Comments | comedownstairs: i'm too young to start harping about the good old days

comedownstairs

i'm too young to start harping about the good old days

Mar 26, 2009 22:51

I have figured something out. See, when I read a SW book (and it usually takes me more than five hours to read those), by the next day I'm discussing things and going "Well, okay, there was this one bit I wasn't great with," and then it ends up like Invincible, where I looooooved it so much at first (and still do) but now I have criticisms. I ( Read more... )

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noelia_g March 27 2009, 06:10:04 UTC

Hell, and I was all fine with giving up SW novels, and now I clicked the cut and you made me all excited again.

(I'll try reading them in English this time, maybe it won't turn me off as much as the Polish translation. Amazon, here I come.)

comedownstairs March 27 2009, 06:34:49 UTC

I'm sorry. (Kind of. *g*) And I'll say you're still okay skipping a couple past series, but based on the reactions I'm seeing to this book it might be a good one to check out. *ENABLES*

rhi_silverflame March 27 2009, 07:20:35 UTC

I keep running into threads on TFN that are either bitching about how it sucks that Jaina got to live or hoping Tahiri dies and it makes me all D: D: D:. Damn fanboys.

Omg I feel like this whole thing is Jaina obsessive, sorry.

Um, yeah, you saw my 90%-Tahiri post, I CANNOT SAY A WORD ABOUT THIS.

Now remember that the Darkmeld operation to capture Seff was Jag, Tahiri, Winter, Mirax, and Jaina (and her driving. How have I not commented on her driving)

All I can say to that is "No, I'll drive. You're about as maneuverable as a nerf in a child seat with all that on!"

And now I have to go write up my other post about it. Because I pinpointed this morning the one thing that makes me really, really love this book (I think I might have commented to you about it but I'm not sure). And I have to glee about that.

nuclearangel March 28 2009, 23:57:51 UTC

It's just so strange that the kids i grew up reading about are now my age and really kind of bad and killing each other - it's just too exhausting to read all of the NJO for me... thanks for the recap Natalie! :)

comedownstairs March 30 2009, 03:55:42 UTC

They're not bad! The bad one got dead two books ago. :D

nuclearangel March 30 2009, 04:18:31 UTC

aw... but what about anakin??

comedownstairs March 30 2009, 04:41:21 UTC

He's still good! Just... you know, dead sixteen years now. :(

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amphetamine_47 March 29 2009, 21:07:45 UTC

Add to this someone's opinion in the discussion thread for Outcast that Jaina is now "a Moff's toy" and such.

This is insane to me. You have Jagged Fel, who generally responds logically and fairly unemotionally in stressful situations, going along with a Jedi plan to subvert the GA & which he has to know could be an act of war should anyone figure out that the Imperial head of State is involved... and he's doing it anyway because he LOVES Jaina.

And Jaina is so far from a Moff's toy...she makes a joke about getting presents and outright refuses to go set up a Jedi outpost in the Empire when Jag asks.

To me, they seem a heck of a lot like Han and Leia--there's the same sort of give & take there, neither afraid to speak their mind or admit that they're wrong. They're PARTNERS, and it's awesome!

Um...sorry for the rant :)

comedownstairs March 30 2009, 03:57:23 UTC

Yeah, I'm toooootally with you. This person also took Jaina's comment about the presents seriously, as a sign that she's become materialistic, and thought that she was "lovey" and "doe-eyed" with Jag.

I think he read a different book.