52 in 2009: Five More

May 17, 2009 15:26

I've been remiss. Not that there was much to be remiss about.

Ravens in the Library by Various )

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trobadora May 17 2009, 14:54:45 UTC
Someone not liking Tarrant is like someone not liking chocolate: I know intellectually that it's possible, but it just does not compute. *g*

(Did you get my email yesterday?)

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lavvyan May 17 2009, 17:05:08 UTC
He's going to die, isn't he? The author seems like someone who kills the audience's darlings (also, I don't see how things could get resolved without him dead).

Incidentally, I don't like chocolate much. Still got enough for my birthday and Christmas that I won't have to buy any for the next two years, though. *g*

(I did, but I only got home a few hours ago and am still trying to catch up while also stowing away all the remaining stuff I brought from the old appartment.)

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trobadora May 17 2009, 17:19:58 UTC
Do you want spoilers? Anything I could say would be very spoilery for the ending. But suffice it to say that I don't think anyone anticipated what she did in the end. *g*

You? Are a deeply weid person. I boggle at the idea of chocolate lasting longer than a week or two at most, no matter how much there might be!

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lavvyan May 17 2009, 17:29:23 UTC
I don't mind spoilers in this case, so: hit me. *g*

Two drawers full of chocolate! I'd like to see you eat that within two weeks! ;)

I could share?

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trobadora May 17 2009, 18:08:19 UTC
He actually dies twice, and by the very end of the trilogy still isn't fully dead.

And it would depend on the size of the drawers, I suppose! Never underestimate my superpowers! (Making chocolate mysteriously vanish into my mouth totally qualifies as a superpower, right? *g*)

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sholio May 17 2009, 18:28:41 UTC
heeheehee, that description of Tarrant's death(s) cracks me up, because it's so very true!

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Coldfire series. I really didn't like the first book much at all -- it was way too "ooh! sexy evil vampires! shiny!" for me without really justifying it .... plus it felt awfully like a D&D campaign, with the little assorted band of heroes questing. So I wasn't planning to read the second book; I just skimmed it (I was borrowing from my roommate) because I was vaguely curious how this whole quest thing turned out -- and about halfway through you could practically hear the foomph! sound as I got sucked in. And then I thoroughly hated what they did to a really awesome supporting character in the second book. (lavvyan, if you disliked what they did to Ciani ... oh my god, lay in a good stock of RAGE for book 2!) But by that time, I was so far gone for Tarrant and Damien that I went ahead and loved book 3 despite my lingering rage over *spoiler* in book 2. And the world-building and magic in this ( ... )

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trobadora May 17 2009, 18:50:36 UTC
I'm nearly as much in love with the worldbuilding as I am with Tarrant, and that's saying something. *g* It's seriously impressive.

We discussed the Ciani thing and the *spoiler* thing in our rereads, and reactions were varied. lavvyan, if you're interested, you can find all of our BSR discussion posts here at hunters_forest. (Feel free to chime in if you want - discussion posts are always open for new commentary.)

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lavvyan May 17 2009, 19:40:47 UTC
lavvyan, if you disliked what they did to Ciani ... oh my god, lay in a good stock of RAGE for book 2!

Now that sounds... promising. ;)

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lavvyan May 17 2009, 19:36:34 UTC
Ahaha, such is the awesome power of the Prophet! \o/

Please tell me there's Damien/Gerald slash out there.

Regular size, I guess. And I'm not all that sure about that superpower thing. *g*

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trobadora May 17 2009, 19:53:07 UTC
Please tell me there's Damien/Gerald slash out there.

*points*

It urgently needs an update, but nonetheless, it's a start. (If you run into any dead links, let me know. I'll try and get an update out soon!)

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lavvyan May 17 2009, 19:54:42 UTC
I'll be a while before I even get to start reading, but thank you! :D

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trobadora May 17 2009, 20:00:19 UTC
Ahem. Let me answer your question properly, in that case. *g* Yes, there's quite a lot of Gerald/Damien slash around - it's (surprisingly *cough*) the fandom's main pairing, and for such a tiny fandom we're actually doing quite well. I've even written it myself once. (You almost have to search for non-Gerald/Damien with a microscope.)

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