On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:41:41 -0500 "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net writes:
What a wonderful concept! Tales from Schmaltz City!
I can see it now. A zine with nothing but warm and fuzzy stories, sweetness levels so high it carries a warning label for diabetics. No stories allowed if at least one character doesn't give a long, impassioned speach about love, flowers, or puppies.
(Imagining some people's reactions to such stories)
You know, maybe there _is_ a connection between sadism and writing stories like this.
Oh, well, it would sell well - if only among the people who felt a need to burn it :-)
Ellynne (Who is _not_ planning such a zine) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
"Ellynne G." wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:41:41 -0500 "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net writes:
What a wonderful concept! Tales from Schmaltz City!
I can see it now. A zine with nothing but warm and fuzzy stories, sweetness levels so high it carries a warning label for diabetics. No stories allowed if at least one character doesn't give a long, impassioned speach about love, flowers, or puppies.
Though that doesn't in itself make the story schmaltzy; Avon could make a long impassioned speech about how stupid they are, or something. Even a pro-puppies speech doesn't have to come off as schmaltzy (thinking here about Spike exhorting Willow and Xander to go out and fight evil for the sake of puppies and Christmas).
I think the schmaltziest story I've read yet (or maybe that I can bear to remember) is one about Avon giving Blake a copy of the song 'The Impossible Dream' for Christmas. It was just a leetle past my suspension of disbelief-o-meter.
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