Comments on: 01/16/2019 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7341 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7341&cpage=1#comment-297136 Peter Rogan Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:58:13 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7341#comment-297136 Gina has seen the danger of becoming one's own self-parody. Bruno became her own self-parody but rationalized that it was only the way she was meant to be. Now she's contemplating having made that choice and Gina is now becoming aware that's what she's done. Illustrating, in a novel way, that there really is a difference between falling on your face and leaning too far backwards, even if there's no practical difference in the end. Which is where they are, really; life is perpetual consequence of what went before. Gina has seen the danger of becoming one’s own self-parody. Bruno became her own self-parody but rationalized that it was only the way she was meant to be. Now she’s contemplating having made that choice and Gina is now becoming aware that’s what she’s done. Illustrating, in a novel way, that there really is a difference between falling on your face and leaning too far backwards, even if there’s no practical difference in the end. Which is where they are, really; life is perpetual consequence of what went before.

]]> By: Jeffrey Nonken http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7341&cpage=1#comment-297132 Jeffrey Nonken Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:01:50 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7341#comment-297132 "What could possibly go wrong?" is a classic example of the <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TemptingFate" rel="nofollow">Tempting Fate</a> trope. Gina should know better. Fortunately, Bruno is <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenreSavvy" rel="nofollow">Genre Savvy</a>. “What could possibly go wrong?” is a classic example of the Tempting Fate trope. Gina should know better.

Fortunately, Bruno is Genre Savvy.

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