Funny, when I read your post I immediately thought about Eliezer’s writings, especially HP:MoR. One of the very few things I dislike about his style is that he sometimes goes into this “praise mode” all of a sudden and it feels very jarring. (Maybe I just have atypical tastes. My favorite sentence in MoR so far was “You’re annoying. You should die.”)
Maybe I just have atypical tastes. My favorite sentence in MoR so far was “You’re annoying. You should die.”
Atypical perhaps, but not unique (I can assure you).
There was a compulsion to chew and swallow chocolate. The response to compulsion was killing.
People had gathered around and stared. That was annoying. The response to annoyance was killing.
Other people were chattering in the background. That was insolent. The response to insolence was to inflict pain, but since none of them were useful, killing them would be simpler.
You have to be careful with the whole ‘destroy the enormously destructive thing by throwing into the sun’ move. Unless you know what you’re doing the Sun might lose!
Funny, when I read your post I immediately thought about Eliezer’s writings, especially HP:MoR. One of the very few things I dislike about his style is that he sometimes goes into this “praise mode” all of a sudden and it feels very jarring. (Maybe I just have atypical tastes. My favorite sentence in MoR so far was “You’re annoying. You should die.”)
Atypical perhaps, but not unique (I can assure you).
I’m not sure what you mean. Can you think of any particularly jarring examples, offhand?
Harry’s thoughts toward the end of chapter 45 and his speeches (e.g. “I have a dream”) in chapter 47. I couldn’t even read them.
Well how do you recommend we destroy dementors?
I don’t know, but if the secret to Patronus 2.0 really is nausea I’m sure there is a better way...
Throw them into the Sun?
You have to be careful with the whole ‘destroy the enormously destructive thing by throwing into the sun’ move. Unless you know what you’re doing the Sun might lose!
Some people even blow up suns in their spare time. Carter or McKay or Soran?
“Into the fiery orb with ye!”
That link was nearly as bad as TV Tropes. I only just escaped.
SCP Foundation is linked from tvtropes. A lot.