Rant, Rage, Rail, Fail

[harpsiccord]

Please tell me you've read Judy Blume. Not her serious stuff, but her carefree stuff. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Superfudge specifically. Have you?

In Superfudge, there was a Chapter called "Santa Who?" in which Fudge (a five year old) insists that his family write letters to Santa Clause. His older brother Peter, annoyed, does so and I

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[harpsi_fizz]

That's damn good, Rev! The title is especially relevant.

I know you don't exactly have the tools with which to do it, but don't forget to make the woman SUPER!SKINNY. All those bumps and stuff, yuck. Can't have that.

[harpsi_fizz]

I do, too. But this is the mo-dern version! Remember? The disgusting, horrible, DO NOT WANT version!

[harpsi_fizz]

That makes sense. I'd completely agree, except for one thing- there are new authors being born every day. They can write entirely new books with all of their references to MP3 players and tampons and maybe even add in things that Margaret and Henry and Beezus never even had to fathom dealing with.

*Puts on grumpy pants again* Then again, I've seen these new authors and they're mostly a bunch of self-indulgent fanfic writers with no self control. Every single story, even the ones for 3rd graders just has to add in a love interest/crush. For 3rd graders! I mean it, I've seen it! Nothing is platonic anymore, just a bunch of pre-training for the hookup and dry hump generation. Which is fine. I don't care. Let the kids mate and wank all they want to, but what's the matter with having just a few sections where the environment is hormone-free

[harpsi_fizz]

Alright, how in the hell is that thing a choking hazard? It doesn't look like those buttons could possibly fall off.

[sugar_for_sugar]

*deep breath*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

*deep breath again*

This definitely resonated with me. I agree TO THE EXTREME. Leave books alone! Evil publisher-monkeys.