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 ====== Overly Literal Anon ====== ====== Overly Literal Anon ======
  
-{{http://i.imgur.com/lNlP1YO.jpg|Drax, from Guardians of the Galaxy, patron saint of OLAs}}Nonnies have a reputation of being very, very earnest... and, often, very, very, literal. Depending on the nonny, the day, and the topic, this may be due to neurology, language differences, naïveté, trolling, or just being dumb.+{{ http://i.imgur.com/lNlP1YO.jpg|300|Drax, from Guardians of the Galaxy, patron saint of OLAs}}Nonnies have a reputation of being very, very earnest... and, often, very, very, literal. Depending on the nonny, the day, and the topic, this may be due to neurology, language differences, naïveté, trolling, or just being dumb.
  
 One of the most amazing examples of Overly Literal Anons at work was The Great Metaphor Wank of September 2014. It began with [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/94478.html?thread=462250254#cmt462250|this comment]] in which a nonny praised C.S. Pacat’s //Captive Prince// for its //“spare but striking use of metaphor,”// providing this example: “Laurent spoke Akielon as a fastidious man might pick up a soiled handkerchief, between thumb and forefinger.” This led to a 133-comment flamewar about clarity, punctuation, syntax, “convoluted” metaphors, “purple prose,” and nonnies’ putative reading levels (//“[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/94478.html?thread=462275854#cmt462275854|Frankly]], if people are confused by that little amount of analogy, they are not equipped for reading, period”//). One of the most amazing examples of Overly Literal Anons at work was The Great Metaphor Wank of September 2014. It began with [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/94478.html?thread=462250254#cmt462250|this comment]] in which a nonny praised C.S. Pacat’s //Captive Prince// for its //“spare but striking use of metaphor,”// providing this example: “Laurent spoke Akielon as a fastidious man might pick up a soiled handkerchief, between thumb and forefinger.” This led to a 133-comment flamewar about clarity, punctuation, syntax, “convoluted” metaphors, “purple prose,” and nonnies’ putative reading levels (//“[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/94478.html?thread=462275854#cmt462275854|Frankly]], if people are confused by that little amount of analogy, they are not equipped for reading, period”//).
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