fussyfangs: torayot: but-for-the-grace: fyeahenglishmajorarmadillo: [Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “ [Describe Neil Gaiman as “the Coraline guy” to someone unaware of Sandman or American Gods] ” Bottom text: “ [Die a little inside]  http://hourglassproductions.tumblr.com/ eh I love coraline (and anansi boys) more than american gods which I’m aware puts me in a minority of neil gaiman fans but to me there was something lacking about american gods As much as I love Gaiman — ngl, I was like “OH I GO TO THAT TRAIN STATION EVERY DAY” when reading one of his short story commentaries - the appropriation is D: I absolutely adore Gaiman*, but I hated Sandman and couldn’t read past like the fourth or fifth volume. Sorry, everyone, but Morpheus is not only a prick but a boring prick. The Lucifer comic series, on the other hand …  *Headjury is still out on whether or not American Gods was problematic or not,  but I enjoyed it anyway. Minus that one sex scene.  He presents the deities of non-Western religions as forgotten (thinking of the Hindu ones because that was what applied to my brown context?)… when many of them are alive and worshipped by many. And not to mention the whole ~America is a bad land for gods~ what exactly do you think the Native Americans were up to before you showed up, Oh Great Snofaced One? Hey Neil Gaiman. We live in the land you call long ago and far away. And we can read in English. Shocking, I know! Side note: English Major Armadillo seems to be failing a lot with this shit.

fussyfangs:

torayot:

but-for-the-grace:

fyeahenglishmajorarmadillo:

[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “ [Describe Neil Gaiman as “the Coraline guy” to someone unaware of Sandman or American Gods] ” Bottom text: “ [Die a little inside]

 http://hourglassproductions.tumblr.com/

eh I love coraline (and anansi boys) more than american gods

which I’m aware puts me in a minority of neil gaiman fans but to me there was something lacking about american gods

As much as I love Gaiman — ngl, I was like “OH I GO TO THAT TRAIN STATION EVERY DAY” when reading one of his short story commentaries - the appropriation is

D:

I absolutely adore Gaiman*, but I hated Sandman and couldn’t read past like the fourth or fifth volume. Sorry, everyone, but Morpheus is not only a prick but a boring prick.

The Lucifer comic series, on the other hand … 

*Headjury is still out on whether or not American Gods was problematic or not,  but I enjoyed it anyway. Minus that one sex scene. 

He presents the deities of non-Western religions as forgotten (thinking of the Hindu ones because that was what applied to my brown context?)… when many of them are alive and worshipped by many. And not to mention the whole ~America is a bad land for gods~ what exactly do you think the Native Americans were up to before you showed up, Oh Great Snofaced One?

Hey Neil Gaiman. We live in the land you call long ago and far away. And we can read in English. Shocking, I know!

Side note: English Major Armadillo seems to be failing a lot with this shit.

∞Posted on March 17, 2011

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    Mmm, more validation for my love
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    I need to finish American Gods. For some reason, I can never finish a book the first time I read it.
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    I’ve never read American Gods, but I did remember reading recently that Gaiman will be (re)writing a Journey to the West...
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    So true, so true
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    …or Stardust. :|
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