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August 12th, 2012

redbrunja: (Default)
Sunday, August 12th, 2012 01:50 am
After The Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn was recced to me on tumblr with an 'if you liked Avengers, read this.' The novel is about the non-powered daughter of two beloved superheros and unfortunately, I can't pass on the recommendation I was given.



The thing this book does really, really well, is Celia's romance with a telepath that is on the same team as her parents. There is a slow build thought the first two-third of the book, where Mentis (the telepath) is, basically, the only person who doesn't judge her or find her lacking, and I'm like, 'you two need to hook up.' And then they do, and there is some great stuff about telepaths and consent where Celia is awash in Mentis' emotions and isn't sure what she's feeling and it's AWESOME. (Also, for bonus points, Mentis and Celia met when he was finished up college and she was still in high school.)

The thing this book does TERRIBLY is Celia's arc. For most of the book it seems like her arc is going to be about realizing that she can be awesome without powers (she's a forensic accountant, fyi) but at the end, she and Mentis have a baby (WHICH WAS WAY TO MUCH INFORMATION, FUCKING EPILOGUE) and she's crying and saying she hopes that her daughter has powers. WAY TO FUCKING BREAK YOUR AESOP, CARRIE VAUGHN.

The other thing is that Celia's father was such a dick to her that she basically had PTSD and could barely interact with him... but he ended up dying for her, so it was all okay.

Also, the writing was just bland.

And finally, I came across that meme on tumblr where you grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 45, and the first sentence describes you sex life for 2012. I got:



"Celia had to deal with trouble before she even reached the courtroom."

That sounds promising. ONLY NOT.
redbrunja: (parks & rec | the parks department)
Sunday, August 12th, 2012 02:38 am
gacked from [livejournal.com profile] abvj:

If you had to sign up for Yuletide tomorrow, which three fics would you ask for? OR, alternatively, if Yuletide isn't your thing: which three fics would you will into existence at this very moment. I want details. 

Code Name Verity:

I want Maddie and Jamie getting together after the war. Or, alternatively, making out on the evening she spent at his castle.



The Bourne Legacy:

Option A: the further adventures of Marta and Aaron. Option B: I realized that it's highly probably that Aaron does not have a ton of experience with ~teh ladies~ and I want a fic where Marta is like, 'these looks I'm giving you? Those are eye fucks. As in, take me now.' And Aaron is like, 'I am ALL for that.... but I could use some directions here. Like, very, very specific directions. Did I mention I'm good at following orders, sometimes?' And Marta's like, 'I can work with this. Oh, how I can work with this.' And there can be bonus digs at her ex.



A fic - any fic - based on this song:



Ugh, this list is so embarrassing. Please please please tell me what you're thinking about requesting for Yuletide to distract me from my terrible life choices.
redbrunja: (game of thrones | little bird)
Sunday, August 12th, 2012 08:48 pm
gacked from [livejournal.com profile] littledust (and about six other people):

Pick any passage of 500 words or less from any fanfic I’ve written and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you the equivalent of a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what’s going on in the character’s heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you’d expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

My fics can be found here.
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