That's terrific writing.
Still, I've always felt like I was missing something in my gnawing suspicion that the hidden depths of the human heart were more banal and pathetic rather than horror-wrought and ghastly.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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."
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2006 2:52:11 pm PST #1756 of 28160
brillig
DavidS - Dec 28, 2006 2:53:02 pm PST #1757 of 28160
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pot, meet kettle.
Heh. Yeah!
DavidS - Dec 28, 2006 2:54:04 pm PST #1758 of 28160
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Still, I've always felt like I was missing something in my gnawing suspicion that the hidden depths of the human heart were more banal and pathetic rather than horror-wrought and ghastly.
Your hidden depths may be banal, but I sure you mine are ghastly.
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2006 3:01:07 pm PST #1759 of 28160
brillig
Your hidden depths may be banal, but I sure you mine are ghastly.
It's a hidden depths smackdown!
Granted, there are people who can contemplate with smiling contentment the most horrific catastrophes being visited on others--possibly even most people--but I think the ghastliness is in the eye of the beholder. You can look at the beast in your heart with either disgust and horror or with sympathy and acknowledgement.
DavidS - Dec 28, 2006 3:05:58 pm PST #1760 of 28160
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here's the whole work, which is fascinating reading: Supernatural Horror in Literature
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2006 3:08:51 pm PST #1761 of 28160
brillig
Ghastly is just a terrific word that doesn't get enough airplay. Except it probably should be reserved for those who can truely appreciate its fine-edged splendour.
(Pardon me, I seem to have been infected this evening with a particularly verbose ailment. I should go write fic.)
Topic!Cindy - Dec 28, 2006 3:17:00 pm PST #1762 of 28160
What is even happening?
I'm fine with the title. But somehow, upon hearing it, my DH has convinced himself that either Dumbledore is not dead, or that Snape is actually evil. I don't know how he's getting that from "Deathly Hallows," but whatever.
I'm with your DH right now aifg. He's getting that from
Deathly Hallows,
because taken literally, it can mean death-like saints. Dumbledore is a saint in the Potterverse.
Amy - Dec 28, 2006 3:34:07 pm PST #1763 of 28160
Because books.
Hmm. Cindy has spicy brains.
Also? I love the word ghastly. I think I first heard it in the Really Rosie song, "The Awful Truth" -- "He had bloodshot eyes and a ghaaaastly smile."
Kate P. - Dec 28, 2006 4:29:22 pm PST #1764 of 28160
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Doesn't any one else think that 'Hallows' could be a place-name or place-name element? That's the other meaning I'm familiar with for it.
Am-Chau, that was my thinking as well.
Ghastly is a great word! And also, I notice, an adjective that ends in -ly.
Volans - Dec 28, 2006 7:53:17 pm PST #1765 of 28160
move out and draw fire