Daddy Issues: A Brief and Unsatisfactory Conclusion.

[matt_doyle]

Thinking about it, there's not much more I can discuss in any meaningful, interesting way on this topic - my point, I think, was simply that I tend to think of parents as figures of great ambivalence, and that in my mind, they are rarely ciphers in a character's past. Thought gets put into who they were and how they shaped the person we see. Likewise, that the ambivalence of those relationships is a recurring theme in my work. There's No Rainbow Bridge Across the Generation Gap isn't really about that sort of issue, but echoes of the thought are present, even in the title. Self Loathing is much more focused on issues of identity construction, but as a story about clones, the figures we model ourselves after and the ambivalence with which we regard them is pretty obviously packed in there.

As the original subject line says: it's something that I like to write about. It interests me.

Now to get to work on my actual post for the day. I have no idea what it's about yet.

Comments

[tulina.livejournal.com]

I don't have much to say except--I know what you mean. My mom is cool, but quite intent on being "a woman and a half". Her grandma used that phrase. And so she shaped me into, well, myself. HELP!

I'm reading There is no rainbow... and liking it a lot. :D

[matt_doyle]

Let me know what you think of it when you're done!

I've read the first chapter of Opinion and liked it, but this has been a very crazy week for me so I don't think I'll get to the rest until next Monday or so.

[tulina.livejournal.com]

I'm done. :D It was weird because I know practically nothing of Norks mythology, but I got the general idea anyway. I especially liked the first two children--the wolf was scary and rather unexpected, and the giant reunion was cool; it reminded me of the way Terry Pratchett makes characters describes groups of people and the leader thinking & speaking.

I liked it very much, but i'm a bit uncertain of the final message. Generational Gap or Woe us humans we will destry the world (and Loki says he'll help)?

[matt_doyle]

Well, the intent was comedy, so I'm not sure that I deliberately inserted any sort of message. Maybe that progress is a positive and mind-opening thing, but still capable of being misused ... but even that, while probably implicit, wasn't deliberately there.

[tulina.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. I mean the comedy regarding the generational gap is clearer in the first half, while the second felt different, as if you were had changed of topic. Didn't mean you were drawing conclusions or anything like that--didn't explain myself well.

[matt_doyle]

Hm. It definitely gets darker at the end, because despite being embarrassed by his kids, the story is about Loki - he's the joker, rather than the butt of the joke. I can see how that would amke it a bit disjointed, though - thanks for the feedback!

[tulina.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing the story! It's GOOD. :D

[matt_doyle]

That's what I like to hear! XD

[tulina.livejournal.com]

But it's not really useful feedback, is it?

I'm happy you liked the first chapter--by Monday all the chapters will be here, then, in case you reach the eight. ^^

[matt_doyle]

Well, it's not useless - it tells me it wasn't bad! Boosting my self-esteem is definitely good for my productivity, too...

[lilyayl.livejournal.com]

Utterly off-topic, but the girl for whom you wrote the Rainbow Bridge story/fic is actually a good net-friend of mine now. Small world.

[matt_doyle]

It's a really small world sometimes, and I think I like it that way! Makes for much better cool coincidences.