Comments | purple_drake: LJ Idol 2011; topic four.

purple_drake

LJ Idol 2011; topic four.

Nov 14, 2011 23:00

( What does narcissism have to do with me? )

Comments 18

basric November 14 2011, 22:38:02 UTC

obsession with vanity is nothing new. It goes back farther than Cleopatra.Everywhere we look magazine, TV movies tell us what to do to be beautiful that we must be beautiful.

VERY WELL WRITTEN.

purple_drake November 14 2011, 23:42:35 UTC

It certainly isn't! But usually I associate narcissism with the act of being vain, so I decided to go with narcissism in the act of not being conventionally 'vain'. XD And then it pretty much equals the same thing anyway, really.

Thank you!

noodledays November 15 2011, 00:32:25 UTC

I like the irony here.

purple_drake November 15 2011, 00:35:48 UTC

Thanks! I'm quite fond of irony.

noodledays November 15 2011, 00:48:16 UTC

it's definitely fun to play with. :D

purple_drake November 15 2011, 07:53:18 UTC

One of the best things. :3

sweeny_todd November 15 2011, 07:23:02 UTC

hah. well played! I think you got the tone just right ^_^

purple_drake November 15 2011, 07:54:47 UTC

Thanks, good to know! I was actually a bit worried because it's in first-person and acts as if it's non-fiction, but the tone is so ridiculously disdainful that I was all '... but that's so mean, what if they think it's me?' XD

bewize November 15 2011, 18:34:52 UTC

I liked your take on it. :)

purple_drake November 16 2011, 08:52:48 UTC

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. :3

pixiebelle November 15 2011, 20:41:40 UTC

I like the irony here too! I see people who really do this too. "I'm better than everyone else because I don't care about those types of things like everyone else!"

purple_drake November 16 2011, 08:53:35 UTC

Exactly! Being arrogant about arrogance; you'd think it's a silly phrase, and yet ...