Social Behavoiur 102
Feb. 23rd, 2004 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hackthis_archiveIt rained all weekend like I’d never left the UK. This was not necessarily a bad thing, only it was a bit wet and I’d wanted to go out.
My only thought on the last Sex & The City is that I want a Smith, like a lot, and after this weekend I’m tapped out for LOTRips (Drowning & The Title is Never as Clever as the End). I’ve no desire to write The O.C. I think that last Lex/Adam (Even Honesty is Financial Speculation) cleaned me out for Smallville, which leaves me with, um, with Harry Potter? Christ. I don’t even know if I can write that anymore…
Also, if it’s true that everybody has a running theme to their writing then I suspect mine is: Is Viagra really better than the Errol Flynn School of Erection Longevity? (Okay, I couldn’t help putting that in there. Don’t ask why, I don’t know why. Because I’m me and quite clearly not all there. Naturally.)
Seriously though – if everyone has a universal theme then I suspect mine is about finding out you’re only human after all. Some people would just say ‘duh’ to that prognosis and insist that all stories are about that on one level or another to which I would say that, yes, they are. But some stories are much more optimistic in their tone that others. Mine, well, it really depends on the day, but generally not so much so.
Disappointment, rejection, being broken and putting the pieces back together -– these are the sorts of things that always pop up in my stories, regardless of fandom. These are the things that interest me –- how people change in the wake of the things that life throws at them. Because life will always fuck with you, and I’m all about exploring that kind of evolution and adaptability. Very Darwin of me, I know. And also, yes, I can smell the Freud.
I suspect I should’ve just stuck with Psychology, but you know how after a while it turns you into a hypochondriac? Well, yeah, I had to get over that.
I digress.
I say this only to talk about how human beings are amazingly resilient creatures and they fascinate me in ways that I could be here all day talking about. People are –- people are really pretty fucking amazing when you get right down to it. We fall down; we get up. We’re broken; we put ourselves back together. We love; we hate; we have, like, feelings and shit. Not that I’m terribly good with the feelings thing, but again, I digress.
The point is that people have brains, we have consciences, and guilt and evil plans and shit. We’re never as clever as we think we are. We’re never as stupid as we think we are either. But we think. We plan and regroup and try all over again... and that’s what’s important to me.
That’s what I like so much.
That’s why I love writing about the Human Condition.
People are just miraculous and startling and predictable and so many things all at the same time. To me, that’s pretty fucking cool. And my stories may not be huge on plot or make these enormous sweeping sentiments about Life, The Universe and All That Shit, but to me that's okay. I'm quite happy with what I've got.
Also,
My copy of The Escapist shipped today, so...it’s about bleeding time! Oh, and Joss will be writing a new 12-issue stretch of X-Men under The Astonishing X-Men. And I heart Teen Titans. Really. Like a lot. *crushes on Tim while fretting over upcoming storylines*
My only thought on the last Sex & The City is that I want a Smith, like a lot, and after this weekend I’m tapped out for LOTRips (Drowning & The Title is Never as Clever as the End). I’ve no desire to write The O.C. I think that last Lex/Adam (Even Honesty is Financial Speculation) cleaned me out for Smallville, which leaves me with, um, with Harry Potter? Christ. I don’t even know if I can write that anymore…
Also, if it’s true that everybody has a running theme to their writing then I suspect mine is: Is Viagra really better than the Errol Flynn School of Erection Longevity? (Okay, I couldn’t help putting that in there. Don’t ask why, I don’t know why. Because I’m me and quite clearly not all there. Naturally.)
Seriously though – if everyone has a universal theme then I suspect mine is about finding out you’re only human after all. Some people would just say ‘duh’ to that prognosis and insist that all stories are about that on one level or another to which I would say that, yes, they are. But some stories are much more optimistic in their tone that others. Mine, well, it really depends on the day, but generally not so much so.
Disappointment, rejection, being broken and putting the pieces back together -– these are the sorts of things that always pop up in my stories, regardless of fandom. These are the things that interest me –- how people change in the wake of the things that life throws at them. Because life will always fuck with you, and I’m all about exploring that kind of evolution and adaptability. Very Darwin of me, I know. And also, yes, I can smell the Freud.
I suspect I should’ve just stuck with Psychology, but you know how after a while it turns you into a hypochondriac? Well, yeah, I had to get over that.
I digress.
I say this only to talk about how human beings are amazingly resilient creatures and they fascinate me in ways that I could be here all day talking about. People are –- people are really pretty fucking amazing when you get right down to it. We fall down; we get up. We’re broken; we put ourselves back together. We love; we hate; we have, like, feelings and shit. Not that I’m terribly good with the feelings thing, but again, I digress.
The point is that people have brains, we have consciences, and guilt and evil plans and shit. We’re never as clever as we think we are. We’re never as stupid as we think we are either. But we think. We plan and regroup and try all over again... and that’s what’s important to me.
That’s what I like so much.
That’s why I love writing about the Human Condition.
People are just miraculous and startling and predictable and so many things all at the same time. To me, that’s pretty fucking cool. And my stories may not be huge on plot or make these enormous sweeping sentiments about Life, The Universe and All That Shit, but to me that's okay. I'm quite happy with what I've got.
Also,
My copy of The Escapist shipped today, so...it’s about bleeding time! Oh, and Joss will be writing a new 12-issue stretch of X-Men under The Astonishing X-Men. And I heart Teen Titans. Really. Like a lot. *crushes on Tim while fretting over upcoming storylines*
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Date: 2004-02-23 07:08 pm (UTC)...or make these enormous sweeping sentiments about Life, The Universe and All That Shit, but to me that's okay.
See, the former disproves the latter, to me. Planning and regrouping and trying again is one of the most important lessons/facets/philosophies of the human condition, IMHO. It's what I love about Buffy, about Angel, about LoTR, about your stories. People try and fail and screw up and keep going. They love and they lie and they hurt and they love again.
I'm quite happy with what I've got.
I'm happy with what you've got, too, and thanks for sharing.
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Date: 2004-02-23 07:36 pm (UTC)I swear when Tim sees the LL and asks if Superman knew Lois Lane in SV, I couldn't for the life of me think of Lana. I kept saying 'See, we all knew he loved Lex.' *g*
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Date: 2004-02-24 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-24 07:15 pm (UTC)The coffee thing is because I broke the carafe to my coffee pot, and, well, uh, my bodum got broken a while ago, so have to make my coffee on the stove, and let me tell you, this isn't what you get at Waffle House. Crap. I need a new coffee pot.