A question I have after reading "Freakangels"

[roseembolism]

Is Warren Ellis capable of writing any character that's NOT an asshole?

I mean seriously, as far as I can tell, the standard Warrren Ellis character is a massive jerk (add breasts for female, penis for male), who's attitude is supposedly tolerable solely because they are always right. I mean, constantly, totally, utterly right. Even when they admit that they have no idea what they are doing, they are completely right.

Tell me people- has he ever done a character that doesn't sound like a gamer pundit on usenet, circa 1995? Inquiring minds want to know.

Comments

Did you read the online stuff?

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Caz isn't a jerk.
Alice isn't a jerk.

A few others you've not met if you haven't read past what's in the paperback aren't jerks. I think this story is about a group of kids who decided they were right when they weren't in a position to be so, and are trying to atone.
In particular, I want to know what Kady's going through.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Well at least tell me we meet some characters I don't want to slap.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Whoa. You're at about an 8 for trollishness, we need you at a 6. I really don't get why you have a hate on for the characters. If so, skip it. I see a lot more emotional potential here than some of his other works, honestly.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I gotta agree... FreakAngels is a lot better than Doktor Sleepless or Anna Mercury, for example.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Bah. If you had my kind of day, you'd be pointing at bunnies and screaming that their ears are far too long and furry.

It was more of a final straw sort of thing than anything else. After a long dose of Ellisms, I read Freakangels and then the next day logged on to see that Ellis had posted something annoying. And so I am annoyed.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I stopped reading his site. I got sick of his schtick.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Step 1: Don't read his site. Ever.
Step 2: Repeat.

I looked at it a couple of times and decided against doing it again if I wanted to continue liking people. He's why I know about stuffed toy animals modified for use as sex toys for furries. That was His. Fault. I read his books. That's it.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[mithriltabby]

I enjoy the “Conan! What is best in life?” posts. As long as people are being that extreme, I can point at them as a calibration point any time I want to claim to be well-adjusted.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

*peek*

Sun.
Tea.
JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!
AAEEYAAAGH

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[mithriltabby]

That’s a pretty mild one, too; that particular subject line is one he regularly uses when linking to BMEzine. I suppose if I actually experienced cognitive dissonance when learning about things like macroherpetophilia (don’t google that term unless you want to learn about new extremes of human behavior), I would avoid Ellis’ blog, but I’m sufficiently jaded that I’m mostly just amused.

Re: Did you read the online stuff?

[anam-moon.livejournal.com]

*blink* I... Uhhhh...*sniff* Now I want to cry. And bleach my brain.