Planet of the Complete Bloody Psychopaths, Part 4

Jul 24, 2007 09:37

aka "Tarnsman of Gor", by John Norman, © 1966Make sure you have your antacids handy for this, the ride gets even bumpier ( Read more... )

misogyny, chauvinism, worldbuilding, writing, badfic, sexism, fandom, gor

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sartorias July 24 2007, 18:17:11 UTC
*laughing so hard my nose hurts*

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evilstorm July 24 2007, 18:40:17 UTC
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa--

*stops, draws breath*

--aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggh, why.

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voxwoman July 24 2007, 18:46:17 UTC
All I can think of now is Klaus Kinski in that tiny, Zap Brannigan uniform made of leather instead of velour, climbing the ladder with that other fellow underneath, looking up his skirt, and the MST3K robots groaning in horror.

I would seriously undertake writing Housewives of Gor (children - that's another thing eerily absent from that planet - maybe they're all fed to the Preist-Kings?), but I really don't want to re-read any of those books to get the style even remotely close. I would have to spend another decade breaking myself of the bad writing habits I'd have to learn to do a proper parody.

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archangelbeth July 24 2007, 19:34:04 UTC
Perhaps reading the parodies would be sufficient? I, er, seem to have found a paragraph I enjoy far, far too much. *points at icon, blushing*

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voxwoman July 24 2007, 19:42:27 UTC
Are you trying to corrupt me into not only writing fanfic, but starting with Fanfic of Gor??? Oh, Evil Temptress, I curse at thee!

I think I'd have to have 2 or 5 flame deaths (it's a drink I "invented" at a Balticon many decades ago, consisting of grain alcohol and blue) before I could properly write such a thing.

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archangelbeth July 24 2007, 19:53:41 UTC
Surely it would be antifan-fic of Gor!

Besides, I already put Bimbiras into GURPS IOU. And Kajones. So it's someone else's turn... *shiftyeyes*

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harmfulguy July 24 2007, 18:49:01 UTC
...revolted at her callous utilitarian treatment of women...

I haven't been following all that closely, but... at this point, my brain entered an infinite pot -> kettle -> black loop and seized up.

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it makes sense, in a deeply-twisted way bellatrys July 25 2007, 12:53:10 UTC
even though you have to go far down the rabbithole to work it out, but--

Women are Supposed to be Sweet, Gentle, and Submissive. Men, OTOH, are supposed to be Dominating and Hard and Ruthless.

When these things get switched out, the Natural Order of the Universe is overthrown, and it's just gross, as gross as some guy dressing up as a woman, see?

Harvey Mansfield can explain it all to you...

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archangelbeth July 24 2007, 18:54:49 UTC
zones of the White Mountains of NH

Noooooooo! Please, I beg you! Don't let him in the same state I'm in! New York's already too close...

Also, Pern/Gor parody fic would make my little black heart go pitty-pat.

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Yes, but if we lure him up here bellatrys July 24 2007, 19:08:18 UTC
the odds of him falling foul of an enraged moose are much higher. (Somehow I don't think tasing a moose will do very much besides make it angrier.)

Yes, yes, I know, he won't go off into the wilderness to hunt bears barehanded or anything, he'll just stay down south in civilization and join the other Free Staters in griping about how wrong it is that there's no Magical Snowplow Fairy that just shows up and makes it possible to live in northern New England in the winter without organized society and [gasp] the taxpayer-supported budget to pay for it all...I mean, it's the Magical Paving Fairy that's out there tearing up the roads right now, isn't it?

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Re: Yes, but if we lure him up here archangelbeth July 24 2007, 19:51:25 UTC
*eyes the end of the street* Actually, I think it is the Road Destruction crew, who are -- in the unfathomable modalities of the same -- digging ruts across 6th street, up by Liberty Mutual.

The spouse thinks they're putting in drainage.

Ahem. Sorry. The Paving Fairies have been far too close to home recently. I suppose, though, that since there are wild turkeys even around my house, there might be some moose, and we're only an hour up from Boston. There must be some way to lure moose... So perhaps there'd be the option for enraged ones. (Which would be better than him running an SUV into one. The poor moose.)

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They're around - I've seen 'em!F bellatrys July 24 2007, 20:18:49 UTC
For over a decade I thought the "urban moose" were an urban myth that the media made up as a prank to amuse themselves on slow news days. But then I saw two with my very eyes in our Manchester neighborhood, so now I'm a believer.

If one wandered through his yard, and then plonked itself down there for a snooze (as I saw one do), he might actually think that kicking it manfully inna head or whacking it masterfully about the ears with a stick would show it who's the boss....

Hey, it works on the velociraptors!

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