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...I think Arcadia just spawned another part. Oh hell no? I'm thinking I may be able to work it in with Segment The Third. (For reference, Segment The First is everything from young!Elaine and Tuathal to the end of Ral Shonan's Rebellion, or Robert's exile, depending on how I'm feeling. Segment The Second, aka Arcadia Proper, is the war for independent Arcadia. Segment The Third is Robert's return to the Old World, and the resolution of any/all arc issues. Robert running around 1953-1995 is not a segment). Anyway! It has Lady Tegan and Lord Alistair in it, and possibly Jane Ruaidh? She came up because Robert's return basically leads to a culmination of a lot of the older subplots, and I could never come up with a satisfactory way to tie up hers. She gets used doubly (first by a man who has an affair with her, then breaks it off when it becomes inconvenient for him, and she takes the fall, and then by her in-laws, who want to use this as leverage against him). But, since aforesaid subplot is about people trying to regulate mortal magic, I don't know what role she would play, not being a sorceress. And I'm definitely not turning her into an antagonist. One of the things that made me deeply sad about the Douglass/Jane/Tuathal triangle is that everyone loses.
In other news, um, I like Hellblazer, and I got a whole bunch for cheap at a used bookstore. :D Although the early art is so damn ugly - I think it's the heavy, heavy lines combined with the washed-out, unblended colors - that I have trouble reading it. None the less! I love it deeply. I think it's the intersection of magic (tradition) and modernity, and the fact that he's not a mystic, not innately talented with anything except a smart mouth, and survival instinct, and grit.
To anybody else who reads it, did Epiphany show up any time before the recent storyarch with the love potions? I really really liked her.
Dad and I went to a campaign rally for the first time on Sunday. Well, I went for about twenty minutes. It was in a bar well over occupancy limit, which very was hot, and some time between the candidate's introduction and the end of his opening remarks I nearly passed out. I think? My vision clouded over until I could hardly see anything, and I was dizzy enough that I couldn't walk straight. (the only prior time I fainted I just stood up, blacked out, and woke up horizontal). I sat on the curb until the world straightened out, and while waiting for Dad got into a discussion with a counterprotester. She was very patronizing and made a lot of fallacious arguments. I'm disappointed that I didn't get to ask him his thoughts on the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - my reason for attending - on account of having to leave before questions were taken. As it was, I heard platitudes for the introducer, platitudes for the candidate, and a bit of the candidate saying stuff like "I will improve schools!" (a non-statement as far as I'm concerned. No candidate will say they are AGAINST improving schools - it just depends how they say they will), which didn't really make any difference... I was going to vote for the dude before I went, and I still am, I suppose. Remember, Massachusetts voters, state Senate primary is on the 8th!
In other news, um, I like Hellblazer, and I got a whole bunch for cheap at a used bookstore. :D Although the early art is so damn ugly - I think it's the heavy, heavy lines combined with the washed-out, unblended colors - that I have trouble reading it. None the less! I love it deeply. I think it's the intersection of magic (tradition) and modernity, and the fact that he's not a mystic, not innately talented with anything except a smart mouth, and survival instinct, and grit.
To anybody else who reads it, did Epiphany show up any time before the recent storyarch with the love potions? I really really liked her.
Dad and I went to a campaign rally for the first time on Sunday. Well, I went for about twenty minutes. It was in a bar well over occupancy limit, which very was hot, and some time between the candidate's introduction and the end of his opening remarks I nearly passed out. I think? My vision clouded over until I could hardly see anything, and I was dizzy enough that I couldn't walk straight. (the only prior time I fainted I just stood up, blacked out, and woke up horizontal). I sat on the curb until the world straightened out, and while waiting for Dad got into a discussion with a counterprotester. She was very patronizing and made a lot of fallacious arguments. I'm disappointed that I didn't get to ask him his thoughts on the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - my reason for attending - on account of having to leave before questions were taken. As it was, I heard platitudes for the introducer, platitudes for the candidate, and a bit of the candidate saying stuff like "I will improve schools!" (a non-statement as far as I'm concerned. No candidate will say they are AGAINST improving schools - it just depends how they say they will), which didn't really make any difference... I was going to vote for the dude before I went, and I still am, I suppose. Remember, Massachusetts voters, state Senate primary is on the 8th!