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Cirque du Freak
Not me looking up Cirque du Freak out of curiosity only to discover a surprisingly large community/fandom?!
like, I didn’t think anyone knew about these books! I feel like the existence of a (regrettably terrible) movie should have tipped me off but I’m shocked! I could make fan art and more than three people will actually look at it?! No offense to those three people who look at my obscure art, I love y’all, but like, what?! I was ranting to my poor friend for nothing! I could have been here the whole time?! What a waste!
Something to consider
I’m reading DFW (David Foster Wallace) for my creative nonfiction writing workshop this semester, (specifically “Host” from Consider the Lobster), and I’m struggling.
Like, I’m three seconds away from hurling this book across the room, struggling.
And I had a thought.
People have said that writing that is too complicated or dense to read, much less understand, is bad writing.
But I can’t believe that about DFW.
Looking beyond my fear of authority, (aka defying the people that say DFW is a good writer), I can’t honestly say that this writer--who was nominated for a Pulitzer, has won several other awards, and is essentially canonized as an edgy “wake-up” artist--is a bad writer. Too many people, people who’s writing I respect and appreciate and are distinguished in the literary community, think that DFW is good at writing.
So no, I don’t think DFW is a bad writer, per say, but consider this: Writers or writing that is so dense that it requires outside assistance to read and understand, i.e. an English class and professor that will explain what writers like DFW are trying to do, is simply a different form of literature.
Yes, I could theoretically understand DFW if I had a free Saturday plus the motivation to sit and read his 40-page short story about radio talk shows. Or if I was very well educated on the subject, perhaps I would understand it better. Perhaps if I was simply a better writer and a better reader, I could see the nuances in his writing.
But the thing is, not everyone--in fact, most everyone--is not like that. Most people are not literary nuts, they don’t care about the nuances of radio talk shows, they don’t care about if literature is “good” or “bad.” They are simply trying to get through the day, drive home, try to enjoy themselves, and then wake up the next morning to do it all over again.
I think that’s why YA novels--the trashy, throwaway, simple plot, typical ending Young Adult novels--are so valuable.
DFW isn’t the kind of stuff for teenagers who are literally just trying to survive high school. They don’t have the education or life experience to read, process, or enjoy stuff like DFW was putting out.
They don’t want to analyze literature, they want to escape. They want to imagine themselves in different lives, sneaking through caves with a thane at their side or fighting on the deck of a pirate ship or flying through the stars or breathing underwater or falling in love and being loved. They want to see and do and experience so much more than the life they are living now.
So save your elevated literature and in-depth analysis for when I’m sixty and retired. As for now, I’m going to go read The Hunger Games and The Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Cirque Du Freak and The Fault in our Stars and Passenger, and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.
tl;dr - There is a time and a place for canonized, literary literature. But there is also a place for stories that simply let you escape, and we shouldn’t underestimate the power of those stories.
I remember watching a live action vampire show growing up about a boy living with vampires and going to human school I remember one ep where he found a bone and decided to put it on this thing and it started growing back bone after bone the blood and muscle idk I don't remember much
randomish question, have you ever read Cirque du freak?
Uuuh no Is that a dp fic or ???
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It's indeed an interesting sires and if I had known about it when I was younger I would definitely be obsessed over it but I'm already invested in so SO MANY new fandoms right now there is no time for me to properly get into it I will give it a shot by reading the books eventually. I'm still in the middle of reading one of the warrior cat arcs along with owls of ga'hoole and many webcomics I haven't finished don't worry I will make fanart ❤
I remember the name of the vampire show I watched it s called 'young Dracula' I think that's the right show but uhhh ya
randomish question, have you ever read Cirque du freak?
Uuuh no Is that a dp fic or ???
just started book four, this is basically how it's going
Photos taken seconds before disasters
bro fought a crazed bear and almost died, then just moved on.
From Bloodline ~ Chapter 9
Mika slowly turned to face him and finally their eyes met. Kurda felt time stand still as his heart broke again for the hundred thousandth time. At first glance, Mika looked exactly the same. Still dressed in black, still obnoxiously attractive, still not appearing a day older than thirty-something. But there was something different about him and Kurda couldn’t quite place it. Maybe it was absence of the defiant gleam in his steely eyes, or the way he no longer carried himself with the enviably effortless confidence that bordered on arrogance (and as far as Kurda was concerned, crossed the line plenty of times).
For obvious reasons, I’m excited to get this posted in the next few days.