Random Thoughts, Some Not Original
Apr. 15th, 2015 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribRandom Thought #1
When writing fiction, not including straight white males as characters unless the story "requires it" means that straight white male-dom is the default and normal. - Mary Robinette Kowal
Random Thought #2
There are two kinds of people in the world - "you do you" and "one true cereal." The "you do you" crowd doesn't care what you read / watch / entertain yourself with. The "one true cereal" crowd gets very upset if something doesn't match their standards. I leave you to figure out where the Sad Puppies fit in that.
Random Thought #3
As you may have heard, one of John C. Wright's stories got bounced from the ballot. The Usual Suspects are crying foul. Scalzi suggests that they put their big kid pants on. To which I add - judgment calls about the rules cut both ways. Mary Robinette Kowal and Paul Cornell both missed Hugos because of decisions (and in Cornell's case a simple error) by Hugo administrators. It happens.
When writing fiction, not including straight white males as characters unless the story "requires it" means that straight white male-dom is the default and normal. - Mary Robinette Kowal
Random Thought #2
There are two kinds of people in the world - "you do you" and "one true cereal." The "you do you" crowd doesn't care what you read / watch / entertain yourself with. The "one true cereal" crowd gets very upset if something doesn't match their standards. I leave you to figure out where the Sad Puppies fit in that.
Random Thought #3
As you may have heard, one of John C. Wright's stories got bounced from the ballot. The Usual Suspects are crying foul. Scalzi suggests that they put their big kid pants on. To which I add - judgment calls about the rules cut both ways. Mary Robinette Kowal and Paul Cornell both missed Hugos because of decisions (and in Cornell's case a simple error) by Hugo administrators. It happens.
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Date: 2015-04-16 03:51 pm (UTC)It's the rephrasing as "One True Cereal" that I'm enjoying :-) Nicely put.