I'll admit that a significant amount of irritation with the godspouse community (such as it is) is the fact that I know a stupid amount about religions and the misuse of mythology gets under my skin.
sherlockian, July 27, 2013, 05:01:27 pm
I like how it's all sweetness and light and fluffiness and no one ever references stuff like Loki being bound with his son's entrails, his eyes torn out, and venom dripped from a poisonous snake into the sockets for all eternity. Hell, all I did was read
Sandman and I know about that shit. I learned about him losing a bet and having his lips stitched shut when I was
six from fucking
Disney Adventures. They
illustrated it (and it was the coolest thing ever).
I guess it's kind of a good thing, considering they'd just play it for angst or some of the weirdest BDSM ever.
This would probably make for weirder BDSM but I don't want to know how.
As far as the writer's dialogue goes, I know that it's something most fiction writers at least try out. The weird thing is that I'll do it with a roleplaying campaign or whatever, but never think of doing it with my serious pieces. It's not a conscious "These characters are going to die, I'm not getting 'involved'", my brain naturally divides the two into "hands-on" and "hands-off". I'm stupidly affected by character death in fiction, so maybe it's preventing that strong bond thing Kalamari mentioned, but I don't try to do it. I think authors attack different writing in different ways, and what's a crutch in one situation can be a boost in another.
DISCLAIMER: I am not married to any person or object on the astral plane.