tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post5423498894057161587..comments2023-03-21T05:49:21.694-04:00Comments on Seeking Avalon: Well this is awkwardAvalon's Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-4069336924712652192008-04-28T21:29:00.000-04:002008-04-28T21:29:00.000-04:00Kali921: I think my Yiddishisms come more from me ...<STRONG>Kali921:</STRONG> <BR/><BR/>I think my Yiddishisms come more from me having grown up around NYC Jews. I have family members who did house work for various Jewish families and they picked things up.<BR/><BR/>Then I spend some of my formative years growing up in Crown Heights in Brooklyn. And yeah, I was there during the riots. Came home from a vacation right in the middle, had to duck flying bottles to get into my building.<BR/><BR/>I suppose someone could call on me for appropriating. But I don't know that much about Sephardims, even though that's my family history.<BR/><BR/>"Hi Mom, I'm thinking of converting to Judiasm."<BR/><BR/>"You're already Jewish. Pass the yams."<BR/><BR/>Truthfully I don't even notice when the words come out though. Sort of like I didn't realize for years that certain Hindi and Amerindian words weren't English, when I was growing up.<BR/><BR/><BR/><EM>Hack/Slash</EM>-----<BR/><BR/>I'm throwing up a separate post as it was just getting LONG.Avalon's Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-3924064974915702122008-04-28T16:14:00.000-04:002008-04-28T16:14:00.000-04:00Hey, Willow, I'll be very interested to hear your ...Hey, Willow, I'll be very interested to hear your opinions on Hack/Slash - I've never read it, and I've heard raging arguments both ways as to the content and artistic merit.<BR/><BR/>Also, I so rarely see chutzpah spelled "hutzpah," although I know that's an alternate spelling. :-D Girl, who taught you your Yiddishisms? Now I'm curious. (This isn't meant in an accusatory tone, I'm just always curious as to how non-Hebs learn to spell and use Yiddish.)<BR/><BR/>BTW, my favorite Yiddish curse of all time: "May you back into a pitchfork and grab a hot stove for support." Oh, <I>burn!</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-44503865669684491632008-04-28T05:33:00.000-04:002008-04-28T05:33:00.000-04:00Lurker:If there is a blender bit, I haven't gotten...<STRONG>Lurker:</STRONG><BR/><BR/>If there is a blender bit, I haven't gotten to it yet. <BR/><BR/>I think what it is with me is that it's not realistic gore. It's <EM>funny</EM> death.<BR/><BR/>Battle scenes and things like what happened to Tigra - that's reality. It's happened to real people. Or I've been in situations where I saw a gun pointed at some kid's head, or I saw some woman just have to take a beating. It's reality in escape fantasy and I go WTF.<BR/><BR/>Your description actually made me want to get to that part because it sounds just so ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, I'm rethinking the tentative recc I gave to a friend who likes horror. This isn't horror/spooky/macabre. It's straight up MESS.<BR/><BR/>If you don't have the weird mental issues that distance you from it, it's probably fucking disturbing.<BR/><BR/>I'm really surprised at myself though, cause I couldn't watch this crap in a movie. It WOULD disturb me; horribly. One liners or no one liners I wouldn't be able to handle it. I wouldn't be <EM>giggling</EM> or looking for character arcs.<BR/><BR/>PS: I was thinking all though this comment that it was because it's drawn and not live action. But I just remembered Marvel Zombies irks/irritates and disgusts me.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, I don't know wtf is going on with my brain right now.Avalon's Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-49098305821400302132008-04-28T05:12:00.000-04:002008-04-28T05:12:00.000-04:00Isn't hack/slash the one that puts a girl in an ac...Isn't <I>hack/slash</I> the one that puts a girl in an actual Giant Cuisinart and blends her?<BR/><BR/>Theres just a limit to how much gore I'm willing to deal with. <I>Walking Dead</I> passed it with the rape followed by "spoon revenge" issues. And hearing about the blender thing put me off <I>hack/slash</I> forever. Well that and not being a fan of the slasher sub-genre at all...LurkerWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992noreply@blogger.com