BlogFlog: Mother's Day

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

LKH: Emphasis
Me: Regular

We did our celebrating last weekend because Trinity is with her father this weekend.

I am probably getting the rarest gift of all for Mother's day. Time to myself.

I can't think of any custody arrangement wherein the child doesn't get to be with the mother on Mother's Day. I've heard of half-day arrangements. I've heard of combined Mother/Step-Mother celebrations. But not being there at all?

All I can think is that this is what she asked for - because ''the rarest gift of all for Mother's day. Time to myself'.

Considering she has dual custody of her child and thus doesn't have her child fulltime in the first place - what the heck is she talking about?

Also her child isn't a toddler who'll follow her into the bathroom and go 'Mommy can you get me a glass of milk?' Or a kindergartener who gets into mischief if left alone.

So what?



I bring this up not for the sole opportunity to bash LKH, but because this kind of selfishness and self-involvement seems to me to be part of what translates into her books and is why they suck and she can't take direction/advice/suggestion.

It also makes me think of Anita Blake (specifically) and the character's utter selfishness and how the world is seen through Anita's eyes.

I really wish it were possible if someone was messing up a franchise that someone else could write it better and get all the credit and kudos and money. Somehow it's just not enough to run circles around LKH in fanfiction. I'd love to see her truly threatened by someone else not locked into a selfish self-wanking point of view in exploring the universe.

It makes me wonder just how close could you get to mocking her in an original work? How close could you get to exploring a similar world? Would it have to be a strict parody? Or could you mention the brain-damanged Vampire Executioner who wonders the streets dirty and out of touch with reality and occasionally turning tricks on people with no scruples?

http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2007/05/happy-mothers-day.html

Comments

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

Y'know, one day, Trinity is going to come across her mother's blog and learn about what a burden she apparently was. Not to mention some of the outright creepiness.

I'm sure we can think of something to do here at home.

Maybe my mind's just perpetually in the gutter anyway, but this sounds like a possible attempt at sexual innuendo.

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I think that Trinity already knows how her mother feels about her. People can kid themselves that children don't pick up on these things. But they do.

[nimnix.livejournal.com]

She probably has come across it. What it means to her is anybody's guess. I would hate to be a mom like LKH. If I ever grow out of my utter selfishness, then I'll be ready.

Until then, I'll leave the baby-raising to people who actually understand what it takes.

[were-lemur.livejournal.com]

Huzzah.

I've got my grandmother telling me all the time that it doesn't matter if I think I'm too selfish to have kids -- that once I have them, my love for them will make me into a good mom.

It's so nice to see someone who understands that being unselfish should come before the baby-having, not (wishfully) as a result of it.

[nimnix.livejournal.com]

I guess the concept of someone being that selfish (and being able to recognize their selfishness) is hard to grasp for some. For people who aren't like this, either we're not selfish because we don't want to subject children to less than perfect environments, or we're speaking out of fear.

But considering what I put my parents through, and their patience...

I can't do that yet.