tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post7524609472751334995..comments2023-10-21T07:45:44.140-07:00Comments on JimFear138 Audio Productions: Against RealismJimFear138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15432837450993153064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-53406220145135634192018-06-05T22:20:03.692-07:002018-06-05T22:20:03.692-07:00Exactly. I've said it before and I'll say ...Exactly. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "Growing old is mandatory. Growing up, however, is optional." People who refuse to take joy in "childish" things are too concerned with their pose of being an intellectual or being grown up, and need to remember how to enjoy life again.<br /><br />Read Conan. Listen to Hanson. Eat an ice cream cone. Watch a cartoon you liked as a kid. Rent a movie that's just dumb fun and sit down and enjoy it. There's no shame in enjoying life. Not everything has to show everyone else how grownup you're pretending to be. Jim Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428223329362056174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-22363725873777690822018-06-05T22:17:04.418-07:002018-06-05T22:17:04.418-07:00Right there with you, and Jesse Abraham Lucas made...Right there with you, and Jesse Abraham Lucas made that point in the podcast I did with him, in that history is full of heroic figures and weird occurrences and unexplainable phenomena. It might not be to the level of Scylla & Charybdis being real actual beings, but there are a ton of things that happen everyday that people just can't explain, and treating everything like it needs an explanation or like how happiness doesn't exist and being content with life is a myth doesn't make your stories realistic, it just makes them depressing. <br /><br />So, ironically, """"realism"""" in fiction is as unrealistic as escapism is said to be. Jim Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428223329362056174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-46982467797761780952018-06-04T08:35:08.100-07:002018-06-04T08:35:08.100-07:00Relevant to what Jeffro hilighted
“When I became ...Relevant to what Jeffro hilighted<br /><br />“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”<br /><br />― C.S. Lewis<br />LastRedoubthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099887288125584869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-28392403964826930002018-06-04T03:19:44.310-07:002018-06-04T03:19:44.310-07:00The archetypal story of a hero, a villain, a profo...The archetypal story of a hero, a villain, a profound love, and a world to be saved never seems to get old--it's a great story when it's told well. At the best, it's exciting, exotic, and builds to a fulfilling climax. At the worst, it's just a bloodless rehash.<br /><br />People like George RR Martin or Joe Abercrombie who aim for realism seem to forget that 'truth is stranger than fiction'. The real world is full of unbelievable events, coincidences, and odd characters. When authors remove these elements in an attempt to make their world seem real, they make their fiction duller than reality; after all, unexpected details are the heart of verisimilitude. If you only depict the dark, gritty stuff that you're into, that's not realism, it's just a fetish.<br /><br />The fact that Game of Thrones is the most-viewed TV Show in existence speaks volumes of how badly it has gotten.<br /><br />It's an awful mindset that has infected entertainment and needs to be combated constantly. I'm glad that people at least are waking up to it, and rejecting it.Constantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004527641791623130noreply@blogger.com