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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.
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.
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Okay, fannish5 time:
Name five fannish opinions of yours that have changed since you entered fandom.
1.) Super-fanon pairings (as in, characters never interact in canon) are becoming less and less interesting to me. The pairings that I'm really invested in/write a lot of fic for (regardless of whether I think they'll get together in the text or even want them to) are all ones that have a textual relationship, even if it's not explicitly romantic or totally reciprocated (e.g. Zuko/Katara, Jeff/Annie, Damon/Elena). Back when I was a wee, innocent newbie, I was reading a ton of Hermione/Draco and Draco/Ginny as well as Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny, and I've read just about every Buffy pairing possible at least once (including Tara/Spike, Spike/Xander, and Willow/Giles).
2.) I no longer feel that if I find a fic for a show and character(s) that I like, I have to read it. I just don't have the time! Now I basically only read fic for the fandons I'm obsessed with right this very moment or if I know the writer is awesome. And I can't even remember the last time I read a long fanfic.
3.) I used to be really nervous about writing sex scenes. And now I host kink memes. Wow. Just thinking about it kind of boggles my mind.
4.) Well-crafted, beautiful icons of characters I'm not in love with > less awesomely done icons of characters I like more.
5.) I upload less icons of secondary characters than I used to.
So, flist, what has changed for you since you discovered fandom?
Five questions you would like to ask authors or creators of source material in your fandom(s).
Assuming that they would answer honestly...
1.) TVD shooting has been plagued by injury, illness, and foul weather this season. I'd love to talk with the writers about how that changed when they had hiatuses and if/how it shaped storylines.
2.) The TVD writers and I also need to talk about Matt because how they think they're writing him ≠ how I see the character at all.
3.) I'd ask Suzanne Brockmann, writer of the Troubleshooters series (which has a reoccurring cast of characters and several romances that play out over multiple books), if she originally planned to write a Sophia/Decker romance and switched it to Sophia/Dave because even knowing the endgame, early books point in a direction that later books do not bear out. Which is not to say I don't love Sophia/Dave, because I totally do.
4.) I'd talk to TSCC writers about how they intended to resolve Cameron's... corporeal issues.
5.) Dear Carrie Vaughn (author of the Kitty & The Midnight Hour series), ARE YOU DELIBERATELY SETTING UP A RELATIONSHIP EVERYONE WITH TASTE IS GOING TO SHIP JUST TO REFUSE TO WRITE IT? No love, me.
Name five fannish opinions of yours that have changed since you entered fandom.
1.) Super-fanon pairings (as in, characters never interact in canon) are becoming less and less interesting to me. The pairings that I'm really invested in/write a lot of fic for (regardless of whether I think they'll get together in the text or even want them to) are all ones that have a textual relationship, even if it's not explicitly romantic or totally reciprocated (e.g. Zuko/Katara, Jeff/Annie, Damon/Elena). Back when I was a wee, innocent newbie, I was reading a ton of Hermione/Draco and Draco/Ginny as well as Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny, and I've read just about every Buffy pairing possible at least once (including Tara/Spike, Spike/Xander, and Willow/Giles).
2.) I no longer feel that if I find a fic for a show and character(s) that I like, I have to read it. I just don't have the time! Now I basically only read fic for the fandons I'm obsessed with right this very moment or if I know the writer is awesome. And I can't even remember the last time I read a long fanfic.
3.) I used to be really nervous about writing sex scenes. And now I host kink memes. Wow. Just thinking about it kind of boggles my mind.
4.) Well-crafted, beautiful icons of characters I'm not in love with > less awesomely done icons of characters I like more.
5.) I upload less icons of secondary characters than I used to.
So, flist, what has changed for you since you discovered fandom?
Five questions you would like to ask authors or creators of source material in your fandom(s).
Assuming that they would answer honestly...
1.) TVD shooting has been plagued by injury, illness, and foul weather this season. I'd love to talk with the writers about how that changed when they had hiatuses and if/how it shaped storylines.
2.) The TVD writers and I also need to talk about Matt because how they think they're writing him ≠ how I see the character at all.
3.) I'd ask Suzanne Brockmann, writer of the Troubleshooters series (which has a reoccurring cast of characters and several romances that play out over multiple books), if she originally planned to write a Sophia/Decker romance and switched it to Sophia/Dave because even knowing the endgame, early books point in a direction that later books do not bear out. Which is not to say I don't love Sophia/Dave, because I totally do.
4.) I'd talk to TSCC writers about how they intended to resolve Cameron's... corporeal issues.
5.) Dear Carrie Vaughn (author of the Kitty & The Midnight Hour series), ARE YOU DELIBERATELY SETTING UP A RELATIONSHIP EVERYONE WITH TASTE IS GOING TO SHIP JUST TO REFUSE TO WRITE IT? No love, me.
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I finished the third Percy Jackson novel, The Titan's Curse, and really enjoyed it, despite ( Read more... )
In other news, I've started watching Castle again (I'm up to episode 2x15). I really adore it when Beckett fangirls about things - it's such a nice character note, and really makes her stand out from other well-tailored, by-the-book law enforcement ladies. Also, Alexis fails at Bondage Safety 101. Someone should give that girl a few lessons.
And now that our daily moment of inappropriateness is over, on to the 30-Day Shipper Meme:
Day 01 - What is your current favourite ship
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Let's be honest: there are a lot. If I define this as pairings that I a.) shipped from the first episode/book and b.) never shipped either character seriously with anyone else you have:
Sydney/Vaugh, Jack/Irina
Brennan/Booth
Kitty/Cormac
Max/Logan
Kahlan/Richard
Parker/Hardison
Elizabeth/Will
Sabriel/Touchstone
Soul/Maka
Harry Dresden/Karrin Murphy
Eric/Jaye
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
I puzzled greatly over what pairing to put here but talking about books made me realize the only answer I could give, the only pairing where it almost physically hurts that they're not together:
Cormac/Kitty from Carrie Vaugh's Kitty & The Midnight Hour book series. (AKA one of my favorite ongoing urban fantasy series.) I'm trying to imagine how to put this into fandom terms everyone can understand.
Okay, think about Dean Winchester: hot, good with guns, hunter of thing that go bump in the night. Now imagine that Winry Rockbell is a twenty-something music geek werewolf with her own radio show.
That is Cormac and Kitty. Now imagine that their meet cute is when ( it gets super-spoilery from here on in )
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?
In other news, I've started watching Castle again (I'm up to episode 2x15). I really adore it when Beckett fangirls about things - it's such a nice character note, and really makes her stand out from other well-tailored, by-the-book law enforcement ladies. Also, Alexis fails at Bondage Safety 101. Someone should give that girl a few lessons.
And now that our daily moment of inappropriateness is over, on to the 30-Day Shipper Meme:
Day 01 - What is your current favourite ship
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Let's be honest: there are a lot. If I define this as pairings that I a.) shipped from the first episode/book and b.) never shipped either character seriously with anyone else you have:
Sydney/Vaugh, Jack/Irina
Brennan/Booth
Kitty/Cormac
Max/Logan
Kahlan/Richard
Parker/Hardison
Elizabeth/Will
Sabriel/Touchstone
Soul/Maka
Harry Dresden/Karrin Murphy
Eric/Jaye
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
I puzzled greatly over what pairing to put here but talking about books made me realize the only answer I could give, the only pairing where it almost physically hurts that they're not together:
Cormac/Kitty from Carrie Vaugh's Kitty & The Midnight Hour book series. (AKA one of my favorite ongoing urban fantasy series.) I'm trying to imagine how to put this into fandom terms everyone can understand.
Okay, think about Dean Winchester: hot, good with guns, hunter of thing that go bump in the night. Now imagine that Winry Rockbell is a twenty-something music geek werewolf with her own radio show.
That is Cormac and Kitty. Now imagine that their meet cute is when ( it gets super-spoilery from here on in )
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?
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I reorganized my bookmooch account (canceled one, opened another, put some books up for mooch that I likely won't be rereading), did more research for SakuraCon hotels, bought text books and now am organizing my checkbook.
Thus, meme.
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series'.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
1.) The Dark Council reconvened. The Heir To The Shadows, Anne Bishop. Guessed by ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ivy_chan .
2.) She stretched her arms wide, hands open, holding the pose for an instant before bursting into furious motion. Steal The Dragon, Patricia Briggs. Guessed by ivy_chan .
3.) It was nine o'clock at night and Tremaine was trying to find a way to kill herself that would bring in a verdict of natural causes in court when someone banged on the door. The Wizard Hunters, Martha Wells. Guessed by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chomiji .
4.) Matilda Goodnight stepped back from her latest mural and realized that of all the crimes she’d committed in her thirty-four years, painting the floor-to-ceiling reproduction of van Gogh’s sunflowers on Clarissa Donnelly’s dining room wall was the one that was going to send her to hell. Faking It, Jennifer Crusie. Guessed by[Bad username or unknown identity: tsukara] .
5.) I taped the commercial back in April, before anything had happened, and promptly forgot about it. Just Listen, Sarah Dessen
6.) On a March afternoon a knight and a man-at-arms reached the gates of the Marenite city of Berat. Lioness Rampant, Tamora Pierce. Guessed by tobu_ishi and syl_luvs_silver .
7.) Flames shot high, turning the night lurid with carnival light.
8.) Mark Jenkins was having a meltdown. Into The Storm, Suzanne Brockman. guessed by a_lifestyle
9.) I tossed my backpack in a corner of the studio and high-fived Rodney on his way out. Kitty & The Midnight Hour, Carrie Vaughn. Guessed by ivy_chan .
10.) They say the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that, in the morning, it will be in a body that is going to be hanged. Going Postal, Terry Prachett. Guessed by ivy_chan and tsukara .
Some of these - most of these - I will be quite impressed if people guess correctly.
[ETA: sorry about the lack of cut. It vanished when I edited this post, and I'm afraid to fuck with the formatting more.]
Thus, meme.
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series'.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
ivy_chan .ivy_chan .chomiji .tobu_ishi and syl_luvs_silver .7.) Flames shot high, turning the night lurid with carnival light.
indira14 .a_lifestyle ivy_chan .ivy_chan and tsukara .Some of these - most of these - I will be quite impressed if people guess correctly.
[ETA: sorry about the lack of cut. It vanished when I edited this post, and I'm afraid to fuck with the formatting more.]
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Okay, so, remember Avatar? I'm going to talk about that.
( Mai, Bitchy Girls, Maiko, Dangerous Ladies & Fandom )
( Mai, Bitchy Girls, Maiko, Dangerous Ladies & Fandom )
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gacked from despairinbeauty :
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And thus the endless cycle of the meme goes on and on and on and on ...
( She Asked Me... )
despairinbeauty :1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And thus the endless cycle of the meme goes on and on and on and on ...
( She Asked Me... )
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So, my attempt to read more books, in the hope that it would be less aggravating failed.
( Spoilers For 'Kitty & The Silver Bullet' )
But other than that, the book was fantastic, and the Kitty Norville series is my favorite werewolf series, and in the top five urban fantasy series. (serieses? seri? The plural form of 'series'.)
( Spoilers For 'Kitty & The Silver Bullet' )
But other than that, the book was fantastic, and the Kitty Norville series is my favorite werewolf series, and in the top five urban fantasy series. (serieses? seri? The plural form of 'series'.)
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