right.
Fight on.
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Fight on.
It does. It really does. I haven't been on the receiving end of it much (knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder), aside from the person who yelled at me for using "insane" as a metaphor, but on one comm, I've seen some napalm-like fanwank that ended up triggering the sporadic writer's block that had me crippled for too bloody long.
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aside from the person who yelled at me for using "insane" as a metaphor, but on one comm,
Fuck that. I'm crazy, certified, papers and everything, have spent time in the mental wards of hospitals, and I have no problem with insane.
I keep hearing about the Thought Police causing writer's block. It will never have that effect on me. I'm a little surprised (and horrified) it has that effect on anyone.
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Well, it was important I say that.
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And I didn't want to play the game of figuring out author versus narrator, particularly an unreliable narrator, but that part sounded a lot like you, so I concluded.
I appreciated any part of the book dealing with mental health, especially the way those treating it seem so willing to deny parts of insanity the name of treating it.
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And I didn't want to play the game of figuring out author versus narrator, particularly an unreliable narrator, but that part sounded a lot like you, so I concluded.
Well, Imp - like Sarah Crowe - is a sort of distilled and idealized version of me. I wish I were as good a person as Imp. I'm much nearer Sarah.
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