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* I was rereading ''Mid-Flinx'' by Alan Dean Foster and came to a scene where one of the invaders comes across a cluster of beautiful flowers with a magnificent scent. She touches them and when nothing instantly tries to kill her, she decides that they're safe and weaves them into her hair. The narration then says something like 'There was beauty here as well as death'. Before I reread the line, I thought that 'here' referred to the planet. Then it hit me: it was also referring to the flowers, which turn out to be deadly. Awesome double meaning. |
* I was rereading ''Mid-Flinx'' by Alan Dean Foster and came to a scene where one of the invaders comes across a cluster of beautiful flowers with a magnificent scent. She touches them and when nothing instantly tries to kill her, she decides that they're safe and weaves them into her hair. The narration then says something like 'There was beauty here as well as death'. Before I reread the line, I thought that 'here' referred to the planet. Then it hit me: it was also referring to the flowers, which turn out to be deadly. Awesome double meaning. |
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* [[John Ringo]]. The [[Villain Protagonist]] of the ''Paladin of Shadows'' series, a would-be kiddy diddler who hunts and kills ''actual'' [[Complete Monster|rapists and pedophiles]]. Origin of "[[Memetic Mutation|OH JOHN RINGO NO]]". [[Author Appeal]] in describing the protagonist's arousal at seeing young women - girls, really, brutally victimized and forced into prostitution? '''[[Alternate Character Interpretation|OR]]''', ''utterly'' brutal no-holds-barred [[Deconstruction]] of [[Evil Is Sexy]] and/or [[Draco in Leather Pants]] tropes? (Possibly even a [[Take That]] at fans thereof.) |
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** [[Word of God]] has it that the series is meant as a deconstruction of numerous tropes in men's adventure fiction (including those mentioned above) ''and'' a [[Take That]] at the fans thereof. Ringo supports a charity that helps rehabilitate girls/women forced into prostitution. |
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* A few years back, I and my friends in English class all repeatedly mocked the poem "[[wikipedia:The Red Wheelbarrow|The Red Wheelbarrow]]", which runs as follows if you don't feel like reading that: "So much depends/upon/a red wheel/barrow/glazed with rain/water/beside the white/chickens". It seemed completely pointless; then much later I remembered it and started thinking about just what reason could make a red wheelbarrow so important. Even if it wasn't the intent, I suddenly realized that the poem had forced me to think about something more profound in it. |
* A few years back, I and my friends in English class all repeatedly mocked the poem "[[wikipedia:The Red Wheelbarrow|The Red Wheelbarrow]]", which runs as follows if you don't feel like reading that: "So much depends/upon/a red wheel/barrow/glazed with rain/water/beside the white/chickens". It seemed completely pointless; then much later I remembered it and started thinking about just what reason could make a red wheelbarrow so important. Even if it wasn't the intent, I suddenly realized that the poem had forced me to think about something more profound in it. |
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** Actually, the back story makes it make more sense. The poet was a doctor who was called to a case on a farm - a small child with pneumonia ended up dying in his bedroom, surrounded by his parents and grandparents. This flies in the face of the natural order, and how things are meant to be. Anyone who has truly lived in the country knows that wheelbarrows don't stay clean and red, and chickens are never clean and white, but in their purest forms, they are. To maintain sanity, the illusion of beauty and order must be also be maintained. |
** Actually, the back story makes it make more sense. The poet was a doctor who was called to a case on a farm - a small child with pneumonia ended up dying in his bedroom, surrounded by his parents and grandparents. This flies in the face of the natural order, and how things are meant to be. Anyone who has truly lived in the country knows that wheelbarrows don't stay clean and red, and chickens are never clean and white, but in their purest forms, they are. To maintain sanity, the illusion of beauty and order must be also be maintained. |
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