All This Shit is Weird: The Weirdening

[neverheardofhim]

You ever think that someone is writing our lives, and we're part of some comedy shitshow that the gods are playing out? If that's the case, then I'd like to have a talk with whoever's in charge.

Shadow demons? I can name at least five Thedosian books that played it better. Caught up on feelings and regrets toward people? There are better ways to damage a person. I can think of twenty bad memories that we didn't even touch on.

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Comments

[shashka]

Can't say that I really believe in any "god", but if I did, I'm pretty sure he has no idea what he's doing and just makes things up as he goes along.

[neverheardofhim]

Sure, fine. But his making shit up is, apparently, prone to cliche.

If you want something worth reading and/or living? My stuff is better.

[shashka]

Well, I've never really been one for romances. The best stories are adventures, mysteries, or tales of revenge.

[ or anything related to Westerns. but given the differences between worlds, this guy might not know anything about the genre, which is really a pity. ]

You write any of those?

[neverheardofhim]

Yes, yes and a little.

I'm a man of many talents, my friend.

[shashka]

Give me a summary of one of the other books you have. I want to know if they're really worth buying.

[ hey... it was something to do. ]

[neverheardofhim]

Beautiful young woman is chased out of her home by a deadly disease. She takes refuge in a foreign and angry city that wants to eat her alive. Instead, she bends it to her will and becomes its Champion, working tirelessly to save it from itself.

It's got action and adventure, with the benefit of being absolutely and completely true.

[shashka]

Intriguing. I'll take my chances on that one, I guess.

[ as an accomplished liar, he can always appreciate a good story. however... ]

But, in my experience, there's never been a single story that hasn't changed with each different version.

[ and the Soviet Union does love writing some people out of history. ]

[neverheardofhim]

Trust me, not telling the truth would have bit me in the ass more than telling the truth did. Everything in that book is completely accurate. Just ask any of my friends here.

[He might have been content to leave it at that, but a few moments of thought (mostly centering around one pesky elf, had him typing once more.]

The truth just... varies a little, depending on who you ask.

[shashka]

Doesn't it always?

[ something he knows all too well. ]

If it's a good story, does it really matter in the long run?