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May 31, 2006
So Very Brittle
Today is a lesson in why few people live in glass houses.
Bryan Lambert somehow stumbled (Update: Led by the nose more like) upon the Traviss/clone uproar. He read the thread on TheForce.net and concluded that an eight month discussion is “going too far” and the fans involved are nerds beyond redemption. He also took exception to Wayne Poe’s satirical movie Talifan. Sure, Wayne’s style is slightly less subtle than a freight train fully loaded with HMDT running full steam into a oil refinery. But like that locomotive, you can see where it came from and what its goal is.
Not quite so with Bryan. It is not clear why he finds this behavior so abhorrent, save that he seems to believe that it is wrong to critically analyze art or debate the issue with the artist; even when the artist in question freely decides to jump into the fray and then run away to cast aspersions on her opponents from the safety of her blogs or other sympathetic sites (an issue Bryan neglects to mention). But to Bryan, responding to this is taking a hobby too far.
But what is too far anyway? It really comes down to the individual. Like Brian, some may feel that drawn-out, candid debates and criticisms of art is obsessive fan-boy material. However, there are also many who feel that dressing up in costumes of cartoon characters is abnormal behavior. There are yet more who would recoil in fear of a grown man playing with dolls.
Guess which two of the three above apply to Mr. Lambert...
“If you don't carry one in your pants, you might as well carry one in your hand.”
Now normally, I don’t care how people enjoy their hobby. I imagine it could be fun to stage a little fashion show in the living room where the X-Men roll up in the back of Jonny Quest's truck to the applause of the assembled crew of Star Trek while prancing about as Brak (because I'm an open-minded kind of guy). But jeez, if you’re going to throw stones at the way I enjoy mine, move out of that house. Otherwise, allow us to enjoy our hobby as much as you clearly enjoy yours.
Edit(6/1/06):
What strikes me as the most interesting part of all this is that it is Karen Traviss who is spreading word of this debacle outside of the Star Wars community, not the fans. Does she scour the net looking for any chance to decry the terrible "persecution" she is suffering at the hands of the merciless unwashed heathen; threats and libel so onerous and widespread that no one has been able to find or cite even one example.Coupling this with her fantasies of garroting people, I have to wonder:
Is Traviss mentally disturbed?
Posted by Skayhan at May 31, 2006 02:42 PM
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