You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
because our forum software needed more memes I guess??
But like legit, why would you talk about how you were going to send specifically signed copies of your book?
And then why would you brag about getting link karma for that shit, and jokingly talk about how you weren't a good person?
This is not the time.
The thread itself was weirdly lighthearted. I'm not saying it should have been, but Green's tone wasn't out of place.
At any rate I'll bet money the apology will be up by tomorrow.
The argument I saw was that sending books doesn't matter and he hasn't done anything to bring visibility to Ferguson, but, like, what could he have done that wouldn't have then been perceived as shameless self promotion?
i liked it at first but after i learned the original context for which that poster was intended, i hated the way it got turned into a cheap motivational poster.
Also i'm sick of wartime nostalgia, although that one is at least WWII not WWI.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
World-building is only necessary for certain kinds of fiction. The kinds of fiction that you really need a coherent, realized world for. Fables and fairytales don't really need well-developed worlds. Elsa's powers exist because they do and it's not important where she gets it from. It's not what the story is concerned with.
The movie also doesn't require a "clear antagonist", because the struggles are mostly internal. It's Elsa's despair, depression, and isolation that is the antagonist. The Duke was a foil, nothing more.
I'm personally of the opinion that I really liked Hans' role. He was supposed to be a flimsy, too-good-to-be-true guy that sweeps the girl away, and when that's revealed to be all a fantasy it shocks the characters and the audience. If that doesn't work for you, then that's you.
There's an unwritten rule of subtlety that goes "show enough that the audience can connect the dots," and that's inference. It can be a powerful tool at times.
Also I will say that I really liked 'In The Summer', even if it completely wrecked with the tone of the movie.
tl;dr: all fiction has its own set of internal logic.
i liked it at first but after i learned the original context for which that poster was intended, i hated the way it got turned into a cheap motivational poster.
Also i'm sick of wartime nostalgia, although that one is at least WWII not WWI.
i liked it at first but after i learned the original context for which that poster was intended, i hated the way it got turned into a cheap motivational poster.
Also i'm sick of wartime nostalgia, although that one is at least WWII not WWI.
who on earth would be nostalgic for WWI
People who weren't actually there for it.
The current government wanted us all to celebrate it, since 2014 year is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. It was particularly insufferable earlier in the year.
i take the view that worldbuilding is a crucial element of writing, but to what extent you need to do it varies heavily depending on the genre. Frozen contains plenty of worldbuilding, just not the kind that tumblrite was after.
The current government wanted us all to celebrate it, since 2014 year is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. It was particularly insufferable earlier in the year.
why would anyone want to celebrate the OUTBREAK of a war?
The current government wanted us all to celebrate it, since 2014 year is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. It was particularly insufferable earlier in the year.
why would anyone want to celebrate the OUTBREAK of a war?
i'm guessing they didn't want to wait because the government is likely to be different by the time 2018 comes around.
can someone explain to me what this thing about john green is
i clicked the reddit link and all i see is a librarian (for a town currently in the news) doing an AMA and some author i'm not familiar with promising signed copies of his books to be given to said librarian
...could you actually say _what_ happened, rather than giving analogies and ascribing motives which end up basically being informed traits because i have no idea what source material you're talking about
i think you have to have a pretty negative view of the guy to interpret that post as smug, but perhaps you know more about him than me.
It's a kind thing he's doing, a small thing but a kind thing. If the people of Ferguson think his joke was inappropriate then that's fair, but i doubt he intended offence there.
...could you actually say _what_ happened, rather than giving analogies and ascribing motives which end up basically being informed traits because i have no idea what source material you're talking about
Don't you listen to Christmas carols? Good King Wencelas?
I get what you're saying but this was not exactly a solemn tribute to Ferguson. It was just a simple thread asking for books; I'm not saying his comment was entirely appropriate, just that there was a clear attempt at self awareness and it wasn't ultimately that out of place.
...could you actually say _what_ happened, rather than giving analogies and ascribing motives which end up basically being informed traits because i have no idea what source material you're talking about
Don't you listen to Christmas carols? Good King Wencelas?
I'm talking about the other part of the analogy. The subject of the current conversation. Not the Christmas carols.
Your opinions and emotions are always going to colour what you read though, even if you aim for neutrality. That's all reading is, an act of interpretation.
That doesn't make your interpretation correct, but stepping outside your own experiences to give an objective account isn't as easy as you might think. Some would call it impossible.
i've been looking through that link and i'm halfway down this very, very long page and all i can see is people joking about getting books from famous authors by hosting AMAs (I think) and something about knowing John Green from Crash Course History
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i liked it at first but after i learned the original context for which that poster was intended, i hated the way it got turned into a cheap motivational poster.
Also i'm sick of wartime nostalgia, although that one is at least WWII not WWI.
The current government wanted us all to celebrate it, since 2014 year is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. It was particularly insufferable earlier in the year.
i take the view that worldbuilding is a crucial element of writing, but to what extent you need to do it varies heavily depending on the genre. Frozen contains plenty of worldbuilding, just not the kind that tumblrite was after.
i can hope, anyway.
i clicked the reddit link and all i see is a librarian (for a town currently in the news) doing an AMA and some author i'm not familiar with promising signed copies of his books to be given to said librarian
and then jokes making fun of internet ads
Noted.
It's a kind thing he's doing, a small thing but a kind thing. If the people of Ferguson think his joke was inappropriate then that's fair, but i doubt he intended offence there.
is it really that difficult to just post a matter-of-fact, not-affected-by-emotions, try-to-keep-opinions-out, level-headed account of an event
because someone mentioned something about joking about getting pageviews or mentions or something like that
that seems hardly noteworthy
maybe a little scummy from a business ethics perspective but hardly noteworthy at all
That doesn't make your interpretation correct, but stepping outside your own experiences to give an objective account isn't as easy as you might think. Some would call it impossible.
sad, yet vaguely determined man with a hat
where even is this alleged inappropriateness