| Yes, I think that the position she has taken leads naturally to abuse, because one is not responsible for the offense given, nor even for ordinary straightforwardness, considering the normalization of "fictiveness" she has attempted. Thus, she frequently does not "play well with others", especially when a little conciliatory gesture would do the trick. She also lends herself to the suspicion that she is gamesplaying, or even actually dishonest, by virtue of her view that we are all quasi- literary constructs, so that X is a character created by someone who may or may not represent the author, and who may or may not be perfectly consistent in her behavior. Of course, since people tend to view this space as governed by ordinary ethical rules, the determination to view it as a playlet one is coauthoring is disquieting...... |
