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stillsostrangeI just watched The Abyss again, and then had to spend ten minutes shaking my impotent fist and cursing Titanic. And then I realized why exactly Titanic bugs me so much.
Cameron is actually quite good at romantic subplots. Sarah and Kyle. Bud and Lindsey. Ripley and freakin' Hicks. Ripley and Hicks are best couple in the world and they don't even kiss. The magic here is competent adults acting like competent adults in impossible situations and saving each other's asses. That is awesome.
And Titanic with the romance as its A-plot has a couple of boring-ass kids who I couldn't care less about.
And so, of course, it made more money than god. :P
I think Kingdoms of Dust needs to be a competence-porn romance.
In other news, Bone Palace has grown 2,000 words since I started revising, and I have five more chapters to go.
Cameron is actually quite good at romantic subplots. Sarah and Kyle. Bud and Lindsey. Ripley and freakin' Hicks. Ripley and Hicks are best couple in the world and they don't even kiss. The magic here is competent adults acting like competent adults in impossible situations and saving each other's asses. That is awesome.
And Titanic with the romance as its A-plot has a couple of boring-ass kids who I couldn't care less about.
And so, of course, it made more money than god. :P
I think Kingdoms of Dust needs to be a competence-porn romance.
In other news, Bone Palace has grown 2,000 words since I started revising, and I have five more chapters to go.
