miscellany.

[puella_nerdii]

Item the first: Have updated emergency contact information (the link's in my profile) to reflect my change of address, and have updated profile to reflect the fact that I'm a Real Live Grad Student now, or will be in August. OHBOY

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THE DARK TOWER

[vivi314]

is there even a fandom for this 8'|

also on the USA team, as ecstatic as i am for ghana's win, they played awesomely. also howard is one hell of a great goalkeeper ajhja

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[puella_nerdii]

No idea. There is fic for it at Yuletide, sometimes. So I'm not sure what counts as popular/unpopular, but I can venture guesses?

...and I'll even put my opinions in whitetext for SPOILER AVOIDANCE.

- I don't have a problem with Roland's epilogue, actually. It works for him, and it still offers the hope of redemption, of maybe getting it right this time, of breaking the cycle. It's a good not-quite-close to his story.
- I don't have a problem with Eddie's death, either! It's heartbreaking and awful, but that kind of thing happens in the midst of battle and Eddie's death punches that message home effectively.
- ...I do have a problem with Susannah essentially getting put on a bus for no good goddamn reason, and of getting stuck with a character we have no emotional investment in instead. Bad form, King

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[vivi314]

i quickly skipped over some of these opinions since some of them did seem spoilery orz don't ask me how i avoided that considering that i'm not over with 6th book--but ita about Roland/Susan feeling boring :V idek while stephen king did do a great job with susannah/eddie, he had a bit of the George Lucas syndrome with roland/susan, as in he focused way too much on the idea of making it a "perfect romance" that it comes off as a bit...idek cliché and boring, kind of what Lucas did with Padmé and Anakin in star wars lol DON'T ASK ME HOW I GOT THAT DUMB ANALOGY SOBBB. also, the second book is fucking amazing and is really the start of the series. first book felt really slow imo, and the second one is where everything picks up ;A;

yeah i supported ghana due of them being africa's last hope. both teams played super well and this match shows that you don't need a lot of international stars or to be a traditional big soccer country in order to put up a good fight ;3;

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[pellucere]

I AGREE WITH SO MUCH OF THIS.

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[thirdtwin]

a) Didn't know you read the Dark Tower.
b) Cosigned on Flagg and Mordred. In fact, cosigned on almost all of it (I'm still a little bitter over Roland) but that in particular.

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[tiferet]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who did not feel Roland/Susan. Frankly I thought she was book smart but otherwise not very bright. I know I'm not supposed to judge female characters but fuck some of the shit she did was damn stupid, and I can buy Roland falling for her on the sake of hormones and youth but he really should have got over it once he had the benefit of age and distance.