Betsy, have I told you yet how much I love your tag right now? So damned appropriate.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Pix - Jun 06, 2004 5:04:54 pm PDT #3126 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2004 5:07:27 pm PDT #3127 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A-ha, Betsy. I wonder if he knows. Or knew then.
sj - Jun 06, 2004 5:16:19 pm PDT #3128 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I went to the bookstore tonight and managed to leave with only one book, which must be a small miracle for me, but I had a coupon for only one book. I bought a new book by Helen Fielding, Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination. I haven't read it yet, but I thought I would mention it in case there are any fans out there.
Jen - Jun 06, 2004 9:03:53 pm PDT #3129 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
A very, very long time (probably close to two years) ago I sent my copy of Reading the Vampire Slayer out on a merry trip of the US so various Buffistas could read it. Can someone tell me where it is now? It was a fairly short list of people so I'm guessing it's vaguely near the end, and if it's sent back to the address I was using at the time, I'll never see it again.
deborah grabien - Jun 06, 2004 9:08:46 pm PDT #3130 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Jen, synchronicity. I just got off the phone with Roz Kaveney, about two minutes ago. She's got the new edition coming out shortly, I believe.
Vortex - Jun 07, 2004 3:53:50 am PDT #3131 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If she can't write the character honestly anymore, maybe she should kill him off or have him move to Mars.
who says she's not writing the character honestly? people change. relationships change. personally, i think that richard's got his head in his ass, and I hope that he'll get tired of the bullshit and come on out, but, just like in real life, he may not.
Betsy HP - Jun 07, 2004 5:55:24 am PDT #3132 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yeah, I love it too, Kristin. Bitterbitterbitterbitter.
That's the point, Vortex. Richard is unambiguously stupid and incompetent. Most people are a bit more complex than that.
Vortex - Jun 07, 2004 6:01:46 am PDT #3133 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
. Richard is unambiguously stupid and incompetent. Most people are a bit more complex than that.
Ha! You should come to my office for a while :)
Jen - Jun 07, 2004 7:35:04 am PDT #3134 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Jen, synchronicity.
Ooo, I love it when stuff like that happens.
I bought a copy of What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide yesterday. I've got some quibbles with the writing style so far (too many adverbs set my teeth on edge--it's not necessary to begin every declarative sentence with "clearly" or "interestingly") but the author knows her stuff and there's some really great analysis. I recommend.
Atropa - Jun 07, 2004 8:25:17 am PDT #3135 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So I gave I, Vampire another try this weekend. Nope, it's just not doing it for me. Off it goes to the giant pile of vampire books to be sold back to Half Price Books.