I Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher

[redbrunja]

 I watched the finale of True Blood, if anyone is interested in chatting about that.

I also finished The Lightning Thief today, which I greatly enjoyed. I reminded me a lot of early Harry Potter (in a good way) and I enjoyed it enough to put a hold on the next volume. (I hope it gets darker as Percy gets older, like HP did.) I loved all the mythology, Percy was a great pov character (and I liked how his dyslexia was described), Annabeth was awesome, Grover was annoying, they treated Percy's mother like a character in her own right, and not just as The Mom. My one major complaint was that I could really tell it was written for 12-year-olds. (Grover, in particular, was a character would only exist and would only behave as he did in a children's book. By that I mean I found it ridiculously that he would have been given the task he was.) Also, I totally want Annabeth to get Cybernus as a pet at some point. That would be awesome.

Comments

[shiegra.livejournal.com]

Sookie is such a dumbass for just sitting there through that creepiness as if it's completely normal to be a serial killer as long as it's in the name of "love".

Well frankly, I felt pretty sympathetic to her in that scene. Considering how much violence and trauma she's suffered before anyone but her sucky boyfriend knew she was the tastiest Big Mac ever and with pretty much no defenses she can reliably use, she'd have to spend the very short rest of her life in terror. Or move far away and get a new identity, which she doesn't have the resources for.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

True. Although I, personally, wouldn't want to institute a 'check with me before killing anyone for my sake' policy.

[shiegra.livejournal.com]

I suspect the show expects us to regard whatever Bill does as sacrosanct and instantly forgiveable in the name of 'for your own good.' The audience isn't supposed to disagree, Sookie isn't allowed to disagree.