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Feb. 22nd, 2005 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pezNeil Gaiman's (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
officialgaiman) answer to a teenager about the inclusion of sex scenes in his book... whilst I haven't actually read that book and so can't say that much and so don't understand the relevance of the scene, if any, I can empathise with the girl, IF what she said about it being "irrelevent to the plot of the book" is true. Gaiman's answer of "the book's hero wouldn't have been born" is fair enough, but does it justify a descriptive sex scene - does it add to the plot?
Wait, don't lynch me just yet, read the rest of what I have to say...
I'm not saying that Gaiman's wrong. I haven't read the book, can't form any opinion. I'm guessing that his explanation about the relevance is correct. But what I'm trying to say is... that's one thing I'm always asking myself - if I include certain elements into the story, does it only beef it up in terms of length, or does it actually show something? If it's a sex scene, are the motives or consequences enough to justify it (if the story isn't meant to be erotica-centric), if it's violence does the attack/manner of death etc really do anything? Do I want to show the mental state of the attacker, how the ugly death affects those close to the victim, etc? Or do I just want this person dead and be done with?
On a completely unrelated note, people should learn to stop saying "actually" and "basically" all the damn time.
officialgaiman) answer to a teenager about the inclusion of sex scenes in his book... whilst I haven't actually read that book and so can't say that much and so don't understand the relevance of the scene, if any, I can empathise with the girl, IF what she said about it being "irrelevent to the plot of the book" is true. Gaiman's answer of "the book's hero wouldn't have been born" is fair enough, but does it justify a descriptive sex scene - does it add to the plot?Wait, don't lynch me just yet, read the rest of what I have to say...
I'm not saying that Gaiman's wrong. I haven't read the book, can't form any opinion. I'm guessing that his explanation about the relevance is correct. But what I'm trying to say is... that's one thing I'm always asking myself - if I include certain elements into the story, does it only beef it up in terms of length, or does it actually show something? If it's a sex scene, are the motives or consequences enough to justify it (if the story isn't meant to be erotica-centric), if it's violence does the attack/manner of death etc really do anything? Do I want to show the mental state of the attacker, how the ugly death affects those close to the victim, etc? Or do I just want this person dead and be done with?
On a completely unrelated note, people should learn to stop saying "actually" and "basically" all the damn time.
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Date: 2005-02-22 12:26 pm (UTC)I don't think I've watched one single Tarantino movie! His things don't really appeal to me. If I manage to borrow a DVD off someone though I might give it a go and see if he deserves all that hype.
LOTR is something that tries to serve all kinds of audience. For me the movie's good, but still lacking on the emotional side because I like that sort of stuff. I bet for some they'll say there aren't enough fighting -_- when things are put on the big screen and shown to the world, it's hard to judge... movies are usually team work as well, and the producer/director, however powerful, can't control all the elements. Authors can (unless pressured by their agents/companies/fans) more or less do what they want entirely though. And it makes me go GAH when I read something that has a bit of, and not enough of, everything. It's as though the author has forgotten what s/he was trying to write in the first place =_=
Well you know realism rocks my boat too ^_~ Sexuality is very important in SR. Niou's decision to wank right there shows the complication in his character: he knows but also doesn't know what he's doing all the time; he disregards the effects of his actions on Yagyuu (or maybe he does know and wants to affect Yagyuu in such a way); he always squeeze his eyes shut and imagine it's Yagyuu and still does the same even though he knows Yagyuu really IS right there with him. Yagyuu gets that dream... it's the aftermath of Niou's seduction, and Yagyuu's wish to dominate in the relationship (Niou letting him be seme), his wish to actually be with Niou (even though he doesn't admit to it), stuff like that.
Well at least that's what I was trying to show XD!