accidental allegory?

[swan_tower]

The King saw any restrictions they tried to impose as infringements upon his royal authority.

Writing this scene of political debate, it occurs to me that somebody out there will probably decide I wrote this book as commentary on current U.S. politics. With, I don't know, faerie warfare as a coded metaphor for terrorism.

Or something.

Comments

[tooth-and-claw.livejournal.com]

Which e-mail are you using these days? The sundell one, or otherwise?

[sora-blue.livejournal.com]

Just remember what Mark Twain (I think) said--smile and nod when they ask if you that's what you meant.

MNC arrived today. THANK YOU (and your publicist.)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Enjoy.

[m-stiefvater.livejournal.com]

And this is a bad thing because . . . ?

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Because it's wrong?

I don't mind someone reading about the politics of the period and seeing parallels with modern America. But I'd rather not have someone assume I'm setting out to comment on it, because I'm not.

[daydreammuse.livejournal.com]

May I comment on everything in one single comment. It all happened in one day, so it's okay I guess.

1) You rock for causing chaos and destruction. I just wish I was a part of it. Nothing makes me chipper more than fire and brimstone and that vague scent of apocalypse in the making.

2) I have trouble naming characters. I just suck at it and I wonder how my character can be themselves if their anme can't fit. I need professional help with that one. My WIP is almost finished and I still have my characters with labels like "the caretaker" or the "patron".

3) The U.S politics are not so unqiue as to cause instant recognition amongs the majority of your readers, who are I think quite knowledgable enough as to admit that politics have that much diversity,w hich in the course of our society starts repeating itself.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

The U.S politics are not so unqiue as to cause instant recognition amongs the majority of your readers, who are I think quite knowledgable enough as to admit that politics have that much diversity,w hich in the course of our society starts repeating itself.

It's true that people outside the U.S. may not be aware of the extent to which we're arguing about executive privilege and the role of Congress relative to the President, nor do I claim it's unique. But readers over here may draw the connection, and once drawn, there's an annoying tendency to assume that must be why the author wrote it.

[daydreammuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, people call this labeling I think. "Look there is this freaky parallel between her work and reality. OMG, that's why she wrote the book." This is the brilliance of deduction these days.

[azorielios.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have to agree with the comment immediately above - namely, the tendency towards history repeating itself, even in societies not structured even remotely similar.

As a (only partially related) side note, are you playing in the new Changeling game in your home town? I've only recently been coerced by multiple forces into such(they requested an evil bastard, so I'm creating another Ailil), and I'd love to have someone about that understands the rules of noble etiquette and favors the way you do.

If you're not but eventually decide to, I INSIST that you play a noble - while I appreciate those I know who are playing, none can play the game quite the same way as you and your hubby could, if you'd only set your minds to such. I need some good opponents (Or even allies? One could hope...) for the Shadow Game of noble politics as the kind you and he could come up with.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not in any ongoing LARPs at the moment, and I'm not planning to join -- not much point in doing so right before I move, and besides, I really don't think I have the time.

[lordlothair.livejournal.com]

If you don't buy products made by Royalist, then the Faeries win...

Nah, I don't think it has the right ring.

[onyxhawke.livejournal.com]

One of the things i've become convinced of over the years is that somewhere, somehow someone will be convinced of anything no matter how improbable, no matter what you do.

Another is that It's not not worth worrying about most of the time.