tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post7895799107520316476..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: Appaloosa (2008)Steven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-41220990211779902522024-03-12T03:40:29.226-07:002024-03-12T03:40:29.226-07:00golden goose
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Pratchett developed an ensemble of main characters, so that the odds of finding someone to like went up. On the other hand, I think he's got a really extraordinary ability to sympathize with different sorts of people.<BR/><BR/>Bujold let Miles change a *lot* in the course of his series, and it worked. On the other hand, this hasn't happened with any of her other characters, so it might have been a combination of luck to have a character with that range of possibility and Bujold's talent to pull it off.<BR/><BR/>One more-- there was gradual change in Remo Williams' character in the course of a hundred Destroyer novels. I don't know if there are any other series with that pattern.Nancy Lebovitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068537632391466902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-30885796573747017932009-02-26T12:49:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:49:00.000-08:00Marty - I see both Spencer and Hawk as deadly men ...Marty - <I>I see both Spencer and Hawk as deadly men rather than violent men. They perform violent acts, but only in response to violence.</I><BR/><BR/>What? Hawk worked as a mercenary, a mob enforce, and an assassin for pay.Josh Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441897278413737658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-46638087075806510802009-02-26T10:52:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:52:00.000-08:00Steve: I like your choice of the word deadlier for...Steve: I like your choice of the word deadlier for Hawk. I see both Spencer and Hawk as deadly men rather than violent men. They perform violent acts, but only in response to violence.Marty Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465745755940914756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-19981002538397943732009-02-26T09:23:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:23:00.000-08:00The Spencer novels get repetitious because you CAN...The Spencer novels get repetitious because you CAN'T keep going over the same personality arc without change, without it becoming repetitious. And you can't change the characters without disappointing some of your audience. So...you're stuck. You can either stop writing 'em, or change the characters so that the audience doesn't connect. Parker's gotta eat, you know? I don't blame him, I really don't. <BR/>##<BR/>Hawk is, I think, a little deadlier than Spencer, but not as well balanced as a human being. I am grateful to Parker for creating him, and think his heart is in the right place. Oh...and I don't think Parker was happy with Robert Urich as Spencer, either. Just some oblique comments he's made. He's a gentleman, and won't speak ill of the dead, but...Steven Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-25200793396174281472009-02-26T09:20:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:20:00.000-08:00Suzanne:saying "closer to God" didn't mean in the ...Suzanne:<BR/>saying "closer to God" didn't mean in the Christian or monotheistic sense. I could have said "the divine" just as easily. And I wouldn't have believed it was true if I hadn't first read the transcripts of the trance sessions, then heard them, then led clients through the process myself. It really is astounding, but no matter where they start, where they end is a deep, almost painful yearning for spiritual connection.<BR/>##<BR/>Young girls who excuse Chris, or think Rihanna asked for it are lacking self-love in some critical ways. I would bet my car that almost none of them have a loving, protective father in their home. My first girlfriend tried HARD to get me to hit her, because she felt this was what a good man did. Good lord.Steven Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-70722742282140407682009-02-26T06:07:00.000-08:002009-02-26T06:07:00.000-08:00I've wondered if Hawk was a racist move by Parker....I've wondered if Hawk was a racist move by Parker. You get a highly violent white main character, but an even more violent/less emotionally connected black character so the white character looks relatively normal.<BR/><BR/>You get the same black/white pattern in Rachel Caine's Weather Warden novels (generally fun, though as with most series, better towards the beginning), though both the characters are female.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if this isn't bothering people who have reasons to be pickier than I am, then I'm quite willing to believe I'm wrong.Nancy Lebovitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068537632391466902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-35982772809731003892009-02-25T14:20:00.000-08:002009-02-25T14:20:00.000-08:00I miss Spencer and Hawk too. For a long time, thes...I miss Spencer and Hawk too. For a long time, these two were my favorite fictional characters. Ever.<BR/><BR/>But Parker got bored, and I still read them, but I do not pant with anticipation for a new book now as I once did.<BR/><BR/>I've actually been enjoying Jesse Stone and Sonny Randall more than Spencer.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to give Appaloosa a try.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123761608738909200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-72716944276489551412009-02-25T12:26:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:26:00.000-08:00That TV Hawk was a great character. I loved the wa...That TV Hawk was a great character. I loved the way he could smile widely without any sense of joy or kindness, so true to the book character. (Whoever cast the Spenser character should probably be drawn and quartered, though.)<BR/><BR/> Not to quibble, and I'm sure there are boys out there who contemplate your 2(both sexually related)choices to try to figure out manhood, but it's definitely not a universal viewpoint. I know that as a kid I didn't look at those two in considering what constitutes "manhood" and even then I'm pretty sure I would have considered those two too "skin-level". Defining manhood in terms of whether a boy/man appears confident or how well he could do with girls just wouldn't appeal to some boys. <BR/><BR/> Some guyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-71005091710908840582009-02-25T07:36:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:36:00.000-08:00We need more healers, in order to have less probat...We need more healers, in order to have less probation officers.Josh Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441897278413737658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-89571621623396067622009-02-24T20:07:00.000-08:002009-02-24T20:07:00.000-08:00finding a society of like-minded individuals to ap...<I>finding a society of like-minded individuals to approve of his actions (like, for instance, the chorus of people who say: "it wasn't so bad!" "What did she do to make him do that?" "He's just young" etc.)</I><BR/><BR/>When I asked if Chris Browns' youth should be considered,I didn't mean that it excused his actions. His actions were unacceptable and require some logical consequence. But, I also wanted to know your thoughts, and others thoughts about rehabilitation that might actually work. Rather than punishment that costs the tax payers lots of money without making Rhianna, or any other woman any safer.<BR/><BR/>As a child protective services social worker, I have abused and neglected minor clients who are already doing some fairly unsavory things and on the path to following in the footsteps of their abusers. At one point I had THREE fourteen year old clients with probation officers. I wish I knew how our system could help them heal and become productive citizens who are harming neither themselves or others. To me, a 19 year old isn't that far removed from childhood. So, it wasn't much of a leap for me to wonder if Chris could be rehabilitated. Of course his fame may make it even less likely than it would be if one of my nineteen year old former clients was beating one of his girlfriends.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your thoughts about possible healing for the victim and the abuser. From what I've read online, not enough people are actually talking about actions that would result in Rhianna's healing.<BR/><BR/>What would you tell young, female Chris Brown fans who don't think it was that bad or who think it was Rhianna's fault? Young female fans who might be in similar situations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-42184489725857766972009-02-24T12:14:00.000-08:002009-02-24T12:14:00.000-08:00I'd drop him into a "Core Transformation"-style tr...I'd drop him into a "Core Transformation"-style trance, and have him identify with his actual core motivations for this (and all) actions: <B>the urge to come closer to God.</B><BR/><BR/>I hope you aren't suggesting this is in fact a "Core" motivation! <BR/><BR/>if ever there was a notion that has led<BR/>humanity <BR/>way off-track <BR/>into how others should be treated<BR/>it's the organized monotheismsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-69361493752463280042009-02-24T10:09:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:09:00.000-08:00I always knew you were smart since i saw you talk ...I always knew you were smart since i saw you talk about your (then) upcoming book called Lion's Blood (Philadelphia Frankin Institute). After reading the book not only was i surprised, but intellectually moved to tears that you could write as well as Octavia.<BR/><BR/>And i've been following your blog for a good time now and have been relatively put-off by some of the stuff you say. Not that it isn't on-point, but that it's just so redundant, you fighting with people that disagree with you. I think too much clarification. And i'm not too taken on your movie reviews either.<BR/><BR/>But I keep reading because once in a while you write shit like this. A spasm of concise common sense. Educated, eloquent, specific and helpful. In a single post you reframed the uproar from individual actions (chris) to his family and then instead of leaving it there, you contextualized the shift in how you would apply NLP (love the stuff) to the situation.<BR/><BR/>Diamond in the rough. I'm considerably amazed . . . and still waiting for the sequels to Zulu Heart and Firedance btw.B the IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10647903110433573711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-66181612956951930682009-02-24T10:05:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:05:00.000-08:00Hawk's persona is still one of the most interestin...Hawk's persona is still one of the most interesting things about the books. He's not just black and badass, he's well read, cultured when he wants to be, and sexually potent. But his downside is that he's unable to connect emotionally, except in a limited way, to a small number of people - Susan and Spenser. The women in his life are either transient, or wanting to connect in ways he just can't provide. He also makes his living at violence, is good at it, and enjoys the power it provides him, bu the does so with self awareness, and something of a moral code.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, eventually the books got repetitious. It's sad.Josh Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441897278413737658noreply@blogger.com