I'm particularly fond of the "hilarious yet deeply committed" bit, especially when you pair it with the inevitability of leading his love to a tragic end.
It's so incongruous! But I like the tragic end part.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2005 8:52:57 am PST #142 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
deborah grabien - Feb 20, 2005 8:55:28 am PST #143 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Well, hell, if you're a Spaniard frittering away your vital juices or whatever the nasty stuff was as a bureaucrat, there's no point in escaping the dire reality by writing happy fiction.
At least the events leading to the inevitable tragic end are hilarious. And deeply committed, of course.
SailAweigh - Feb 20, 2005 8:55:31 am PST #144 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Personally, I hope that manuscript comes to a very tragic end, like burned in a trash can.
deborah grabien - Feb 20, 2005 8:56:03 am PST #145 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
And then we take the trashcan and beat the author and the translator over the head with it.
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2005 8:56:14 am PST #146 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And deeply committed, of course.
Well, he is acting willfully, after all.
deborah grabien - Feb 20, 2005 8:58:14 am PST #147 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Of course he's acting wilfully. He has to, since he has summer wheat in his large, green eyes which sparkle with his own light from within.
As opposed to sparkling with someone else's light, I suppose?
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2005 8:58:54 am PST #148 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Or light from without.
deborah grabien - Feb 20, 2005 9:08:18 am PST #149 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Reminded of one of the stupidest phrases on earth: "I saw it with my own eyes!"
Um, yes. Well now. I did rather assume that the speaker hadn't seen it with their cousin Hamish's eyes.
SailAweigh - Feb 20, 2005 9:10:44 am PST #150 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's like my brother's favorite detective/cop faux-pas "shot to death." You don't shoot anyone to life, do you?
deborah grabien - Feb 20, 2005 9:11:43 am PST #151 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Shot to Gehenna, maybe?
Stupid phrase. Not sure it's quite at the level of obviousness as "my own eyes", but it's definitely up there.