As for the desire to write stories in which someone gets hurt (and I'm not immune to this, either) - I guess the shrinks would label it as a kind of regression, but I really don't think it should upset anyone. I'd rather say it's a case of our own neurosis curing us, a way to let off some steam. If you (I mean 'anyone') can find a way of presenting your private chimeras to the world without the world flinching, then good for you.
I don't think it's working. I just saw a whole lot of people flinch...
Those who preach
strict morality are much more likely to butcher someone in real life than those who try to come to terms with their irrational self.
Anyone got the stats on that?
(BTW,in the long history of Shakespeare criticism, I can't recall a single critic who accused Shakespeare for making Hamlet suffer so much. For centuries the audience has experienced aesthetic pleasure in his suffering, and some would probably call it beautiful.)
Didn't think that when John Savident played Hamlet. Or Basil Brush... anyway, big difference between fan slash and Eng. Lit. in *my* opinion...
Shane
"Sentiment breeds weakness. Let it get a hold of you and you're dead." --Avon