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WackyMeetsPractical wrote:It is very odd that Gulliver can't see his own story. He already knows what happens in them, in fact, he's the one that wrote them. And it's not like any of his other letters turn blank on him. At least he hasn't mentioned noticing his handwriting vanishing before his eyes when writing any of his other letters. So why is his story blank to him? It makes no sense. What would happen if he tried to rewrite his adventures?

NeverSlender wrote:

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:It is very odd that Gulliver can't see his own story. He already knows what happens in them, in fact, he's the one that wrote them. And it's not like any of his other letters turn blank on him. At least he hasn't mentioned noticing his handwriting vanishing before his eyes when writing any of his other letters. So why is his story blank to him? It makes no sense. What would happen if he tried to rewrite his adventures?

Maybe it's because it's not a story for them, it really happened. Maybe if the books were written as historical accounts, they would be able to read them.

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

NeverSlender wrote:

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:It is very odd that Gulliver can't see his own story. He already knows what happens in them, in fact, he's the one that wrote them. And it's not like any of his other letters turn blank on him. At least he hasn't mentioned noticing his handwriting vanishing before his eyes when writing any of his other letters. So why is his story blank to him? It makes no sense. What would happen if he tried to rewrite his adventures?

Maybe it's because it's not a story for them, it really happened. Maybe if the books were written as historical accounts, they would be able to read them.

That's the thing. They are. Gulliver's stories are first hand accounts of events that happened to him, written by him with very little editing by others. As far as Gulliver is concerned, they're factual accounts with very little embellishment or inaccuracies. They should be no different than the letters he's been writing for the last few weeks. Yet somehow, they are.

NeverSlender wrote:

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

NeverSlender wrote:Maybe it's because it's not a story for them, it really happened. Maybe if the books were written as historical accounts, they would be able to read them.

That's the thing. They are. Gulliver's stories are first hand accounts of events that happened to him, written by him with very little editing by others. As far as Gulliver is concerned, they're factual accounts with very little embellishment or inaccuracies. They should be no different than the letters he's been writing for the last few weeks. Yet somehow, they are.

Yes but they are still portrayed as works of fiction. If you ask the authors they will say they were writing a story, not writing about something that really happened.

NeverSlender wrote:Yes I said that. To them, they're stories are history, not fiction. But to everyone else, they are fiction.

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

NeverSlender wrote:Yes I said that. To them, they're stories are history, not fiction. But to everyone else, they are fiction.

I don't understand why that should make a difference. The characters can read fiction. Quixote has read Sherlock Holmes, for instance. So I don't see how that's relevant.

NeverSlender wrote:

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

NeverSlender wrote:Yes I said that. To them, they're stories are history, not fiction. But to everyone else, they are fiction.

I don't understand why that should make a difference. The characters can read fiction. Quixote has read Sherlock Holmes, for instance. So I don't see how that's relevant.

They can read other stories because it's not their story. It's not their history.

NeverSlender wrote:My story has stayed the same.

Gulliver can probably read the letters, because they're about things that have happened in our reality. Therefore they are They are real events to both Gulliver and us, whereas Gulliver's Travels is a story to us but history for Gulliver.

Zup wrote:New blog entry up.

Seems like more stuff about Gulliver traveling around Japan. Funny that he couldn't spell shinkansen. In any case, nothing really important to discuss except that John's not likely to fly anywhere.

Lemuel Gulliver wrote:I would like to start by addressing more of the comments my readers have been giving me. First of all, I would like to reiterate that I blame none other than myself for my technological ineptitude. I still find it hard to believe that my works have made it to this land without my knowing, but a reader has left a description of a place much like one that I have visited. I will have to try again to verify that at a later time, with John's permission.

With regard to planes, I was surprised to find that John knows about them, but for some reason he is not very enthusiastic about the idea of flight.

Try as I might, I just can't disregard the sudden change Japan has gone through since my previous visit. John suggested that perhaps I was in a different part of the country after all, and no matter how certain I was to the contrary, part of me wanted to agree with my good friend. Today we decided to travel farther out than ever before by means of the fast train which the locals call the [crossed out words] bullet train.

As we traveled out of Tokyo, I watched the towers speed by in a blur, and they were soon replaced by stunning fields and beautiful mountains.

Sicon112 wrote:Add to transcription section.

Not Your Sayu-chan wrote:you people actually made sense of that idiot's chicken scratch. dedication much?

Not Your Sayu-chan wrote:you people actually made sense of that idiot's chicken scratch.

Not Your Sayu-chan wrote:dedication much?

Zup wrote:It appears that Gulliver has made his way to Nara, Japan. I've been there, the deer are nosy! They started eating my cousin's sweatshirt.

But anyhoo, we can add it to the map I guess. Maybe it's a new echo spot?