There have been times when rereading has been all that stood between me and the abyss. I also believe in C.S. Lewis' theory that we power through some books to find out what happened, and on rereading can appreciate the nuances.
Wash: I mean, I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey. Mal: Listen... She swore to obey? Wash: Well, no, not...
'War Stories'
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."
Ginger - Feb 17, 2012 12:44:23 pm PST #17858 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jesse - Feb 17, 2012 1:02:16 pm PST #17859 of 28261
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't read with them.
Strix - Feb 17, 2012 1:13:28 pm PST #17860 of 28261
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
John Waters said it, ita !
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 1:16:04 pm PST #17861 of 28261
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't read with them
Or lend them one of yours. Who knows what could happen?
Imagine if they don't have a stereo, or a wall full of records or CDs!
Jesse - Feb 17, 2012 1:48:32 pm PST #17862 of 28261
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
THE HORROR.
Sue - Feb 17, 2012 2:10:59 pm PST #17863 of 28261
hip deep in pie
All my CDs are in the basement or hidden in drawers, I hope people don't think I don't like music. I do have a wall of books, though.
Toddson - Feb 17, 2012 2:11:03 pm PST #17864 of 28261
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
so ... my chances of sex with Jesse just disappeared? oh well ....
Jesse - Feb 17, 2012 2:23:56 pm PST #17865 of 28261
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(I don't actually care what kind of visible media someone has if I'm going to their house to have sex with them....)
meara - Feb 17, 2012 2:24:33 pm PST #17866 of 28261
Yeah, i can just see that "Ooh, baby, let's go to your place!" ...walk in... "Oh, sorry, I can't do this"
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2012 2:29:54 pm PST #17867 of 28261
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't think I've ever been dissuaded from having sex with someone by having a look around their home, but in at least a couple cases what I saw determined whether or not there would be a repeat performance.