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Jan. 19th, 2007 05:55 pmWhy do dreams have the tendency to make me think and be unsettled all day? .__________.;;;; Anyway, my head screams for writing on LJ.
I dreamed last night that Young Link was trying to light torches. Before they went out, I'd go through a HUGE flurry of crappy art looking for Sonadow pictures on weird places on the Internet. When time runs out, the pics go poof and disappear. They rearrange when Young Link lights them up again (and apparently, it's a hard thing for us to do, lighting the lights).
What the heck does that say about me, if I'm looking for Sonadow art even in my DREAMS? XDDDD!
Another part got me thinking though, which is what this rant is about today.
Do you notice the humongoid lack of bug media? As in, literature? Movies? I'm talking masterpieces/classics that everyone talks about, like the Beatrix Potter books, Watership Down, Redwall series, The Secret of NIMH, Bambi, etc. Animals like cats, dogs, and mice at least have a few selections. But what about insects, like mantises, ants, butterflies... are there any stories about them? There were two books I've absolutely adored reading while growing up: James & the Giant Peach and Charlotte's Web. Okay, so technically, Charlotte the spider is an arachinid. But dude. We need more arachinid luff and tales too! What do we have for movies? A Bug's Life, Antz, and Ant Bully. I won't dig into the negative history I've had with Bug's Life, and I haven't seen Antz in a long time--but either way, connects itself to the memories I've had of Bug's Life. Dear fucking god, lets say I never touched the theater with a 100000000000000000-foot-pole the minute *shudder* Ant Bully came out. (That's not a movie! That's an excuse for gross-out "humor" sprinkled with celebrities in hopes of making money!) And what do you know. I KNEW IT WOULD SUCK. That's one movie I'm glad I never watched.
So it always has me thinking. WHY are there not more insect books or movies or etc. in the public? "Because they're gross!" someone might say. Bugs get a pretty crummy rep, especially considering mosquitoes and flies and other such pests. But don't forget: butterflies, ladybugs, and fireflies are bugs too. In the world of a katrillion different kinds of insects, arachnids, etc., only a small percent of them are pests. Dear lord knows how many times spiders get villainized too, like with Shelob in LotR and the spiders in Mirkwood from The Hobbit, and let's not forget Aragog who nearly chomped Harry & Ron! Dude, why can't another guy be a villain for once? A wicked butterfly would be SO twisted it isn't funny (There's actually poisonous butterflies out there too. :o). Not to mention the use of the Drones in "Jet Force Gemini". *______________*
From growing up, I see bugs differently from most people (most girls, to be more specific). I was darn fascinated with the little critters, I loved to raise caterpillars into butterflies (and moths without my knowing. XDD!) While most kids (and adults) jump and scream when they see a spider, I used to kneel down by house spiders and drop an ant above their webs, watching them wrap it up in a little cocoon and bite it.
Also, there's so many darn interesting things to write about them that would be good for a book/movie/whatever. Take the ant for instance. Did you know virtually every worker, solider, nurse, etc. in an ant colony are female? Same goes for bees too. Only winged males are male, and their single purpose in life is to mate once and die. XDDD!) That a worker ants live 2-3 years provided they don't die earlier? That some ant colonies raid other nests, take the eggs and larvae/pupae and raise them as slaves? That others grow fungus gardens for food underground by cutting off pieces of leaves? That they outlived the atomic bomb? (And cockroaches too?)
I've seen amazing things done with bugs. Even about stuff repulsive as cockroaches: there was this author who wrote poems by saying that when he left his office, a cockroach would jump on his typewriter and make a poem--as a result, the poems have funky layouts and weird awful grammar, and he doesn't know how to use the shift key. XD A poem I've read, about him talking to a moth, almost made absolutely no sense, but darn was it memorable. One of the funnest and most original things I've ever read.
Head feels better. Except dammit! I still want to write! DON'T INTERRUPT ME EVERYONE
I dreamed last night that Young Link was trying to light torches. Before they went out, I'd go through a HUGE flurry of crappy art looking for Sonadow pictures on weird places on the Internet. When time runs out, the pics go poof and disappear. They rearrange when Young Link lights them up again (and apparently, it's a hard thing for us to do, lighting the lights).
What the heck does that say about me, if I'm looking for Sonadow art even in my DREAMS? XDDDD!
Another part got me thinking though, which is what this rant is about today.
Do you notice the humongoid lack of bug media? As in, literature? Movies? I'm talking masterpieces/classics that everyone talks about, like the Beatrix Potter books, Watership Down, Redwall series, The Secret of NIMH, Bambi, etc. Animals like cats, dogs, and mice at least have a few selections. But what about insects, like mantises, ants, butterflies... are there any stories about them? There were two books I've absolutely adored reading while growing up: James & the Giant Peach and Charlotte's Web. Okay, so technically, Charlotte the spider is an arachinid. But dude. We need more arachinid luff and tales too! What do we have for movies? A Bug's Life, Antz, and Ant Bully. I won't dig into the negative history I've had with Bug's Life, and I haven't seen Antz in a long time--but either way, connects itself to the memories I've had of Bug's Life. Dear fucking god, lets say I never touched the theater with a 100000000000000000-foot-pole the minute *shudder* Ant Bully came out. (That's not a movie! That's an excuse for gross-out "humor" sprinkled with celebrities in hopes of making money!) And what do you know. I KNEW IT WOULD SUCK. That's one movie I'm glad I never watched.
So it always has me thinking. WHY are there not more insect books or movies or etc. in the public? "Because they're gross!" someone might say. Bugs get a pretty crummy rep, especially considering mosquitoes and flies and other such pests. But don't forget: butterflies, ladybugs, and fireflies are bugs too. In the world of a katrillion different kinds of insects, arachnids, etc., only a small percent of them are pests. Dear lord knows how many times spiders get villainized too, like with Shelob in LotR and the spiders in Mirkwood from The Hobbit, and let's not forget Aragog who nearly chomped Harry & Ron! Dude, why can't another guy be a villain for once? A wicked butterfly would be SO twisted it isn't funny (There's actually poisonous butterflies out there too. :o). Not to mention the use of the Drones in "Jet Force Gemini". *______________*
From growing up, I see bugs differently from most people (most girls, to be more specific). I was darn fascinated with the little critters, I loved to raise caterpillars into butterflies (and moths without my knowing. XDD!) While most kids (and adults) jump and scream when they see a spider, I used to kneel down by house spiders and drop an ant above their webs, watching them wrap it up in a little cocoon and bite it.
Also, there's so many darn interesting things to write about them that would be good for a book/movie/whatever. Take the ant for instance. Did you know virtually every worker, solider, nurse, etc. in an ant colony are female? Same goes for bees too. Only winged males are male, and their single purpose in life is to mate once and die. XDDD!) That a worker ants live 2-3 years provided they don't die earlier? That some ant colonies raid other nests, take the eggs and larvae/pupae and raise them as slaves? That others grow fungus gardens for food underground by cutting off pieces of leaves? That they outlived the atomic bomb? (And cockroaches too?)
I've seen amazing things done with bugs. Even about stuff repulsive as cockroaches: there was this author who wrote poems by saying that when he left his office, a cockroach would jump on his typewriter and make a poem--as a result, the poems have funky layouts and weird awful grammar, and he doesn't know how to use the shift key. XD A poem I've read, about him talking to a moth, almost made absolutely no sense, but darn was it memorable. One of the funnest and most original things I've ever read.
Head feels better. Except dammit! I still want to write! DON'T INTERRUPT ME EVERYONE
