tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post8404149918447895428..comments2023-08-11T05:49:23.366-04:00Comments on Exploring Believability: Selected ArticlesJ. Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10652255892382558843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post-83439522951292995692017-09-06T22:45:45.511-04:002017-09-06T22:45:45.511-04:00Hey Shea, just gotta say a recent conversation I h...Hey Shea, just gotta say a recent conversation I had actually had me reference back to your blog, specifically on your articles about how fiction's tendency to portray a cleaned-up or sanitised version (from a marketing standpoint, it's to keep things "family-friendly" so as to be able to sell to a broader audience) of violence promotes a problematic subtext of romanticising/glamourising bloodshed. Which made me raise the question of "does family-friendly necessarily equate to wholesome?"<br /><br />Which of course, based on what you have written thus far it's safe to say your answer is a resounding no. Which I suppose makes the current thing about geek culture all the more insidious; I.e. the average layperson is raised on today's media to believe that family-friendly is generally to be associated with wholesomeness. So yeah, just saying.Justin Wouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824657522262594933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post-88534110216116542592017-08-20T02:20:43.745-04:002017-08-20T02:20:43.745-04:00Hello. Just mainly here to let you know that there...Hello. Just mainly here to let you know that there are still people out on the net who read your work as it has seemed pretty vacant in here as of late. Other than that, I'd like to thank you for what you have done as it has changed how I handle what I write for the better.<br /><br />I have yet to read all of your posts on here but I intend finish doing that someday. I'll get the word out as much as I possibly can. In the meantime, I hope you are still continuing your research on here as I doubt we, your viewers, simply read this just for something to do in-between lunch breaks.<br /><br />Oh, and I plan to get a hold of your book on world cultures. It would help a lot on one of my works I plan on creating... One day.<br /><br />Again, thank you for what you have done and I ope for the best for you!<br /><br />(If you are recieving multiple messages at once, I apologize. Blogspot is either very buggy for me or it is because I am rather new to how it functions as I had to remake this comment multiple times...)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932137353783468258noreply@blogger.com