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

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.