I've never watched Glee, I couldn't see the appeal.

Oh God, I almost forgot to mention, a Carolina-style (just being specific so nopony gets confused over types of barbecue) barbecue sandwich, with cole slaw and Texas Pete hot sauce = heavenly. I could eat ten of them and still want more.

It's probably easier to Write What You Know.

Season 3 episode 3.

And I mean abnormal realism. If we got true realism, it would be too boring. I mean that I like it when it's just the right amount of far out that I can see it happen in real life.

The fact that I know absolutely no one who would not be impressed with someone that can sing and dance with incredible talent just annoys me

Actually, now that I think it through, that's about the only thing that truly annoys me with the show. Also, why does everyone still hate homosexuals? I live in God-dang freakin' Texas and I have NEVER met anyone that homophobic.... I think that's more of a pet peeve though

BTW, I love the show.

@Demon: Agree with you, except for the cole slaw. Any ingredient in such a sandwich that isn't the bread, meat, or cheese is just filler.

edited 12th Apr '12 4:12:12 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@JT The characterization thing would probably still fall under "believability, " but yeah...

@JT Yeah, In my college class, I was the only one who made a film with even a hopeful ending. My class is OBSESSED with True Art Is Angsty. because it's "more realistic" apparently.

Also, I too was the only one who decided to get fantastical

Bleh, how boring. If I wanted to write what I know, I'd write an autobiography. Heck, the part of writing I like most is the fact that I get to create an entire world the way I want it. I guess it just baffles me a bit that a lot of people don't write for that reason.

@Crow: Pretty much.

edited 12th Apr '12 4:13:37 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Reality is boring.

JT: yeah, I meant that the characterization and character reactions in the show kind of annoy me. I don't care if they suddenly stop and start dancing. I don't care if a bear comes out into the stage all of a sudden. I like artsy things in my media and things that are far out. But I want my characters to behave like real people would behave if they were in that situation.

Teeth: Yea I prefer believability as well, although realism often ties into that to an extent. The single creative writing course I ever took was kind of like that for me, although it's more that the prof insisted we do modern kind of day to day fiction. I guess it helped so everyone could relate, but I'm more into fantasy, so that frustrated me quite a bit. Although I was able to slip some stranger stuff in as the assignments progressed (but some of that was when I was screwing around with more experimental stuff and the narrative wouldn't have worked otherwise ).

Exactly, I can put up with people bursting into song in a musical or whatever because I accept it as just being a part of the setting and the media itself.

Yeah, it can be frustrating sometimes. I remember confusing the heck out of the class once with a story that consisted solely of a single character talking to me, the author, as I was coming up with her characterization. It was...odd.

edited 12th Apr '12 4:15:54 PM by JapaneseTeeth

I never myself never understood why realism and fantasy have to be mutually exclusive.

I actually really like documentaries

But fantasy is always a big favorite.

For the record, when I say "realistic" in this context I usually mean "including no fantasy elements; totally mundane". Like nobody in the class would ever write stories involving magic or sci-fi or anything.

I guess I should say that I certainly don't dislike realistic stories, I've just never seen the appeal of creating them over more fantastic stories.

edited 12th Apr '12 4:17:38 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Personally, the only time musicals start to grate is when the film itself is ABOUT singing and dancing.

Hearing about how the characters are going to fail because they can't rehearse enough rings kind of hollow when they seem to be capable of singing perfectly choreographed musical numbers on the fly any other time.

@Mage Well, the realism of the warfare in ASOIF drives me nuts soemtimes

edited 12th Apr '12 4:18:11 PM by gingerninja666

I never watched Glee, because everything I heard about it made me dislike it.

I far prefer fantasy to realism.

@Ginger: Yeah, I don't get that either.

@JT

But that's just it, why do mundane elements have to be excluded from fantastic ones? Like...Why can't everyday conflicts mesh with magic and sorcery and the like?

@Ginger

How so?

edited 12th Apr '12 4:18:41 PM by LMage

Oh God! That's so boring! D:

I remember in the 8th grade I wrote a short story about a young girl and her brother who were transported into another land and had to get some talisman or something or other. Pirates were involved. Cause pirates are awesome. I suspect my character was a Mary Sue and that the plot was full of cliches XD

Badass avatar get!

Whoah. That avatar is awesome.

@Ginger: I hate the True Art Is Angsty trope too, and I'm also usually the one in a group who has the most fantastical and weird ideas for what to do with a story or the one who is most likely to be scolded with "but that's just too silly/unrealistic." It's why I hate some of the darker memes that have come up about this show, like the "Celestia is an evil tyrant" thing or the Scootabuse meme.

Oh, and yes, I don't think that realism and fantasy are mutually exclusive. Most of the Magical Girl anime I love so much have both magical and mundane elements mixed together.

Speaking of Scootaloo, I thought about her being a teacher and it could work. She could maybe be a gym teacher (as it says in G3, "Scootaloo will show us games to play") and I don't think we've ever seen her grades so she might be more intelligent than fans might think she is.

edited 12th Apr '12 4:22:40 PM by Rainbow

Teeth: Hehe, that's sometimes how I work on characters too (minus actually putting it on paper).

Mage: It doesn't need to be.

Well that night shift is finally taking it's toll. Goodnight everyone.