Different anger

[beccaelizabeth]

Today I reread that one short story by Seanan McGuire where Alice meets Naga
got v angry and glared at imaginary persons for a while
then started rereading Spelunking Through Hell.

... just for reasons...


I had taken a break from watching the Flash because it was making me angry.

I do appear to have some anger to go around at the moment.


... with the Flash it's because the story always thinks Flash is right and Reverse Flash is irrational, while giving us a whole lot of reasons why Reverse Flash makes perfect sense and the Flash is terrifyingly selfish. Which makes me want to not watch those stories.

With Seanan it is because she is a terrifying delight who sets things up very, very, well.

So obviously I will keep reading
and manage to be very full of reaction to the events of the story
however many times I reread.

I mean the context changes so skillfully a reread can be a whole other experience anyway.


Is rather good.

Comments

[mecurtin]

the story always thinks Flash is right and Reverse Flash is irrational, while giving us a whole lot of reasons why Reverse Flash makes perfect sense and the Flash is terrifyingly selfish.

This reminds me of stitch's article, On Woobification and Why Infantilizing Villains Can Harm Useful Discourse. In my experience, one of the big drives toward villain-loving (in my case, SV's Lex Luthor in particular) is when the text says "the hero is always Right" while my eyes say, "no he's not". stitch seems to be talking about a different dynamic, though. My reaction is to think of characters like Lex, or like Stiles or Derek from Teen Wolf, who aren't supposed to be the heroes, but are *obviously* more interesting and often more moral than the Designated Hero.