tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post4012346668205618506..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: City of Bones Chapter TenChristwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-31196844126798228502012-11-20T13:32:19.459-08:002012-11-20T13:32:19.459-08:00I'm reading because I am NOT kidding about flo...I'm reading because I am NOT kidding about flogging the living crap out of it, and trust me. It gets worse.<br /><br />There is an all black KKK (the FFP) the main character's ONLY driving motivation is to get screwed by a black man so her child will have a better chance at life, there is MASSIVE plot contraditions, there is Glorification of White Culture, I think we're moving into Magical Brown Person territory in the later books, there is a beauty and the beast romance where the beast is a black man half-mutated into a black panther...it just kind of goes on, and on, and on. <br /><br />And then there's the promotional video where an actress portrays the main character by putting on blackface and begging to be screwed by a black man:<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/v0AT6qxYBI4" rel="nofollow">I am not making this up.</a>Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-63594003133589377402012-11-20T13:01:16.683-08:002012-11-20T13:01:16.683-08:00FINALLY a book that allows us to feel empathy for ...FINALLY a book that allows us to feel empathy for the oppressed people of the world... By making her into a pretty white girl. Who's worried about her looks.<br /><br />Seriously, Pearls and Coals? No question who the truly beautiful people are here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-33153675195477132012012-11-20T12:30:54.919-08:002012-11-20T12:30:54.919-08:00It's like this whole chapter took a u-turn and...It's like this whole chapter took a u-turn and went directly into ULTRA fail mode instead of just general, modest meh. <br /><br />There's a few works that do it that I really love. I have all hearts and stars for anything Neil Gaiman does, including Good Omens. It's just...it amazes me that Clare's managed to miss the ENTIRE POINT of just about EVERYTHING she's borrowing from. Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-61499917693503087052012-11-20T12:28:50.295-08:002012-11-20T12:28:50.295-08:00" It is now the second worst book I've ev..." It is now the second worst book I've ever heard of. What is the worst book I've ever heard of?<br /><br />This is. (LINK)"<br /><br />But. But how. How is this a real thing?! How is a book about those poor abused Pearls/Whites fighting against the oppression of Coals/Blacks an actual thing?!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-90233970692845648792012-11-20T12:12:42.866-08:002012-11-20T12:12:42.866-08:00"Those who die in battle are burned, their as..."Those who die in battle are burned, their ashes used to make the marble arches that you see here. The blood and bone of demon slayers is itself a powerful protection against evil. Even in death, the Clave serves the cause."<br /><br />We cremated my grandfather. He was a big guy. 6'3" and barrel-chested. His ashes fit into a little urn.<br /><br />HOW THE FUCK DO YOU MAKE AN ENTIRE HIDDEN CITY-COMPLEX OUT OF LITTLE PILES OF ASHES THAT COULD FIT IN AN EXTRA-JUMBO COFFEE MUG?!<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />Anyhow, if you want to see Chrisitianity/Paganism put into a blender and set on puree down right, go research the more mystically-inclined kabbalah works (Spelling varies. Start at Wikipedia).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.com