I think it was supposed to be funny.
I found no funny there.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Allyson - Feb 26, 2007 1:15:20 pm PST #4358 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Kevin - Feb 26, 2007 1:20:31 pm PST #4359 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
It's down to what floats yer boat. Which is a sentence I will never use again, I promise.
Scrappy - Feb 26, 2007 1:21:55 pm PST #4360 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Not funny because the prose was a bit obvious or not funny because insulting to fans or insulting to NF?
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2007 1:21:56 pm PST #4361 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not funny to me either. Not because of the subject matter--just not written for me.
Daisy Jane - Feb 26, 2007 1:22:18 pm PST #4362 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
There was something about the tone that was off to me. Somewhere around, "Good, you're paying attention. I like that." whatever was going to follow was only going to irritate.
Maybe if it had followed some event. Or the writer had some personal story about his/her interactions with the craxy.
I dunno.
Laga - Feb 26, 2007 3:46:11 pm PST #4363 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Plus the word "midget" is considered by many to be offensive.
Allyson - Feb 26, 2007 6:09:29 pm PST #4364 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think maybe not funny because it was funny the first thousand times I've heard it, and now am bored.
Allyson - Feb 26, 2007 6:42:15 pm PST #4365 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Speaking of unfunny, Im going to Wondercon to wander around and try to impress upon people that they should buy my book. I am to be given postcards heralding the arrival of my geniusness.
I expect to be terrible at this.
DavidS - Feb 26, 2007 7:15:34 pm PST #4366 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I expect to be terrible at this.
Isn't Tim going to be there pimping Drive? Isn't that in my neighborhood?
Allyson - Feb 26, 2007 7:19:44 pm PST #4367 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
tis. I think this is the first time I'll have seen Tim in yonks.
I miss him. I remember that he's awfully cute.