I credit Victor Hugo for at least a part of whatever small amount of desirable qualities I may possess, so you're not alone in that :)
I agree on being changed by one's actions, and I'd be really curious to hear you elaborate. It probably shows that I haven't read Lewis, but the best discussion of this that I've ever read in fiction was in a Harry Potter fanfiction called Blood Magic. The idea there was that certain spells would have the effect of opening the caster's soul to that casting. So certain healing spells would make the caster less able to do harm. Conversely, the Cruciatus curse would make the caster slightly more inclined towards sadism with each casting. I've always found that a very good metaphor of a thing that's pretty hard to describe, but I haven't found much discussion of it elsewhere. So I'm looking forward to your post about it, if you decide to make one!
"he’s not a spectacularly evil guy, just a normal suburban husband who is manipulative. specifically, his habit in life was to manipulate people by feeling bad, holding people hostage to their own healthy pity for him. & he would rather give up happiness than give up people feeling sorry for him."
I Now you made me go and want to read CS Lewis!
I credit Victor Hugo for at least a part of whatever small amount of desirable qualities I may possess, so you're not alone in that :)
I agree on being changed by one's actions, and I'd be really curious to hear you elaborate. It probably shows that I haven't read Lewis, but the best discussion of this that I've ever read in fiction was in a Harry Potter fanfiction called Blood Magic. The idea there was that certain spells would have the effect of opening the caster's soul to that casting. So certain healing spells would make the caster less able to do harm. Conversely, the Cruciatus curse would make the caster slightly more inclined towards sadism with each casting. I've always found that a very good metaphor of a thing that's pretty hard to describe, but I haven't found much discussion of it elsewhere. So I'm looking forward to your post about it, if you decide to make one!
fuck banger. again. I'd never thought of it that way and I've read both of those books.
"this kind of eternal momentum of choosing unhappiness is damnation"
ok time for me to reread his work, book club coming soon
"he’s not a spectacularly evil guy, just a normal suburban husband who is manipulative. specifically, his habit in life was to manipulate people by feeling bad, holding people hostage to their own healthy pity for him. & he would rather give up happiness than give up people feeling sorry for him."
he was a Jerry!