I'm too TALL for Lit???

[Guest]

OK, OK. I know I just got back into town. In fact I've been gone most of the summer. OK.

I am finally getting the chance to catch up with many emails and feedback (thanks to the nice people, by the way) when I came across this gem.

The reader hated one of my stories, he said it was shallow, very 2-dimensional, and in fact he could pull better pieces of erotic fiction out of his ass (but let's not even go there).

No big deal, of course. But the kicker? The thing that still has me shaking my head?

He demanded to know why I made my male character tall. He was very upset that every male person in "every Literotica story is tall". He wanted to know if you had to be tall to get laid on Lit.

My response was - "Wha-?"

His response was even more angry, so then of course I told him he obviously had issues about his own lack of height and how that was certainly his own problem, not mine.



And no, I haven't been drinking yet this morning. But I think I'm about to start.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I've heard similar things from men who complain about the fact that all the male characters on Lit have big dicks.

I usually pat them on the head, and say something nice, like "don't worry - I'm sure there's someone out there who likes YOUR size, too!"

 

[destinie21]

I've gotten similar feedback for my stories although this was about the woman characters being to tall and making the story unbelivable the writer of this feedback even went on to say that most woman aren't that tall. The feedback was annomoyus but I wanted to say hey I know most woman aren't that tall but I'm 6 feet barefoot I want stories that cater to me too

As far as his feedback I'm sure he's just being shortsighted about the whole thing

 

[SexySoBeChick]

His response was even more angry, so then of course I told him he obviously had issues about his own lack of height and how that was certainly his own problem, not mine.

I think you're probably right. This guy sounds like he has a height issue, read one too many stories about tall men getting laid, yours happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back, and you got the nasty tirade.

I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. You're never going to please everyone all the time. If you wrote about short characters, tall people would complain, etc., etc. You, as the writer, can and should write your characters however you imagine them. Personally, I like tall men, so most of my heroes are written that way. So sue me.

 

[MathGirl]

Re: Re: I'm too TALL for Lit???

It's very difficult for me to relate to the problem. I barely reach five feet in heels, so EVERYONE is tall to me.

How would you like to go through life looking people squarely up the nostrils? Sigh
MG
Ps. I missed you, Sarah

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Over here, where people have a cold 9 months of the year, a person of your height would be wise to invest in a good umbrella, MG...

 

[champagne1982]

Re: Re: Re: I'm too TALL for Lit???

How would you like to go through life looking people squarely up the nostrils? Sigh
MG

It's not so much the nostrils that bother me overly much, it's the blackhead they didn't know about on the underside of their chin!

 

[MathGirl]

Over here, where people have a cold 9 months of the year, a person of your height would be wise to invest in a good umbrella, MG...

Dear Svenska,
Leave it to you to provide an observation with delicacy and good taste.
MG
Ps. Ewwwwwwwww

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: I'm too TALL for Lit???

It's very difficult for me to relate to the problem. I barely reach five feet in heels, so EVERYONE is tall to me.

How would you like to go through life looking people squarely up the nostrils? Sigh
MG
Ps. I missed you, Sarah

*chuckling*

That nostril thing - hmmm - kinda scary, actually! (I suppose I'll keep my 5' 7")

Thanks, MG - it has been a rough summer for my family (I didn't post about it because a few people tend to flame you over personal issues) but I'm glad to be back.

(and I missed you, too, and your wit, and even DurtGurl's - er - charm!)

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: Re: I'm too TALL for Lit???

It's not so much the nostrils that bother me overly much, it's the blackhead they didn't know about on the underside of their chin!

Now you're getting nasty! Ick!

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Dear Svenska,
Leave it to you to provide an observation with delicacy and good taste.
MG
Ps. Ewwwwwwwww

LOL

Just speaking your language, my little dear!

Svenskaflicka
Linguistically Cunning

 

[gauchecritic]

but I'm 6 feet barefoot

Head back, tongue lolling, ggggaaaaaaa.

(Really really hoping that Destinie is a girly)

But serioiusly.

I think it's a valid complaint and goes to the nub of a number of threads, realism. 12" cocks. 36d tits. Not an ounce of fat.

On the other hand the realism in my house is almost exclusively in the 6' region. (5'9", 5'9", 5'11", 6'1" and 6'3")

Gauche

 

[Madame Manga]

"Short people got nobody, short people got nobody, short people got nobody to loooove..."

Sorry; if you were in high school in the late 1970s and listened to pop radio, that might make sense. ;-)

MM (5 foot 3 and 3/4)

 

[gauchecritic]

"Short people got nobody, short people got nobody, short people got nobody to loooove..."

Sorry; if you were in high school in the late 1970s and listened to pop radio, that might make sense. ;-)

MM (5 foot 3 and 3/4)

Randy someone or other.

Gauche

 

[redrider4u]

Over here, where people have a cold 9 months of the year, a person of your height would be wise to invest in a good umbrella, MG...

File that image with a garderobe.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I'm 169 cm. If my calculations are correct, that would make 5' 4".

MG, you're better at math than I am! If an inch = 2,54 centimeters, how tall am I?

 

[Madame Manga]

Randy Newman, the piano player. That song was the object of the first PC language flap I can recall. Not the last.

They got little hands, little eyes
They go around telling great big lies
They got little noses and tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes on their nasty little feet

Und so weiter. That's off the top of my head--I'm ashamed of myself. ;-)

MM

 

[destinie21]

Head back, tongue lolling, ggggaaaaaaa.

(Really really hoping that Destinie is a girly)

Me too. Because if not then someone's got some in depth explaining to do.

 

[oggbashan]

I'm 169 cm. If my calculations are correct, that would make 5' 4".

MG, you're better at math than I am! If an inch = 2,54 centimeters, how tall am I?

Five foot four and a half inches.

Og

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Randy Newman, the piano player. That song was the object of the first PC language flap I can recall. Not the last.

They got little hands, little eyes
They go around telling great big lies
They got little noses and tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes on their nasty little feet

Und so weiter. That's off the top of my head--I'm ashamed of myself. ;-)

MM

That song did stirred up a short fuss (sorry) back in 1977, but his "Good Old Boys" album in 1974 probably kicked up a nore intense debate. Among its cuts was "Sail Away" Here's a longish quote about the song by Marcus Grail.

"The most famous example of this sort of cognitive dissonance may be in the singer-songwriter's 1972 composition "Sail Away" -- still regarded by many as his best song. Born aloft by a soaring melody and a full orchestra (conducted by uncle Emil), Newman assumes the voice of a slave trader wooing Africans to the new world: "Ain't no lions and tigers, ain't no mamba snake/Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake." The truth of the reality that awaits them rests with the listener: You become one with the singer's lie. "It's great to be an American.""

What made the album such fun was there being several other cuts almost as controversial.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Thanks, Ogg!

 

[Chicklet]

I think of my male characters as tall, and I think of my female characters as short. I'm only five feet tall, and all my men have been six feet or over...I like them towering over me! It's a thrill!

Too tall for lit? That is sooo bizarre. Oh well, people will complain about anything if given enough time.

Sorry bout your downer, sarahh.

 

[Guest]

and still more

destinie-

i got a feedback about me being too biased toward older guys... this to a story that was posted in "mature"!

Another Randy Newman Classic:

No one likes us.
I don't know why.
We may not be perfect,
But heaven knows we try.
And all around, even our old friends put us down.

So, let's drop the big one and see what happens.
We give them money but are they greatful?
No, their spiteful and their hateful.

Asia's too crowded,
Europe's too old.
Africa is far too hot.
And Canada's too cold.
And South America stole our name.

So, let's suprise 'em the whole world round.
Let's drop the big one and pulverize 'em.

We'll save Australia,
Wouldn't want to hurt no kangaroos.
We'll build an all American amusement park-
There'll be surfing too.

Boom goes London.
Bang Paris.
More room for you and more room for me.
And every city the whole world round,
Will just be another American town.

Oh, how peaceful it will be.
We'll set everybody free.
There'll be a Japanese kimono for you my babe
And Italian shoes for me.

They all hate us anyhow.
So let's drop the big one now.
Let's drop the big one now.

My mind is so full of useless trivia.

b

 

[Quasimodem]

Svenskaflicka,

By my calculations, your 169 centimetres would equal approximately five feet, 6.535433 inches, while my 182 centimetres would be approximate six feet zero inches.

However, one’s intelligence quotient is more easily observed than height by others, online.

Who’s got the complete lyrics to “Short People?”

 

[Guest]

However, one’s intelligence quotient is more easily observed than height by others, online.

Amen.






(but it isn't even a full moon!)