Has anyone ever figured out why Card's writing is so full of self-loathing?
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Replying to @Gr8SageEqlofHvn @arthur_affect
I’m gonna go out on a limb and suggest the proponderance of evidence is that Orson Scott Card loathes himself
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
I guess that was what I meant. He clearly hates himself, but why?
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Replying to @Gr8SageEqlofHvn @BootlegGirl
I'm gonna cross the streams here and say it's because the happiest time in his life was when he was a young athletic twink being "mentored" by an older teen as a Mormon missionary and then his whole self-image changed when he got married and became a hardworking dad
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I mean there was even an author's note that came with this story in an anthology where Card cheerfully says that there's been times in his life where he's loved the way he looked when he had time and energy for regular exercise
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But that much of his late 20s/early 30s was him "letting himself go" after getting married and deciding vanity was for young people And that, contrary to the narcissistic spoiled billionaire in the story, he gained the most weight during his most stressful periods
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So, you know, he doesn't *really* hate himself for being fat because in *real life* it was him working hard and doing what he needed to do for his family, which is the important thing
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But he's allowed a *little* dysmorphia at how he turned out as a middle-aged fat guy in his 40s he no longer really recognizes in the mirror Don't we all kinda feel that way, amirite Ha ha, ha ha ha ha
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Gr8SageEqlofHvn
Man, it’s really a day for people who all feel very specific kinds of body dysmorphia, isn’t it
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Gr8SageEqlofHvn
There was this really mean thread I remember when people were tearing into his author photo "Why do all these old closet cases buy their clothes from the same Rumpled Dad Outlet Mall? Like they're *trying* to look as un-gay as possible"
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"Well I think it's because when you've fully resigned yourself to being totally alienated from your true self for the rest of your life, you just stop giving a shit about your self-image entirely"
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