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  1. Ban

    Why are my characters so snarky?

    To veer a little off-topic, I believe not all snark is equal and some serves a better or more apt purpose in a given story than others. There's a teenager's snark, marked by irony, sarcasm and an underlying fear of genuine displays of emotion. If written well, such snark can give life to a...
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    Plato, truth, and art.

    No, no, these are all different writers I assure you. I personally prefer Neil Gaimyn.
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    Plato, truth, and art.

    But what does Neil Gaimun think of all of this?
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    Why do corny one liners only sound cool when heroes in movies/tv shows/ etc say them?

    I'm standing up for the standoff. You're assuming that the folks involved in such a meeting want to shoot each other, which usually isn't the case in these scenes. They typically have their guns raised because the other(s) also have them raised, but neither party actually wants the other to be...
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    Ask me about swords.

    Deal. I like swimming anyways. Will put the Excalibur search on my summer schedule :p
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    Ask me about swords.

    If you name me vizier/chancellor/etcetera and let me rule in your stead, I'll grant you excalibur if we find it. Deal?
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    Ask me about swords.

    False. To become the rightful king of Britain is another good reason to obtain a sword. A specific sword that is.
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    Art is not media

    Politics is when USA ;) To engage with the politics tangent a little, I don't mind it whatsoever, simply because almost everything in prose can in some way be twisted or interpreted as politics. Whether we are personally affected by it, or even notice it, depends on our nationality, cultural...
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    Art is not media

    Right, but those constraints have never not been there. The artists who worry about fitting into the standards aren't the ones who would ever, in any time period, rebel against those standards to begin with. They have the means to do so, more than at any other time in history.
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    Art is not media

    No, I clearly stated it was "comparatively" easy. That is a distinction, between merely easy. Climbing Mont Blanc is hard, but it has never been easier. I don't like it when I am told I suggest something I don't, especially when I made sure to include that important adjective "comparatively" and...
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    Art is not media

    Bulgakov had the weight of the Soviet Union to deal with. That's just one extreme example (though there are many), but comparatively the modern world is as easy as it comes for publishing. You want to publish something wild and abstract? Private presses like Punctum Books have got you covered...
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    Art is not media

    One problem I have with this is that there was never a time mass media or more specifically society at large didn't expect adherence to social norms in writing. Those controversial few who are remembered, are the ones who saw those boundaries and pushed against them. There hasn't been a time...
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    Art is not media

    I agree with the sentiment and understand why Ottessa speaks in such grand absolutes (comes across as more poignant), but for actual, practical implementation there are caveats to be had. For one, literature is not in itself synonymous with a pursuit to "expand consciousness." For example...
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    Show Us Your Desks!

    I don't quite see how most of what you wrote relates to the preceding comments, but good to see you are willing to share a real picture. As for jokes, I am generally allergic to memes. Don't mind me being far from the target audience. Excuse the previously hostile tone on my part Mans.
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    Dinosaurs

    Mosasaur because it is the best-saur. Why? Because it was discovered in my province.
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