It is complicated. And I get that, about grief (and any other feelings). Also about shitty people sometimes doing good things (and the inverse).
But right now I'm looking at this through a really cynical lens (which is just my reaction).
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
ita's thread
A place where we can talk about ita, miss ita, and share information about memorials. The hugging started over here in Natter.
Amy - Oct 17, 2016 10:38:07 am PDT #2613 of 3156
Because books.
Dana - Oct 17, 2016 10:44:54 am PDT #2614 of 3156
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I know. I guess I'm just trying to talk out my reactions.
Amy - Oct 17, 2016 10:46:35 am PDT #2615 of 3156
Because books.
Me, too! And there's no need for consensus *here* -- we're all going to feel how we feel.
Glamcookie - Oct 17, 2016 11:19:35 am PDT #2616 of 3156
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Strange how quickly something can go from warm fuzzies to creepy opportunistic feels.
Allyson - Oct 17, 2016 12:41:43 pm PDT #2617 of 3156
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 can't be rational about this. I've tried.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 17, 2016 12:45:42 pm PDT #2618 of 3156
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't know, I'd imagine it would have been very hard to interact with ita for any great length of time without developing genuine admiration for her unless you were an outright enemy, so I'm inclined to take any memorials at face value. (Also I feel no worries about her having ever been on the receiving end of disrespectful or creepy behavior, 'cause dude's not crazy.)
Laura - Oct 17, 2016 1:03:04 pm PDT #2619 of 3156
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks, Matt. I agree, and you made me laugh.
Barb - Oct 17, 2016 1:25:04 pm PDT #2620 of 3156
“Not dead yet!”
My first thought when he announced it was that he was co-opting others' grief for himself to get the "Oh! He's so sensitive!" response. I simply coudln't believe he's capable of that sort of deep feeling.
But then, I'm a cynic.
amych - Oct 17, 2016 1:52:43 pm PDT #2621 of 3156
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I remember that group of tweets, and it pissed me right off at the time (yes, even though I responded to it, sigh) for how it started with all of our shared experience and ended somewhere in the neighborhood LOOK AT HOW DEEP AND TOUCHING MY GRIEF THING IS! CRY FOR SENSITIVE ME!
But by that time, I was pretty deep in really dislking the guy and minimizing direct interactions.
On the other hand, I'm not inclined to naysay anyone who wants to send any money to BGC or PIH, basically ever.
msbelle - Oct 17, 2016 1:58:21 pm PDT #2622 of 3156
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
It read very much as performance grief to me.