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chtulhu

Member Since 27 Aug 2007
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In Topic: Weathering the Storm

11 September 2007 - 09:58 PM

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In Topic: Weathering the Storm

10 September 2007 - 10:52 PM

I've been busier than I normally am, so haven't had a chance to update. The chapter is about halfway written, though, and over the next 24 hours I should have a lot of time to get it finished up.

For action fans, I suppose it'll be a bit of a disappointment. Lots of discussion between various parties. Character and event development, etc.

In Topic: responding to reviews on ffnet

03 September 2007 - 05:49 PM

QUOTE (digifruit @ Sep 3 2007, 04:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i've probably been around on ff.net a lot longer than most people... seven years as an evangelion author makes me a veteran i guess... and back then, we didnt have the review response function, so i'm still not totally used to using it

so do you guys actually take the time to respond to reviews? is it basic courtesy or what? sometimes it seems kind of troublesome for me because whenever i release something new, i get overwhelmed with the number of reviews sometimes

I try to answer any specific questions they might have (Within reason - I'm not going to give away the storyline!), but I don't say "Thank so and so for reviewing!"

In Topic: Fanfiction.Net Writers Unite! XD

03 September 2007 - 05:47 PM

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In Topic: Fanfiction Hates

02 September 2007 - 03:06 AM

QUOTE (Ceras @ Aug 15 2007, 10:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When fanfiction writers incorporate rape into their stories and portray it as a rough, erotic encounter instead of what it really is: a terrible violation of someone's body. I've gone through too many fics that have done this (most of which, were less than par excellence) and I often wonder why people romanticize such a horrible act. The most common type I've seen is a deranged Naruto in Kyuubi form who rapes Hinata/Sakura and the said-girls magically forgive and forget....or, Naruto finds someone who has been raped, rescues them, becomes their knight-in-shining-armor, etc.

This is partially due to the fact that rape, in literature, was romanticized for some time. Read the Canterbury Tales, or other fiction contemporary to that era. In the Wife of Bath, the knight rapes a maiden, and for his punishment, he is sent out on a quest to find out what women truly desire, and in his quest, he finds that the wife desires to be raped. It is, as literature professors studying the work say, the anti-feminist cliche.

Rape has been portrayed as an act of unbridled and uncontrollable love in literature for many years. The reality of it being portrayed in literature is a relatively new concept.

Not that that makes it right, but it isn't necessarily the sign of bad literature - no one can really say that Chaucer wasn't an amazing poet. Good works of literature often times have viewpoints that the rest of us do not agree with.
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