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May 12, 2010 20:37

Left Turn at Westchester is getting back up. Yaaaay! I have decided to try to think of a second character to play. (Because I don't have enough to do.) Not the easiest thing to do when you've only read a handful of X-men comics. Then again, nobody's been hitting me for what I've done to the chars I've played in X-men games so far. (Only for BtVS ' ( Read more... )

diana gabaldon, left turn at westchester, book talk, covert affairs, astrid lindgren, x-men, tv talk

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sarcasticwriter May 13 2010, 09:39:30 UTC
I read the first Outlander book about 10 years ago. I wasn't a huge fan, but here's how my "Outlander in 15 Minutes" would go (fair or not):

1. Nurse is sent back in time.
2. Somewhat unrealistically, the people she meets are accepting of this.
3. Some stuff happens.
4. Another female time-traveler shows up who has a vastly more interesting story, but she's killed for being a witch.
5. MALE RAPE MALE RAPE MALE RAPE.
6. Hurt/comfort wankery.
7. The end.

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kattahj May 13 2010, 09:41:39 UTC
*grin* That's more Outlander in 30 seconds (and enacted by bunnies). A great summary, but what I like about the 15 minute format is that it uses actual scenes from the stories while pointing out (through the changes in dialogue or just the context) how silly those scenes are.

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ion_bond May 13 2010, 11:43:39 UTC
Boy, I wish I could read Swedish, because that shit sounds great. Thanks for sharing.

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kattahj May 13 2010, 11:51:15 UTC
You're welcome! I sadly can't offer to translate the whole thing (and some of it wouldn't make sense to non-Swedes anyway), but that list is the best bit anyway.

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