Yeah, I guess I can buy that, although it sure seems risky! The whole "defeat them with laughter and happiness" is something I've seen before in other stories, but it just didn't make as much sense here (and I had to roll my eyes when Charles KILLED MR. DARK WITH LOVE and then they BROUGHT JIM BACK FROM THE DEAD WITH LAUGHTER). Still, that scene with the smile on the bullet was FUCKING AWESOME.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
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 - Aug 30, 2012 10:24:04 am PDT #19614 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Atropa - Aug 30, 2012 10:54:07 am PDT #19615 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
For me, the The whole "defeat them with laughter and happiness" trope is a reaffirmation of don't maintain an "ironic distance", don't be concerned with being "grown-up" and oh-so "cool, but embrace everything wholeheartedly! Be enthusiastic, be willing to look like a crazy fool, know that there are horrible awful things that happen and still allow yourself to feel and wonder.
Huh. I just realized that what I really want out of life is to be part of a carnival like Coodger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show, but with Charles Holloway as the ringmaster. Still spooky, still unsettling, but with heart and unbeatable optimism.
(Note to self, call dad tonight.)
Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2012 11:08:49 am PDT #19616 of 28343
brillig
I loved that essay! And this is partially me.
Suggested book-buster reads: Whatever you like, but buy a Kindle.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 31, 2012 6:01:57 am PDT #19617 of 28343
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am so a book-buster! I love the analogy to Lennie from "Of Mice and Men".
Ginger - Aug 31, 2012 6:47:55 am PDT #19618 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am a Delayed Onset Reader #1 Bookophile with Sleepy Bedtime tendencies.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2012 9:04:10 am PDT #19619 of 28343
brillig
I have Sleepy Bedtime tendencies, which can be bad if I'm reading my Nook or Palm, because I fall asleep and drop them on my nose.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2012 9:44:27 am PDT #19620 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I fall asleep and drop them on my nose
You read with the device held in the air the whole time? My arms would die.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2012 9:59:20 am PDT #19621 of 28343
brillig
well, the arm is braced on a pillow, then I drift off and I lose my grip, then bonk.
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2012 9:59:44 am PDT #19622 of 28343
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I am so lazy I want to figure out a way to make my nook flip the pages automatically at certain intervals. Then I could have it propped outside the covers and keep my arms underneath.
meara - Aug 31, 2012 10:31:13 am PDT #19623 of 28343
Then I could have it propped outside the covers and keep my arms underneath.
I believe this is why the "snuggie" and "slanket" were invented...