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Gods and Goddesses
Aug. 14th, 2006 04:54 am*gasps and dies in a most horrific way*
Something died in the kitchen again. At first I thought it was just the milk, but I'm thinking it's more than that. Dunno. The moment the sky lightens a bit, I'm tempted to just chuck the gallon, cover my nose and mouth with something and drag the trash outside, shoot it [where to get a gun at this hour?] and be done with it. The smell!
Sometimes I manage to forget how much I love/loved Oh! My Goddess but then I snag a copy from the library and drift off into happy land. It's one of the few I honestly missed when I dropped my comic/manga fix a few years ago.
Since I was done with that one, I went rummaging around in the pile of extremely overdue books and grabbed one of the ones proclaiming "new!" As I was turning it over, I saw that little Jesus picture they slap on all the Christian themed books and before I could stop myself, groaned. I'm not sure why, other than your average Jesus!picture book tends to slap you upside the head so many times with the message [what message? I never did get that, just that they had one] that you've got a concussion or two by the time you reach page thirty. How, oh how do I know this when it's sort of obvious I'd have avoided this book had I seen the picture beforehand? Oh yeah, not all the libraries use the stickers. And I've figured [sometimes rather foolishly] that just because it's put out by some overly Christian company, it doesn't mean the book will be bad.
Generally it does. It means that whatever interesting plot point hooked you originally will fall by the wayside as the religious overtones begin to overwhelm you. It's like they sucker you in with something interesting and then halfway through there's a bait and switch. I really dislike that. Gimme the promised plot, dammit. Spend alittle less time on the conversion, wouldja? In theory, most of the people reading this are already part of your religion, so take it back down from 11, mm?
But then I wonder if I feel the same way about other religions. Like, I'll peruse the obviously slanted towards the Wiccan set, and I'll read their stuff without my eyes rolling clear out of my head, though I've noticed they're pretty handy with the sledgehammer of subtlety. Why is it that I'm more accepting of that then Jesus!sticker? As far as I know, I've got no beef with Jesus. Sure, I tend to think people who are overly fixated with him are loons, but I also think the people who take any religion to extremes are insane, so...
Well, here goes nothing but my blood pressure. Oh, and I think Dad left the camera at work. Brilliant.
...oh...kay...
Could someone tell me what's wrong with this picture?
( Or have I lost my damn mind )
Something died in the kitchen again. At first I thought it was just the milk, but I'm thinking it's more than that. Dunno. The moment the sky lightens a bit, I'm tempted to just chuck the gallon, cover my nose and mouth with something and drag the trash outside, shoot it [where to get a gun at this hour?] and be done with it. The smell!
Sometimes I manage to forget how much I love/loved Oh! My Goddess but then I snag a copy from the library and drift off into happy land. It's one of the few I honestly missed when I dropped my comic/manga fix a few years ago.
Since I was done with that one, I went rummaging around in the pile of extremely overdue books and grabbed one of the ones proclaiming "new!" As I was turning it over, I saw that little Jesus picture they slap on all the Christian themed books and before I could stop myself, groaned. I'm not sure why, other than your average Jesus!picture book tends to slap you upside the head so many times with the message [what message? I never did get that, just that they had one] that you've got a concussion or two by the time you reach page thirty. How, oh how do I know this when it's sort of obvious I'd have avoided this book had I seen the picture beforehand? Oh yeah, not all the libraries use the stickers. And I've figured [sometimes rather foolishly] that just because it's put out by some overly Christian company, it doesn't mean the book will be bad.
Generally it does. It means that whatever interesting plot point hooked you originally will fall by the wayside as the religious overtones begin to overwhelm you. It's like they sucker you in with something interesting and then halfway through there's a bait and switch. I really dislike that. Gimme the promised plot, dammit. Spend alittle less time on the conversion, wouldja? In theory, most of the people reading this are already part of your religion, so take it back down from 11, mm?
But then I wonder if I feel the same way about other religions. Like, I'll peruse the obviously slanted towards the Wiccan set, and I'll read their stuff without my eyes rolling clear out of my head, though I've noticed they're pretty handy with the sledgehammer of subtlety. Why is it that I'm more accepting of that then Jesus!sticker? As far as I know, I've got no beef with Jesus. Sure, I tend to think people who are overly fixated with him are loons, but I also think the people who take any religion to extremes are insane, so...
Well, here goes nothing but my blood pressure. Oh, and I think Dad left the camera at work. Brilliant.
...oh...kay...
Could someone tell me what's wrong with this picture?
( Or have I lost my damn mind )
