XD I essentially have, so she didn't have to. (Because good gad, I appreciate that sometimes you want to redo a premise with your favorite characters inserted, but she should have at least admitted it.)
Yeah, it'd still be crap but at least she'd be honest.
Ever hear of casual sex, Cori? Friends with benefits? These things aren't necessarily the devil as long as some degree of respect is involved. NOT IN CORILAND. Everyone must be in the truest of true loves.
Guess Cori wouldn't be a big fan of TFLNs, then!
Yeah, the double standard is, as I've said, probably worthy of an analysis from 'the patriarchy hurts men too' perspective. Because Jessie's female, her abuse by her ex is taken seriously; because James is a man, the abuse he's received from women is treated as a secondary consideration. It's... very sad.
It does. SJWs can yell at us all we want for daring to think of men as people, but it really does. Women have definitely had it worse throughout history, but guys don't exactly get EVERYTHING handed to them.
I know this isn't what you meant, but I imagined poor Team Rocket being stuck in a shack so run-down that the RENT was 20 bucks a month. XD D:
Unfortunately that'd be more IC and canon for them than Cori sticking fancy cabins everywhere. :P
Exactly! ...boy, Cori's ~perfect future~ for TR becomes less and less likely when you take these stories seriously. XD By the fourth stage they'll all be a bunch of stepford smilers about to crack.
Yes, he is. <3 "Oh well, my parents sucked. And yeah, I have some abandonment issues but I'm not gonna whine about it!"
*nods* Yeah...sadly, I don't do a whole lot of study on abusive types, or remember everything I learned about personality disorders and that lot from sociology classes. But that sounds right? I mean, abusive types have similar pathologies but they're not a monolith. Some are more subtle, some don't realize they are, etc.
At least Jerry is way more likeable than Cori!Jessie and Cori!James's spawn. XD
In all fairness, those are birds, not Our Perfect Team Rocket. And Cori had some sort of hang-up on HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST ELEPHANTS HATCH FROM EGGS, so she may have had some weird animal biology background that made her insist upon certain kinds of realism for animals, but no corresponding background for humans. *shrugs* Cori is weirdly in touch with reality in some fics and completely out of touch in others. As I've noted, she isn't DUMB. She just clings to an utterly idealized depiction of Jessie and James for... whatever reason.
...holy shit, how could I forget that. XD Yeah, elephants don't hatch from eggs, the pokeball's just in an incubator shaped like one! Stupid Ash Ketchum just thinks it's a REAL egg because he's stupid!
Yeah, she's obviously reasonably intelligent. Just...wasn't very stable or logical back them.
Yeah, that's the thing. I actually hesitated about objecting there because it's the sanest I've ever seen her depiction of the trio. Saner than canon, really. This premise? Could be worked into a reasonable and logical fic about Jessie and James leaving Team Rocket.
But it's... not... exactly... done... in... a... reasonable... way...
Cori wasted a perfectly good plot for glurge. D:
((Fun fact: in the mental Zombie Outbreak AU where Cori-appears-as-a-character-Jessie-and-James-save-from-certain-death, I've considered having James burst into tears in the middle of Team Rocket's horrified browsing of her ensuing 'romantic smash hit of the summer' and have the conversation go something like this: Jessie: What's wrong with you, James?! Meowth: Is her writin' of us dat bad? James: N-no! It's that... we eat... all this FOOD in this book! I - *rendered incoherent by crying* I - I almost wouldn't mind acting like this if we got three square meals a da-aa-a-ay... Meowth: He's lost it. Jessie: *stomach growling* Hm, actually, that's a good point... Say, James, is she looking to have anyone play 'Jim' and 'Jessica' in a film adaptation of the book? Meowth: Not you too!))
Hahahaha, poor James. XD Anything for tasty food, huh.
Silver: But - Giovanni: Besides, after their constant losses, everyone will think we're about as tough as L5 Magikarps. It will give anyone going up against the Executives a... pleasant level curve.
Silver: ...I guess that makes sense. Lull the enemy into a false sense of security, huh? Giovanni: Good boy! Now you're catching on! *pats him on the head* Silver: -_- Must you?
This fic might have been the most plausible if A) she didn't cop out at the end and B) she'd actually handled it seriously. As is, it's... half-surprisingly reasonable and half-totally moronic. :|
Yeeeeeah. :/ The only actually amusing part comes near the end. If she'd just written a fic based on THAT and made it 80% shorter...
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Yes. You are.
XD I essentially have, so she didn't have to. (Because good gad, I appreciate that sometimes you want to redo a premise with your favorite characters inserted, but she should have at least admitted it.)
Yeah, it'd still be crap but at least she'd be honest.
Ever hear of casual sex, Cori? Friends with benefits? These things aren't necessarily the devil as long as some degree of respect is involved.
NOT IN CORILAND. Everyone must be in the truest of true loves.
Guess Cori wouldn't be a big fan of TFLNs, then!
Yeah, the double standard is, as I've said, probably worthy of an analysis from 'the patriarchy hurts men too' perspective. Because Jessie's female, her abuse by her ex is taken seriously; because James is a man, the abuse he's received from women is treated as a secondary consideration. It's... very sad.
It does. SJWs can yell at us all we want for daring to think of men as people, but it really does. Women have definitely had it worse throughout history, but guys don't exactly get EVERYTHING handed to them.
I know this isn't what you meant, but I imagined poor Team Rocket being stuck in a shack so run-down that the RENT was 20 bucks a month. XD D:
Unfortunately that'd be more IC and canon for them than Cori sticking fancy cabins everywhere. :P
Exactly! ...boy, Cori's ~perfect future~ for TR becomes less and less likely when you take these stories seriously. XD By the fourth stage they'll all be a bunch of stepford smilers about to crack.
Yes, he is. <3 "Oh well, my parents sucked. And yeah, I have some abandonment issues but I'm not gonna whine about it!"
*nods* Yeah...sadly, I don't do a whole lot of study on abusive types, or remember everything I learned about personality disorders and that lot from sociology classes. But that sounds right? I mean, abusive types have similar pathologies but they're not a monolith. Some are more subtle, some don't realize they are, etc.
At least Jerry is way more likeable than Cori!Jessie and Cori!James's spawn. XD
In all fairness, those are birds, not Our Perfect Team Rocket. And Cori had some sort of hang-up on HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST ELEPHANTS HATCH FROM EGGS, so she may have had some weird animal biology background that made her insist upon certain kinds of realism for animals, but no corresponding background for humans. *shrugs* Cori is weirdly in touch with reality in some fics and completely out of touch in others. As I've noted, she isn't DUMB. She just clings to an utterly idealized depiction of Jessie and James for... whatever reason.
...holy shit, how could I forget that. XD Yeah, elephants don't hatch from eggs, the pokeball's just in an incubator shaped like one! Stupid Ash Ketchum just thinks it's a REAL egg because he's stupid!
Yeah, she's obviously reasonably intelligent. Just...wasn't very stable or logical back them.
Yeah, that's the thing. I actually hesitated about objecting there because it's the sanest I've ever seen her depiction of the trio. Saner than canon, really. This premise? Could be worked into a reasonable and logical fic about Jessie and James leaving Team Rocket.
But it's... not... exactly... done... in... a... reasonable... way...
Cori wasted a perfectly good plot for glurge. D:
((Fun fact: in the mental Zombie Outbreak AU where Cori-appears-as-a-character-Jessie-and-James-save-from-certain-death, I've considered having James burst into tears in the middle of Team Rocket's horrified browsing of her ensuing 'romantic smash hit of the summer' and have the conversation go something like this:
Jessie: What's wrong with you, James?!
Meowth: Is her writin' of us dat bad?
James: N-no! It's that... we eat... all this FOOD in this book! I - *rendered incoherent by crying*
I - I almost wouldn't mind acting like this if we got three square meals a da-aa-a-ay...
Meowth: He's lost it.
Jessie: *stomach growling* Hm, actually, that's a good point... Say, James, is she looking to have anyone play 'Jim' and 'Jessica' in a film adaptation of the book?
Meowth: Not you too!))
Hahahaha, poor James. XD Anything for tasty food, huh.
Silver: But -
Giovanni: Besides, after their constant losses, everyone will think we're about as tough as L5 Magikarps. It will give anyone going up against the Executives a... pleasant level curve.
Silver: ...I guess that makes sense. Lull the enemy into a false sense of security, huh?
Giovanni: Good boy! Now you're catching on! *pats him on the head*
Silver: -_- Must you?
This fic might have been the most plausible if A) she didn't cop out at the end and B) she'd actually handled it seriously. As is, it's... half-surprisingly reasonable and half-totally moronic. :|
Yeeeeeah. :/ The only actually amusing part comes near the end. If she'd just written a fic based on THAT and made it 80% shorter...