tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post6630957848714343992..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: How to Write a Horribly Offensive SadficUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-9504805385433516872014-03-27T05:15:56.346-05:002014-03-27T05:15:56.346-05:00I don't quite agree that making people feel sa...I don't quite agree that making people feel sad for its own sake is a bad thing. Some people deliberately go to watch tearjerker movies or read sad stories for no more purpose than their own form of entertainment. It's just a different flavour of experience, like the people who watch gory films for the sake of the horror and the blood. Granted, that's no excuse for being stupid about it or for making mistakes some research on the subject could easily fix, and it's certainly no excuse for being insensitive. On the other hand, you're coming across as dictating that "people should enjoy ice cream for higher reasons, like calming down after a stressful moment or to remember some key bit of childhood wisdom activated by memories of eating ice cream". What's wrong with just letting some people enjoy ice cream for its own sake?<br /><br />"There are even a lot of good reasons to want your story to make the reader sad, most having to do with either creating a cathartic environment in which the sadness transmogrifies to relief,"<br /><br />People still think the catharsis theory is true? Why? There's no evidence in support of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-68577693633052688202014-03-25T06:01:41.605-05:002014-03-25T06:01:41.605-05:00Duly noted, D.Duly noted, D.InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-38468604874636052782014-03-24T22:31:59.884-05:002014-03-24T22:31:59.884-05:00>I just want to offer the disclaimer that the &...>I just want to offer the disclaimer that the "John Perry Suffers the Featured Box" series is in no way legally responsible for the suffering of others.<br /><br />And I am the Queen of the Faeries!Wanderer Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728467625543907674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-34968950833426545192014-03-24T11:56:47.592-05:002014-03-24T11:56:47.592-05:00' "Flawlessly logical. I admire your mind...' "Flawlessly logical. I admire your mind." '<br /><br />This story is amazing on so many levels. Lucky Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041639304417741306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-53873283533991375172014-03-24T10:54:41.117-05:002014-03-24T10:54:41.117-05:00Oh dear... It seems Chris has swallowed quite the ...Oh dear... It seems Chris has swallowed quite the bitter pill in having to review the next fic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-49790214885069936152014-03-24T09:47:09.347-05:002014-03-24T09:47:09.347-05:00I just want to offer the disclaimer that the "...I just want to offer the disclaimer that the "John Perry Suffers the Featured Box" series is in no way legally responsible for the suffering of others.John Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440476810236159695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-69409207395880782922014-03-24T08:53:28.095-05:002014-03-24T08:53:28.095-05:00>sick bay
I can't. This is beautiful.>sick bay<br /><br />I can't. This is beautiful.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-75193352740460532162014-03-24T08:52:59.614-05:002014-03-24T08:52:59.614-05:00I can't shake the feeling that this journal is...I can't shake the feeling that this journal is your (and potentially my) fault. :BPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-78278363573383739002014-03-24T08:10:52.096-05:002014-03-24T08:10:52.096-05:00Passive-aggressive though it may be, this was insa...Passive-aggressive though it may be, this was insanely entertaining and caused me to laugh out loud quite a bit. I wouldn't mind more rants like this.<br /><br />Part of me wants to know what brought this on, and the other part of me is shaming the first part with refrains of "Mom taught you better than that."John Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440476810236159695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-80177312185080110722014-03-24T05:52:36.800-05:002014-03-24T05:52:36.800-05:00There, their, they're. Breathe deep. Have some...There, their, they're. Breathe deep. Have some warm milk and a cookie.InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-53202281225104483252014-03-24T04:12:34.614-05:002014-03-24T04:12:34.614-05:00"Gee golly gosh gloriosky," thought Twil..."Gee golly gosh gloriosky," thought Twilight Sparkle as she stepped into Celestia's School for Magical Unicorns. "Here I am, the youngest unicorn in the school - only 15 and a half seasons old."<br /><br />Princess Celestia came up to her. "Oh, Twilight, I love you madly. Will you come to bed with me?"<br /><br />"Princess! I am not that kind of girl!"<br /><br />"You're right, and I respect you for it. Here, take over the school for a minute while I go get some coffee for us."<br /><br />Princess Luna entered the classroom. "What are you doing in charge, Twilight?"<br /><br />"Princess Celestia told me to."<br /><br />"Flawlessly logical. I admire your mind."<br /><br />----<br /><br />Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, Princess Cadence flew with Twilight Sparkle to Gildesdale. There, they were captured by buffalo and thrown into prison. In a moment of weakness, Twilight admitted to Princess Luna she, too, would become an alicorn in a later season. Recovering quickly, she sprung the lock with the strip on her mane and they got all the way back to the chariot.<br /><br />----<br /><br />But back in Canterlot, Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle found out that the princesses who flew to Gildesdale were stricken by the jumping cold robbies, Twilight less so. While the three princesses languished in Sick Bay, Twilight Sparkle ran Equestria, and ran it so well she received the Naybel Peace Prize, the Equestrian Order of Gallantry, and the Canterlotian Award of Good Ponyhood.<br /><br />----<br /><br />However, the disease finally got her, and she fell ill. In the sick bay as she breathed her last, she was surrounded by Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, and Cadence, all weeping unashamedly at the loss of her beautiful youth and youthful beauty, intelligence, capability, and all around niceness. Even to this day, her birthday is a national holiday of Celestia's school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-18892937882420059912014-03-24T03:11:42.713-05:002014-03-24T03:11:42.713-05:00'Ask yourself: when's the last time you...'Ask yourself: when's the last time you've heard someone say "Boy, I can't seem to stop being cheerful today! I wish something would come along and darken my mood," or "I've been in a good mood all day; I really need to find something that'll leave me depressed and gloomy?"'<br /><br />I actually asked people to recommend some stories that would emotionally crush me, once. While I'm not completely certain, I think it was because I was trying to write a sadfic at the time and wanted to get into the mood more. I figured it would be a lot easier to put myself in a character's shoes if I was already halfway there, regardless of the reason. <br /><br />I don't remember if I actually went anywhere with whatever story that was, but I do remember people acting baffled when I asked in IRC, heh. Drakmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669122928866258216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-79906832877935462432014-03-24T00:05:53.878-05:002014-03-24T00:05:53.878-05:00So... about 99% of stuff that has the "Sad&qu...So... about 99% of stuff that has the "Sad" tag on fimfic? I can send you a list of these.Wanderer Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728467625543907674noreply@blogger.com