tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736414.post8849282963346082996..comments2024-02-20T17:22:43.089-06:00Comments on The Literary Assassin: R.I.P. steampunkHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764623327385255044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736414.post-32597045659941282122010-11-30T21:05:53.879-06:002010-11-30T21:05:53.879-06:00I hate to say it, but *I'm* starting to flinc...I hate to say it, but *I'm* starting to flinch every time I see the word "Steampunk." Which is bad, because I'm about to start shopping a Weird West/Gothic Western novel--which will probably be marketed as steampunk.<br /><br />Sigh.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17764623327385255044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736414.post-4604794587223780802010-11-30T20:56:05.914-06:002010-11-30T20:56:05.914-06:00OMG, that is HILARIOUS. I am SO sick of Steampunk ...OMG, that is HILARIOUS. I am SO sick of Steampunk and Dieselpunk and every other kind of punk. Most of my costuming friends are dressing up as Nazis (the ladies are wearing uniform coats with only lacy underwear, stockings and garters) and thinking themselves most innovative and awesome. Ugh... it's moronic.Miranda Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576310184990799688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736414.post-27753333549554255682010-10-15T22:22:51.763-05:002010-10-15T22:22:51.763-05:00Somewhat, no, *very*, disheartening for those of u...Somewhat, no, *very*, disheartening for those of us who do it "right." Holly, f'r instance, in her Victorian creations, or me, in my yarn-y creations. Machine-spun ackrylic has taken the place, largely, of the stuff that handmakers create, largely to our deficit. It's incumbent on us to help folks understand what/how we're making our things, and why we don't just "Shirley, surelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736414.post-41956367730379713182010-10-15T12:22:38.608-05:002010-10-15T12:22:38.608-05:00yea, verily.yea, verily.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17764623327385255044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736414.post-29206074668770191512010-10-13T10:15:24.143-05:002010-10-13T10:15:24.143-05:00Let's see... You're Steampunk Spock dresse...<i>Let's see... You're Steampunk Spock dressed as Dracula at a goth rave! Right?</i><br /><br />(Cackles...)<br /><br />There is really nothing in the world that cannot be ruined by cheesy, injection-moulded plastic.AJ Milnehttp://accidentalweblog.org/noreply@blogger.com