I finished the second Dungeon Crawler Carl book today and it was so so so much better than the first one.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
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."
sj - Jun 17, 2026 8:39:33 pm PDT #28690 of 28706
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Atropa - Jun 22, 2026 11:22:17 am PDT #28691 of 28706
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No spoilers for the show, but let me tell you: the cognitive dissonance and discourse in the Interview with the Vampire/The Vampire Lestat fandom from the fans who've only seen the show, not read the books, is WILD. Not just around some of the larger plot points, but that everyone is an unreliable narrator.
I'm not getting involved in the discourse because I don't need the pointless frustration, but I'm still reading some of it and boggling.
-t - Jun 22, 2026 12:49:44 pm PDT #28692 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What do you mean, one group doesn't recognize the unreliable narrator thing, or is only slowly picking it up? Something like that?
I haven't watched any of Season 2 yet so I have been staying out of online discussions (actually did re-read TVL pretty recently but can I remember what happened in that particular book? No. But not worried about plot spoilers, just looking forward to reacting to the show's choices myself when I get around to watching) but I am curious about what people are saying in general
Atropa - Jun 22, 2026 1:18:16 pm PDT #28693 of 28706
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's more of a case of "How dare the writers make my favorite character an unreliable narrator, it's the other characters that are, HOW DARE."
And I've seen this sort of thing said about every one of the main four characters.
Atropa - Jun 22, 2026 1:21:56 pm PDT #28694 of 28706
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I've also seen book fans loudly flounce from the show fandom because the show is "disrespectful to Anne Rice's works" and "They just wanted to make a version of True Blood with Anne Rice's name slapped on". (Mostly because those fans are offended that vampires have sex.)
Which, if you've ever read any interviews with Anne Rice, it's pretty apparent she'd love the show.
Jessica - Jun 22, 2026 2:17:06 pm PDT #28695 of 28706
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am also seeing a fair amount of "why isn't there more fanfic of the books???" discourse which just demonstrates how very New To Fandom these folks are.
Atropa - Jun 22, 2026 2:24:46 pm PDT #28696 of 28706
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am also seeing a fair amount of "why isn't there more fanfic of the books???" discourse which just demonstrates how very New To Fandom these folks are.
They're interrogating (all) the text(s) from the wrong perspective.
-t - Jun 22, 2026 2:25:28 pm PDT #28697 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ah, got it. I have actually seen, like, reactions and responses to all of that, or similar enough that I am not surprised to learn that there is a lot of it
-t - Jun 22, 2026 2:25:54 pm PDT #28698 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ha! Classic. She said with no irony whatsoever.
erikaj - Jun 22, 2026 5:05:47 pm PDT #28699 of 28706
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Without knowing very much about that(and mixing media) kind of reminds me of reading netfix reviews like "Mean Streets is okay, but it's no Sopranos!1" But there couldn't be a Sopranos without Mean Streets--it's at least borderline unpossible.