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strangetomato) wrote2012-10-22 02:26 pm
strangetomato) wrote2012-10-22 02:26 pm
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So that's what the story is about...
Overheard behind a bookcase in a house on Bay View Drive, Belladonna Cove:
"...True enough. Some things are just personal. But we had to do the right thing to safeguard everyone against that source of evil. I'd hate for Jocosta to have died in vain."
"Dear sister, how I miss her."
"And I as well."
"Well, nevermind. That's a story for another day."
"Yes. This one's about Bella. The mystery behind her disappearance."
"And Strangetown. Aliens. The sims who hate them and the sims who love them. Or those foolhardy enough to do both!"
"About death. And Death's son."
"And the terrible consequences of meddling with mortality. And about flowers. Don't forget flowers."
"I thought it was mostly about sex?"
"No, really it's about identity. And family. And love. Aren't all stories worth telling really about that when it all boils down to it?"
"Yes, but now we're getting ahead of ourselves, aren't we?"
"Yes, indeed, sister. All in good time."
Note: I was revisiting what I'd already written for the long-suffering Chapter Thirty-Five (part four) of Strangetown, Here We Come (the damn thing is actually written if I can ever get pics for it), and I'd forgotten all about this little snippet here with the sisters breaking the fourth wall to discuss what, if anything, the story is actually about.
What do you think? Did they nail it?
My vote's on "I thought it was mostly about sex?" ;)
"...True enough. Some things are just personal. But we had to do the right thing to safeguard everyone against that source of evil. I'd hate for Jocosta to have died in vain."
"Dear sister, how I miss her."
"And I as well."
"Well, nevermind. That's a story for another day."
"Yes. This one's about Bella. The mystery behind her disappearance."
"And Strangetown. Aliens. The sims who hate them and the sims who love them. Or those foolhardy enough to do both!"
"About death. And Death's son."
"And the terrible consequences of meddling with mortality. And about flowers. Don't forget flowers."
"I thought it was mostly about sex?"
"No, really it's about identity. And family. And love. Aren't all stories worth telling really about that when it all boils down to it?"
"Yes, but now we're getting ahead of ourselves, aren't we?"
"Yes, indeed, sister. All in good time."
Note: I was revisiting what I'd already written for the long-suffering Chapter Thirty-Five (part four) of Strangetown, Here We Come (the damn thing is actually written if I can ever get pics for it), and I'd forgotten all about this little snippet here with the sisters breaking the fourth wall to discuss what, if anything, the story is actually about.
What do you think? Did they nail it?
My vote's on "I thought it was mostly about sex?" ;)
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If I don't manage to get back into posting the story, I plan to post my plot outline for those who want to know where it was going. It'll probably seem incredibly zany when written in summary form, but that's a risk I'm willing to take. Well, ideally I won't need to post it, but I'm trying to be realistic here.
I love playing Sims 3, but for now it's a very different experience. It doesn't tug on my fannish strings the same way and so I'm not in storytelling mode as much. I play a completely vanilla game right now. I don't use any hacks or cc. I might get a few of the eye and skin defaults at some point, and maybe one of the story progression hacks. I don't even care that much that it's flawed and all that. I'm just playing.
I hear you on getting "sucked in." While intense fan immersion is a wonderful experience in some ways, I also fear it a little. One, I don't have as much time to spare now, and also I worry about the way my Sims 2 obsession mirrored/shadowed the development of my last major depressive episode. I think escaping into a game is made more appealing during times like that, but it isn't what drives the love of the game (or show/book/whatever fannish thing). Still, the association makes me wary, as it would.
I've heard that defense of A Song of Ice and Fire, too, so I was wondering which to believe. Ultimately, it's one of those things you need to read to decide for yourself, but it's not a light read. XD I really respect your opinion, so that sounds good to me. I'm all for showing things in a negative light if that is a commentary or, you know, it serves to make it real. I don't mind it being gritty and such if the characters are written with care. Thanks for the recommendation. :) I might get it on my Kobo e-reader for easy parental reading.
We only have Netflix right now, but I hope to take the first season of that out of the library (the SO is interested, but only in the show, not the books). Too true about HBO, but then again I don't really have a huge problem with random sex scenes. :P
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Sims 2 (and other fannish obsessions of mine) has certainly been a way to escape reality. Mostly in a fairly harmless way, but sometimes it's been too much and it just eats up time that I feel like I should have spent in more productive and, frankly, healthy ways. While I've never had anything as serious as your depression, I have struggled with pretty bad anxiety in the past, and my mental health has been somewhat unstable ever since then. So having that little world to escape into and just relax completely with is very pleasant, but there has to be a certain balance. Spending too much time on it comes with a big dose of guilt, and that's not good for a stressed mind. So yeah, I'm wary for much the same reason.
I might try TS3 again with your no/absolutely minimal-CC approach and just *play* it, but at the moment I have several other, non-sims games I like to do that with, so my game-meter is pretty much full. :)
I'm very curious about what your opinion of ASOIAF would be now. :) One of the criticisms I've heard is that, if you're writing about a fantasy world that you can make into whatever you want, why would you make one that is so sexist? But you wouldn't be able to tell a story which involves women overcoming and dealing with sexism without sexism being present. Not saying the books are perfect, one could easily find various issues if looking for them, but I feel there's much more good stuff than bad. So I do hope you give them a try. :)
Hah! Yeah, it's not so much sex scenes I mind, I just wish there wasn't a 10:1 naked lady:naked dude ratio. :P
I'll respond to your PM later. :)