Note to self and characters #94

[mrissa]

The rule is not actually, "If you can't say anything nice, say something really passive-aggressive instead."

This is actually only not the rule for real people. As long as they're willing to take their knocks for it, fictional characters can ignore this with impunity.

And maybe should. Hmm.

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

If that's NOT the rule, communication may grind to a complete halt in some parts of the South and Midwest.

(I am also reminded of my friend whose father did not speak to her for something like two weeks because she had accidentally put a dent in the family car while parking in their garage. He couldn't think of anything nice to say. For two weeks. I keep thinking that venting when it happened would have been less scarring for her.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I have my doubts that someone who was angry for a fortnight and couldn't come up with anything nice like, "Please pass the salt," or, "I'm throwing in a load of jeans, do you have any that need doing?" would be somehow less like that if there was screaming at the beginning of the fortnight.

[sethb.livejournal.com]

I prefer Dorothy Parker's version. But then, I would.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

This is my surprised face.