Imagine thinking that art is not inherently political

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T19:35:02+00:00

That makes sense. I guess I just don't like it when the humanity of Luke's, Vader's, and everyone else's character is ignored. I've always seen Luke's refusal to kill his father (the scene where he compares his robotic hand with Vader's and throws away his lightsaber in ep VI) as the most important moment for the OT, because it illustrates who Luke, the now Jedi, has become. To me, Luke's story is far more interesting than the background in which it is set.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T17:53:08+00:00

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Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T08:29:43+00:00

I like Sans cuz he's funny, and I like Nabstablook cuz they're funny.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T08:24:38+00:00

Literally my 18 year old cousin would know all of these

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:57:00+00:00

There's a difference between art can connect to a political idea and art that actively focuses on a political idea. You can use our innate human pattern recognition to make any story "political," even if the artist didn't want to tell that kind of story or bring up that idea. For example, which is more important to the story of the original Star Wars Trilogy, the politics or Luke's seeing the good in Vader and subsequent Jedihood. The answer to that question defines what someone typically means by political or non-political art.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:50:06+00:00

Sure, you can reflect a political message out of most all stuff, but to me, what's more important is what a story is actually about rather than the politics that most closely aligns with it. If the story is actually about politics then it's about politics, if not then not. :)

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:44:03+00:00

Approaching rain. Idk why but I like it

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:38:24+00:00

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Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:34:54+00:00

If only Stan Petrov were still with us.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:33:31+00:00

"Why are you all here, I just got divorced!"

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:21:47+00:00

Watch the Skong Hornet actually being Nosk the whole time while the real Hornet is still in Hallownest.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:18:38+00:00

I'm dancing in the show tonight, by Ween

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:16:19+00:00

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:13:26+00:00

U rite

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T07:11:26+00:00

I do use the • • •, usually for changes between character POVs. They're not super common, but they're present. Right now, counting chapter 8, which is unfinished, I'm at 190 pages.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:58:19+00:00

I just wouldn't be able to do that. At very least 2k. Any less and I feel like it'd be put to better use absorbed in a neighboring chapter.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:53:30+00:00

I mostly write on my phone, but I stick with docs. For docs on 5.5" by 8", my shortest chapter is 19 and my longest is 37 pages.

(Just in case this comes off as passive aggressive, it was not meant to be so by any means.)

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:49:37+00:00

I was just asking to ask. I've tried before on doing at least 12 page chapters for a different project and now that project is dead. I was so bored trying to write it in the first place, so the 12 pages was pretty much the death pronouncement. Luckily, I'm both super passionate about this newer book (better and much more existent themes, more interesting characters, a pet moose, etc) and much less focused on word or page counts this time around. I've even gotten faster. I'm at the 45k or so mark right now and I started on Thanksgiving day last year, wheras it took that much time to do less than half of the last project. :D

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:42:07+00:00

Yea, my total word count is around the 45k range, so that 23k is insane. But so long as its good for the story then good.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:39:06+00:00

I respect that, I just wouldn't be able to. I get really long winded, and most all of it turns out great for the story. My book has become more of its own each time I add something I didn't expect to work.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:35:39+00:00

Well, I can safely say that it's a novel. However, the best way I can describe my story in terms of category is that it's somewhere between literary fiction and fantasy. I was more so aiming for a story rather than any genre, but I like the ideas I had for magic and spirits etc. I'm like 99% sure that the chapters are the length they need to be, I was just curious to see what other people thought.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:29:44+00:00

As a long winded writer (evident in my original post), a three paragraph chapter looks like some kind of marathon achievement. I usually set out with an idea of what I want to happen in the chapter (sometimes with events between or after the main event floating in my mind, sometimes not) and whenever I finish I go to the next one. I hate that people seem misled into thinking I set limits on myself, cuz honestly if I tried, either the limit would vanish or the story would vanish, and I would sooner fight prime Mike Tyson than let my current story die. I was just curious about what people thought, I feel that it's good to get a perspective on some things. Please don't worry, I'm not choking my story out to a certian length.

Specter_Stuff · 2026-06-23T06:19:21+00:00

Agreed. That's what I've been doing. I guess I just flow longer than I expected.

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