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OH GOD, THIS IS HILARIOUS.
Blog Flog: http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2006/07/authors-and-trolls.html
Darla in italics, the ranting mule in noooormal font. ;)
I just became aware another fav of mine was pretty much publicly drawn and quartered on a blog.
OH NOES, SAY IT AIN'T SO!!! You mean there are people out there who -GASP!- have DIFFERING OPPINIONS THAN YOURS????
Shock of SHOCKS, Darla honey! XD
If you see yourself as one who is doing this kind of thing, then stop it!
Excuse me, I must laugh now.
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA HAA HA HA HEH HEH HEEEEE.
Okay, I...no wait, I'm not done laughing.
BWEEEHEEE HEEEEEE!
Alright I'm better now.
Seriously. You can't just tell people to NOT have differing oppinions. News flash, we aren't all mindless drones.
Consider what you say, what you post. Is that how you really want to portray yourself publicly?
My LJ username is RANTING MULE. Clue, Darla, get one.
I know there will be those who tear this apart.
Psychic powerz, Darla apparently leveled up!!!
Read between the lines, assigning meaning that is not there. Call me names. Generally doing what was done to one of my favorite authors.
Okay, see...I'm not just sitting here calling her a stoopid doodyhead. I'm tearing appart her infinitely foolish and shortsighted logic, and her apparent belief that nobody is allowed to not like an author's work.
HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY, Darla honey, and get a clue.
Because I happen to know she is a kind, witty and wonderful person, in addition to being a terrific author.
I don't know who the hell she's talking about but I'll concede that this mystery author might be a really good person.
The ability to write well is NOT part of the package deal when being labeled a good person. It goes for art, too...I know some truly wonderful people who just can't draw, and I know a few amazingly, stunningly talented artists who are just...terrible, self-absorbed and heartless people.
I am so sorry. I kept hoping it was limited to Laurell.
Okay!!! WISH GRANTED. >:3
I am not sure what it is about the internet that inspires people to be rude!
Anonymity.
Other than anonymity.
...no, Darla honey, that's about it, really. Well...granted if I could I'd tell LKH off face-to-face, but I don't have that option.
But for some reason, people who wouldn't dream of saying it to your face, feel free to post it on the web.
...see above. I'd LOVE to get LKH in a locked room and just...try and talk sense into her over the course of a few hours. That, or just knock her senseless.
And god help anyone who disagrees with them. It is like junior high, they have to be right or their world ends apparently.
You mean, like YOU ARE? That whole...everyone must lovewhoreship worship and adore LKH and every piece of literary faeces she creates???
I finally got to where I started asking to see the original posts of things Laurell or I supposedly said. Too often through cut and paste things get attributed to the wrong party. Sometimes, I think it is accidental. Some of it I know is intentional.
Uhhh. Okay, I have no idea what she's trying to convey here. I am left full of WTF-ness.
Worse, are the folks who read between the lines and attribute things never stated. They cannot take what is said at face value, they have to spin it, like politicians to meet their own needs.
Let's leave the politicians out of it, okay? No need to stereotype, right?
Wait. Oh, right. Now I remember who's talking, and the...okay, so stereotyping people is Darla's only way of categorizing. Whatever.
Is this like how in prettymuch all of LKH's books "gay" is synonymous with "evil?"
And you are supposed to rise above it all and be magnanimous and gracious.
Well yeah, that's what a mature adult all-grown-up-now author would do. GOD FORBID LKH or this other author be forced to act like grown ups!
As long as you agree with them, then it is okay to say something, but if you disagree or defend yourself, then you are some kind of horrible person out to cause them harm.
You know, she's saying this about us "haters" yet I honestly feel like it's a two way street. So long as LKH's fans are licking her boots, everything's gravy. The instant someone offers anything other than glowing praise, they're a "bully" or a "hater."
I wish Darla could see the irony here.
There is always someone out there ready to tear down anything. They seem to revel in doing so. Why they are so miserable and cannot find some joy in life is I don't know, and is just sad, in my opinion.
It isn't my own life that leads me to rip at LKH's drivel or her blog, Darla honey, it's the fact that the books are literary SHIT and the blog is like this train wreck of psychosis. It's like this scary MPD thing that is somehow morbidly fascinating.
Laurell and I both have had abuse heaped on us for not agreeing with everything someone else says.
I'd like to pause for a moment and remind everyone of the bitchfest LKH spewed when she discovered that not all of her readers were OMG SO ENAMOURED with the stupid Ardeur and crap.
Everyone remember that? GOOD.
I want to explore new things, and if I don't like something, well, then I can walk away from it. I don't demand it change to suit me!
The problem, Darla honey, is that the series changed, not the tastes of the original readers. Get yer facts straight, woman!
Could you imagine walking in to a museum and demanding that a painting be changed simply because you don't like it?
UP YOURS, Darla, I cope with it more often than you'd think. And ya know what? I'm okay with the fact that there are, indeed, some people who really don't like my art. That's fine.
And no, I am not gonna change a painting to suit someone's oppinion unless they've paid me to create it. In which case I am more than happy to do so.
Also...did we not just mention that it was the series that changed???
Readers do not get to dictate what is written.
I express my oppinion with my wallet. LKH ain't getting a single cent from me, from now on. (actually I haven't paid for her books in a while, but that's neither here nor there.) And unless LKH is supported via MANA FROM HEAVEN, the food she eats...the house she lives in...her UNBRIDLED SUCCESS AS AN AUTHOR...is entirely build off of the cash We The Readers spent on her books back when they DIDN'T SUCK.
Does she honestly think that if her first several books were of the plotlessness and squicky porn they are now, that they'd have EVER been published??? If so, she's far more scary-delusional than I thought!
Now, the really scary thing? Darla made a few grammar errors and a few sentence fragments that left me all "uhm no." But her blog entry was actually more coherent than LKH's usually are.
HOW SCARY IS THAT?!
Darla in italics, the ranting mule in noooormal font. ;)
I just became aware another fav of mine was pretty much publicly drawn and quartered on a blog.
OH NOES, SAY IT AIN'T SO!!! You mean there are people out there who -GASP!- have DIFFERING OPPINIONS THAN YOURS????
Shock of SHOCKS, Darla honey! XD
If you see yourself as one who is doing this kind of thing, then stop it!
Excuse me, I must laugh now.
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA HAA HA HA HEH HEH HEEEEE.
Okay, I...no wait, I'm not done laughing.
BWEEEHEEE HEEEEEE!
Alright I'm better now.
Seriously. You can't just tell people to NOT have differing oppinions. News flash, we aren't all mindless drones.
Consider what you say, what you post. Is that how you really want to portray yourself publicly?
My LJ username is RANTING MULE. Clue, Darla, get one.
I know there will be those who tear this apart.
Psychic powerz, Darla apparently leveled up!!!
Read between the lines, assigning meaning that is not there. Call me names. Generally doing what was done to one of my favorite authors.
Okay, see...I'm not just sitting here calling her a stoopid doodyhead. I'm tearing appart her infinitely foolish and shortsighted logic, and her apparent belief that nobody is allowed to not like an author's work.
HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY, Darla honey, and get a clue.
Because I happen to know she is a kind, witty and wonderful person, in addition to being a terrific author.
I don't know who the hell she's talking about but I'll concede that this mystery author might be a really good person.
The ability to write well is NOT part of the package deal when being labeled a good person. It goes for art, too...I know some truly wonderful people who just can't draw, and I know a few amazingly, stunningly talented artists who are just...terrible, self-absorbed and heartless people.
I am so sorry. I kept hoping it was limited to Laurell.
Okay!!! WISH GRANTED. >:3
I am not sure what it is about the internet that inspires people to be rude!
Anonymity.
Other than anonymity.
...no, Darla honey, that's about it, really. Well...granted if I could I'd tell LKH off face-to-face, but I don't have that option.
But for some reason, people who wouldn't dream of saying it to your face, feel free to post it on the web.
...see above. I'd LOVE to get LKH in a locked room and just...try and talk sense into her over the course of a few hours. That, or just knock her senseless.
And god help anyone who disagrees with them. It is like junior high, they have to be right or their world ends apparently.
You mean, like YOU ARE? That whole...everyone must love
I finally got to where I started asking to see the original posts of things Laurell or I supposedly said. Too often through cut and paste things get attributed to the wrong party. Sometimes, I think it is accidental. Some of it I know is intentional.
Uhhh. Okay, I have no idea what she's trying to convey here. I am left full of WTF-ness.
Worse, are the folks who read between the lines and attribute things never stated. They cannot take what is said at face value, they have to spin it, like politicians to meet their own needs.
Let's leave the politicians out of it, okay? No need to stereotype, right?
Wait. Oh, right. Now I remember who's talking, and the...okay, so stereotyping people is Darla's only way of categorizing. Whatever.
Is this like how in prettymuch all of LKH's books "gay" is synonymous with "evil?"
And you are supposed to rise above it all and be magnanimous and gracious.
Well yeah, that's what a mature adult all-grown-up-now author would do. GOD FORBID LKH or this other author be forced to act like grown ups!
As long as you agree with them, then it is okay to say something, but if you disagree or defend yourself, then you are some kind of horrible person out to cause them harm.
You know, she's saying this about us "haters" yet I honestly feel like it's a two way street. So long as LKH's fans are licking her boots, everything's gravy. The instant someone offers anything other than glowing praise, they're a "bully" or a "hater."
I wish Darla could see the irony here.
There is always someone out there ready to tear down anything. They seem to revel in doing so. Why they are so miserable and cannot find some joy in life is I don't know, and is just sad, in my opinion.
It isn't my own life that leads me to rip at LKH's drivel or her blog, Darla honey, it's the fact that the books are literary SHIT and the blog is like this train wreck of psychosis. It's like this scary MPD thing that is somehow morbidly fascinating.
Laurell and I both have had abuse heaped on us for not agreeing with everything someone else says.
I'd like to pause for a moment and remind everyone of the bitchfest LKH spewed when she discovered that not all of her readers were OMG SO ENAMOURED with the stupid Ardeur and crap.
Everyone remember that? GOOD.
I want to explore new things, and if I don't like something, well, then I can walk away from it. I don't demand it change to suit me!
The problem, Darla honey, is that the series changed, not the tastes of the original readers. Get yer facts straight, woman!
Could you imagine walking in to a museum and demanding that a painting be changed simply because you don't like it?
UP YOURS, Darla, I cope with it more often than you'd think. And ya know what? I'm okay with the fact that there are, indeed, some people who really don't like my art. That's fine.
And no, I am not gonna change a painting to suit someone's oppinion unless they've paid me to create it. In which case I am more than happy to do so.
Also...did we not just mention that it was the series that changed???
Readers do not get to dictate what is written.
I express my oppinion with my wallet. LKH ain't getting a single cent from me, from now on. (actually I haven't paid for her books in a while, but that's neither here nor there.) And unless LKH is supported via MANA FROM HEAVEN, the food she eats...the house she lives in...her UNBRIDLED SUCCESS AS AN AUTHOR...is entirely build off of the cash We The Readers spent on her books back when they DIDN'T SUCK.
Does she honestly think that if her first several books were of the plotlessness and squicky porn they are now, that they'd have EVER been published??? If so, she's far more scary-delusional than I thought!
Now, the really scary thing? Darla made a few grammar errors and a few sentence fragments that left me all "uhm no." But her blog entry was actually more coherent than LKH's usually are.
HOW SCARY IS THAT?!
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If anyone can find the link they'll get a shiny virtual cookie.
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*g* Awesome flog, btw.
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It's in my memories. It gets better with age, I swear.
Favorite comments:
glomobius
2005-02-10 11:24 (link)
When has gasoline EVER put a fire out?? *sob*
ladybirdsleeps
2005-02-10 11:32 (link)
(One hopes she writes better than he designs blogs.)
ONE'S HOPES WOULD BE DASHED LIKE AN INFANT'S BRAINS AGAINST A ROCK.
/bitter
**EDITS**
WHOOPS that might not be the right one. Lemme go find the other.
Here it is! (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/698174.html) Never say I don't do nuthin' for ya.
Favorite comment for THIS one:
windex_junkie
2005-05-04 04:43 (link)
I've always planned on Anita getting to the point where she can control the arduer and not have to have sex every few hours.
Shit, man. I thought that was hyperbole.
FOR TEH WIN.
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And well, truth be told...it actually wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be.
Well, not compared to some of her more recent entries, at least.
Still, after reading it, I am left greatly...disturbed. O____o
I know she complains about the people that trash her novels. Err, okay. To be fair, I will cut her some slack, seeing as no one likes to have their work trashed, even if it isn't that great. I'll give her that. (Take note, I'm being rather generous here, okay? TRYING to be nice. And she is all but ASKING us to trash her books.)
And yes, on hearing that her grandmother was dying, I did feel a twinge of sympathy for her. (But that was as far as it went.)And I would cut her some slack there too.
But I find it hard to believe that LKH can't accept true CC for her books. Polited and fair suggestions for improving them. (And getting a good editor. *grits teeth*) In fanfiction, I leave CC for writers on things that I think they could improve on in reviews. Nothing mean, just friendly advice. I tell them what I liked and what could be use some work. And hell, I know I've got a long way to go myself in terms of my writing. They often thank me for the suggestions they don't (for the most part) go "OMG U R SO MEAN!!! MY WRITING IZ PERFECT2!!!!" Like LKH pretty much did in that blog entry of hers.
*palmface*
What really gets me is that if she gets fair, constructive criticism for her books (from professional critics and fans alike) and she throws a big pity party over it all.
It's funny and sickening at the same time. And also just plain pathetic.
Laurell, grow the fuck up. Please.
*grits teeth and has urge to SEVERELY deflate Laurell's gigantic ego*
And also...we might like you better if you divorce Jon and pull your head out of Darla's ass and regain your sanity. Not that I expect it to happen. Meh. We can hope.
In the meantime, we will continue to point. And laugh. And mock. And flog.
Because I mean come on, she's SO asking for it. :P