tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457746369765174692024-03-19T03:10:02.066-07:00Authors 4 Characters If an author is NOT on their character's side, they waste their own time and betray the trust of readers. Trust betrayed has unpredictable consequences.
"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword" Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-42243639734463249412022-08-21T03:28:00.005-07:002023-01-16T22:28:36.416-08:00"Every Child Matters" ? Hmmmm š¤<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosEDQQbTJ6Gr6v0yU5YKfHm47LnkIB_P0CcIyLdtPTdjEnk-V24pziXY9SmfBwQLA98fZNqWXHVQGK8bNdF2g8tFLRnFbw315R8ttrI3FZ_NzZ2y2iduG15NizXkpMwFNSr88akL1yE4uFOX8cHAGDId0vA6qORifus698gsfc8yq1S9noMORTs6C/s564/Question4MyMother.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="564" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosEDQQbTJ6Gr6v0yU5YKfHm47LnkIB_P0CcIyLdtPTdjEnk-V24pziXY9SmfBwQLA98fZNqWXHVQGK8bNdF2g8tFLRnFbw315R8ttrI3FZ_NzZ2y2iduG15NizXkpMwFNSr88akL1yE4uFOX8cHAGDId0vA6qORifus698gsfc8yq1S9noMORTs6C/s320/Question4MyMother.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">They should matter to us when</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">they're alive. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Would to heaven that were true! Sadly, though, this slogan gets the most air play after a tragedy. And, even sadder, many of those tragedies could have been prevented. <br /><br /> Funny thing about Parenthood. While it's <span style="color: red;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><u>THE</u></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span>most important job we have, it seems to be the job no one has to be the least bit qualified for, apart for being able to make the kid! THAT has GOT to change! For pity's sake, you have to have a license to run a flamin' hot dog vending cart, doesn't it stand to reason that new parents should know what to do if their child develops Cholic? <br /> <p></p><p> Then, (DARE IT SAY IT?!) shouldn't there be at least one <b><u>WORKING</u> </b>parent in the home? Someone with a job that brings in an income? I mean, raising kids ain't cheap. Diapers, milk, clothes, toys. Besides which, the environment of the home sets the standard, the (pardon the language) <b>EXAMPLE </b>for how the kids see life in the home and, eventually, in the bigger world around them. Kids look to their parents first of all, so <b>be </b>the example you would want your kids to learn from. <br /><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> <u>If</u></b></span> every child (TRULY) matters, then the parents should <b>WANT </b>to <b>be</b> the example that would see their kids doing them proud in the future! If <i>parents </i>are doing their own thing, and the kids are just part of their day, (IF that!) then those kids will do their own thing, in the future; not caring any more for their 'parents' say-so than their parents cared for what they were teaching their child, either by actions or neglect or both. <br /><br /> There was a statement I heard from my father; "Do as I <b>SAY</b>, <span style="color: red;"><b><u>NOT</u></b> </span>as I <b>do</b>." Because he didn't set a positive example. He just wanted to be the authority. Well, that advice or rule or whatever it was intend to be went down faster than the Titanic. Kids follow what they <b><u>SEE</u> </b>their parents do. <br /><br /> And here, I am going to quote THE most UNLIKELY source of PARENTAL advice, you'd think. Remember Bobby, The BRAIN/ WEASEL Heenan? Pro-wrasslin' ROYALTY. If you're a fan of wrassling and know the history of the game, then the name Bobby Heenan is in your vocabulary. He was a bad guy as both a wrestler and a manager and even a 'broadcast journalist' as he called himself. BUT then, he co-authored two books, chronicling his wrestling career and life. In his second book, <b><u>Chair Shots</u></b>, he talked, with parental joy at being a new dad, but went one better. I actually underlined the statement and wrote AMEN, TWICE, in red pencil crayon. <br /><br /> "...<span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>I was so happy! It was such an incredible moment, a moment I allowed to change my life. Some parents have babies and go back to the way they were ; not allowing the new life change their existing lives. </b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b> That's <span style="color: #cc0000;">NOT </span>the way it works. Everything in your life changes, from that moment on. Your routine and your <u>priorities </u>change . If they don't and you don't allow them to, you shouldn't have bothered to have a kid in the first place." </b></span><b> </b></span>{</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chair Shots~ Bobby Heenan and Chris Anderson. </span><b style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: small;">Pg. 103 </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">}</span><b style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"> <br /><br /> </b><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">AMEN and </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>AMEN</u></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Weasel! Would that he was still with us for me to say an in-person (or even an EMAIL) heartfelt THANK YOU for such priceless parental COMMON SENSE. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>IF</u> </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">'</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><b>EVERY CHILD MATTERS</b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">' in any HONEST sense of that sentiment, then they should matter enough for the parents to be there for them. To WANT their priorities to revolve around their children and raising their children to be the best they can be. Going the extra mile to help encourage their kids to reach the goals, and even directing their kids, based on the interests their kids have. <br /><br /> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>"WOW! You're great at writing. Maybe you should be a journalist!" </i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Or, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Your science marks are amazing! Are you thinking of pursuing a career as a doctor or research scientist?" </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> On the other hand, if the kid is just there, but you have your own interests you want to pursue, can you HONESTLY, in your gut of guts, say that THAT child matters to you? <b><u>No</u></b>. In which case, waving the 'EVERY CHILD MATTERS' banner is nothing more than sentiment. It's tragically <b>MEANINGLESS</b>, unless those words are followed up with action!<br /><br /> <b>PROVE </b>that <u>Every Child Matters</u> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">LOVING </span></b>and RAISING your kids to be the best they can be, or don't bother waving the 'Every Child Matters' banner. Who'll believe you? </span></span></p>Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-61851505588241307882021-08-28T23:36:00.032-07:002021-12-20T00:26:16.619-08:00FINALLY!!!!! Anthology (Edits and all!) FINISHED<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Yahoo!!!! And a hearty Yabba Dabba Dooooo! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUX5FKbkopYWRtY7Cvii7aKRr_Nt8lWaoP_2zytRCOWQg2e-jhyphenhyphenoGty1z3QPlTHqN1UXtClIkaabUT61zd9h90kpp4d0RzSijcAvtLkTvMw648Fd1ityi-L3S3rPNEwj4wQuwv7AVI4KQ/s251/YabbaDabba+Do.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUX5FKbkopYWRtY7Cvii7aKRr_Nt8lWaoP_2zytRCOWQg2e-jhyphenhyphenoGty1z3QPlTHqN1UXtClIkaabUT61zd9h90kpp4d0RzSijcAvtLkTvMw648Fd1ityi-L3S3rPNEwj4wQuwv7AVI4KQ/s0/YabbaDabba+Do.jpg" width="251" /></a></div> <p></p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><b>And it only took a four-month medical 'staycation'! However it was done, it got done! <u>The Execution of Agatha Christie</u> , edits and all, are DONE! (Angelic choir breaks into song!) <br /><br /> I have only to wait for my work routine to set in for a few months, and then I can make a proper, bound, copy for the lady who encouraged me to complete Poirot's love story <span style="color: red;">"Now and Forever"</span>. From there, I wrote the rest of the stories which make up the anthology, including, of course, the title story of the anthology, itself; "The <u>EXECUTION </u>OF <u>AGATHA CHRISTIE</u>. A personal favorite of mine. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I-RPCDnlHVW0GFifFY-dKksrvcE_mSiwqVnLmQQ-Zb1wKJHvq71cqmwtrhdukmLFQjCCZ87ZgvKOjXzXtKLTOnbIPnW-WKTjusRP_nElcq7ZYLWs-XxGG89EyzuSn4U8CWbmWFYqtpA/s914/DocpageCOVERTitle.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="800" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I-RPCDnlHVW0GFifFY-dKksrvcE_mSiwqVnLmQQ-Zb1wKJHvq71cqmwtrhdukmLFQjCCZ87ZgvKOjXzXtKLTOnbIPnW-WKTjusRP_nElcq7ZYLWs-XxGG89EyzuSn4U8CWbmWFYqtpA/w330-h377/DocpageCOVERTitle.jpg" width="330" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Nothing You Could Do"; font-size: large;"> During my convalescence, I worked on edits, griped about issues that came about because I didn't have internet access (too expensive) and yet, one way or another, got it all finished. Then I created a special edit for Susana. </b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><b> Tomorrow, I'll get a PDF copy made, for anyone else who wants to read. Hopefully, one copy will make its way to agatha's darling, david suchet. If so, here's a recommend.... Read </b><u><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Code Name: Aggie</b></span><b>,</b></u><b> Mr. Suchet. Especially the chapter called <u><span style="color: red;">WRITTEN </span>IN <span style="color: red;">BLOOD</span></u>. Your likeness and last name are prominently featured. YOU will love what you got to do. Agatha would ADORE you for what you did. On the other hand, I loved the consequence of your double's actions. As it was called, in Dickens' day; the drop. </b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Yw4Sg5jCwgvxb11BvDy7bcdOCdUzrMIehnJb5d2N76in_9jHwPayUhIJiiCdlf4XPh3t_fkbRCCD4iRjzKvgnM-EM9BUrMobfjJkzxZCXfLC_2G2-74TCBRLICjbrVXoo3HVuauGX8E/s612/AriadnesNoose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Yw4Sg5jCwgvxb11BvDy7bcdOCdUzrMIehnJb5d2N76in_9jHwPayUhIJiiCdlf4XPh3t_fkbRCCD4iRjzKvgnM-EM9BUrMobfjJkzxZCXfLC_2G2-74TCBRLICjbrVXoo3HVuauGX8E/w200-h200/AriadnesNoose.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3DJHCZ3iwWaCBOvc1wsnu3w-Cw0CqnbvOsnAudgpxlhaT4mQ3BJCg1vMeaWEC7xAGlOb6AEn_ulQmkRFC0t2NEB8aqGyXRJkr6OJoqtiGeXM-4G9cdfOcpU2sMTrlPlVfCmnDVxeA6A/s404/NowandForeverFRAMED.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="404" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3DJHCZ3iwWaCBOvc1wsnu3w-Cw0CqnbvOsnAudgpxlhaT4mQ3BJCg1vMeaWEC7xAGlOb6AEn_ulQmkRFC0t2NEB8aqGyXRJkr6OJoqtiGeXM-4G9cdfOcpU2sMTrlPlVfCmnDVxeA6A/s320/NowandForeverFRAMED.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Nothing You Could Do;"></span></p>Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-4558374150830229662020-07-05T02:50:00.428-07:002022-10-24T22:26:51.441-07:00The Final Word; A Letter to Agatha Christie and David Suchet
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: center 3.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>{An Open Letter to
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: center 3.5in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">David Suchet}</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: center 3.5in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: center 3.5in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAdRL_X5js3iBr5z6PigW_iS_WkDjwJ8pDipA3BcBYWQoZ8wLBKaDRaQFjsNSQ90PdZEKdy2sjfuStujqrkF9Hg9AQX8bpYSNoWacO9_GmMMaimJYAKAA-EvoaJ-GE3S_-vRRXvjFVeg/s715/CHRISTIEandMePAYBACKTIME+FINAL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Agatha and her Parrot" border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="715" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAdRL_X5js3iBr5z6PigW_iS_WkDjwJ8pDipA3BcBYWQoZ8wLBKaDRaQFjsNSQ90PdZEKdy2sjfuStujqrkF9Hg9AQX8bpYSNoWacO9_GmMMaimJYAKAA-EvoaJ-GE3S_-vRRXvjFVeg/w320-h275/CHRISTIEandMePAYBACKTIME+FINAL.jpg" title="Poirot's Nemeses" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dosis;"><b>Cover for the book Suchet SHOULD have written!</b></span></div><span style="font-family: Dosis;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Well hello, Agatha!</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Yes, Iām well aware that you're dead and I 'm smiling to myself<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> as I write this. First, because this does seem an odd thing to do. Mainly, though, Iām<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> writing this letter is the ultimate 'IN YOUR FACE'! You've had it coming for quite some time.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Additionally, Iām also writing this antagonistic
epistle to your most devoted āparrotā, David Suchet who, without a momentās
hesitation, (or even </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">thought</b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, for that matter!) recites your words as if
theyāre Biblical cannon. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Iām glad heās alive and can read what I have
to say to both of you. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If I had to be
completely honest, Iād say I was writing this letter to Mr. Suchet, as I rail at each of you ! Since Mr. Suchet shares your malevolent attitude about Poirot, then itās
only fitting that he be told off as well as you. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;"> My fan-fiction project, </span><b style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;">'The Execution of Agatha Christie' </b><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;">is
in the final editing phase. Of course, each story has its own title,
but the main title will be a mystery to some, even as it antagonizes your
devoted followers. Either way, it will get people's attention. This
is as it </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;"><b><i>needs</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;">to be, because of what you started. However,
it may surprise you to learn that this is <b>not </b>necessarily as I wish.</span></p></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">TRUSTED </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> YOU, Mr. Suchet, as I wish I
could have trusted Agatha. Tragically, it turns out, I canāt trust either of
you. WHY should I (or ANY</span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">reader) waste the emotional investment of
reading time (the money is almost secondary) on an author and actor who treated
a character with such poisonous contempt? I donāt get it! I do NOT understand! What DID Hercule Poirot do to you, Mr. Suchet, to deserve your
disdain? Do you have a personal reason for your hatred of the Belgian detective
or are you just parroting your beloved Agatha? </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I fantasize about getting in-your-face and
demanding to know why. Why didnāt you just listen to your brother and NOT
bother with the character you and Agatha wished didnāt exist?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In truth, I agree with you and Agatha, albeit, <span style="color: red;"><b><u>NOT </u></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">for your reasons, whatever they might be. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The pair of you used Poirot to up your career
game and financial ends. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Passed that,
neither of you could give a damn about Hercule Poirot</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Itās for the above-mentioned reason, Mr.
Suchet, that Belgian detective Hercule Poirot was better off NOT existing. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I went so far as to make that happen for
Agatha in the title story. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your part in
Poirotās end comes in the last story in this project.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Iāll let you read it for yourself.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">By way of a hint, you will, no doubt, be
delighted to learn that your villain collaborates with Agathaās fictional self,
(aka Ariadne Oliver) </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">to get the deed
done. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As to the reasons for Christieās loathing of Poirot,
I have one main theory,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;"> which has a lot to do with the foundational source material of Poirot
(man and story structure).</span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> Simply put;<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Arthur Conan
Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. </b>Christie SOOOO wished Holmes had been hers and 'created' a character very close to who she wanted Poirot to be. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Appointment with Death</b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> (movie,
2008) a woman named Lady Boynton is shown to be abusing her four adopted kids,
simply because they weren't hers. Christie HATED Poirot for the same
reason. He wasn't truly hers and in her gut of guts, she knew it,
whatever ARROGANT claims she made to the contrary.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I wonāt ask why you despised the detective,
Suchet. Whatever Christieās hostilities were, against Poirot were, you seemed content to go along with
them.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> In addition, Poirot's key personality traits, such as his pride in
his career achievements, as well as his penchant for order and method come from
Holmes. </span></span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1645774636976517469/455837415083022966"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Common
Points between Holmes/Poirot</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> Christie wanted Holmes
and took out her frustration for the unfulfilled wish on the re-designed Holmes,
rather than simply appreciating that she was able to get away with such brassy
plagiarism unpunished. It's not every day a newbie (which is what Christie
was at the time) can steal off an established author. At the end of the
day, though, Christie despised Poirot because he was a re-modelled Holmes but he
wasnāt HOLMES. </span></div></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Like Lady Boyntonās abused of
children who werenāt hers, Poirot was maligned for NOT being the character she
wanted.</span></div></span></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="color: red;"> <b style="text-decoration-line: underline;"> "Why,
oh WHY did I Ever create that DETESTABLE, bombastic Creature?"</b><u> </u></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Christie
about Poirot. </b></span></span></span><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> As bad, as
unspeakably </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">VILE </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">as Christie was, to make such a VICIOUS,
uncalled-for statement, about a character, who was loved by readers, it was AS
BAD, if not </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><u>WORSE</u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, to read that same vitriol in the book of
the ACTOR, who Poirot fans </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">trusted </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">with that character!
To this Poirot fan, who'd ditched Christie novels in favor of the series, your
WILLINGNESS to quote that damnable diatribe was nothing shy of a kick in the
stomach and a spit in the face.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; line-height: 150%;"><div style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Adding injury to insult, you also
said, on a British daytime talk show, that you would be willing to play Poirot
again, "</span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>ONLY </i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">if AGATHA wrote the story." </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">KNOWING </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">full
well her SEETHING ANIIMOSITY for Poirot, David Suchet, you would have ZERO problem playing the
disdained detective on the condition that Poirot's foremost enemy was at the helm! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Well, there are </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><u>POIROT</u> </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">fans, and I count myself
among them, who have written better stories for the character than Christie ever cared
to create! I can't speak for other fans' motivation, Mr. Suchet, but I know what mine was. I
gave Hercule Poirot the love story Christie deprived him of. I also let him have
a family because .... well, why not? </span></div></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> For all the
countless times I've repeated myself in these blog posts, the one thing I
honest-to-God want to do is face you down! In betraying Poirot, you stabbed his fan base in the back. Paying tribute to Christie meant slamming the character she hated. What puzzles me, Mr. Suchet, is your abject fawning over this ...arrogant, malevolent glory-whore</span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> for 'creating' a character both you and Agatha wish never existed. Again, I don't get it. If you hold the same disdain for Poirot that Christie had, why praise her for creating him? </span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> But, since we're on the subject of 'detestable creatures', </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I know an actor who
treated his villain character with much more appreciation than you have for
Poirot. </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTUQmZPvIDP-tKsc1FPYuoGJ8bA0YFGSxWM9NxGd7Les4m-WFsrNt3ISGux4tyetDom5IsdtlUwJHfh4QpJkBDe_XbB3a9F-ZUOSJJ3YCXEwyvdaWjU2N4H6UmbAFcqahumnSHRjLneE/s1200/Youcansingitbetter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTUQmZPvIDP-tKsc1FPYuoGJ8bA0YFGSxWM9NxGd7Les4m-WFsrNt3ISGux4tyetDom5IsdtlUwJHfh4QpJkBDe_XbB3a9F-ZUOSJJ3YCXEwyvdaWjU2N4H6UmbAFcqahumnSHRjLneE/s320/Youcansingitbetter.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1974, Paul Williams played a
character named SWAN, in the movie <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Phantom of the Paradise</span></span></b></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is relevant to note that the character in
said movie was a record producer who thieves the lifeās work off young
composer, Winslow Leach. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To the befuddled amazement of the entire
cast of that film, Winnipeg Canada has embraced <span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Phantom of the Paradise</span></b></span></span>, </span>which
has gone on to inspire a documentary called Phantom of Winnipeg, 45 years after
the movie was released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For his part,
Paul Williams <b>appreciates </b>Swanās substantial contribution to his acting
career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an established songwriter
to play the guy who steals the music is an <b>impressive</b> acting debut. The
point is, Mr. Williams thanks the character who gave him his start.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a <b><i>person</i></b>, Swan was a total jerk!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(understatement!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was sadistic, warped and nasty when he was
out to get what he wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No songwriter
wants to get within thieving distance of a guy like Swan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, as character roles go, he was gold
and Paul Williams has always valued the part that little scuzz-wad had
to play in jump-starting his acting career. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> NOW, c</span>ontrast Paulās gratitude for Swanās
contribution to his career to your TOXIC <b>in</b>gratitude for Poirot. What makes the Belgian sleuth <b>LESS</b> entitled to respect
than a despotic record producer who reduces an aspiring songwriterās life to a
living hell?!?!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I eagerly await your explanation. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFygwVK04tbkoyfDkeTb5khaXCGfeVlxNHNK-t35vpn02FI8feUkFH9sHIUiaavLF8A-R2e0-ceJ0dkQTxhEBxhriT1juuWR8EVwZzytRLE7W6EhH_Ss41bzcXJ_Bll7lxFCOUJ1a5b30/s600/Poirot+and+Swan+A+Tale+of+Two+Villains.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFygwVK04tbkoyfDkeTb5khaXCGfeVlxNHNK-t35vpn02FI8feUkFH9sHIUiaavLF8A-R2e0-ceJ0dkQTxhEBxhriT1juuWR8EVwZzytRLE7W6EhH_Ss41bzcXJ_Bll7lxFCOUJ1a5b30/w378-h251/Poirot+and+Swan+A+Tale+of+Two+Villains.jpg" title="Who's the worst of the two?" width="378" /></a></span></p>
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<![endif]-->Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-51524466081941336242020-07-05T00:18:00.001-07:002020-07-05T00:18:47.690-07:00Oh, BROTHER! {Common Points between Sherlock Holmes and Poirot}"Coincidence? I think NOT!"<br />
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Hercule Poirot was adapted (maybe even PLAGIARIZED from an original creation of Arthur Conan Doyle.<br />
I've gotten a bit of support from Sherlock Holmes fans on the issue of christie's potential plagiarism, but christie loyalists are a hard sell. I can't say that I blame them, either.<br />
Having been stabbed in the back by christie, by way of her slamming of Poirot, I can understand how they would NOT want to admit that their literary idol betrayed them. Took me a while. I'm a reader and so I assumed (foolishly in this case) that the author wrote for the pure enjoyment of telling stories. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Sometimes, the so called 'author' is more SELF involved. Her motivation is not the love of telling stories but building HER reputation. More to the point, in catering to her EGO in being able to share literary fame with an author of her liking.<br />
With Sherlock Holmes being the biggest thing to happen to literature since the advent of movable type, agatha knew that her only hope of competing with Doyle would be to, in essence, COPY his best known character. Tweaking for apparent distinction, while keeping the facets of the character that made Holmes stand out, both the man and the stories.<br />
Allow me to share seven <strong>(7)</strong> COMMON POINTS between Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. At the very least, these points will give christie fans second thoughts. Make them say "Hmmmm" š¤š¤š¤ Her loyalists, on the other hand, will stand by that woman, come HELL or High Water! So I'm not even going to try to persuade them. That would be an exercise in futility.<br />
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Common Point</b></span> <strong>#1 </strong> : BOTH Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot were....less-than- modest when it came to declaring their skills and career accomplishments. This is <b><span style="color: red;"><u>NOT </u></span></b>a SLAM, simply a point. Then again, it was this very trait, kept by christie for her version of Holmes, which she also BERATED Poirot about.<br />
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Common Point</b></span> <strong>#2 </strong>The famed detectives were both sticklers for detail and order in case stories.<br />
<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /><b>Common Point</b></span> <strong>#3 </strong>Holmes and Poirot got antsy if there wasn't a case in a while. The detectives needed the mental stimulation of a challenging case and the lack of that stimulation drove them to illness, moody moping, drug use, or random violin playing.<br />
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Common Point</b></span><strong> #4 </strong>Holmes and Poirot each had a competitive working relationship with their respective Scotland Yard liasons; Chief Inspectors Lastrade and Japp. The C.I.'s had issues with the detectives stealing their thunder; referring to the non-Scotland Yard sleuths as "amateurs' . Over time, however, Lastrade and Japp learn to work with Holmes and Poirot; doing their part, while the sleuths performed their unique brand of deduction.<br />
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong> Common Point</strong></span> <strong># 5 </strong>BOTH Holmes and Poirot had been known to work, even when they were ill. This work-a-holism made it just about IMPOSSIBLE for Watson and Hastings to keep them away from a case, even in convalescence.<br />
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<b><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Common Point</span> </b><strong>#6 </strong>Neither Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot had a longtime relationship / romance . Now, from what I've read in Sherlock Holmes stories, the man had trust issues with women. The ONE exception being Irene Adler, whom Watson conveyed was the singular female Holmes had referred to, with much respect, as <strong>THE</strong> woman. Would there have been a romance? Only fan-fiction writers know for sure.<br />
Likewise, Poirot had no significant romance. WAS this just because Holmes didn't have a romance? Or because christie didn't believe the Belgian sleuth was entitled to love? <br />
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THANKFULLY, the series writers were kinder to Poirot than christie had been. (Not that THAT took much effort) . In Double Clue, (episode , <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>NOT</strong></span> book) Poirot develops a bit of a lopsided romance with jewel thief , Countess Vera Rosakoff. At the end of the episode, (as she's getting on a train) , he gives her...I think a cigarette case to remember him by and she kisses him on the very top of his forehead. You wanna cry. The 'romance' of sorts, is rekinded in <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>Labors of Hercules</strong> </span>(MOVIE, <strong><span style="color: red;">NOT</span></strong> book!) Sadly, that goes south when Poirot would NOT give the Countess's daughter, Alice Cunningham a free pass. Jewell thievery is one thing, multiple murder is another.<br />
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However, THE episode , <b>{</b>where the screenwriters came perilously CLOSE to violating christie's edict against giving Poirot a love story<b>}</b> was <b>The Chocolate Box.</b> In the episode, Poirot falls in love with a young woman (Virginie Mesnard) who needs to know who killed her cousin, Paul Deroulard. When the court won't go any further, she enlists Poirot's help to get to the truth of the matter, and romance is in bloom. <br />
SADLY, The screenwriters end up marrying Virginie off to another man. Thankfully, I am under no such edict and gave Poirot and Virginie their love story!<br />
In your FACE, AGATHA!!! š š<br />
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Common Point</b></span> <strong>#7</strong><br />
Also, like Sherlock Holmes' Watson, Hastings is inexplicably widowed. Why was Hastings bereft of his wife for no apparent reason?<br />
<strong>A</strong>) JUST because John Watson was deprived of his own wife?<br />
<strong>B) </strong>Because christie didn't give a rip?<br />
<strong>C)</strong> both of the above?<br />
I'm going with <strong><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">C</span></strong> . Considering the rancid disregard agatha had for Poirot, Hastings hardly merited a thought, as far as she was concerned. At the end of the day, I SERIOUSLY have to wonder if christie even realized that too many common points between the detectives and their stories would undo her? Alas, no one from Arthur Conan Doyle's family said a peep, and theirs were the voices that would have put the nail in agatha's casket of unmerited self- promotion.<div><br /></div><div><b>Common Point #8</b> (which should be common point 1) BOTH <font face="georgia">Study in Scarlet </font>and <b>Mysterious Affair At Styles</b> (movie NOT book) begin with a war. Different wars, considering the time line but in both cases, it's Watson/Hastings who are re-introduced to old friends as they recuperate. <br /><br /> In the case of Watson, he is introduced to Holmes. Watson needs new digs and his friend thought a roomie would be helpful in paying the rent, etc. In the case of Hastings, he is re-acquainted with Poirot when he (Hastings) is invited to stay with a high school friend while he recovered from war injuries. He'd met Poirot while doing some war time duty in Belgium. Either way, it's a war that pairs up the iconic colleagues. <br />
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<strong>Bottom line;</strong> Any ONE of these points could be called a COINCIDENCE. Perhaps even two. But all eight? NO. Not possible. The two characters are essentially ONE. Holmes; remodeled and renamed.<br />
Putting it in Real Estate terms, { because somehow, that seems to work for me} , Agatha Christie took possession of a <em>house</em> that did <strong>NOT</strong> belong to her. She did NOT design this '<em>house</em>' from cellar to attic. She simply remodeled an already-existing structure <em>just enough</em> to give the initial appearance that Poirot had been created from scratch. However, as was shown in the<strong> Common Points </strong> between the two detectives, christie <strong>kept</strong> the very trait of Holmes' that she would come to loathe, and then blame Poirot for, as if the character could know he had been the direct result of another character.<br />
If you have yet to be convinced that agatha's self-declared "<strong><em>DETESTABLE</em></strong>" detective began existence as SHERLOCK HOLMES, I offer you the last story in the Poirot canon; <strong>Curtain: Poirot's Last Case .</strong><br />
In the book version, { which I read BEFORE finding out what a heartless, thieving creature christie was} , HASTINGS acts as the narrator, like Watson about Holmes. ( Coincidence? Not bloody likely! ) .<br />
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"Why oh WHY did I EVER create this <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">DETESTABLE,</span> bombastic creature?<strong>"</strong><br />
~agatha christie, Re: Poirot~<br />
<strong><em>Detestable</em></strong>: Deserving of INTENSE dislike/ HATE Oxford Dictionary of Current English Ā© 2001<br />
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So here's the deal. Supposing I turn out to be utterly wrong, and christie <strong><em>did</em> </strong>create Poirot, from attic to cellar . (just like I wrote the score from <em><strong>Jaws.</strong></em>) Yuh! That reality would make her shitting on Poirot that much WORSE! That would mean that she COMPLETELY <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><em><strong>WASTED</strong></em></span> HER time, her readers' time {while taking our money under false pretenses) and Poirot's life.<br />
And - For - <strong>WHAT</strong>?!?!?<br />
What was the reason for creating him at all? What PURPOSE did it serve, apart from boosting christie's already-grandiose sense of SELF IMPORTANCE? If she didn't give a damn about the character she '<em>created</em>' anymore than she cared for the story she was telling , it was ALL <strong>TOTALLY <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">USELESS</span></strong> !!!! And EVERY actor who ever played Poirot is owed an APOLOGY from christie's relatives!<br />
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~BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR~</h3>
In my story, <em>The Execution of Agatha Christie, </em> I got.... FAUSTIAN. I took a scene from the movie <em>Phantom of the Paradise,</em> where the movie's villain makes a deal with the devil (literally) to get what he wanted; see also, eternal youth. The consequences turn out to be a LOT more than that little egomaniac bargained for. (Oooh YEAH!) because Swan NEVER counted on being stalked by a determined young songwriter, who cared MORE for his music than he was intimidated by an evil hobbit in high places!<br />
In the name of giving back what agatha dished out, (betraying readers) I gave that bitch the opportunity to <em>live the dream</em>; a life where Hercule Poirot <strong>NEVER</strong> existed. And all she had to do is burn the handwritten version of her first Poirot novel, <strong>Mysterious Affair at Styles. </strong><br />
I have to tell you, it was one of the easiest stories to write. The last line, especially, was a genuine thrill. <span style="color: #a64d79;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">"Hercule Poirot's foremost enemy was dead."</span> </strong>It came to me, out of the clear blue sky, and I committed it to the page. Whatever revisions and edits I have to make, that last line is staying! Sorry, Stephen King, but I am NOT killing <strong>that</strong> <em>darling</em>.<br />
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Let me ask you AGATHA devotees, in all honesty, <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>IF</strong></span> christie had been given that opportunity, do you think she would have taken it? Seriously! Knowing her HATRED for Hercule Poirot, would she have burned that first story ; UN 'creating' Poirot, since she had other characters making money for her?<br />
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I'd like to think she would have.<br />
Does this mean <strong>I</strong> HATE Poirot as much as christie did? <strong>NO</strong>. Never! In fact, I don't think I've <strong>EVER</strong> felt more SYMPATHY or COMPASSION for <strong>ANY</strong> fictional character in books, movies or a television series, as I feel for Poirot.<br />
No lie! Hell, not even Archie Bunker could lay claim to the dubious distinction of being HATED by Norman Lear and/or Carroll O'Connor the way agatha maligned Poirot. Let me make it clear; we are talking about two SERIES characters. THINK about this, okay? Archie Bunker vs Hercule Poirot. And ARCHIE won! At least so far as having the respect of author and actor.<br />
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I've watched any number of interviews with Norman Lear, Carroll O'Connor, Sherman Hemsley, Rob Reiner, et ensemble, and <strong>NOT</strong> ONCE did Mr. Lear or Mr. O'Connor refer to Archie as someone THEY hated! They were mystified by him, confused by him. They felt sorry for him. But they <b><u><span style="color: red;">NEVER</span> </u></b><strong>HATED</strong> him!<br />
Norman Lear said, <em>"Archie was afraid of tomorrow" ,</em> and Carroll O'Connor suggested that <em>Archie felt like life was giving him the wrong end of the stick</em>. Neither author or actor<em> ENDORSED A</em>rchie's more confrontational actions or statements, they simply permitted him to be who he was and dealt with issues as they came up.<br />
Had Mr. Lear, in particular, felt the same animosity for Archie that agatha had against Poirot, we wouldn't remember <strong>All in the Family</strong> because that show wouldn't have survived the first season! Both author and actor HAD to believe that Archie Bunker had redeeming qualities , or that would have been the end of it.<br />
So how...<em>HOW</em>, in the name of Tommy Wiseau is it, that Archie Bunker, with all his ISSUES has been touted as<em> "America's Lovable Biggot" </em> and yet Hercule Poirot (according to his ersatz '<em>author</em>' ) was someone to be HATED?! He didn't even get a long-term love story! <span style="color: red;"><b>HITLER </b></span>had a girlfriend but Hercule Poirot wasn't entitled to romance!<br />
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If ANYONE can make sense of that bit of convoluted 'logic', fill me in! <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>PLEASE</strong></span>!!!!! šāāļøš<br />
When all is said and done, christie fans, you are completely free to read or watch and believe whatever you like. That's TOTALLY <strong>your</strong> business. Likewise, I can try to warn you about the 'author' you so highly esteem. <strong>Is</strong> she REALLY worthy of your respect/ <strong>worship</strong>? If you <strong>want</strong> to spend time and money on someone, who only 'created' a particular character in order to cater to her own expansive EGO, then have at it. It's your time. It's your money. But if christie is, even now, forty years plus DEAD , still entitled to respect, then why aren't you, as a reader, entitled to the same respect?<br />
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Oh, and speaking of EGO....just in case you require further evidence of christie's ARROGANCE, I can make that case in two words; <strong>Ariadne Oliver. </strong>Yes, agatha's fictional double. Christie inflicted Mrs Oliver into Poirot's life, so as to be able to snipe at her despised sleuth from a front row perspective. At the same time, declaring herself as an author of a FINNISH detective she wished she'd never bothered with. Sound familiar!?<br />
Oh goodie. Another agatha christie. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to gouge my eyes out with a dirty butcher knife.<br />
Have a nice day.<br />
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</div>Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-41791761100511692582020-05-17T15:32:00.006-07:002023-01-16T22:18:34.800-08:00Writers and the NECESSITY for Social (MEDIA) Distancing Don't panic. DON'T PANIC! This is nothing you need a mask for. Nor copious amounts of hand sanitizer. You won't even need to stock up on toilet paper! In fact, this post is for writers, specifically. The general populace can take this for what it's worth. <br /><br /> Of course, since about mid-March MUCH has been said about SOCIAL DISTANCING. It's become part of our wold wide vocabulary in the space of a month, if that. And while we still have to practice that safety measure, while the world S-L-O-W-L-Y finds its way back to normal, I'd like to introduce an idea that writers should have been practicing all along; Social-Media Distancing. While it won't save any lives, medically, it could save your sanity, and mine is on life-support as it is. <br /><br /> Social media has been a lifeline to many people, for whom self isolation and quarantine have been the equal to Solitary Confinement as a prison punishment. I get that. People need social interaction. However, this bizarre period of world history gave writers and aspiring scribblers an opportunity I hope many took advantage of. Necessary DOWN TIME to do what you promised you would do if given the time. The chance to either start the story or finish what you started a while back but couldn't seem to sit down with, given one chore or another. <br /><br /> For myself, I started an experiment with Flash Fiction. There were a couple of mini-stories I wanted to try it on. I got the first one finished, but I've been having a dandy time trying to get the second story down because of one PEST that is as much of a CREATIVE danger as this virus deal has been, medically. <b>SOCIAL MEDIA.</b> Twitter, <b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Facebook</span></b>, Reddit, and whatever else is out there, eating away at time and creativity. If you are an author who is SERIOUS about getting stuff done, you need to put your foot down and use some self-discipline. Practice some <b>SOCIAL-MEDIA</b> DISTANCING and keep yourself away from those sites if you want to make a dent in a novel or story project. <br /><br /> I guarantee, making any excuses, (Just an hour to catch up) and the day will be gone and you will have accomplished ZIP. I do it, myself. I did it yesterday. <br /><br /> After some light duties in the early afternoon, I ambled onto my Facebook page to unwind. Next thing I knew... *SNAP* ! The day was gone and NOTHING got accomplished, apart from jacking up my blood pressure. Finally, I came to the conclusion that priorities have to be set in order to get anything substantial done. SOCIAL {<b>MEDIA } </b>DISTANCING. <br /><br /> Make it a reward system if you like. Do what needs to be done and then you can spend time online. Kinda like when you were in high school and had to get your homework done before you could have t.v. time. Back when, you were doing what you needed to do, to keep your parents and teachers off your case. Also, if you had specific college goals, you had to keep your grades in check. Likewise, if you have goals of finishing your novel, make THAT your priority. Put in the time on the book (two hours or two chapters a day) and then reward yourself. <br /> <div>
I'm preaching to the choir here because I VERY MUCH need to practice what I'm preaching. This way, I paint my way into a corner and have no choice but to do what I recommend to others.<br /><br /> Here's to hoping. <br /><br /> Okay..., I have a project (flash fiction) I want to have finished by the end of the long weekend. If it's NOT done by tomorrow night, say, 10 p.m., you'll know I said one thing and did another. My bad! On the other hand, <b><u>IF</u> </b>the story IS completed by tomorrow, you'll see me on Facebook. NOT before. </div>
Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-69719357602521494242020-01-31T03:51:00.000-08:002020-05-09T23:08:42.140-07:00Mission Accomplished! (Well, STARTED anyway)Congratulate me, people! I spent the entire day WRITING!!!! Okay, I took an hour to get a bit of other things done...eating, doing a bit of fix it work. Passed that, though, I did a long-hand sketch of my story. The Author's Note and then typed it up...on an ACTUAL TYPEWRITER!!!<br />
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Yup. I think I'm gonna do it that way. Write it, longhand, type it up and then take it to document page. THAT WAY, by the time it gets to the Doc page, it will be more fleshed out. That's my hope. And it doesn't hurt to hope.<br />
The point is, I got it DONE. No youtube. I can listen to one story on YT before bed... Secret Window by Stephen King....It's a weird one, but good.<br />
I just wish the were more hours to the weekend. Like....a WEEK's worth. Once upon a time, I had the entire weekend to laze (and do things). Now, my mother needs more of my time and other issues come up. Thankfully, my mother's biggest problem is that she just can't do as much as she used to, so that's where I come in. And I feel like a selfish worm; wanting that time to myself.<br />
According to some sources, C.S. Lewis was writing in stops and starts when he was staying with a friend's mother, after the war. He promised to help the friend's mom and lived up to his promise. Wonder if he regretted those good intentions when it was all he could do to get a PARAGRAPH committed to paper before she needed this or that done.<br />
Next week, I'm helping with church clean up, but that's early on Saturday, so, heaven willing, I'll have the rest of the weekend to get some writing done.<br />
I live in amazement that ANYONE gets ANY Writing done, in this work-a-day world. Is there an Island for writers? If so, where's the next ship heading there and how much is it, ONE WAY?Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-79059813595513567412020-01-31T03:25:00.002-08:002020-06-27T23:53:00.533-07:00šBetrayal Of Trust: Author vs Character.šāReader vs. Author.As I write this, I'm nearly finished chapter four of Now and Forever; a bit of Poirot-based fan fiction. By the time chapter four is finished, Hercule Poirot and Virginie Mesnard will be husband and wife.<br />
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The love story that <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>SHOULD HAVE BEEN</strong></span>!<br />
On the surface of it, that doesn't seem to be a big deal; couples marry all the time, real and fictional. The difference, here, is that this love story I'm writing SHOULD HAVE BEEN written for Poirot and Virgine in the first place. And not by me.<br />
Dommage! So sad that Poirot's original author could <b>NOT </b>be bothered to give him a love story. She didn't believe he was entitled to be happy. He wasn't entitled to love.<br />
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I find it odd, ( at least!) that someone, who'd been fortunate enough to earn her living as an author, (what most wanna-be's would give their eye-teeth for) could be so deeply BITTER; neither able or willing to give a decent lead character a measure of the good he'd done for her.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">"Why, oh WHY did I EVER create that <span style="color: maroon; text-decoration-line: underline;">DETESTABLE</span>, bombastic creature?" </span></strong><em><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">agatha christie on Hercule Poirot. </span></span></em></h2>
<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>DETESTABLE</strong></span>: Deserving of INTENSE DISLIKE// <strong><span style="color: #993366;">HATE </span></strong>. {Oxford Dictionary of Current English Ā© 2001 // <strong><span style="color: #993366;">Roget's International Thesaurus Ā© 2003 </span></strong>}<br />
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To that infamous vitriolic rant, I have asked/ pleaded with Christie LOYALISTS to answer one question. The same question I've asked any number of times. To date, I have yet to receive a reply. So I'll ask again;<br />
<strong>WHAT <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">DID</span> </strong>HE <span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">DO</span> </strong></span>?!?!?!? What <strong>unholy atrocities</strong> could <em>Hercule Poirot</em> have committed, to deserve such rancorous loathing, even to the extent of depriving him of love and a genuine romance?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;">To agatha christie, THIS </span><b style="text-align: start;">BEAST </b><span style="text-align: start;">was better than Hercule Poirot!</span></span></td></tr>
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THINK about this; <strong>Adolf Hitler</strong>, one of history's most diabolical despots, had a romance. Ava Braun was the lady. Not sure if they were properly married or not, but when you're busy ordering the displacing and systematic murder of millions of people, it's difficult to find time to plan a wedding. In any case he DID have a romance. A face of historic infamy found love, and yet, a fictional Belgian detective, who, I'm assuming, did NOT commit mass murder, apparently did something WORSE! š±š¤¦ At least, in the eyes of his foremost enemy; none other than agatha christie.<br />
To agatha , Hercule Poirot was, by no means, entitled to a romance. Love. In fact, this decision would become a legal condition. Poirot was, contractually, NOT permitted a love story!<br />
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Should anyone in the <b>PRO</b>-CHRISTIE camp want to explain away such HEARTLESSNESS, I'd be interested in your rationale. WHY NOT? Were the atrocities of <b>two </b>world wars NOT sufficiently cruel that she needed to add to the wanton abuse. I seriously wonder here.... but then again, no.<br />
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I was pondering; if christie could have found a way of having Poirot fall into the hands of the Nazis, would she do it? For her own purposes, I don't doubt, for a second, that she would do that very thing. Just so long as her favorites (Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence) were able to keep her ladyship in the economic splendor to which she had become accustomed and she could be sure there would be no backlash from readers.<br />
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<b><i>Would </i></b>there be? š¤·That's a good point. I mean, the die-hards stuck with her, even when they found out she loathed him. Would christie LOYALISTS stand by their literary god if she had collaborated, albeit fictionally, with England's enemy against her enemy?<br />
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Then again, Poirot gave this literary legend (in her own mind) a place at the table with her favorite author, (A.C. Doyle) Without whom Hercule Poirot might not exist, and nor would the foundation of her success.<br />
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When all is said and done, you hardly have to be either Dr. Watson or Captain Hastings to realize that Christie's reasons for 'creating' the Belgian sleuth were entirely <strong>SELF</strong>-motivated. It was all about boosting her own reputation. Upping her career game. Poirot was a means to an end and that <u>ALL</u> he was. <br />
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But payback truly IS a BITCH, agatha, much like yourself! Because I am going to give Monsieur Hercule Poirot the 'send off' as Japp might phrase it, that he deserved. Friends, family, tears and fond memories.<br />
All of that will be accomplished BEFORE I give due come-uppance to agatha's fictional double. Once I have put Ariadne Oliver's neck in a noose...either symbolically or literally (I might just have her gased!) I will consider justice served and get on with the rest of my '<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>day</i></span>' as it were.<br />
Bottom line; I simply could not that vile woman (agatha christie) get away with her betrayal of Poirot ( and , by extension, his readers) without doing SOMETHING to balance the scales of literary justice.<br />
It's an interesting irony that, if christie's devotees felt about Poirot the way she did, the Belgian detective would have NO fan base. There wouldn't be the movies, past or present. No series. Hercule Poirot would simply <strong>NOT</strong> exist because readers wouldn't care. In that sense, christie would have gotten the implied wish she made in her documented rant.<br />
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Then again, why do they tolerate her hatred of him, by reading her books?<br />
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Again, I realize; I am trying to make sense out of nonsense, which, unto itself, is senseless. š¤¦āāļø<br />
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<strong>P.S</strong>. Rule #1 of Stephen King's rules of writing; <strong> LOVE what you do. </strong>Had christie followed that rule, Poirot wouldn't exist. Lucky him.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"> <span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;"><i>"They say you're supposed to speak GOOD of the DEAD. She's DEAD? GOOD!"</i></span></span></span> </span> <font size="3">Bette Davis re: Joan Crawford. Johanna Oznowicz Re: Agatha Christie.</font></h2>
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Not sure if Bette really felt that way about Joan Crawford, but I most definitely hold those sentiments about agatha christie.<br />
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Dead or not, agatha, you do <strong><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="color: red;">NOT</span></span></strong> deserve the praises your most loyal following continues to sing to you. You spat in our collective face by maligning a character we invested personal time in and found ourselves loving, in spite of his heartless cow of an 'author' . So, christie, consider this post a spit back in your heartless, ungrateful face!Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-30177445033269618802020-01-31T03:20:00.000-08:002020-02-24T03:16:37.017-08:00Whose Side Are You On?! {christie vs. Poirot} <strong>As</strong> soon as you have to ask or answer the following question (<strong>"Whose side are you on: Character's or author's ?")</strong> you've already lost. Simply because that question should <b><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">NEVER, <u><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">EVER </span></u></span></b>have to be asked in this context!<br />
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If an author is not squarely in his or her character's corner, the reader's best course of action is to ditch that dead-beat hack for an author who genuinely CARES about her characters and readers. Would to God I had that sense! <br />
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Learn from my mistake, people! If you've begun reading Poirot stories, and discovered christie's animosity against him, RUN the other way! Find a storyteller worthy of your time and hard-earned money.<br />
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Becoming a novelist is not a 'day job' you find<br />
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Storytelling is something a person has to <b>want </b>to do, and, hopefully, with the right motive. If you have the creative talent you desire to share with the world, just because you enjoy telling stories, then THANK YOU! Much appreciated!<br />
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I've been blessed to find some amazing writers in the last few years. Men and women who have their own perspective on life and age old tales. Others who get a wild kick out of writing for villains. Those are my favorites. <br />
An author who can appreciate the contribution of a hyper-psychotic fan girl, or the most evil world leader we'll ever know; these writers have FUN telling their stories. They get up in the morning, looking forward to finding out where their stories will take them . Okay, so it's not always so easy. Life happens. Then again, when it's good, yaaay! <br />
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On the other hand, if an author wakes up, treating the prospect of a day of writing with the wish that they were doing ANYTHING else, then perhaps that's what they should have done..... ANYTHING <b>ELSE</b>!<br />
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This is particularly true when the discontented <i style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">author '</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">creates' a character and story more to compete with the biggest name in the literary game than to tell her own stories for the genuine love of it. She would loathe the character she had because he wasn't the one she wanted. That ingratitude found vent in her journals, which were published.<br /><br /> I couldn't tell you if any readers turned against christie because of her betrayal, but I sincerely hope they did. </span><br />
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Anywho, I had two of her novels (Murder on the Orient Express and Curtain) . Both of said books have long since been blue-binned. If the literary gods have a sense of humor at all, said books have since been recycled into something more beneficial to humanity. Like TOILET PAPER. š½š§»ļøš© Wouldn't that be a statement to Agatha Almighty?<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Like that's going to happen. No. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I am NOT an agatha christie fan. I resent the hell out of her, in fact! Because of her poisonous animosity against Poirot, I never had the opportunity to love the stories because of the rancor she hardly hid in the stories; making a point of insisting how much Poirot thought of himself! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> HA! Considering how much of Poirot's source material came from Sherlock Holmes, christie has NO place to talk about Poirot's so called conceit. Because when it came to patting her own back, agatha bested Poirot by a country mile! </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The difference is, minus some PRIDE in his skills and career accomplishments, at least Poirot gave a damn about someone else beside himself. His motivation was wanting to solve the case, both for his client and, as it applied, for the good of the community. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Contrast Poirot's motivations with christie's wanting to up her own career game, which, when you get down to cases, was the reason Poirot existed at all; christie's obsession with, at least, MATCHING A.C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, and let's face it, Holmes was hardly modest about </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">his </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">career accomplishments. So what was christie pissing about? Perhaps she should have plagiarized a more modest character? OR, perhaps she could have given half a rip about the character she stole and focused on telling stories for the enjoyment it instead of worrying about how this Belgian Sherlock Holmes (literally) was going to serve her. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So, remind me again. WHY am I supposed to respect an 'author' who plagiarized another novelist's source material, LIED to readers about it and then proceed to treat the end result of her selfish actions like a child she was forced to carry to term. </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">WHAT did Poirot do, to deserve such hatred? He didn't ask to be 'created' from an illegal act. Ironic, isn't it?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Another point I've reiterated a few times is how much PITY and COMPASSION I have for Hercule Poirot. I have NEVER felt sorrier for another fictional character! Other characters have faced hardships because of the circumstances of their lives. Events IN the story. Oliver Twist, for example, faced TOO many tribulations for a what..</span><b style="font-family: inherit;">10 </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">year old child. That wasn't because Charles Dickens hated orphans. Rather, he wanted to call attention to their plight, so he had to make Oliver's story real. On the other hand, Mr. Dickens also had the power to make a positive difference and he did. He gave Oliver a home, at last, with family and friends. Heck, Dickens even cut Charlie Bates a break and let him leave his life of crime for honest work. By the end of the book, he owned his own farm.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> See, authors have the power to do good, if they care more about the story and the lives of the people in those stories, than they care about making a name for themselves. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Hercule, Poirot, sadly, didn't have an author to care about him. To christie, he was a means to an end. Nothing more. So, as far as that goes, readers would do well to find an author who invests in their character(s) because that author genuinely gives a damn. Cut christie loose. She's not worth a reader's time. Most definitely, she isn't worth THIS reader's time. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">This reader is standing up for the character</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. I don't give a fat....DUCK what that ARROGANT, MALEVOLENT GLORY WHORE had to say about him, Poirot deserved a love story. So, aided by the screenwriter(s) for The Chocolate Box, I let Poirot and Virginie have their fairy tale romance, with all the joy and tragedy life sends. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> To answer the question at the top of this page, I'm on Poirot's side. </span></span><br />
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Authors 4 Charactershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645774636976517469.post-65143912327485070002020-01-31T03:14:00.001-08:002023-01-16T22:50:00.725-08:00šBETRAYAL of TRUSTšAs I write this, my mother might be dead, and I'm not sure what to feel or even if I even care to feel anything. Oh, I probably will be bothered in some way. The thing is, I don't know if I should.<br />
See, my mother didn't want her kids, and she had no shame in letting us know. But that's just the problem with my mother. She had no shame. No shame, no self respect and ZERO common sense.<br /> Once upon a time, her doctor told her that, because of her irregular period, it was UNLIKELY she could get pregnant. Somehow, that <strong>UNLIKELY</strong> became <em>IMPOSSIBLE</em> in her ears. So she did what came naturally to her, and, lo and behold, she got pregnant. Not sure how old mommy dear was when she got pregnant with the baby she miscarried on a Ferris Wheel. Some kids have all the luck.<br />
Skip to... her first marriage. She got pregnant then, had a girl and then left the child with her father when she found out that her husband...<em>batted for the other team</em> as it were. And he turned out to be her better choice. It went downhill from there.<br />
Now, I'm not sure what the circumstances were, surrounding the abuse. Did my biological father abuse her because she was sleeping around or did she sleep around because he abused her? Not sure. All I know is that she had kids with a man who beat her for twenty years. She had kids for two reasons; 1) She loved SEX and 2) Abortion was not legal at the time. As kids, we felt forced to do what we could to prevent the abuse of our mother by our father. Eventually, however, my siblings got fed up trying to stop the abuse because they knew what would come from it, and what wouldn't actually happen. <br /> I stuck up for that woman for years. Defended her against him. Even injured him on a couple of those occasions to stop him from beating her around.<br />
Today, as I write this, I wish to God I'd let my father kill her! My bad. Then again, what kid thinks or WANTS to think of their mother as a promiscuous alley cat (apologies to any alley cat who might take offense) . She was, though. Four decades after I fought my father to save my mother from his abuse, she sings HIS praises while telling her adult kids ( at least me) that she never wanted kids and wishes she could sue her (Newfie ) doctor for telling her she couldn't get pregnant. Sorry, but a doctor cannot be held responsible for his patient's LACK of responsibility.<br />
Then again, she didn't think. It didn't dawn on that woman that sex makes babies, especially when you aren't expecting them and don't want them. And she didn't think about the impact her heartless words would have, on those who had protected her from the abuse she liked after all. As well as the abuser she preferred over the kids she had with him.<br />
It was a cold betrayal and I didn't want to deal with it anymore. She continued singing the praises of her abuser, despite being asked and then told to STOP talking this guy up like he was Oskar Schindler. She still loved the guy who abused her, but she didn't care about the kids she had with him. She never cared what we did with the rest of our lives. She never even bothered to ask.<br />
Like I already said, I don't know if my mother is dead. My sisters don't mention her to me. Maybe because they got fed up with her like I did. Or they're just more respectful than she is or was. That wouldn't be too difficult. Mother did like throwing the matter of her WILL in our faces. "<em>Oh this one's in. That one's out." </em> It was a manipulation. As if money would make me put up with someone who repeatedly told her kids that we weren't wanted by her.<br />
The more I think about it <strong>now</strong>, the more I wish I could have gone to med school or taken courses in social work so I could be a councilor at an abortion clinic. But I didn't know at the time, what has since been discovered.<br />
Betrayal has an interesting effect on those betrayed. Especially when the traitor is someone assumed trustworthy and who <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">s<em><strong>hould have been </strong></em></span>worthy of trust. Consequences of that betrayal can take interesting forms. For the time being, I'm not sure what form my retribution will take. However, being a writer, I can take a guess.<br />
Speaking of writers, though, there's a part 2 for this post, dealing another form of betrayal and the poor soul who, like myself, would end up being stabbed in the back by someone he should have been able to trust. His 'creator' no less.<br />
So I'll end here and work on part two after I get some sleep.<br />
Later.<br />
Johanna<br />
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