Sacred Woman, or, Archegripes

[bri_himself]

'But I can't stand it! I can't stand it! Being of the sex that's responsible for everything sensual and morbid or for those sacred, deadly ball games. Us - get this! me, even - the overturned vessel of doom, or standing as a symbol of it! I don't want to be an archetype. I will send Doctor Sangria a notice to that effect that follows:

Notice of

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[velvetunicorn]

zooooop

that's the sound of everything going right over my head.

[bri_himself]

It's a frustrated women pointing out that she's not an archetype of any variety - which is great, because I never even considered how vastly overrepresented women are in the symbolism sweepstakes before I read it.

What's ironic is, Crazy Protagonist Lady has named herself after one of the earliest archetypes - cows and bulls being, synonymous with the moon, a symbol of womanhood for some time.

I just thought it was neat.

[bri_himself]

*A frustrated woman even.

Sigh. This is why I shouldn't do nine-hour shifts.

[spiralsheep]

If you want your campaign to succeed then you shouldbe posting this link at the bottom of every evangelical entry:

http://www.freesfonline.de/authors/Carol_Emshwiller.html

[bri_himself]

You are unimpressed, I take it?

[spiralsheep]

I've seen dozens, possibly hundreds, of versions of that idea so it would've had to be a perfect example of the genre before it would even stand out from the crowd. You have to remember that I'm old and have seen most things done at least a few times before. ^_^

[bri_himself]

Well, sure, if you're going to use life experience.

I still think it's neat.

Name me some good authors, anyway. I'll need a new obsession for when this one fades to a gentle background hum.