Black Canary: Best of the Best #2 - "Round Two"

[laughing_tree]

I always want to hide myself in my stories. I never set out to tell a personal story, I always think, "Oh, this is going to be a nice little fiction." And then I look back and I was like, "Oh no, this was all scraping my own heart and soul out." But legacy is important. My father wanted to be a novelist and never achieved that goal; wanted to be a writer in Hollywood, never achieved that goal. And my mother was a studio executive who was very much — they were very, very divorced, I would say would be a way to qualify them. Because he didn’t succeed in his business, my father couldn’t support his family, and had to disappear from my life. And so my mother was very much like, "You can’t go into the creative arts, because I’ve seen that tear a man apart." And then I’ve somehow found myself entirely ensconced in creative arts. So I feel that pain of the legacy of your parents, and how it shapes you, and how you run from it, and then you end up just running around a track to where you started. -- Tom King

Comments

[superboyprime]

I know I'm largely judging these quotes from Tom King out of context, but the sheer arrogance of them keeps galling me. “My parents were the most important people in history because their influence will never die!"

No shit, King, the gap between generations isn't an impervious shield that keeps everything about your parents on one side and you on the other. Why should who Dinah is be about her mother instead of her grandma or some other older generations of her family? As Billy Joel noted, you didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning.

;)

[donnblake]

I'm sorry... you think Tom King is arrogant because he says his parents' divorce had an effect on his writing?

Edit: Oh, aha, I see what you've done here.

[aperturedreams]

I found myself agreeing with finding his comments on America and the world arrogant on the Jenny Sparks post, but if that's what you got from this quote of him reflecting on his parents, I think you're looking for a reason to take issue with the man. We're all influenced by our parents and our upbringing in one way or another.

[shakalooloo]

I wonder how reactions to these Tom King posts would differ if the out of context author quotes weren't posted with each one.

[zylly]

The fight (especially the announcer commentary) parts are kind of meh, but the bits with Dinah and her mother are actually pretty good.