So I'm working through Skulduggery Pleasant, and it may just be that I'm too old to really sympathize with a 12-year-old, but Stephanie's casual dismissal of a "normal" life is irking me. I know the whole point of adolescence is a fair amount of self-absorption and boredom and frustration with the status quo, but I'm afraid I'm looking forward to her learning that normal isn't so bad.
I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.
Angel ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2011 6:23:51 am PDT #16603 of 28288
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Steph L. - Oct 11, 2011 6:42:09 am PDT #16604 of 28288
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Stephanie's casual dismissal of a "normal" life is irking me. I know the whole point of adolescence is a fair amount of self-absorption and boredom and frustration with the status quo, but I'm afraid I'm looking forward to her learning that normal isn't so bad.
I'm okay with it, but I was always the kid who really believed that if I could just find the right damn closet, I could find Narnia. (I still do, if you want to know the truth.) So I'm right on board with Harry Potter finding out that all this muggle shit is not his destiny, and with Stephanie Edgley finding out that there really is more out there than she thought.
Strix - Oct 11, 2011 6:54:01 am PDT #16605 of 28288
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And if you see magic as a metaphor for art or writing or being your own person, or making sweaters out of dog fur, I think the message is pretty cool for teens. You don't always have to conform -- you CAN love things other people think you're crazy for loving.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2011 10:14:50 am PDT #16606 of 28288
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continuing Skulduggery . . .
And Stephanie finds her name and realizes she needs to pick up some more information before she can really be effective at this. Ah, self-awareness is sweet. There may be something to this young lady after all.
Atropa - Oct 11, 2011 2:23:13 pm PDT #16607 of 28288
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I get to go see Sir Terry Pratchett speak tonight! On the one hand, I'm excited, 'cos Sir Terry! On the other hand, this is going to be bittersweet, because this is probably the last book tour he'll be doing. I'm wearing cry-proof eyeliner, just to be safe.
DebetEsse - Oct 11, 2011 2:26:44 pm PDT #16608 of 28288
Woe to the fucking wicked.
t is jealous cry-proof seems a wise choice.
Liese S. - Oct 11, 2011 2:32:42 pm PDT #16609 of 28288
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, Sir Terry! I send you with my vicarious appreciation of many years of enjoying and being challenged by his material.
Atropa - Oct 11, 2011 2:34:18 pm PDT #16610 of 28288
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
When tickets went on sale, Pete asked me, very seriously, if I thought I should go, considering how my year has been and my newly-tender issues about mortality. I completely understand why he had to ask, but this is probably my last chance to see Sir Terry again. So yeah. I'm going.
(Must take extra handkerchiefs.)
Consuela - Oct 11, 2011 2:59:05 pm PDT #16611 of 28288
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, have fun, Jilli! I saw him talk in Berkeley some years ago and it was great.
-t - Oct 11, 2011 3:01:21 pm PDT #16612 of 28288
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I'm glad you're going, Jilli. I'm reading Snuff right now (AIFG, of course) and it's making me all sentimental about him in general and how ridiculously kind he was to meet a bunch of internet fans for dinner a million years ago specifically. Somehow, knowing you will see him is almost as good as seeing him myself.