I have tended to notice increasing creativity going hand-in-hand with increasing flakiness as a general trend, but it's not universal enough to be certain that one indicates the other.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 24, 2008 1:16:37 pm PDT #4500 of 10000
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beekaytee - Mar 24, 2008 1:26:26 pm PDT #4501 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
I'm not laying this all at your feet, bonny. I just have seen it both far and near, excuses being made, or even people "understanding" that talent must come with a price.
While I'm always glad to spark conversation, my tongue was shoved so far into my cheek I might have looked like I had the mumps.
And Corwood made me snort and then glow with amusement. Perfect.
I'll add my own personal pet peeve to the genre of excuses for flakiness/creativity/doom...having been abused as a child.
I'm lookin' at YOU KPAX and all the other, "He's a whacknut serial killer!'
But, but, he was abused as a child!!
Well, alright then, let's give him a hug." Rubbish
So, yeah. I can see where you are coming from.
Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2008 1:31:57 pm PDT #4502 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'll add my own personal pet peeve to the genre of excuses for flakiness/creativity/doom...having been abused as a child.
HOMG for serious. I was so happy that Dexter didn't go that route.
le nubian - Mar 24, 2008 2:20:02 pm PDT #4503 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Hmm. Didn't Dexter go that route, though?
Dana - Mar 24, 2008 2:24:21 pm PDT #4504 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Please not to spoil Dexter in-thread without whitefont.
le nubian - Mar 24, 2008 2:44:12 pm PDT #4505 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
thanks for the warning. we should take that to premium.
Sean K - Mar 24, 2008 2:50:39 pm PDT #4506 of 10000
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I'll add my own personal pet peeve to the genre of excuses for flakiness/creativity/doom...having been abused as a child.
I'm lookin' at YOU KPAX and all the other, "He's a whacknut serial killer!'
I realize you're talking about using the childhood abuse to allow us to sympathize and forgive the serial killer in question, but there is a distinct correlation between serial killers and childhood abuse.
That is to say, not every abused child becomes a serial killer, but generally speaking, most serial killers were abused as children.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2008 3:11:01 pm PDT #4507 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
there is a distinct correlation between serial killers and childhood abuse
t ultra-semantic nit Do you mean correlation or causation? t /nit
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2008 4:06:38 pm PDT #4508 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
brenda m - Mar 24, 2008 4:08:47 pm PDT #4509 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I don't know that I much see it used as an *excuse* for serial killers/abusers/etc., outside of Law and Order.