aGlassDarkly

Or! You’re too interesting and they can’t quit you.

This has been hands-down some of the best drama I’ve seen on the Fediverse. I assume there’s some sick part of my brain that just loves it when someone doubles down on a bad decision.

If you can’t tell the difference between random white people on the internet complaining about a film adaptation of the Odyssey and the author of Earthsea not liking the TV show they made about her books just because they’re both fictional narratives, you might be a bit out of your depth in attempting to critique Le Guin about anything.

Maybe skip those too, then ¯_(ツ)_/¯

There isn’t a shortage of movies. I’m willing to bet someone is out there pandering to your preference for historically accurate skin tone in fictional stories where it’s barely described and has no meaning in relation to the plot.

If seeing a black person in a movie ruins the “myth representation” for you, maybe just skip going to see it. No one’s going to drag you to a theatre and strap you into a chair.

Bullshit. It’s a modern take on an ancient myth where half the characters are barely described physically. Nothing about people who never existed can be miscast by skin color, unless you’re going to try to tell me that this is meant to be a historical reenactment of, again, events that never happened.

I suppose Charybdis could be miscast if they used a kangaroo, but frankly I haven’t seen the movie and don’t know if that part is even depicted.

I haven’t seen the newest version of this. Which character are they mad about this time around?

It’s a myth. No one who matters cares what color the actor’s skin is as long as they do good work portraying the character.

Definitely feel this one. Seems like every day is another “hey, we’re going to contract fascistCorpPro and drop fascistLiteCo, I need your staffs to bring the fascists up to speed with this access they definitely shouldn’t have.”

So I just “forget” to do as many things as I can and make up as much plausible bullshit as possible to poison whatever illegal-ass things they keep asking for. At some point I assume they’ll catch on, and that’ll be the end of my career and any chance I thought I might have had to retire someday, but I’m not sure what else to do.

Took a nap til someone woke him up. Then he kinda blew up?

I dunno, I more often see this phrase combined with masturbation to porn the user cannot believe they masturbated to afterward. There is a sense of clarity following ejaculation, but it doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with a sexual partner or their perceived attractiveness.

Edit: I’m a little sad that people are downvoting you. To be clear, I think your explanation is just as valid as mine. Just because my experience with the phrase is different doesn’t mean your explanation didn’t add to the conversation, and I liked reading it.

Is there like a good reason for resisting this urge that isn’t immediately apparent to me?

Kinda sounds like you’d just have a lot of fun with likeminded folks. I don’t see a harm.