Now, why in the WORLD are Jessie and James so bipolar when it comes to their relationship? ‘OMIGAWD, we are so deeply in WUB! *five minutes later* Our relationship is RUINED FOREVER! *two minutes later* I hate you! Go to Hell! *three minutes later* I LOVE YOU! DON’T LEAVE ME! *five minutes later* All is well! We’ll never, EVER do anything like that again! *next fic* Our relationship is RUINED FOREV-’
To be fair, Jessie and James are canonically nutjobs who would forever be sniping one minute then snuggling the next. But in canon, it would be FUNNY. Because it'd be more like "YOU USED ALL THE HAIR SPRAY YOU JERK! /punt" "AIIIEE DON'T HIT ME hey wait YOU ARE THE LAST RICEBALL" 5 seconds later "ILU you're the only one pretty enough for me~" "me too Jess". Not this constant weepy melodrama that makes most shoujo manga of the 1970s look discreet. :P
I had done my part to help Jessie (even if it was only miniscule)...now it was time to help James. I had to talk to him and find out what was going on. Tom: (Meowth) Anyway, James, how’s your sex life?
James: I can't masturbate NOW! Jessie had some kind of OOC meltdown and I need to wait for the drugs to wear off...and then be her punching bag when she realizes what Cori did to her THIS time. Meowth: Hahaha, what a story, James. James: Meowth? Shut up.
And oh God, the whole Dead Angelic Mommy = OMG MY HAIR connection. I mean...yeah, I tried to understand it from a saner point of view, but to me, it'd make more sense if it was something like "Mom always said I had such pretty hair so I wanted to keep it long for her" (see: Orihime growing her hair long again after Tatsuki protected her from the bullies that hacked it off) or "she and I both had long hair so I vowed never to cut it, to honor her". But getting a haircut = losing mommy all over again? What?
Okay, here’s the background on what’s behind Cori’s issues in this fic.
“This ep brought up some very personal and painful issues for me. It may not be as brightly colored or as outrageously styled, but I have long, red hair, just like Jessie. And, I've had a few forced haircuts in my day. What can I say? I really identify with her, and I knew EXACTLY how she felt when the Scyther cut off her hair. And what's more, I know how much it hurts to be made fun of. I looked really stupid with short hair, which is why I always wear it long now that I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want with it. (At 23, my hair was almost as long as Jessie's, but I'm going to rival Rapunzel when I'm 80!) Other kids always used to laugh at me and make fun of me when I had to get my hair cut short. Even grown-ups would laugh at me! (I once had a summer camp counselor who told me that I looked like a retard with short hair! O_o) Now do you see why I hate Misty for what she did?”
So… basically, Cori was bullied as a child over her involuntary haircuts, and that caused her to get triggered by the episode. She writes elsewhere in the rant in question that the episode makes her physically ill and causes her to want to throw up. (No, not watching the episode. Apparently, just knowing that it was on made her sick to her stomach.)
…Yeah, I feel sorry for her. However, that gives her no right to feel such rage at a child and a pack of wild animals, who could hardly be expected to know Jessie’s – er, Cori’s – psychological issues. *facepalm*
I would lay off of Cori Falls if she wasn’t such a nasty, unhinged writer. If she could just say ‘I have issues with this, and therefore I am doing this’, that would be one thing. This entire ‘I am the Holy Rocket Avenger! I will smite the twerps in the Name of the Moon!’ shtick is what earns her the sporkings.
So basically this entire fic was Cori working through her childhood traumas. I always thought so. I'm just surprised she didn't add a scene where the trio beat Misty into a bloody pulp for what she did! Then again, thank God for small favors.
...if Cori ever got into Bleach, she would latch onto Orihime so fucking hard because of HER backstory.
Also James's little story about his dad forcing him to get his head shaved? Turns out to be a lie later on. James made up an unhappy ending because he didn't want Jessie to feel so aloooooone in her suffering...and when he admits it to her, she doesn't kick his ass but is actually HAPPY the story had a happy ending!
Bleugh.
They looked kind of strange with all of their hair shaved off, but I swear, I'd never seen them more beautiful than they were at that moment. Tom: Gah! There is a furry in this fic! Meowth’s a furry fer humans!
...Tom, you managed to read that and NOT feel like puking your guts out or going off on a rant about how disgusting it all is? You're stronger than I am, buddy.
Even before the SJW craze set in, my head went all desky over her comparing the haircuts to rape. REALLY, CORI?!
I quickly left the forest and headed back the way we had come that afternoon. But when I reached the clearing where our fateful battle had taken place, I stopped dead in my tracks. Tom: (Meowth) De Scythers were gettin’ it on! *flees*
*CACKLES* My friend Sora and I came up with a similar joke when we took on this fic. It became something of a meme between us.
[Tom's gagging and puking over Meowth's masturbation about Jessie and James]
Aah, delayed reaction. Poor kid.
LOL at Cori accidentally endorsing Yamushipping and Kokoshipping. XD
Ship Jessie/James/Th’ Old Boss fer all I care! Just not somethin’ with a POKÉMON!
*somewhere in the distance, Silver can be heard screaming and retching*
Meowth vs the Scythers is just...special. Actually, it'd be more IC for Meowth not to give a shit about Jessie and James's fucking hair. Them as people, yes, but their hair? And all that back and forth NO U sure gets tedious to read. D:
"When your friend found out that I'd cut off her hair," he began, "how loud did she scream?" His grin became a wicked leer...a leer that made Jessie's demonic face look downright friendly! Guardian’s Song: Cut the rape metaphor! This is beyond inadvertently-stupid and well into being ACTIVELY IN POOR TASTE!
Remember that rant about how rape plots are boring and old hat? Think it applies to rape metaphors, too? Seriously, this DOES remind me of some teen movie or book where the bullies go "hay nerdy non action dude wanna know how much the girl you love screamed when I raped her with my penis" and the non-action dude goes into a screamy psychofit and blah blah blah.
And then I remember this is all over a few haircuts.
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Now, why in the WORLD are Jessie and James so bipolar when it comes to their relationship? ‘OMIGAWD, we are so deeply in WUB! *five minutes later* Our relationship is RUINED FOREVER! *two minutes later* I hate you! Go to Hell! *three minutes later* I LOVE YOU! DON’T LEAVE ME! *five minutes later* All is well! We’ll never, EVER do anything like that again! *next fic* Our relationship is RUINED FOREV-’
To be fair, Jessie and James are canonically nutjobs who would forever be sniping one minute then snuggling the next. But in canon, it would be FUNNY. Because it'd be more like "YOU USED ALL THE HAIR SPRAY YOU JERK! /punt" "AIIIEE DON'T HIT ME hey wait YOU ARE THE LAST RICEBALL" 5 seconds later "ILU you're the only one pretty enough for me~" "me too Jess". Not this constant weepy melodrama that makes most shoujo manga of the 1970s look discreet. :P
I had done my part to help Jessie (even if it was only miniscule)...now it was
time to help James. I had to talk to him and find out what was going on.
Tom: (Meowth) Anyway, James, how’s your sex life?
James: I can't masturbate NOW! Jessie had some kind of OOC meltdown and I need to wait for the drugs to wear off...and then be her punching bag when she realizes what Cori did to her THIS time.
Meowth: Hahaha, what a story, James.
James: Meowth? Shut up.
And oh God, the whole Dead Angelic Mommy = OMG MY HAIR connection. I mean...yeah, I tried to understand it from a saner point of view, but to me, it'd make more sense if it was something like "Mom always said I had such pretty hair so I wanted to keep it long for her" (see: Orihime growing her hair long again after Tatsuki protected her from the bullies that hacked it off) or "she and I both had long hair so I vowed never to cut it, to honor her". But getting a haircut = losing mommy all over again? What?
Okay, here’s the background on what’s behind Cori’s issues in this fic.
“This ep brought up some very personal and painful issues for me. It may not be as brightly colored or as outrageously styled, but I have long, red hair, just like Jessie. And, I've had a few forced haircuts in my day. What can I say? I really identify with her, and I knew EXACTLY how she felt when the Scyther cut off her hair. And what's more, I know how much it hurts to be made fun of. I looked really stupid with short hair, which is why I always wear it long now that I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want with it. (At 23, my hair was almost as long as Jessie's, but I'm going to rival Rapunzel when I'm 80!) Other kids always used to laugh at me and make fun of me when I had to get my hair cut short. Even grown-ups would laugh at me! (I once had a summer camp counselor who told me that I looked like a retard with short hair! O_o) Now do you see why I hate Misty for what she did?”
So… basically, Cori was bullied as a child over her involuntary haircuts, and that caused her to get triggered by the episode. She writes elsewhere in the rant in question that the episode makes her physically ill and causes her to want to throw up. (No, not watching the episode. Apparently, just knowing that it was on made her sick to her stomach.)
…Yeah, I feel sorry for her. However, that gives her no right to feel such rage at a child and a pack of wild animals, who could hardly be expected to know Jessie’s – er, Cori’s – psychological issues. *facepalm*
I would lay off of Cori Falls if she wasn’t such a nasty, unhinged writer. If she could just say ‘I have issues with this, and therefore I am doing this’, that would be one thing. This entire ‘I am the Holy Rocket Avenger! I will smite the twerps in the Name of the Moon!’ shtick is what earns her the sporkings.
So basically this entire fic was Cori working through her childhood traumas. I always thought so. I'm just surprised she didn't add a scene where the trio beat Misty into a bloody pulp for what she did! Then again, thank God for small favors.
...if Cori ever got into Bleach, she would latch onto Orihime so fucking hard because of HER backstory.
Also James's little story about his dad forcing him to get his head shaved? Turns out to be a lie later on. James made up an unhappy ending because he didn't want Jessie to feel so aloooooone in her suffering...and when he admits it to her, she doesn't kick his ass but is actually HAPPY the story had a happy ending!
Bleugh.
They looked kind of strange with all of their hair shaved off, but I swear, I'd
never seen them more beautiful than they were at that moment.
Tom: Gah! There is a furry in this fic! Meowth’s a furry fer humans!
...Tom, you managed to read that and NOT feel like puking your guts out or going off on a rant about how disgusting it all is? You're stronger than I am, buddy.
Even before the SJW craze set in, my head went all desky over her comparing the haircuts to rape. REALLY, CORI?!
I quickly left the forest and headed back the way we had come that afternoon.
But when I reached the clearing where our fateful battle had taken place, I
stopped dead in my tracks.
Tom: (Meowth) De Scythers were gettin’ it on! *flees*
*CACKLES* My friend Sora and I came up with a similar joke when we took on this fic. It became something of a meme between us.
[Tom's gagging and puking over Meowth's masturbation about Jessie and James]
Aah, delayed reaction. Poor kid.
LOL at Cori accidentally endorsing Yamushipping and Kokoshipping. XD
Ship Jessie/James/Th’ Old Boss fer all I care! Just not somethin’ with a POKÉMON!
*somewhere in the distance, Silver can be heard screaming and retching*
Meowth vs the Scythers is just...special. Actually, it'd be more IC for Meowth not to give a shit about Jessie and James's fucking hair. Them as people, yes, but their hair? And all that back and forth NO U sure gets tedious to read. D:
"When your friend found out that I'd cut off her hair," he began, "how loud did
she scream?" His grin became a wicked leer...a leer that made Jessie's demonic
face look downright friendly!
Guardian’s Song: Cut the rape metaphor! This is beyond inadvertently-stupid and well into being ACTIVELY IN POOR TASTE!
Remember that rant about how rape plots are boring and old hat? Think it applies to rape metaphors, too? Seriously, this DOES remind me of some teen movie or book where the bullies go "hay nerdy non action dude wanna know how much the girl you love screamed when I raped her with my penis" and the non-action dude goes into a screamy psychofit and blah blah blah.
And then I remember this is all over a few haircuts.
Sigh.