I imagine Anger as a spiky cartoon warrior, saying grumpily, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

[wyld_dandelyon]

I went to an excellent panel on anger in fiction at Loncon. They started with a quote from Abigail Nussbaum, who said there is an "increasing prevalence of vengeful victim characters, who are condemned not for the choices they make in pursuit of revenge, but simply for feeling anger..." (emphasis added

Comments

[seekerval]

Insightful post. That must have been a lively panel.

[wyld_dandelyon]

It was a great panel. I'm not at all sure I did it justice. I think there were other points I wanted to make, and I also wanted to give a better summary of what was said, but when I opened my computer right after the panel, I learned that a musician friend from St. Louis had died unexpectedly earlier that day of a heart attack, and I was more than a little distracted by that.

[seekerval]

Oh, my dear girl, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. My sympathies to you and your friend's family.

[wyld_dandelyon]

Thank you. He wasn't someone I knew well, but I loved singing harmony with his songs and wanted to get to know him and his wife better. I hope she will stay involved in the filk community. I bought their first album (a CD of love songs) at their album-party at Chambanacon last November.

[wyld_dandelyon]

Thank you and you're welcome!

[mount_oregano]

That explains some things I've been puzzled about. Thanks!

[wyld_dandelyon]

You're welcome!