I don't mind TV Tropes at all. TV Tropes and Gus's Gusness here are two separate things.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jun 01, 2011 6:13:51 pm PDT #15021 of 28287
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2011 7:22:28 pm PDT #15022 of 28287
brillig
What Polter says. It hardly seems worth the grief and angst people are holding onto.
Kat - Jun 01, 2011 8:02:44 pm PDT #15023 of 28287
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Except the grief and the angst represent real hurt feelings.
Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2011 8:08:12 pm PDT #15024 of 28287
brillig
But being continually outraged doesn't seem to add value to life. Your value may vary, naturally.
Cass - Jun 01, 2011 8:08:51 pm PDT #15025 of 28287
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Except the grief and the angst represent real hurt feelings.
This. I mean, it'd be nice if it didn't bring up feelings still, but it does.
Kat - Jun 01, 2011 8:14:47 pm PDT #15026 of 28287
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I should have been clearer. I don't feel particular angst or grief around "Gus" at all. I also don't find TV Tropes especially useful.
But to be dismissive of what people do feel seems a bit callous.
Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2011 8:17:58 pm PDT #15027 of 28287
brillig
Many things seem to be one thing but are really another. Discussions have many sides. People who like one another can have differing views.
Cass - Jun 01, 2011 8:18:19 pm PDT #15028 of 28287
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And, in my experience, it's something that is brought up maybe once a year. It's not something I think about any other time. But, yes, I experience unhappiness when reminded of being manipulated and lied to whether it's this or anything else in the world. I'm not petting that pain like it is precious, but it's there when people bring up the Tropes thing. Just is. The day it's mentioned and I have no reaction at all? That'll be just fine with me.
Toddson - Jun 02, 2011 4:55:37 am PDT #15029 of 28287
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In re Feed/Deadline - have you heard about the two E. coli strains that seem to be hitting Europe ... anyone getting a bad feeling about this?
hippocampus - Jun 02, 2011 5:22:50 am PDT #15030 of 28287
not your mom's socks.
I've got Feed, but can't read it yet - it's on a shiny screen and the sinus hell is making shiny screens bad news for my eyes. This? Is TORTURE.
And yeah, Toddson, I saw that yesterday.