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Lit Apropos of Nothing - ACKBAR IN CAPITALS - The Lit Forum Social Thread, v2.0.15

Discussion in 'Literature' started by Master_Keralys, Jan 1, 2009.

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  1. Lugija

    Lugija Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Wow, I'd never have thought that I'd see winged porn here.

    Except that it's not porn if it has vases, flowers or winged creatures, as the golden rule of art goes.
     
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  2. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    It's Cupid and Psyche, you fool! :p

    Legally and aesthetically it cannot be porn if it has value beyond the prurient. So there.


    Also PS plz read the Asinus Aureus (aka Metamorphoses) by Lucius Apuleius. It is not only the best work of Latin prose to survive (not that hard I guess, since there are only two) but the inset Cupid and Psyche story is one if the rare instances of wholly original Roman contribution to myth: there is no extant Greek version of the tale. And it's just a good novel in general: takes a really good loon at the human condition.

    Prose novels were rare in antiquity, where poetry was highly preferred for fiction, and it's a genre not seen again in Western literature until the 19th century. Most of them were the ancient equivalent of cheap romance novels (the audience for Greek prose novels was largely female) but there were a few gems in the bunch.


    Missa ab iPhona mea est.
     
  3. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    'Cause you know us females and our tawdry taste in reading material. :p
     
  4. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Then as now, the stereotypes were the same and Greeks and Romans (despite the latter being progressive for the time) were pretty darn sexist. Prose was both lesser and also damned by that association with women.

    But the ones that survived were the best. Because they were written for women, they could actually give female characters agency and a voice (usually only seen in certain Roman genres of poetry) and they're fascinating for that alone. But some -- especially the Aithiopika -- are just mind-blowingly good


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  5. Goodwood

    Goodwood Jedi Master star 5

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    That's an interesting typo in your last sentence, Jello...that is, if it wasn't intentional... ;)
     
  6. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    I shouldn't think so. I'm not talking about Plato here.


    Missa ab iPhona mea est.
     
  7. TrakNar

    TrakNar Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I will have to sketch that pose.

    And replace Psyche with Hawkeye.
     
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  8. Gamiel

    Gamiel Chosen One star 9

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    Is Mockingbird going to be Cupid then?
     
  9. TrakNar

    TrakNar Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Sure.

    Now to decide if they should be naked or wearing undies...
     
  10. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    You can't Hawkeye high art! You've got to draw a line somewhere.

    Yeah, do that instead. A line of Hawkeyes or something. :p


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  11. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    A Broadway chorus line of Hawkeyes could be kind of fun.
     
  12. Goodwood

    Goodwood Jedi Master star 5

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    Except people actually do bend that way!
     
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  13. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Alright. Time to go to a JCC party. They're always entertaining.


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  14. TrakNar

    TrakNar Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Time for me to...
    not have as much fun doing laundry and dishes.

    I need friends. :(

    Who wants to be my friend? :3
     
  15. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    I'd be glad to, but the fact that they're not sending me to that conference in Pennsylvania after all will make things a little difficult. :(
     
  16. Barriss_Coffee

    Barriss_Coffee Chosen One star 6

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    Gand damn you Gand maniacs have ganded the whole gandfrickin thread! Don't go ganding for more gandly gandfriends to invite here! We don't ganding need any more ganddamn gands and their ganderfolk in these parts!
     
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  17. The Loyal Imperial

    The Loyal Imperial Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    The solution to all your problems.

    [​IMG]
     
  18. King of Alsakan

    King of Alsakan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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  20. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Landed! Short flight, but I was able to watch Frozen before we landed.

    That's good, because I didn't have the chance to watch it yet today.


    Missa ab iPhona mea est.
     
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  21. TrakNar

    TrakNar Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I found another Imperial moth outside.
     
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  22. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    Heard that, GrandAdmiralJello? Methinks it might behoove you to keep a better handle on your minions. :p
     
  23. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Mon Mothma is a traitor to the imperial senate. I wash my hands of her.


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  24. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    I just image-Googled imperial moths, and I find it quite striking that their typical dark red and goldenrod-yellow color scheme is so close to the Gand Admiral's mod colors... ;)
     
  25. blackmyron

    blackmyron Chosen One star 7

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    But surely Mon Mothra isn't a traitor. After all, she fought the Zillo Beast!
     
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