Lote-Tree

He he A life of loneliness?

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I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell :"

Lote's Tales and Poetry

Fossy

Whenever I read a story about someone who is plain or has some sort of defect, I ignore it really, and make them beautiful in my own mind based on their character. It doesn't matter how well you describe someone - your reader will still see what they want to see.

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Originally posted by Sam Winchester.
Fossy's good too. She gives good advice.

Kest

Actually it depends on how you define both beauty and intelligence. For me everything that pleases the senses is beautiful/has an element of beauty in it. Let it be even kind words. Someone really intelligent, in my opinion, would be beautiful too. Both are very much related to each other.

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Kest

Really? You think so? On the other hand, I believe we need to give credit to George Eliot for the wonderful description of surroundings. It does matter.

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jewellz

Get out of my head, LouLou! That's exactly what I was going to say.

Just one example of a very strong, alluring character who was chased after by all the men in the county, but was not conventionally beautiful. It all came from inside. And I think it's whats inside that makes a character attractive or not. For example, you could have a supermodel as your main character who is stuck up and rude, and expects the world on a silver platter, and she would most likely be categorized as "unattractive" by the reader. I think that the inside is most important, not to sound too cliche

Mr Sci Fi

Funny that they cast Vivian Leigh as a "Not-So-Beautiful" woman. That was probably her greatest acting challenge.

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WriterDude

Imagine remaking it with Cher as Scarlett and Michael Jackson as the guy. That'd be a movie to watch.. Not "Dumb and Dumber" as much as "Ugly and Uglier"...

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Fossy

Yes I do. We are not talking about scenery here, we are talking about how a person looks... Currently there are 6 billion different faces to choose from. Take your pick.

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Originally posted by Sam Winchester.
Fossy's good too. She gives good advice.

The Backward OX

Your sex spend millions on cosmetics to make cosmetics manufacturers rich, and nothing more. I had a mate whose mother worked for Helena Rubenstein, in their factory, and she told us they hosed more spillage out the door at the end of the day than ever found its way into bottles. And all you witless, brainless Stepford Wives happily pay through the nose for rubbish that cost s.f.a. to produce. I repeat, it's rubbish. All you have to go by, to assess what to purchase, is some clever advertising agency's spiel.

Seriously, have you ever really listened to the crap they spout on TV about the ingredients in these magic lotions? Pigs-poop and Gooly-gum just about covers it. Good old scrub down with Pear's Soap and water's as good as anything. And a real woman has no need of artificial colouring or flavouring anywhere. Believe me.

Fancy words with no substance. If you've conned yourself into believing this bullshit, all you're doing is judging books by their covers. Bah. Falling in love with an image. You need a dose of reality.

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I view with distaste the excretions polluting this site, suffering when I read another by-product of the boredom of one with access to a computer and the internet. As I read I feel I am being defecated on, and cling to an idea that one day I may find solace in the words of one who takes pride in their work.

Mr Sci Fi

It's not so much beauty that entrances us, but breast size.

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Lote-Tree

And your sex spends millions becoming fat slobs in front of telly watching men kicking a ball

The men are quite happy to pay for those rubbish eagerly as long as they get a bit
But you are quite happy to lick this off women's faces

If you prefer your women to smell like a yak...then good on you.

At least women can speak those fancy words
I guess you prefer Grunts to words?
And women get men to pay for all this - see how clever?
Sex appeal is based on the covers
For many thats what they do.
Reality is that we are entranced by Beauty.

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I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell :"

Lote's Tales and Poetry

Mr Sci Fi

If reality is a strung-out toothpick puking in a toilet after every meal, for the love of God give me some damn fantasy.

What the media calls beauty and what writers call beauty are two different perceptions.

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Lote-Tree

Yes. We prefer fictions because Reality does not bend to our Will or to the limitlessness of our imaginations.

Beauty stands on it's own. It has it's own self-verification mechanism

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I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell :"

Lote's Tales and Poetry

Mr Sci Fi

Beauty is a matter of perception. Haven't you heard the old adage? The beauty you speak of is the beauty that people like Tyra Banks have rammed down your credulous throat.

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Lote-Tree

It is indeed. It is the perception of the Symmetry of the Form.

You being Sci Fi I thought you would know that

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I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell :"

Lote's Tales and Poetry