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[rustydog]

Good news, Laser Cats fans: Laser Dogs! "Laser cats-they're tearing up the universe." With their AWESOMENESS. Also: if there were a Laser Cats fandom, I predict it would be dominated by Nitro/Admiral Spaceship slashers, with the SNL writers chief among them.

In other news, after a decade and a half I *still* can't read the end of The Incredible

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[donutsweeper]

There are many, many books that I read, knowing full well that on page 225 (or whatever) I will be crying. Yet, I read them anyway.

[rustydog]

It's so odd! Not that we would continue to read them, because I think that's probably part of what makes them so good! But the reaction itself. For me it's like a switch gets flipped, there's no buildup, I'm not feeling sad or anything, just BAM I'm gasping and crying. And then I'm fine. And I rarely cry over other things, though as I get older I think I'm getting more tender.

[donutsweeper]

I knew someone who never read a book more than once, because he knew what would happen then and didn't see the point. I kinda stared at him when he said that, I didn't understand. Books (the good ones) are these perfect worlds to immerse yourself in, be they sad, happy, whatever

[rustydog]

Heh, that's like me saying I didn't want to see Titanic because I knew the ending already: the ship sinks. I know better, though - you're absolutely right about immersing yourself in a world. Maybe that person you mentioned had never read a *good* book that really does bear repeated reading. In addition enjoying the experience again, so often there are new things to notice, new perspectives you bring to the characters or events. (Obviously that goes for television as well!)

[astrablue]

Is your wound okay? I hope you didn't gash yourself too badly.

I don't think I ever read The Incredible Journey - and it's not that I wasn't into animal POV books as a kid. I read all the Brian Jacques books, and I loved Watership Down. I don't know... TIJ just never piqued my interest.

[rustydog]

The wound is okay, thanks. :) It's a little deeper than most of my finger wounds are, so it's going to take awhile to heal, and having a bandage on my index fingertip will be annoying for typing and washing my hands. But okay.

I don't think I read The Incredible Journey until I was a teenager, possibly even after high school. I think it's a lot less of an "animal POV" book than most of the animal-themed children's books I read. It doesn't have a human child as a central character, like Marguerite Henry's books, and it's *about* animals but it doesn't get much into their state of mind - it's more just reporting what happened. It says if the dog is tired or the cat is angry, but no more than what we would be able to observe if we were there with the animal. So I think that's why it didn't interest me earlier - it reads more factually, and I wasn't so ready for that until I was older.

[astrablue]

Glad the wound is okay. However, I'm honing my suturing skills here on my surgery rotation, so it's probably best we're a few states apart - otherwise, you'd probably have me practicing on you. ;)

it reads more factually, and I wasn't so ready for that until I was older.

Hmm. That sort of style is why I'm not a particular fan of, say, John Steinbeck, so perhaps I'm not ready to read The Incredible Journey. Interesting, though.

[darkpoole]

I think I first read The Incredible Journey around third or fourth grade. It was a favorite of mine for years. I quite liked the original film version of it too, but hated the 1990's remake with the annoying talking animals. I don't remember ever crying at the end, but I seem to recall my mom crying when we saw the movie.

[rustydog]

I'm with you on the annoying remake. I felt that the 1963 film was really strong, but I guess it wasn't the type of entertainment kids 30 years later would go for.

[darkpoole]

The "try to catch a falling knife and then stirring blood into the soup" thing -- that's totally something I would do

[rustydog]

Heh. I wasn't really surprised that it happened, but it was kind of amusing!

[mad_jaks]

Forget crying over the Incredible Journey - I bawl like a baby each and every time - I have to know:
Did you eat the soup??

[rustydog]

I did! :) I was able to catch myself before I actually stirred the blood into the soup, and I scooped it out with a big spoonful of uncontaminated soup around it. But. I would have eaten the soup anyway. I figure, it's my blood, a few drops aren't going to hurt me, right? If I had been serving it to guests I would have had to find something else.

Hmm, let's see, need a vampire icon...

[mad_jaks]

Ah *nice* vampire icon *pets you*