Neil Gaiman has some advice for readers who have entitlement issues: [link]
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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."
Steph L. - May 14, 2009 8:38:04 am PDT #9101 of 28406
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 9:00:13 am PDT #9102 of 28406
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Neil Gaiman has some advice for readers who have entitlement issues
That's great.
DavidS - May 14, 2009 9:57:47 am PDT #9103 of 28406
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 10:01:32 am PDT #9104 of 28406
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
From Sue's link in Movies, Top Ten Rascals in literature (a provisional list).
Is Scout Finch really a "rascal"?
I'm not too sure Oliver Twist fits my idea of one either.
DavidS - May 14, 2009 10:02:37 am PDT #9105 of 28406
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is Scout Finch really a "rascal"?
Fair question. She does into scrapes.
Kathy A - May 14, 2009 10:06:00 am PDT #9106 of 28406
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Her various schoolyard fights. And don't forget that she's just too young to understand when to be discreet and/or polite (telling that one boy that putting maple syrup on his food was wrong, calling Dill out on his fibs about his father).
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 10:14:14 am PDT #9107 of 28406
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
See, rascal to me implies a certain level of...not quite malevolent intent, but intent to get away with something. I think of Scout's fights as defending her or her families honor.
Similarly, Oliver's just doing what he thinks is right under the circumstances he finds himself in. The Artful Dodger is a rascal, but I don't think Oliver is.
YRascalMV
Steph L. - May 14, 2009 10:17:06 am PDT #9108 of 28406
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Rascal = Bart Simpson.
Tom Scola - May 14, 2009 10:19:46 am PDT #9109 of 28406
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Bugs Bunny is quite wascally, so I hear.
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 10:20:09 am PDT #9110 of 28406
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Rascal = Bart Simpson.
Points at own nose and at Teppy.