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[lyssie]

I don't get it. I still think fooling people into reading something with a bad ending by omitting a warning is mean.

...y'know... there's just nothin' I can say to that.

Stark Incomprehension all round, lads?

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[karma-aster.livejournal.com]

Is it entirely possible that you're overreacting to the fact that someone, y'know, continued to express a different opinion than your own?

I totally get that you believe something different and, what's more, I respect your right to hold a different view on this subject, but you have to construct and defend your arguments with a lot more skill if you plan on convincing anyone else here to switch sides. And you also have to realize that most of the people here are of a fairly similar mindset, so the deck is kinda stacked against you, I'm afraid. Trying to call us to task for not changing our views because of your half-hearted arguments is not only pointless but downright silly.

I'd rather keep this from becoming a shouting match, so let me just say that, respectfully, I disagree with you. I think the only thing that the author can possibly be expected to warn you about is the rating of the story and what elements earn the story that rating. I don't think it's the author's reponsibility to essentially protect you from the real world which is generally NOT a fluffy, happy place. Bad stuff happens in real life, often quite abruptly, and you rarely get warned about it beforehand unless you've got some freaky precognative abilites going on.

I see a culture's art, literature, etc. as representative of the experiences of members of that culture. If our experience of the real world is that it can often be hard-edged, unfair, and just generally Not Nice, then isn't it only logical to assume that our art would reflect that observation to some extent?

That free will thing can kinda suck sometimes because it entails a lot of personal responsibility and a lot of personal acceptance of consequences. And I agree that sometimes it's very comforting to have someone or something completely external to yourself that you can blame all the bad stuff on, but that's not living and that's not being an adult. I think the sooner you understand that life isn't always fluffy and happy, the better off you usually are.