One more thing to say on the subject of last week's Angle. The whole 'I missed all the vitals' thing when Wes stabbed Gunn. From the shot, it was very much right into organ central, so way to thread that needle Wesley.
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
MechaKrelboyne - Mar 11, 2004 4:46:03 pm PST #5648 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 4:53:10 pm PST #5649 of 6793
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He just got the redshirt organs.
MechaKrelboyne - Mar 11, 2004 5:02:42 pm PST #5650 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Heh. It is, a cool little tip of the hat to how calculating guy is when his blood's up, despite the fact that he has to have at least nudged a bunch of vitals out of the way.
Apropos of nothing, Ita, have you ever read any Mathew Woodring Stover books? Part curiosity, part looking for folks to shill one of my new favorite writers at. I probably won't see a reply until AM, as I'm off to work, by the way. Which is funny, in an ask a question and flee blindly into the night kind of way. Which is my kind of funny.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 5:05:58 pm PST #5651 of 6793
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't trip over anything jagged on your blind night fleeing.
I have never read anything by him, but I'm in the market for new authors -- what's his genre?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 11, 2004 6:12:40 pm PST #5652 of 6793
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One more thing to say on the subject of last week's Angle. The whole 'I missed all the vitals' thing when Wes stabbed Gunn. From the shot, it was very much right into organ central, so way to thread that needle Wesley.
Probably just reproduced the trajectory of the bullet he took for Gunn.
eta Just noticed the typo in the quote. Heh.
JohnSweden - Mar 11, 2004 6:24:33 pm PST #5653 of 6793
I can't even.
ita, Stover is fantasy, I think. Blade of Tyshale and Heroes Die are two books that have been recommended to me, but that I haven't gotten around to acquiring.
MechaKrelboyne - Mar 12, 2004 3:54:20 am PST #5654 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
eta Just noticed the typo in the quote. Heh.
Right. Drawing attention to my typos was never part of the deal. Listen real close, and you can hear my fist shaking at the heavens.
So, Stover. Yes. SF/Fantasy. His style is a bit on the hard boiled side, not one for the elegant turn of phrase. Heroes Die is the one to check out if you're going to. The characters are Fireflyesque in their complexity and layers, the plot is pretty original, at least to my eyes, and this guy writes the most intense fight scenes ever put to page.
See, the protagonist steps into a world of swordsmen and magicians, and a great many crossbows, and basically bareknuckles his way through anything that gets in his way. Plus, there are some interesting themes that run through the story too, so there's something for everyone. More importantly, there's a whole lot of things for people like me.
ETA, there's also a neat little bit about scars, which was what set me mind down this path to begin with.
§ ita § - Mar 12, 2004 11:41:43 am PST #5655 of 6793
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I will put him on my to-read list, Mecha, ta.
Elena - Mar 12, 2004 5:07:48 pm PST #5656 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Guys, listen, the whole posting about deathmatches in Press thing has come up again and, frankly, it makes me sick to go through it again.
Would you have a problem if I posted the start of deathmatches in here?
MechaKrelboyne - Mar 13, 2004 4:10:02 am PST #5657 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Yes, it would. And by that, I mean no, it wouldn't.