Reading roundup: WicDiv, Fangirl, more Whyborne and Griffin/SPECTR
19. Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, The Wicked + The Divine, volume 1 -- this was a book L borrowed from Awesome Friend Allie (or, more likely to say, that Awesome Friend Allie pressed on her in an effort to get L into comics), and L read it and confessed to me she enjoyed it (with a great dose of chagrin, 'cos she knew there would
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But most important question first, lest I forget all about it, commenting on specific points - how long do you plan on putting off reading Carry On? :D :D :D
Haha, well, I enjoyed this as a respite from the paranormal Victorian romance that I appear to be otherwise mainlining, so maybe after Watchmaker and the next Whyborne & Griffin I'll do Carry On as a palate cleanser again... I'm honestly not sure how well it will work for me -- I couldn't shake the Drarry flashbacks in the snippets after all -- but I plan to give it a try.
Alas, I could find no trace of +Reagan OT3, just lots of questionable Cath/Levi shmoop, but there is this one Cath/Reagan story that was actually pretty good, except I'm annoyed that the author broke up Cath and Levi (it was a gift, so I assume that part was written to the recipient's tastes, but still).
Whoa.. I had completely missed this sentence, it’s a very good one, and drives the point, too.
Yes, that one struck me! I also marked downt he passage where Cath is talking to Reagan on the phone and Reagan is complaining about her mother being crazy and 'pathological', but this one was more succinct and punchy.
Laura, minus actually caring about her much
I wouldn't say that I cared about Laura at all -- more that I was touched (unexpectedly) by Cath's submerged memories of her mother suddenly coming up. It's a thing that -- there are these little moments from my childhood, having to do with my mother, that I remember with just piercing clarity, and it's aching-nostalgic to look back at them, and the description in that section tapped into those moments.
I guess I had wanted her to get less of a ~блудный сын~ arc, it just looked so blanddd and high school drama to me.
Yeah, it was very Afterschool Special and lacked the nuance that the rest of the situations and relationships in the book did, which was a pity. I think Wren was relegated to being absent and/or bland because otherwise she would've stolen the show, but it's still a pity.
besides Levi refusing to throw a jealousy party because “should he?:D i mean if you want?:D :D”).
Haha, yues, that was adorable, and very Levi!
and he won me over with laughing at Cath fanficcing his self-insert chara.
Yes -- I liked their vibe together while they were writing, and while I could see it as a very one-way relationship when not mandated by Piper to be a collaboration, I do wish that had gotten a better arc...
How did she not make any proper fandom friends… is it because Wren was the only one she needed?
I guess it could be that Wren is the only one she needed, but it still feels so weird to me. Because I don't think Cath is anti-social -- she's socially awkward specifically in real-time, face-to-face situations (the strain of which I can totally understand, a a fellow introvert). Well, LJ is AWESOME for friendships that don't strain those introvert batteries -- and it (or, you know, BlogJournal or whatever) just plain doesn't seem to exist in this universe. And that automatically crosses out a good chunk of my fandom experience, except for the parts that took place before the internet was a widespread thing.
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