Aug 3, 2018
Anyone else disagree with this response and its assumptions? Or if you completely agree, tell me why? Thoughts, anyone? I’m feeling some type of way about it
#creature mic#responses please#I mean maybe it would be unsalvageable I’m honestly not sure#maybe you could find a way to shape it so it wouldn’t create parallels to human races that don’t fit and have bad implications#and maybe you couldn’t#I think it could be worth exploring new shapes for the story to see if they could find one that wok#*worked#and maybe they wouldn’t! but I feel like the adviser jumped way too quickly to it being impossible#and more than that jumped to conclusions about the LW’s biases that I really don’t think were justified by the information presented#I’m not saying they couldn’t have those biases and I’m not saying it’s a grievous insult to suggest it; I’m saying I don’t think the letter#necessarily pointed to that#and I feel like the tone of the response suggested there are certain...registers of stories that are okay and that are helpful and healing#and certain ones that aren’t#and I don’t think that’s right#it seemed to come down against dark stories and stories about monstrosity#while I think those stories are valuable and vital and worth telling#to clarify by monstrosity I mean the way monstrosity is constructed & who it’s constructed upon & why & with what tools#stories that identify with the monster and ask what it means to be a monster and how one can respond to that label#I think those are stories worth telling
