For the sake of jotting things down
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narcasseGauged in something of a degrees of repetition fashion the general trend seems to be as follows:
Step 1 – the joke is actually funny.
Step 2 – it’s getting a tad old.
Step 3 – the response to your telling it is either, being ignored outright or shrugs of indifference.
Step 4 – people actively tell you to stop.
Step 5 – people start to get distinctly uncomfortable when you start taking.
All of which applies to many things beyond bad joke renditions and may in fact already have a similar framework outlined in the Promethean sourcebook in regards to disquiet.
Bette Davis centenary The Telegraph
Which sports a wonderful image from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, which is one of those marvellous films along with The Prisoner of Zenda that I’ve always adored.
The Cure: Ghouls who refused to die The Telegraph
Also, I’ve been considering attempting a review of the Devil May Cry anime for a little while now and have finally come to the conclusion that ‘inoffensive’ is about the only descriptor I can come up with so I’m really going to have to leave it at that. The first episode of Gunslinger Girl on the other hand reminds me of Monster possibly because of the colour tones or perhaps due to the sensible handling of what could have been classed as quite an outlandish idea. Interestingly enough the premises of both Gunslinger Girl and Monster are similar as is Red Garden to a certain degree and yet somehow once Red Garden got into the business of ‘curse tomes’ I stopped caring at all. But then all things considered, I’m rather more interested in human programming than vague and esoterically motivated compulsions. To use Harry Potter canon as an example: the crime of denying another person choice is still heinous whether or not Merope Gaunt used the Imperius Curse or a love potion so that side of the matter is pretty clear cut. But while the act itself can’t be absolved the motivation behind it can in contrast be examined.
Step 1 – the joke is actually funny.
Step 2 – it’s getting a tad old.
Step 3 – the response to your telling it is either, being ignored outright or shrugs of indifference.
Step 4 – people actively tell you to stop.
Step 5 – people start to get distinctly uncomfortable when you start taking.
All of which applies to many things beyond bad joke renditions and may in fact already have a similar framework outlined in the Promethean sourcebook in regards to disquiet.
Bette Davis centenary The Telegraph
Which sports a wonderful image from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, which is one of those marvellous films along with The Prisoner of Zenda that I’ve always adored.
The Cure: Ghouls who refused to die The Telegraph
Also, I’ve been considering attempting a review of the Devil May Cry anime for a little while now and have finally come to the conclusion that ‘inoffensive’ is about the only descriptor I can come up with so I’m really going to have to leave it at that. The first episode of Gunslinger Girl on the other hand reminds me of Monster possibly because of the colour tones or perhaps due to the sensible handling of what could have been classed as quite an outlandish idea. Interestingly enough the premises of both Gunslinger Girl and Monster are similar as is Red Garden to a certain degree and yet somehow once Red Garden got into the business of ‘curse tomes’ I stopped caring at all. But then all things considered, I’m rather more interested in human programming than vague and esoterically motivated compulsions. To use Harry Potter canon as an example: the crime of denying another person choice is still heinous whether or not Merope Gaunt used the Imperius Curse or a love potion so that side of the matter is pretty clear cut. But while the act itself can’t be absolved the motivation behind it can in contrast be examined.
