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elainemorisi · 6 months ago

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urg if I were less lazy I'd try to put my finger better on why, but I just think if you're going to try to write an unhinged character you should do it with either enough talent or enough confidence to compare favorably to Lestat de fuckin Lioncourt and that is not, my friends, what is happening in this book I am trying manfully to finish

#like okay! I'll grant you (although it is DAMN hard to pick up from the terrible narrative) that this character is supposed to be nuts #would be easier to tell she was nuts if the other characters reacted in a manner recognizable as real persons but y'know. still granted #and yet even with that freebie granted! nevertheless!!#give us something to work with here!#if it cannot be talent and oh Jesus it clearly cannot be talent #confidence does also work!!#but oh my Jesus you can have that litfic tiresome oh look at me I'm soooo smart and soooo deep thing #OR you can have nuts. or indeed any personality at all #without a truly great deal of talent you CANNOT have both and I just wish someone would ever tell these authors such a thing #anyways none of that is actually the thing a less lazy me would put a finger on #but just like. christ! like? pick your editorializing? like the asides that a narrator offers should probably like. contribute to vibe?#and not just remain the goddamn same in all scenes?#aurg. anyway #it IS extremely funny to read bad modern sffy litfic alongside Rice #difficult to set up a clearer contrast. aurg

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