it's like meeting the real Santa. no, wait. I think I'm spelling that wrong.

[hth]

I used to think you had to volunteer to be belittled in Joe Mallozzi's blog, but apparently they're drafting people now.

You know, I really thought about engaging with him (if only to correct the clear misreading of the last quote he puts up there -- I hope it's obvious to all of you that I didn't mean you could ONLY care about people you'd met, only that you were BOUND to do so, while it's often a lot more hit-or-miss with strangers) -- and then I remembered that we're talking about Joe Mallozzi, and that the reason I don't communicate with him *to start with* is that I think he's an asshole who treats the fans foolish enough to play that game like dirt. That hasn't changed, so I can't see where commenting would do me much good.

But I thought I'd let y'all know I was being talked about over there. It's practically like being famous!

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[hth-the-first.livejournal.com]

Oh, I always assumed they don't know it. People are very rarely aware how many of their unsavory issues they're flashing all over the place in public.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

It's such a standard thing in sci fi, I figured they knew but were embracing the cliche. Cause--having your characters go to other planets and tell the locals their culture sucks and their religion is wrong and we know how to do things right! we're Americans! is, well, colonial. Maybe a small part of me was hoping that having all their efforts to impose their culture on Pegasus backfire was a tacit acknowledgment of the problematic subtext...