TM Talk About Mother.
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singindemonhqI might be okay with talking about her, or writing about her, as long as nobody suggests that I sing about her.
Humans do that all the time, even when they write the songs all by themselves. "Mammy", "My Yiddisher Momma", even "Throw Momma From the Train" - yeah, really. It wasn't one of mine, either. Some songwriter came up with that one all on his ownio, maybe 50 years ago!
Demons do that, too. The more intelligent they are the more likely they are to have a whole repertoire of "Mommy Songs". I've heard a biologist sing that the more evolved a creature is the longer it takes to develop. (I've also heard a psychologist sing that man needs his long and vulnerable childhood to develop his mighty brain. That's a common trade-off. Of course, most of the creatures that're built like that need their mighty brains to have any chance of getting over all the things that get done to them in their long and vulnerable childhoods - but that's entertainment. That's the sum total of a whole lot of creativity, maybe all of it. The drive to tell the things you don't have words for.
Anyway, the brighter they are the longer the childhood and the more songs about their "Mommies" they're likely to have.
Oh, you think they want to know about mine? I had a long childhood.
Firewalled against all who mean harm,
See the words, obey the charm.
None who may do harm may see.
Read these words and now heed me.
Well, she wasn't a trophy bride. Her own talents were so powerful that there must have been
.firewall
.
.Firewall ends.
When they finally knew the class of talent I was developing they
Firewall
.
.
.
.
.
Firewall ends
and said,
"Well, there's never been anything like that on my side of the family!" and left it at that.
I guess I shouldn't have written that much, but I'm an honest demon, in my way.
Muse; Sweet the singing demon.
Fandom; BTVS
Humans do that all the time, even when they write the songs all by themselves. "Mammy", "My Yiddisher Momma", even "Throw Momma From the Train" - yeah, really. It wasn't one of mine, either. Some songwriter came up with that one all on his ownio, maybe 50 years ago!
Demons do that, too. The more intelligent they are the more likely they are to have a whole repertoire of "Mommy Songs". I've heard a biologist sing that the more evolved a creature is the longer it takes to develop. (I've also heard a psychologist sing that man needs his long and vulnerable childhood to develop his mighty brain. That's a common trade-off. Of course, most of the creatures that're built like that need their mighty brains to have any chance of getting over all the things that get done to them in their long and vulnerable childhoods - but that's entertainment. That's the sum total of a whole lot of creativity, maybe all of it. The drive to tell the things you don't have words for.
Anyway, the brighter they are the longer the childhood and the more songs about their "Mommies" they're likely to have.
Oh, you think they want to know about mine? I had a long childhood.
Firewalled against all who mean harm,
See the words, obey the charm.
None who may do harm may see.
Read these words and now heed me.
Well, she wasn't a trophy bride. Her own talents were so powerful that there must have been
.firewall
.
.Firewall ends.
When they finally knew the class of talent I was developing they
Firewall
.
.
.
.
.
Firewall ends
and said,
"Well, there's never been anything like that on my side of the family!" and left it at that.
I guess I shouldn't have written that much, but I'm an honest demon, in my way.
Muse; Sweet the singing demon.
Fandom; BTVS
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Date: 2006-05-14 11:12 pm (UTC)