/lit/ - Literature

>The Tennis Styles:

>In “Fictional Futures,” Wallace wrote at length about the styles of fiction that had occupied the labors of his generation and the institutionalization via MFA programs of what made for “good” or “successful” fiction.

>John “No Relation” Wayne’s tennis abilities are reminiscent of the technically proficient writers who succeed in their own mechanical way, and his stark efficiency may even reflect Wallace’s objection to the cult of minimalism, or “Bad Carver” as he put it, in his generation’s writing.

>Mike Pemulis has a deadly and accurate lob, but has not developed his game beyond that one trick.

>Lamont Chu’s obsession with being a famous tennis player is preventing him from playing his best game.

>Troelstch is obsessed with giving commentary on other people’s matches.

>Schacht has resigned himself to not playing pro and wants to be a dentist.

>Substitute “writing” for “tennis game” and you have a list of common anxieties and behaviors in any American creative writing program.

>As for Hal, his tennis style is essentially no style. Being smart, seeing vulnerabilities and drawing his opponents into errors. Like Orin, he plays passively. Hal also worries that, after a rapid ascent, he has plateaued in his game. He must feel similar to, say, a young writer who published a celebrated novel he wrote as an undergraduate, and is stuck wondering if he will ever develop beyond his current level.

Holy shit /lit/, this just blew my mind.

Anyone know of any other mindblowing theories and analyses of their favorite fiction?

There /lit/ you finally have a board-tan, my drawing may be shit but hey.

The bandana is obvious
So are the glasses

The clothes are based of what zizek seems to wear (it's either that basic shirts)

tried to keep it relatively androgynous