tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post6111791711761812880..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Narcissus in Chains chapter 47Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-56218066774915136142013-01-22T10:01:58.864-08:002013-01-22T10:01:58.864-08:00RF: I do not know why I like Ghost. Probably, it i...RF: I do not know why I like Ghost. Probably, it is because Ringo can write, same as Donaldson, and unlike Donaldson he is fully aware of just how fucked up he is, and he dedicates ALMOST as much time to the "this shit is wrong" disclaimers as he does to the actual wrongy-ness.<br /><br />Firesongvx--it's a well written series, and if it weren't for Angus Thermopyle's (aka the rapist piece of shit) character arc I'd recommend it anyway. Morn Highland's story arc (from extremely broken rape victim to survivor to <i>holy fuck she saves the universe</i>) is mostly good. You just have to ignore that she had to team up with her rapist to save the universe. I just can't figure out if the horribleness makes it a well written crack series or well written garbage. Thankfully, I don't have to figure that out. YetChristwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-2438108880600724512013-01-21T21:41:24.445-08:002013-01-21T21:41:24.445-08:00No idea why my comment posted twice, sorry about t...No idea why my comment posted twice, sorry about that. >_<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-40869907642271843202013-01-21T21:31:21.490-08:002013-01-21T21:31:21.490-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-18397569286008259802013-01-21T21:30:34.182-08:002013-01-21T21:30:34.182-08:00Hahaha, oh dear, I may be morbidly curious about t...Hahaha, oh dear, I may be morbidly curious about this Gap series! <br /><br />And my comfort trash is Anne Bishop's Black Jewels series. They are grandiose and purple as hell, flipping the usual fantasy gender cliches...the women have all the power in that universe, and thus the men are objectified and suffer all sorts of horrors at the hands of corrupt Queens. This is every bit as bad as the usual system where powerful men take advantage of women, of course. There is also a Mary Sue of Mary Sues, lots of Ominous Prophecies, a Tragic and Tortured Bad Boy who just needs the power of True Love to heal him...I could go on and on. ;)<br /><br />And yet...I LOVE THEM! There is just something about the way Bishop tells a story, and this stubborn sort of life to the characters that she creates...it's trash, but high caliber trash! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-85007113834552918022013-01-21T19:28:51.839-08:002013-01-21T19:28:51.839-08:00Yeah, exactly. (have you ever read 'My abortio...Yeah, exactly. (have you ever read 'My abortion is the only moral abortion?' If not, google it, it's worth a read)<br /><br />As far as enjoying things that are terribly sexist, I don't think that makes you a poor feminist. It's perfectly alright to enjoy things that have problematic issues with them, just so long as you recognize those issues for what they are (versus denying them, internalizing them, etc.) and are enjoying the work in spite of those things instead of because of them or claiming it doesn't have them in order to justify liking it. Which it sounds like is the case with Ghost--you don't like it for its sexism or deny that the sexism exist, you enjoy the good parts of it APART from the terrible bits. That's a-okay for a feminist, or for anyone.<br />RFhttp://a_sporking_rat.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-66268173814374898002013-01-21T15:52:19.730-08:002013-01-21T15:52:19.730-08:00Yep.
It's kind of like when the anti-abortio...Yep. <br /><br />It's kind of like when the anti-abortion crowd have their lives complicated by an unplanned pregnancy. "Well, it's okay just this once..."<br /><br />*rolls eyes*<br />Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-34415930606572502742013-01-21T15:47:03.801-08:002013-01-21T15:47:03.801-08:00I'd say Thomas Covenant is more so. Angus is a...I'd say Thomas Covenant is more so. Angus is a piece of shit, but as I said, nobody pretends Angus is a good guy. Morn is the heroine. Covenant, on the other hand...<br /><br />I did manage to get through <i>Lord Foul's Bane</i>, in which Covenant is healed of his leperocy by a sweet innocent village girl, and he celebrates his new whole body by raping the sweet innocent village girl until she runs away. He also half-asses his way through defeating Lord Foul because he doesn't actually believe any of this is real.<br /><br />And then we had the Illearth Wars (I think that was the name) where Covenant comes back about a decade after he destroyed Lord Foul, and he finds out that the sweet innocent village girl not only spent her whole live pining for Covenant, but she gave birth to a daughter. <br /><br />Who is the person Covenant is currently screwing. <br /><br />Thomas Covenant, who is CONSISTANTLY the "good guy" hero through the entire series, has an incestuious affair with the product of his rape of a virgin--and the daughter knows it THE ENTIRE TIME. <br /><br />And that's when I stopped reading. I did make another game attempt at another, far later series, and while there was no overt wrongness, I kind of wanted to burn the books to make the nasty go away. Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-77032392712477611232013-01-21T14:59:28.163-08:002013-01-21T14:59:28.163-08:00"Ah, but what makes Anita the good kind of mo..."Ah, but what makes Anita the good kind of moral is, she'll break her own moral code if someone she loves or she herself happens to be in danger."<br /><br />So basically she's moral when it's easy to be.<br />RFhttp://a_sporking_rat.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-13283418283287722912013-01-21T10:31:26.217-08:002013-01-21T10:31:26.217-08:00"One of my favorite sci-fi series is Donaldso..."One of my favorite sci-fi series is Donaldson's "Gap" saga."<br /><br />'Hello. I'm Steve Donaldson, and these are my many many issues with women.'<br /><br />My guilty reading pleasure? The Narnia books. Despite the constant bullying of characters by a mean-spirited and judgemental narrator, despite the massive and many incidences of worldbuilding failure, despite the fact that Aslan is a huge self-righteous asshole, I still enjoy those books.<br /><br />The Chronicles of Prydain are better though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.com