Dear Brain

[offbalance]

Please stop pounding on my head, in an attempt to get out. It won't work, and it is only causing me to be cranky.

Also, as a result of said crankiness, I will not be commenting on how angry this made me. For everyone out there screaming about how no creative work is good anymore, here's your answer. No one is allowed to create freely, or say what they want to say, because there's no way to worry about plot or character development when you spend all of your time worrying about whose agenda you're pushing and why.

Note to Mr. Black: Those who can, do. Those who can't write literary criticism.

Comments

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I think i've managed to read nearly all the articles that have been published online about this (at least all the ones slayage.com has linked to). It's a bit weird because the evil lesbian cliché that gets talked about is totally foreign to me, but i understand the complaint that Joss has always talked about Buffy as being social commentary and all, and has admitted awareness of the evil lesbian cliché, and yet he falls into it anyway. And the fact that writers actually lied, rather than subtly not giving away what would happen in future episodes, is definitely horrendous. So i don't think i'll ever decide who i side with. I definitely sympathize with both sides.

there's no way to worry about plot or character development when you spend all of your time worrying about whose agenda you're pushing and why.

You're absolutely right. Being a thinking, socially aware, etc. person, though, it's so hard not to worry about it. I've found that to be my biggest problem in trying to write fiction recently. I'm so aware of stereotypes and try to play with them, but you can't base a story just on messing with stereotypes.

So um yeah, hopefully some of this made sense--and didn't make your headache worse.