[ SECRET POST #3632 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3632 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

I gave you some brief info about the original works (which were written for children, as it goes - you're not having your cosy kid-lit bubble burst here). Sorry you're not interested in learning more about the origins of your favourite character - other readers might be, so feel free not participate further in a discussion you started, but allow for the fact that it may well interest others. It's entirely your loss - the best and most enduring works for children have a streak of darkness in them.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

this comment is so condescending, I love it

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

TY - I meant every word ;)

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

It also has nothing at all to do with the OPs comment, so it's kind of pointlessly condescending. She was talking about the gender of the character, they fixated on the fact that she called the CHARACTER (not the story) fun, and started lecturing her. Just so that they can go off about how she doesn't want to learn and they are smart and notice when things are dark, which is all that is important, really.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

Now who is not reading responses properly. The OP described the casting as shitty because it didn't conform to her preferred casting, nevermind that it's traditionally a female role. She's holding other people responsible for her discomfort and gets uptight, defensive and, frankly, abusive when she can't dictate the terms of the conversation.

Peter's not especially fun in any iteration anyway - anarchic and wild, yes. Honestly, where she got cute and fun from in the first place is a bit of a mystery.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

Not really abusive, but I can see why she would feel defensive given the condescending attitude.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I can see how a little kid would consider "anarchic and wild" to be fun? Isn't that usually why anarchic and wild characters appeal to kids?

I wouldn't say a character can't be "fun" at the time the story takes place simply because said character had a tragic origin story, either.

Re: Petra Pan

[crossy_woad]

your favourite character

Not my favorite character, an early crush. I think you're a troll tho.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

A debate/discussion/disagreement/call it what you will doesn't become trolling simply because you got a little bit schooled and didn't like it.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

+1 and it was a proper, literary schooling, too.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

More like a chance to drag the comment off topic and be condescending.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

Not really, since they had to change the topic from the character's gender to the sad backstory, which the OP did not seem to have any problem with.

Like, how did anyone get that OP has an issue with sad stories, just because she was disappointed that the character she liked was played by a woman??

[(Anonymous)]

They have a point, however, even if you may not like it. A lot of stories you think of cute Disney stories are quite dark in their original tellings.

In Cinderella, the stepsisters literally cut off parts of their feet to fit them into the slipper.

In the Little Mermaid, Ariel is in intense pain every time she walks with her new feet and in the end, commits suicide.

[crossy_woad]

but i wasn't discussing that.

[(Anonymous)]

They were pointing out that you're being an idiot by wanting to stick your head in the sand about learning about your favorite story just because you don't like it. And they weren't wrong. You don't have to like aspects of the story you like but they are still there. It's not 'critique'.

I also couldn't pass up the chance of potentially ruining more of your disney favorites.

[(Anonymous)]

Now this's just mean spirited. Sometimes I despare at fs community.

[(Anonymous)]

This literally has nothing to do with what the op was talking about.

They thought the CHARACTER was cool and fun, and the comment had nothing to do with whether or not the play itself was "dark" or not. Her comment was all about her childhood crush being played by someone of the opposite gender, and they kind of derailed the topic - and kept going on about how she got "schooled" and "wants to stick her head in the sand" when really the "LOOK YOU ARE WRONG BECAUSE THIS STORY IS DARK" just had nothing to do with her comment.

I swear to god, that's all some people care about in regards to stuff aimed at kids - whether or not it's "dark." You can't discuss anything else about them.

Also, I like how you're assuming she doesn't know about Cinderella and The Little Mermaid since people bring that up constantly. Pretty sure everyone knows it already, sorry if that ruins the fun of "ruing someone's favorite character" when she never even said anything at all about those characters.

[(Anonymous)]

How is she being an idiot? She didn't say she didn't want to learn about the character - all she said was that she hadn't read the book, and didn't need the anon to critique her taste.

[(Anonymous)]

"They were pointing out that you're being an idiot by wanting to stick your head in the sand about learning about your favorite story just because you don't like it."

How was she "sticking her head in the sand?" Where did she say she didn't like the information about the original book?

"You don't have to like aspects of the story you like but they are still there. It's not 'critique'."

She never said she liked or didn't like the stuff that person posted.

Literally all she said was the she hadn't read the original book, and that she didn't need the person to critique HER TASTE. They were acting like she was stupid because her impression of the character was based on the play and not the original book, and well, she hadn't read the book so what do you expect?

I mean, when someone posts something, and you post a response that's only tangentially related (it pretty much all came from the fact that she called the character cool and fun), and you do it in a really condescending way, and they don't immediately drop the original subject and start talking about how interesting the stuff you brought up is, that's "sticking your head in the sand" and "not wanting to learn?"

[(Anonymous)]

Mostly, I'm just confused as to where she said she didn't like any aspect of the story? She said she hadn't read it, and she said she didn't care (which isn't the same thing as dislike).

Mostly, I assumed the "I don't care" comment was her being defensive, but still. Most of the comments arguing with her seem to imply that she dislikes/is disturbed by anything "dark" and as a result she doesn't want to hear about it. That's not what "I don't care" implies to me.

[(Anonymous)]

"A lot of stories you think of cute Disney stories are quite dark in their original tellings.

In Cinderella, the stepsisters literally cut off parts of their feet to fit them into the slipper"

It sounds like you're talking about the Grimm brother's version, which is one version but not "the original" (the oldest known version is possibly one from Ancient Greece). The Disney movie is based on Charles Perrault's version, which doesn't include the stepsister's cutting off their feet.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

"Sorry you're not interested in learning more about the origins of your favourite character - other readers might be, so feel free not participate further in a discussion you started, but allow for the fact that it may well interest others. It's entirely your loss - the best and most enduring works for children have a streak of darkness in them. "

What was the point of this (other than condescension)? She didn't start a conversation about the origins of the character.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

She doesn't get to control a conversation just because she started it. The information is interesting and it's genuinely a shame that she's not interested but, fair enough, it's not compulsory. So, no, she doesn't have to be interested but she's not entitled to shut it down.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

Oh yeah, well you're a big meanie-mean so there.

Re: Petra Pan

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, if you want someone to be interested in what you're saying, maybe don't present the information as some rebuttal to something they didn't actually say? Especially if you're going to make a point of using the most patronizing tone possible.