Even the Eye of Argon has a plot, action, and a sense of direction. This is just The [Non-Sexual] Worst of Anita Blake compacted into 30 pages or less.
And I wish the Eye of Argon were longer, because it actually gets interesting at the end there, and then abruptly stops :(. Whereas Shutdown -- it could only be palatable if it switched to Ellen's pov and was entirely sympathetic to her. As for non-sexual, it's like Danse Macabre: there is very little actual sex happening, and yet it's all about sex, because it's all about people sitting around nattering and bickering and complaining and posturing about sex. I do not understand how anyone can want to read LKH's stuff for smut purposes.
Micah is so creepy in this. It's something I didn't notice because I was overwhelmed with other stuff. But he is so creepy. I feel like his manipulation of Anita makes this into some kind of contest between Micah and Richard.
The interesting thing is that she insults pretty much EVERY sexuality except for out-and-out domination
Absolutely. She does this a lot, but she usually doesn't get so granular about it.
if you've already specified one shade, why specify another?
She says Richard's hair is three completely different shades in Danse Macabre without realizing that's what she's doing. Stephenie Meyer does exactly the same thing with Edward's hair in Twilight.
Do people really make a habit of telling 6-year-olds that?
Yes. Well, when I was 6, so maybe it's changed.
I honestly don't know how her betas let that slip.
I don't think she had any betas. She says Jon edited, but they seem to be in a folie à deux when it comes to her writing.
I'm trying to do this with freshly-met Townies at Downtown
That is very tough. It helps if your Sim is Romance/Popularity with all the perks, but still, tough.
Do you think I should post a link to it on lkh_lashouts?
Yes! There are so many layers of bad to this thing, I think everyone has something new to bring to the table.
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And I wish the Eye of Argon were longer, because it actually gets interesting at the end there, and then abruptly stops :(. Whereas Shutdown -- it could only be palatable if it switched to Ellen's pov and was entirely sympathetic to her. As for non-sexual, it's like Danse Macabre: there is very little actual sex happening, and yet it's all about sex, because it's all about people sitting around nattering and bickering and complaining and posturing about sex. I do not understand how anyone can want to read LKH's stuff for smut purposes.
Micah is so creepy in this. It's something I didn't notice because I was overwhelmed with other stuff. But he is so creepy. I feel like his manipulation of Anita makes this into some kind of contest between Micah and Richard.
The interesting thing is that she insults pretty much EVERY sexuality except for out-and-out domination
Absolutely. She does this a lot, but she usually doesn't get so granular about it.
if you've already specified one shade, why specify another?
She says Richard's hair is three completely different shades in Danse Macabre without realizing that's what she's doing. Stephenie Meyer does exactly the same thing with Edward's hair in Twilight.
Do people really make a habit of telling 6-year-olds that?
Yes. Well, when I was 6, so maybe it's changed.
I honestly don't know how her betas let that slip.
I don't think she had any betas. She says Jon edited, but they seem to be in a folie à deux when it comes to her writing.
I'm trying to do this with freshly-met Townies at Downtown
That is very tough. It helps if your Sim is Romance/Popularity with all the perks, but still, tough.
Do you think I should post a link to it on lkh_lashouts?
Yes! There are so many layers of bad to this thing, I think everyone has something new to bring to the table.