"The first thing that must be understood: the writing in this thing is atrocious. From the overall pacing to the structure of individual sentences, it's just plain terrible. I guess editors do more to LKH's bloviations than a lot of us thought. " Tragically, yes.
"And of course the implication is that Richard's type is Anita, and he keeps dating women who remind him of Anita because Anita is the only woman in the world any man can really want. " *grimaces* And therefore, of course, LKH had this mean jealous hater prude accuse Richard of precisely that later in the story... likely so the author can wallow in it. This woman has ISSUES.
" I think someone could say, "look, a long-haired big-dicked muscular woobie!" and Anita would be so distracted she'd lose to a 102-year old." A 102-year-old? A premature infant would do.
"Anita keeps comparing Richard, who is based on LKH's ex-husband, to Micah, who is based on LKH's current husband; and herself, based on LKH, of course, to Ellen, based on...? This is a portrait of a desperately jealous woman. It's sad that LKH can't see what she's revealing about herself here." Oi, yes. This is a naked glimpse into LKH's mind, and it ain't pretty. And I say that as someone who went in INTENDING to laugh at the story.
"Either she's about to turn into a giant salamander " She hasn't already? I suppose the giant salamander would be warmer and more personable.
"Yeah, a pasty woman who is shaped like a stick with beach balls stuck on her chest and volleyballs stuck in her butt and who has tiny t-rex arms. That's fabulously beautiful all right. " It's like an Escher Girls parody, but played entirely seriously. WTF. I wonder what's going on to trigger this fascination with Anita's increasingly bizarre looks. Midlife crisis? Not sure how that explains Nicky's Shoulders of Doom, though...
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Date: 2013-10-13 09:20 pm (UTC)Tragically, yes.
"And of course the implication is that Richard's type is Anita, and he keeps dating women who remind him of Anita because Anita is the only woman in the world any man can really want. "
*grimaces* And therefore, of course, LKH had this mean jealous hater prude accuse Richard of precisely that later in the story...
likely so the author can wallow in it. This woman has ISSUES." I think someone could say, "look, a long-haired big-dicked muscular woobie!" and Anita would be so distracted she'd lose to a 102-year old."
A 102-year-old? A premature infant would do.
"Anita keeps comparing Richard, who is based on LKH's ex-husband, to Micah, who is based on LKH's current husband; and herself, based on LKH, of course, to Ellen, based on...? This is a portrait of a desperately jealous woman. It's sad that LKH can't see what she's revealing about herself here."
Oi, yes. This is a naked glimpse into LKH's mind, and it ain't pretty. And I say that as someone who went in INTENDING to laugh at the story.
"Either she's about to turn into a giant salamander "
She hasn't already? I suppose the giant salamander would be warmer and more personable.
"Yeah, a pasty woman who is shaped like a stick with beach balls stuck on her chest and volleyballs stuck in her butt and who has tiny t-rex arms. That's fabulously beautiful all right. "
It's like an Escher Girls parody, but played entirely seriously. WTF. I wonder what's going on to trigger this fascination with Anita's increasingly bizarre looks. Midlife crisis? Not sure how that explains Nicky's Shoulders of Doom, though...