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imagist42:
Stephenie Meyer is a twat, and this is "Mormon fiction," but saying "Stephanie Meyer is a Mormon" should not "answer questions."
Card still manages to produce some decent stories, even with the Mormon spotlight on him (I quite like his contemporary fantasy thing, Magic Street). I know oh-so-many people despise The Killers, but Brandon Flowers is Mormon? I mean he doesn't seem the type, does he? But he is. That dude who was behind the original Battlestar Galactica series (comparatively terrible and pretty blatantly Mormon, it was originally called Adam's Ark, but still) and pretty instrumental in a couple other classics, like Magnum P.I. and Knight Rider? Yeah. Gladys Knight? I hate to say them because they don't help the image, but the Osmonds? That dude from The Aquabats, and... oih yeah, Alan Sparhawk. That's right, the guy behind Low.
All I am saying is being Mormon is not mutually exclusive with being an awesome person. I am not defending Stephenie Meyer, as frankly I think her work is bunk and her prominence (especially in the "cult"ure of Utah and Idaho, which is pretty embarassing, I mean those people have put their own weird twist on the fundamentals and simply taken it far too far) is unwarranted, but you've got to recognize that NRB's post was pretty retarded.
0bsessions:
I find it ironic when people exhibit their great offense towards something by using the word retarded.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 15 Sep 2008, 07:22 ---And the battle between the "alabaster" vampires and the Native American werewolves.
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I take issue with how you're spinning that bit, considering the generally positive portrayal of the Native American werewolves. For the most part they're the good guys.
tuna ketchup x:
--- Quote from: Whipstitch on 15 Sep 2008, 10:01 ---
--- Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 15 Sep 2008, 07:22 ---And the battle between the "alabaster" vampires and the Native American werewolves.
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I take issue with how you're spinning that bit, considering the generally positive portrayal of the Native American werewolves. For the most part they're the good guys.
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I didn't know whether they were good or bad, it just reminded me of the (epic!1!) battle between the Lamanites and the Nephites. Also that people turn paler when they become vampires, yeah that's true with other vampires too cause there's no blood, but Mormon mythology says good spirits are rewarded by being white in this life. Of course they canceled that bit of doctrine when it became politically indefensible, but the fundamentalists still believe it. When's a brother vampire gonna get a break?
I did not know Alan Sparhawk was Mormon. Learn something every day! Of course I've never noticed a Mormon or even religious theme in Low's music so it's not quite the same as Meyer. But no, I don't think people are automatically uncool if they're Mormon. The only true uncool religion is Scientology. And before someone says it, no, I don't buy Beck's albums.
Alex C:
I like to pretend that Scientologists are really operating the whole thing as an elaborate front so they can have what amounts to self-sustaining, untaxed country clubs. The batshit insane stuff they spew out is just there to drive off people they don't want joining anyway. Crazy conspiracy theory? Maybe, but I find it easier on my sanity than thinking they actually believe that crap.
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