tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post2396055065795559589..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: When Ignorance Is More Than AnnoyingAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-12858748023847180852008-04-03T05:19:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:19:00.000-07:00Agreed 100%, I dont read much D/s or BDSM fiction....Agreed 100%, I dont read much D/s or BDSM fiction. However I am 1.5 books into a 3 book series called Bound Freedom. This series is D/s and book one is going to be published by Publish America. <BR/><BR/>I wish more who wrote about the life were in it and understood just what it takes to make a serious, loving, caring D/s relationship.<BR/><BR/>Best Regards<BR/>NightWing{s}<BR/>Author<BR/>Bound Freedom<BR/>Blog: http://lovers.mynight.net/b2/blogs/index.php/thelovers <BR/>Web Site: http://lovers.mynight.net/ <BR/>Author's Den: http://www.authorsden.com/nightwing <BR/>MSN Spaces: http://nightwing2006.spaces.live.com/ <BR/>Yahoo 360: http://360.yahoo.com/celeborn_lg <BR/>Email: thelovers@mynight.net<BR/>personal email: nightwing-s@mynight.netAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581724860051021314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-30404708976792203932007-11-26T17:48:00.000-08:002007-11-26T17:48:00.000-08:00WW -- exactly. If everyone were smart enough not ...WW -- exactly. If everyone were smart enough not to get their facts from fiction, this wouldn't be an issue. :/<BR/><BR/>And yeah, I've seen people eating turkey in the Middle Ages. Or potatoes.<BR/><BR/>I read a Regency once where the male protag was an alcoholic (which is certainly period) and the female protag pretty much came up with the entire philosophy and program from AA all by herself. [sigh] I can appreciate wanting to address serious issues in a novel, but the discontinuity just threw me right out of the story, which makes it an ineffective vehicle for the writer's ideas. You can't just jam any concept into any setting and hope to spackle it over. Things have to fit relatively smoothly. Or at least, the ridges and bumps have to serve some purpose in and of themselves. In this case, they didn't.<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-10233239068370132292007-11-26T17:37:00.000-08:002007-11-26T17:37:00.000-08:00I know a limited amount about the scene, but the f...I know a limited amount about the scene, but the first thing anyone who knows anything will tell you is "safe word" and the basic rules of etiquette. <BR/><BR/>I am also troubled when people read something in a book of fiction and believe it is all real. <BR/><BR/>But really dumb stuff, like turkey in the Middle Ages? Eye roll...writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-19453704345465695872007-11-19T13:13:00.000-08:002007-11-19T13:13:00.000-08:00Bodhi -- It's very scary how many people think the...Bodhi -- It's very scary how many people think they're learning all about it when they read fiction. [nod/sigh]<BR/><BR/>Charles -- Very true, but people do it anyway. :/ Usually I'd say, "Hey, they were stupid, see what it got them," but like I said, this is an area where their stupidity can spill over onto other people. But yes, if everyone would get a clue about the difference between fiction and fact, and not treat the former like the latter, this wouldn't be an issue.<BR/><BR/>Ello -- I would like to think that lawsuits wouldn't come into it if the source of the false information was clearly fiction. I'll grant that you can sue anything for anyone, but I'd <I>really</I> like to think that someone wanting to sue over this would have a very difficult time finding a lawyer to take the case, and that if they did, the judge would throw it out anyway. [crossed fingers] But yes, I think <I>everyone</I> should be doing more research -- the writer who writes the story in the first place, the editor who accepts and publishes it, and the reader who decides they want to lift something out of a story and try it in the real world. Everyone in that chain has a responsibility to do some research and checking IMO, and it's very frustrating that so often none of them do.<BR/><BR/>And BDSM is Bondage, Domination, Sadism, Masochism. It's often seen separated, as B&D or S&M, because although all four often go together they don't always, and the definitions are different. If you're interested I can point you at some decent online sources once I'm back home on my desktop computer where most of my bookmarks are stored, and if you're not then you probably have enough info just from my post to get why this is an issue. [nod]<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-71556012712458982892007-11-19T12:12:00.000-08:002007-11-19T12:12:00.000-08:00I am making an assumption of what BDSM stands for ...I am making an assumption of what BDSM stands for since I don't know exactly but have got the general idea of it from the post. I would think that in this country if someone were to get seriously injured - it would be an instant lawsuit which would then teach the publishers and authors to be more careful. but I have to agree with you in general that it bothers me when people do not check out facts and do some minimal research.Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-12854205290386737252007-11-19T11:43:00.000-08:002007-11-19T11:43:00.000-08:00I typically find it amazing when anyone takes fict...I typically find it amazing when anyone takes fiction to be real life in any kind of situation. Think how many people took everything that Dan Brown said in "The Da Vinci Code" as fact. There's a reason it's called fiction.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-4122033915066133862007-11-19T02:11:00.000-08:002007-11-19T02:11:00.000-08:00OMG you are so correct. Few things make me more a...OMG you are so correct. Few things make me more angry and annoyed than reading BDSM stories full of made-up, unsafe crap, and then seeing other readers exclaiming about how wonderful it is to be "learning so much" from the story. And I can't even COUNT how many times I have seen this happen. It's really a shame so many people think they're being educated when they're really being misinformed and potentially put in danger.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014373771511572508noreply@blogger.com