tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post561084310927033029..comments2024-01-31T02:49:46.927-06:00Comments on Castle Inanity: Frea Interprets Vonnegut — Rule #6Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15324572697846855260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-10384230038968699262012-03-26T10:09:28.267-05:002012-03-26T10:09:28.267-05:00Yeah, Ripe, I'm going to have to go with Crumb...Yeah, Ripe, I'm going to have to go with Crumby on this one. Sorry. I also don't think Sarah was being sadistic when she punched Chuck (I think *I* was being sadistic, but not Sarah, which is why I laugh). Chuck's always going to have issues in Fates, but that doesn't preclude all chances of happiness. Highs don't always have to mean singing and dancing in the rain; to me,Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324572697846855260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-21375490809155476552012-03-25T14:30:58.196-05:002012-03-25T14:30:58.196-05:00I don't think he had a high and happy moment s...<i>I don't think he had a high and happy moment since Bryce & Sarah visited him in his bunker in 2005.</i><br /><br />Um, what?!<br /><br />How was Bryce and Sarah visiting Chuck in the bunker a higher point than, say, the 40s?<br /><br />Back then, Chuck was glad to be back in Burbank after DC and the Heartbrake Hotel debacle. He was doing way better with his agoraphobia after only four Crumbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504545361289277139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-78198436016524212872012-03-24T12:45:02.976-05:002012-03-24T12:45:02.976-05:00Interesting take on the rule.
You say that "...Interesting take on the rule. <br />You say that "without the lows, the highs mean nothing" and I completely agree with you. You need lows so you could appreciate and enjoy the highs. But on the other hand, if you have nothing but lows [like Chuck does on Fates... I don't think he had a high and happy moment since Bryce & Sarah visited him in his bunker in 2005] then when you Ripenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-80256995792883679052012-03-14T22:50:11.143-05:002012-03-14T22:50:11.143-05:00LOTR has one of the finest, saddest, and uplifting...LOTR has one of the finest, saddest, and uplifting endings in fiction.<br /><br />The best triumphs come at a cost. <br /><br />With the continuing passing of time, the FarScape series arcs for the characters and ending keeps rising in stature for me as to how well they were done.Old Darthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924628019601531425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-46931170771041638122012-03-14T21:15:02.422-05:002012-03-14T21:15:02.422-05:00But then JKR also killed Dobby, Hedwig, Fred, Lupi...But then JKR also killed Dobby, Hedwig, Fred, Lupin, Tonks, and even Colin Creevey. Maybe she had a character mortality quota.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-345655487577705032012-03-14T15:46:51.896-05:002012-03-14T15:46:51.896-05:00I'm watching deathly hollows right now and it ...I'm watching deathly hollows right now and it reminds me of JKR comment about killing Serius. As I .recall she cried for a long time, but it was necessary. <br />After reading Dresden I have never thought you were a sadist. What that man has done to Murphy....BDaddyDLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12039707733553657930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-78253902690479900022012-03-14T14:49:25.283-05:002012-03-14T14:49:25.283-05:00I don't think that you are a sadist - well, no...I don't think that you are a sadist - well, not too much, at least... <br />OK, sometimes you make your characters suffer because "it's funny", but you are not really cruel for the sake of it, IMO. That's why, for instance, and I always say that, I love Fates' Sarah, because she is troubled (I don't know if this is the correct word), she does things she doesn't Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-44164808444723064922012-03-14T11:13:26.411-05:002012-03-14T11:13:26.411-05:00hell no some of the best stories of all time have ...hell no some of the best stories of all time have been Downer or at best Bittersweet.<br /><br />you only need to look at the influence Writers such as Poe and Lovecraft have had on the writers that follow them to show that happy endings are not required. Everyone just seems to expect them because it's apparently the done thing of late.<br /><br />you should always look at the story your alrishttp://www.twitter.com/alrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-35412298750319622292012-03-14T11:06:03.070-05:002012-03-14T11:06:03.070-05:00Are we entitled to a happy ending?Are we entitled to a happy ending?Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324572697846855260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79953729582147632.post-79499948568171782302012-03-14T11:02:35.036-05:002012-03-14T11:02:35.036-05:00All very true and all very good points. Question: ...All very true and all very good points. Question: Isn't the ending a good time to stop being cruel to your characters and wrap it all up into a nice, tidy package? The reason I'm asking is that so many shows and stories seem to not do an "And they lived happily ever after" ending. Instead, they leave you hanging there. And in case anyone is wondering, I'm not just talking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com