I wouldn't say most people are awful, there's loads of lovely, friendly people on this site for a start.
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Dear Mr. King,
If you're checking these posts for your 'constant reader' responses, please take this to heart:
Don't hurt any more dogs. Ever. It's too painful to read. It's like causing a miscarriage. I like your stories and your writing style, but can't handle reading about dogs in pain. Starving a rabbit was disturbing enough. Why don't authors kill pet cats? They don't think anyone will care enough? I'm ok with babies being run over, but please wrap a protective dome around all furry cuteness. Also, thanks for knocking off the 'evil people have mad acne' thing. Yes, we are scared by those things, but you're a better storyteller than that. You can stop hurting dogs and continue hurting people.
I look forward to the day when we can buy a book and go online and add comments to a searchable copy of the text, like we were editors. Then we can point out the exact moment we're too disturbed to continue without bringing it to your attention.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
-pi
I agree, but as thinking, feeling human beings we subconciously attach personal feelings to characters in books. It really hit me after reading this thread and now I understand why people get emotional over dogs, etc.I don't know if it's just me but... they're fictional.
...and don't forget-they smell of bougainvillea!...Try reading The Dark by James Herbert. There's a section in there where a dog has had its front legs cut off with a garden hedge trimmer, and it pushes itself along with its back legs as the blood pumps from its stumps. Now that's makes a change from good old Dean Koontz where all dogs seem to be the messiah returned...
I forget where, but I remember SK speaking of how affected he had been when he first saw Bambi's mum die in the Disney movie.Dog deaths bother me because dogs love and trust humans unconditionally whether the human deserves their love and trust or not. I can't watch Disney movies. I cried my eyes out when Nutsy (Lady and the Tramp) trustingly trotted alongside the dogcatcher as he was led through "the one-way door". Maybe SK didn't read Old Yeller or watch Disney movies when he was young and impressionable.
I forget where, but I remember SK speaking of how affected he had been when he first saw Bambi's mum die in the Disney movie.