who's a grumpbucket? me

[queenklu]

Stuff to talk about. Maybe rant about. A little. We'll see how this goes.

Thing One:Writing club and I were shockingly not chosen for the Miami dating show we accidentally auditioned for. S I G H. I think I'm the only one actually bummed about this? Everyone else was really not looking forward to the 'dating' part of the show, but since dating has

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[ace_of_spades6]

things one and three, those whores, sorry about the first one though, and i really hate it when that shit happens. LIKE JUST TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT.

YAY on thing two!! and lol on thing four, i get like that sometimes, although not that strongly because i didn't study that stuff, but i can tell a bad movie/story when i see it/read it. and lol at watching tv with your friends, that's the same with me too!! how do you watch television if you're not doing it right??? pls

and ugh tom hardy get out

[queenklu]

Meh, I'll get over all of the shit in this post (in time! probably!) Ugh it does help to just rant though! And keymash my feelings out until I understand them a little better.

I'm just not sure if they've always been doing it wrong? or if there really is a "wrong"? or if I've achieved blackbelt status at the expense of my social life somewhat-accidentally and they were all doing more productive things with their lives? or?????????

but yes fuck how is tom hardy a thing

[ace_of_spades6]

Lol I get you girl, that's what I just did in my novel of a post pls, did you even see how long that bitch was to tl;dr? LOL but I'm glad you got to rant a bit and get it out.

LOL omg ilu pls, blackbelt status jfc, but no I think they are just doing it wrong.

that asshole

[mishaphappens]

Babe, have you tried self publishing through Amazon? I've heard many people being successful with it!

[queenklu]

It's really not as dire as all that--or at least, the way I understand it, self-publishing is more a last resort kind of thing? I've literally only just started sending out queries.

Also, word is that Amazon rips off those authors so hard. (I have no idea, everything I know about publishing is all second- to third-hand.)

[leodragon1]

I am not the sharpest when it comes to plot holes, but I get amazed at how dumb some people are as well. It's like they've gotten so used being spoon-fed everything on TV that the brain automatically switches off when they watch something. I think people just get lazy.

LOL, I remember that I would get annoyed at my younger sister for complaining about some aspect of a movie we had just watched, like the directing, when I wanted to rave about how funny it was. Other times, we were on the same page and we had a glorious rant together and it was very satisfying. For instance, when we both watched the new version of "The Stepford Wives" on DVD a few years ago, we just could not shut up afterwards about how the movie couldn't seem to make up its mind on just what the wives were turned into. Complete robots or just spruced up and hypnotized? There were so many contradictions and stereotypes.To this day, I still remember that movie for that reason. I will also never watch it again.

[queenklu]

yessssss good tv means you have to PAY ATTENTION

But I will tryyy to keep my buzz kill to myself from now on, though. I don't want to bum people out. BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE WRONGGG.

And that's what ranting on the internet is for, note to self. *headdesk*

[zolac_no_miko]

Bb I feel your pain. I try not to be a snob about it but... fuck it, I'm a snob, I have such a low opinion of the average person's opinions about film and television and writing in general. I just. GOOD WRITING SHOULD BE TREASURED AND REWARDED and it's so often not, while bad writing often is. I mean I love my shitty television as much as the next person sometimes, I mean, HAWAII FIVE-0, INTELLIGENT YOU ARE NOT BUT BB I LOVE YOU, but, I just. ...AUGH.

And when shitty novels become best sellers and the authors become rich and the writing is SO BAD AUGH THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THE WORLD. TWILIGHT, 50 SHADES, LOOKING AT YOU ASSHOLES.

/elitist rage

Anyway. Seems the people who are actually paid to be movie critics agree with you about Jack, so.

[queenklu]

DID YOU HEAR THAT THE AUTHOR OF 50 SHADES OF GREY IS WRITING A BOOK ON HOW TO WRITE

I JUST

If it isn't one page going "Step one: rip off another best selling author, Step two: search/replace names, Step three: PROFIT FUCKING MERCILESSLY" I WILL

FLAMES. ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE.

[zolac_no_miko]

augh oh my god are you fucking kidding me

"NOTE: MAKE SURE TO USE LOTS OF ELLIPSES. LIKE, AS MANY AS FUCKING POSSIBLE."

[queenklu]

Agreed. I've been replaying it in my head and I honestly don't think I was being that harsh? Like, I wasn't throwing down a gauntlet with the reasons that movie sucked, but maybe it came across that way. Eh, it's done. Thank god I have fandom and you *clings*