Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.

'Ariel'


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."


DebetEsse - Mar 30, 2006 3:00:30 pm PST #291 of 28061
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I hope she does, too

But I think you may be a bit overly hopeful.


Aims - Mar 31, 2006 6:59:45 am PST #292 of 28061
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Aimee has just noticed the continuity problems in HP. Has she pondered the problems with the Sirius reference in Book 1? Let's watch and find out.

I missed this - what is it?


Consuela - Mar 31, 2006 12:07:44 pm PST #293 of 28061
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Have we talked about His Majesty's Dragon here yet? Cause dude, that was fun.

Wheee! And two more (plus!) coming!

Yay dragons!


DebetEsse - Mar 31, 2006 12:12:02 pm PST #294 of 28061
Woe to the fucking wicked.

When Hagrid shows up, in Chapter 1:

"Hagrid," said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. "At lasst. and where did you get that motorbike?"
"Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir," said the giant, climbing carfully off the motorbike as he spoke."Young Sirius Black lent it to me. I've got him, sir."
"No problems, were there?"

And that's it. Dumbledore 'knows' that Sirius betrayed James and Lily, and, yet, that's a completely neutral reaction to the reference. The whole timeline of the 24 hours immediately preceding that scene are weird, so it's just another data point of oddness.


Jessica - Mar 31, 2006 12:15:47 pm PST #295 of 28061
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I've always heard the fannish interpretation of that line to mean that Dumbledore was already aware of Sirius' innocence at that point.


sumi - Mar 31, 2006 12:17:19 pm PST #296 of 28061
Art Crawl!!!

That he just allowed him to be incarcerated etc for his own purposes, I guess.


Jessica - Mar 31, 2006 12:20:58 pm PST #297 of 28061
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Or that since he couldn't prove it, so he couldn't prevent it, yeah.


Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2006 9:32:25 pm PST #298 of 28061
brillig

That he just allowed him to be incarcerated etc for his own purposes, I guess.

Dumbledore has a tendency to keep his own council. Plus there's the whole proof thing.

I don't put it past the old man to have his own reasons for things.


Typo Boy - Apr 01, 2006 10:22:06 am PST #299 of 28061
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Quick question: Need some good anti-racist poetry. Can you either post links to or post/email quotes from good anti-racist poems and lyrics?


DavidS - Apr 01, 2006 11:06:51 am PST #300 of 28061
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

We can start with "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by the Dead Kennedys.

"Nazi Punks Fuck Off"

Punk ain't no religious cult Punk means thinking for yourself You ain't hardcore cos you spike your hair When a jock still lives inside your head

Nazi punks Nazi punks Nazi punks-Fuck Off!

Nazi punks Nazi punks Nazi punks-Fuck Off!

If you've come to fight, get outa here You ain't no better than the bouncers We ain't trying to be police When you ape the cops it ain't anarchy

[Repeat chorus]

Ten guys jump one, what a man You fight each other, the police state wins Stab your backs when you trash our halls Trash a bank if you've got real balls

You still think swastikas look cool The real nazis run your schools They're coaches, businessmen and cops In a real fourth reich you'll be the first to go

[Repeat chorus]

You'll be the first to go You'll be the first to go You'll be the first to go Unless you think