So irrationally jealous of people who have normal families.
Who are these people? Because at this point in my life, I don't think I've ever met any.
My best friend in high school, the only daughter of "live vicariously through your children" parents, once lamented to me that she wished she had a normal father-- like mine. The kicker is that my dad is a paranoid schizophrenic whose outbreaks are tenuously controlled by meds and as such is on permanent disability. But when the meds are working he's a really great guy, and that's all she ever saw.
But, all in all, I'd rather have my nice schizophrenic dad than her "sane" and miserable one.
I wonder if that's a little unfair to readers, but I mean seriously, fanfic for me is like brainpoop. When it wants out, it wants out.
So, so true.
It's like, the difference between writing an essay about "Character A is a jerk and here is why based on these things from canon" and writing a story that shows the repercussions of Character A's personality/behavior. That way you're not
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Yeah I don't know either, hence the "irrationally". XD I've met really nice families that I'm not sure I'd actually want to live with... and to be honest my definition of "normality" shifts constantly depending on my mood.
Lately I've been kind of jealous of people with big families, for instance. I have no idea what brought that on, and that certainly doesn't have anything to do with "normal"...
Though, sadly, passionate and immature writers come off as strident as any essayist when "demonstrating" why Character A is a jerkass. And often even worse when they're demonstrating why A is really misunderstood.
Oh yeah, that's definitely true too. I've seen way too many examples of both. For me it's often easier to ignore a badly written story though, than a badly written essay. Mostly because I can just go "nope, don't recognize that character" instead of going o_O at the logic!fail.
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Who are these people? Because at this point in my life, I don't think I've ever met any.
My best friend in high school, the only daughter of "live vicariously through your children" parents, once lamented to me that she wished she had a normal father-- like mine. The kicker is that my dad is a paranoid schizophrenic whose outbreaks are tenuously controlled by meds and as such is on permanent disability. But when the meds are working he's a really great guy, and that's all she ever saw.
But, all in all, I'd rather have my nice schizophrenic dad than her "sane" and miserable one.
I wonder if that's a little unfair to readers, but I mean seriously, fanfic for me is like brainpoop. When it wants out, it wants out.
So, so true.
It's like, the difference between writing an essay about "Character A is a jerk and here is why based on these things from canon" and writing a story that shows the repercussions of Character A's personality/behavior. That way you're not ( ... )
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Lately I've been kind of jealous of people with big families, for instance. I have no idea what brought that on, and that certainly doesn't have anything to do with "normal"...
Though, sadly, passionate and immature writers come off as strident as any essayist when "demonstrating" why Character A is a jerkass. And often even worse when they're demonstrating why A is really misunderstood.
Oh yeah, that's definitely true too. I've seen way too many examples of both. For me it's often easier to ignore a badly written story though, than a badly written essay. Mostly because I can just go "nope, don't recognize that character" instead of going o_O at the logic!fail.
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