What's a tango pirate?
Like a stevedore. Only with a rose in his teeth.
Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.
'Sleeper'
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."
Beverly - Mar 24, 2006 6:25:06 am PST #238 of 28061
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
erikaj - Mar 24, 2006 6:53:51 am PST #239 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
it would be hard to resist that.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2006 7:33:43 am PST #240 of 28061
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And better footwork.
Strega - Mar 24, 2006 9:42:08 am PST #241 of 28061
Some of the tango pirates were really privateers for the dancing queen.
EpicTangent - Mar 24, 2006 1:35:16 pm PST #242 of 28061
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Some of the tango pirates were really privateers for the dancing queen.
BWAH!
meara - Mar 25, 2006 11:49:15 am PST #243 of 28061
OK, I know a lot of you like the Honor Harrington books. I've been feeling in a very space-opera mood lately, and picked up the first one at the used bookstore the other day, just cracked it open.
Someone please tell me it gets better. I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2006 11:56:47 am PST #244 of 28061
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Someone please tell me it gets better. I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Intelligent empathic tree cat...
The first book isn't too bad. I think the second is better.
Jessica - Mar 25, 2006 12:48:58 pm PST #245 of 28061
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Yeah, that's about as far as I got before I decided I'd be better off just rereading the Vorkosigan series.
Sheryl - Mar 25, 2006 4:49:05 pm PST #246 of 28061
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Oddly, the tree cat didn't bother me. It was the pages and pages of description of battle maneuvers that led me to decide I didn't have any interest in reading the rest of the series.
Ginger - Mar 25, 2006 5:12:28 pm PST #247 of 28061
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The tree cat was fairly minor, although annoying, and I'm okay with battle manuevers. I eventually gave up on the series because the Mary Sue-ness increased exponentially.