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

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[dwg.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I'm the world's worst daughter when it comes to Fathers/Mothers Day, because I generally do not get my parents anything. Ma's made it abundantly clear that neither my father, or I, should get her anything because she'll traditionally buy her own present...a pair of slippers.

Fathers Day, I just tend to forget, so...uh, my bad?

Philosophically speaking, I don't really agree with a Speshul Day set aside for parents, because well, shouldn't every day be a Fathers/Mothers Day where you appreciate your parental units? Okay, maybe in a Utopian society, this will happen.

But for the rest of us mere mortals that do not get along with their families like the Brady Bunch, this blog is grating in the worst possible way. Yay, LKH, you celebrate being a mom and raising a cool kid! You tout your love for how awesome she is and you are and...

No wait, I'm getting confused with Neil Gaiman again. And let's face it, he probably would make the world's awesomest mother.

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

I've only recently jumped on the Neil Gaiman bandwagon, so I feel the need to say: hellz yeah, he'd make the world's awesomest mother!

Parent!Neil Gaiman is made of CAPSLOCK

[mad-troll.livejournal.com]

After reading the introduction to "Fragile Things", I'm of the opinion that Gaiman is somewhat between what a parent should aim to be and what a good parent can be.

Re: Parent!Neil Gaiman is made of CAPSLOCK

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

The only Gaiman I've read, aside from a few blog entries and interviews, is Sandman. But his dedication of Vol. 8, World's End to his daughter Maddy? I'm torn between wanting him to be my dad and wanting him to be the father of my children. =D

Re: Parent!Neil Gaiman is made of CAPSLOCK

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Oh, father of children, definitely.

Wait! Dangit, I do not allow myself to lust after Neil Gaiman! *slaps wrists*

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

Heh. You KNOW my mom is special every day. However, yeah, I got her the good cake shaped like a heart with all kinds of gooey fudge, and made her a card (Because that's what she asked for. I make cards.) Some years, I get her jewelry or such, when I've got more cash than I do this year. Sometimes, I get her something for the hell of it when it's not mother's day at all.

I look at it as an extra special day, and she earned it, for sure. :).

Yearly traditions like slippers are good, tho. I should probably start up something she gets every year. :D

-Dira-