'Dirty Girls'
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."
"But why am I supposed to root for these people? What's heroic about crime?"
I don't need heroes to root for. I need interesting people, and they aren't always wearing the whitest of hats. It's all about, I suppose, how many flaws you're willing to accept. I don't enjoy books about unflawed people.
It kind of makes me want to break your heart or something.
Truth be told, I already got to play out that scenario, so I'm good.
I am so Elmore Leonard's devoted bitch.
You'd be proud of JZ - she just read Killshot the other day. Her first Elmore Leonard. She kept saying "I really like this couple."
You know that scene in The Godfather at the wedding where people come in and ask for his help, and he says, "Some day I'll ask you for a favor..."
I just did that to you in your LJ. Except you're the one indebted.
I don't need heroes to root for. I need interesting people, and they aren't always wearing the whitest of hats. It's all about, I suppose, how many flaws you're willing to accept. I don't enjoy books about unflawed people.
Just because I'm not all "Yay, petty theft" or "Woohoo, piracy" you assume I want to read books about unflawed people?
you assume I want to read books about unflawed people?
Anybody who isn't "Yay Piracy!" is pretty suspect.
For the record, I have never rooted for petty theft. Well, except yesterday when I was re-reading Strong Poison and Miss Climpson's woman was sneaking around.
Just because I'm not all "Yay, petty theft" or "Woohoo, piracy" you assume I want to read books about unflawed people?
Susan, check back -- I didn't say anything about you refusing flaws. You're not in the sentence about unflawed people at all. Just me. You're in the sentence about "how many flaws you're willing to accept," which was in no way meant to say "if you accept flaws or not."
It's not a binary scenario, and I didn't posit it as such.
Well, except yesterday when I was re-reading Strong Poison and Miss Climpson's woman was sneaking around.
I remember that scene. I love Strong Poison. One of my favorite Wimseys.
Susan, check back -- I didn't say anything about you refusing flaws. You're not in the sentence about unflawed people at all. Just me. You're in the sentence about "how many flaws you're willing to accept," which was in no way meant to say "if you accept flaws or not."
Sorry. I took the "I don't need heroes to root for" as a slam against those of us who like our protagonists to some degree heroic.
What I like or dislike is in no way meant to be a slam on people who disagree with me. I mean, your disinterest in the caper isn't a slam on people who love them, is it?
I mean, your disinterest in the caper isn't a slam on people who love them, is it?
No, not at all. I tend to assume people who like what mystifies me or are mystified by what I like either have different fantasies (maybe capers are their escapism the way historical war stories are for me) or interact with stories in a different way (I've often talked about the lightbulb moment when I finally figured out that DH reads a book or watches a movie as an observer, while I'm looking for more of a participant/identification experience).
Again, I'm sorry. I'm really working on this chip on my shoulder thing WRT literary and musical tastes, but it still flares up every so often.