Prose analysis

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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:54 PM)

Carroll has achieved a level of prestige most authors have not: he's been accused of being Jack the Ripper.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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dbentley666 — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:57 PM)

Really??? I haven't heard this one. I know he got into trouble for taking suggestive photographs of Alice Liddell (he would have fared very badly on this board; would probably have been doxxed by hungry) but I didn't know about the Jack the Ripper angle.

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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(April 28, 2020 12:03 AM)

He was! There's a book about it called
Jack the Ripper, "Light-Hearted Friend
," written by Richard Wallace, but you can read a condensed version of the theory here:
https://www.casebook.org/suspects/carroll.html
.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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dbentley666 — 5 years ago(April 28, 2020 12:05 AM)

I'm not sure I want my image of him tarnished. I used to be able to recite all of Jabberwocky, The Hunting of the Snark, and The walrus and the Carpenter at parties! Damn the man!

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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(April 28, 2020 12:18 AM)

It's an entirely unsubstantiated accusation, with no evidence whatsoever to support it. Interestingly, though, John Tenniel (the illustrator for the Alice novels), illustrated quite a few of the most famous Ripper cartoons. I suppose, overall, 'twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gymble in the wabe.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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dbentley666 — 5 years ago(April 28, 2020 12:22 AM)

I shall sit awhile in uffish thought and ponder these things.

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Sophienoire — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:32 PM)

Your elaborate and astute responses to Gameboy in that one thread were really good tho bc they have a lot of truth in it and u depicted it in understandable and imaginative ways.. I admire Gameboy's tenacity and steadfastness whenever a storm breaks loose on him, and fundamentally,he is fighting the good fight, but i wish he would take an advice or two from you, too sometimes because those could actually be of help beating his bullies eventually.
the sound of your racing heart

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dbentley666 — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:35 PM)

True. Jacky was brilliant in that thread. Gameboy gets too hot under the collar (though he will deny it even as his beard goes up in flames) to be really effective. I think you have to be a Zen Buddhist to be a really good poster (I almost said troll).

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Sophienoire — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:58 PM)

love that "beard in flames" image
the sound of your racing heart

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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:37 PM)

Thank you.
Gameboy fights for what he believes in, but he's blind to his own biases. All of us are, in some ways, but it's an inexcusable fault in an admin.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Sophienoire — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:56 PM)

You are right, as an admin you just can't expose urself to that shark tank like that. Here's hoping he will take your advice into account, even if he's never gonna admit to it. We know our Gameboy.
the sound of your racing heart

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LukeWalker9000 — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:54 PM)

It’s time. It’s time for the Jedi to end.

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The<>Mechanic — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 11:55 PM)

slowly backs away from this thread
Ho Ho Ho

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Bee — 5 years ago(April 28, 2020 05:22 AM)

Three people tying for first?! Who are you?!