shouting arguments with friends who insist that physical-traits-as-metaphor is poetic and of the core of good writing.
Yeah, I need some pithy t-shirtable slogan for 'my identity is not your metaphor." Er. Something more explicable than that, I mean.
fighting and eating and being a fantasy heroine, while in constant grinding pain
Yeah, exactly! So much of it was also so matter-of-fact -- I woke up, I hurt, I coped, it sucked, meanwhile in plotland. And part of what's so damning about the ending is how unnecessary it was. I mean, she went through that entire adventure and she coped. It's not like you could even give Goodman that non-excuse of having her think, "well, for plot convenience, she has to be able-bodied for adventuring."
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:21 am (UTC)Yeah, I need some pithy t-shirtable slogan for 'my identity is not your metaphor." Er. Something more explicable than that, I mean.
fighting and eating and being a fantasy heroine, while in constant grinding pain
Yeah, exactly! So much of it was also so matter-of-fact -- I woke up, I hurt, I coped, it sucked, meanwhile in plotland. And part of what's so damning about the ending is how unnecessary it was. I mean, she went through that entire adventure and she coped. It's not like you could even give Goodman that non-excuse of having her think, "well, for plot convenience, she has to be able-bodied for adventuring."