I think they're afraid of girls. I've no worries.
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
'Potential'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Allyson - Jun 18, 2004 8:50:43 am PDT #552 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Lilty Cash - Jun 18, 2004 8:51:59 am PDT #553 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I think they're afraid of girls. I've no worries.
But that's just because they've had no prior exposure. What if one got fiesty?
Allyson - Jun 18, 2004 8:54:32 am PDT #554 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
What if one got fiesty?
I assume this means asking me for the time and then wetting his pants.
Consuela - Jun 18, 2004 8:59:15 am PDT #555 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I read Moon is a Harsh Mistress this past week as well.
Everything that Allyson, Nutty, and Rick said: WROD. Wrod to the max. Oy.
I think if you strip out all the didactic discussions about revolutionary theory, and the appalling gender relations, and the 2D bimbettes and maternal ideals who make up the female characters, and the political theory, you might possibly have a framework on which to hang a story.
But my god! There was almost no action in the novel. It was all secondhand action, all tell, no show. "Then we had girls start teasing the guards, and the guards got grumpy so the Warden sent out more guards--" ad nauseum. Nobody developed, nobody changed, nobody had second thoughts: all the leads were perfect and right, and if hundreds of thousands of people died for their mistakes, well none of that was their fault after all. Everything was so black and white, with this little cabal (oh that word) making all the decisions for the sheep who can't think for themselves. Bleah.
t shudders and goes off too read Robert Graves to cleanse my palate
Oddly enough, I remember rather liking Moon as a teen. Clearly my tastes have changed.
tommyrot - Jun 18, 2004 9:04:42 am PDT #556 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oddly enough, I remember rather liking Moon as a teen. Clearly my tastes have changed.
When I was a teen I liked Message to Garcia. Ugh.
Lilty Cash - Jun 18, 2004 9:05:26 am PDT #557 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I assume this means asking me for the time and then wetting his pants.
BWAH! So don't wear great shoes. Just in case.
Ginger - Jun 18, 2004 9:09:26 am PDT #558 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
When I was a teen I liked Message to Garcia.
I know this is a place in which we can freely confess our sins, but I really admire your bravery for admitting that one.
libkitty - Jun 18, 2004 9:13:25 am PDT #559 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
All this discussion is making me anxious for WF DVDs. Any idea of a date yet?
At least there is visible progress on the BDM. This makes up for much. ::happy sigh:: I think I actually may have figured out how to follow threads on the OB, although I've totally given up on FFF, and count on the kindness of others to post links or xpost.
tommyrot - Jun 18, 2004 9:14:29 am PDT #560 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I know this is a place in which we can freely confess our sins, but I really admire your bravery for admitting that one.
Um, yeah. When I was very young (like, second grade) it really made me mad when kids didn't follow the rules of the playground. So had this attitude that if only everyone followed the rules and otherwise did what they were supposed to, the world would be a better place.
Years later, of course, I started to question who makes the rules and who decides what people were "supposed to do."
libkitty - Jun 18, 2004 9:18:28 am PDT #561 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Years later, of course, I started to question who makes the rules and who decides what people were "supposed to do."
It's one of the nice things about growing up. Like finding out that I don't have to like drumsticks or chunky peanut butter, just because I grew up with them as the default best. It was so nice when I discovered creamy peanut butter. Yum!