The Legend Of Rah And The Muggles: Character Glossary/ Author Information
ZeldaQueen: And...just this last little bit! Aside from that "Muggle-Bye" thing, which serves little purpose. Woot!
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Character Glossary/ Author Information
We then get the character glossary, which is completely useless since none of these characters hang around long enough to be the least bit likable or memorable. Still, Stouffer drops some extra information, so let's see what we get.
Apparently the cardinal Carmine is "a basket weaver". How a bird can weave baskets with no hands or fingers is beyond me.
According to this thing, Lady Catherine is "[b]eautiful blonder", even though the picture Stouffer drew clearly shows that she has brown hair. For God's sake, Stouffer, can't you keep your own continuity straight?
We're told specifically who the "undesirables"/ Have-Nots that became Muggles were. Let's take a look... "conscientious objectors, sick and diseased, physically challeneged, elderly, blind, deaf, savants, dwarfs, earning disabled, the Have Nots" And they all became Muggles through genetic mutations, which is kind of full of unfortunate implications about the genetic makeup of said groups. Well, nothing like potentially offending your readers, eh?
And...it seems that Muggle pregnancies are fourteen months long, with babies being between twelve and fourteen inches and weighing one and a half to two pounds. I have no idea why this merits it's own entry (under "Muggle Baby"), but there you have it.
Under Patch's entry, it says that he is "a thrill seeker", which kind of contradicts when Stouffer specifically says that he isn't a thrill seeker and only does whatever he's dared to do out of boredom. Is anyone surprised?
Okay, remember Chops? Well, you probably don't, but he was one of Zyn's Nevils, the one who chewed gum. You might recall that his real name was Peter and no one called him that? Well "Peter" gets its own entry here. And all it says is "See Chops". Hilariously, the entry for Chops ends with "See Peter", even though nothing is under that entry!
It says that Pitter is the daughter of "Winkle, Keeper of the Bees". That's good to know.
Good gravy! I think Rah has the longest and most detailed entry of anyone here! Blatant author favoritism, ahoy! Oh, and in case any of you cared what Rah looked like?
"Richly tanned skin, long slender fingers, short groomed nails, walks confidently, muscular, violet blue eyes, 6' 2'' tall, weighs 175 lbs., soft spoken, compassionate, very intelligent, hard working, respected by Muggles, wears a tan leather smoke with braided leather and beaded belt, leather thong sandals weath beaded straps wrapped up to his knees, braied silk bracelet, gold medallion, small drawstring pouch around his hips..."
ZeldaQueen: You know, Stouffer, YOU COULD ALWAYS TELL US THIS STUFF IN THE ACTUAL STORY!!!
Okay, so Stouffer gives us an entry on "Spooners" and just directs us back to Naddie and Neddie. But that entry doesn't actually explain what Spooners of the Deep are either! Darn it Stouffer, you actually had a second chance to make a little more sense and you blew it! What's wrong with you?
Walter is described as "the butler and friend of Lady Catherine". So that's what they're calling it now...
And poor Zyn? This is his entire entry. "ZYN, twin brother of Rah, leader of the Nevils, insecure and jealous of his brother, he leave Aura for Dezra (see Rah)" What the hell? She doesn't even give a physical description of how screwed up he was! Is he so uncharacterized as a person that he can only be defined by the Almighty Rah? Zyn, I'm so sorry, it's not your fault the author doesn't like you!
And now for info on the author! Hooray!
Well, it seems that Nancy's middle name is also "Kathleen". Very interesting. So of course, she also continues to address herself as "N. K. Stouffer". I'm sure this is totally original and not trying to cash in on anything, nope.
First thing she goes on about is how she created the "real" Muggles (with a trademark) and the Larry and Lilly books in the 1980s. She explains how "[l]ike most writers, she draws on personal experience for her inspiration and ideas. For example, it was the playful manner her son as a toddler used to pinch her cheeks before kissing them and say he just 'kissed her muggie' that led her to coin Muggles as the name of the mythical characters in her books". Look Stouffer, we know that you're annoyed over this Muggles thing! Will you shut up about it? This is really getting annoying!
What the - ? Stouffer's also a resident of Pennsylvania? She says she grew up in Hershey PA and began writing and illustrating in elementary school. Erm dearie? Everyone writes and draws in elementary school. Kind of standard fare, really. She also says that she and her grandfather used to go for walks in the woods and he'd tell her about the plant and animal life, which lent itself to her stories. Pity he didn't tell her about basic human biology.
Stouffer kindly reminds us about her two books of poetry and screenplay, none of which she actually names. She also apparently has made children's toys and dolls, which I read in an article where basically stuff like Muggle kitchen magnets. Because those are the sorts of things you want staring at you while you fix a bowl of spaghetti.
She tells us that she grew up with learning disabilities and this apparently led her "to conduct research about the connection between ultra violet light and color as it relates to learning and reading disabilities". Why? ...Because?
She now lives in a small town in PA, specifically Camp Hill. So she's on the other side of the state from me. I feel a lot better now.
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Character Glossary/ Author Information
We then get the character glossary, which is completely useless since none of these characters hang around long enough to be the least bit likable or memorable. Still, Stouffer drops some extra information, so let's see what we get.
Apparently the cardinal Carmine is "a basket weaver". How a bird can weave baskets with no hands or fingers is beyond me.
According to this thing, Lady Catherine is "[b]eautiful blonder", even though the picture Stouffer drew clearly shows that she has brown hair. For God's sake, Stouffer, can't you keep your own continuity straight?
We're told specifically who the "undesirables"/ Have-Nots that became Muggles were. Let's take a look... "conscientious objectors, sick and diseased, physically challeneged, elderly, blind, deaf, savants, dwarfs, earning disabled, the Have Nots" And they all became Muggles through genetic mutations, which is kind of full of unfortunate implications about the genetic makeup of said groups. Well, nothing like potentially offending your readers, eh?
And...it seems that Muggle pregnancies are fourteen months long, with babies being between twelve and fourteen inches and weighing one and a half to two pounds. I have no idea why this merits it's own entry (under "Muggle Baby"), but there you have it.
Under Patch's entry, it says that he is "a thrill seeker", which kind of contradicts when Stouffer specifically says that he isn't a thrill seeker and only does whatever he's dared to do out of boredom. Is anyone surprised?
Okay, remember Chops? Well, you probably don't, but he was one of Zyn's Nevils, the one who chewed gum. You might recall that his real name was Peter and no one called him that? Well "Peter" gets its own entry here. And all it says is "See Chops". Hilariously, the entry for Chops ends with "See Peter", even though nothing is under that entry!
It says that Pitter is the daughter of "Winkle, Keeper of the Bees". That's good to know.
Good gravy! I think Rah has the longest and most detailed entry of anyone here! Blatant author favoritism, ahoy! Oh, and in case any of you cared what Rah looked like?
"Richly tanned skin, long slender fingers, short groomed nails, walks confidently, muscular, violet blue eyes, 6' 2'' tall, weighs 175 lbs., soft spoken, compassionate, very intelligent, hard working, respected by Muggles, wears a tan leather smoke with braided leather and beaded belt, leather thong sandals weath beaded straps wrapped up to his knees, braied silk bracelet, gold medallion, small drawstring pouch around his hips..."
ZeldaQueen: You know, Stouffer, YOU COULD ALWAYS TELL US THIS STUFF IN THE ACTUAL STORY!!!
Okay, so Stouffer gives us an entry on "Spooners" and just directs us back to Naddie and Neddie. But that entry doesn't actually explain what Spooners of the Deep are either! Darn it Stouffer, you actually had a second chance to make a little more sense and you blew it! What's wrong with you?
Walter is described as "the butler and friend of Lady Catherine". So that's what they're calling it now...
And poor Zyn? This is his entire entry. "ZYN, twin brother of Rah, leader of the Nevils, insecure and jealous of his brother, he leave Aura for Dezra (see Rah)" What the hell? She doesn't even give a physical description of how screwed up he was! Is he so uncharacterized as a person that he can only be defined by the Almighty Rah? Zyn, I'm so sorry, it's not your fault the author doesn't like you!
And now for info on the author! Hooray!
Well, it seems that Nancy's middle name is also "Kathleen". Very interesting. So of course, she also continues to address herself as "N. K. Stouffer". I'm sure this is totally original and not trying to cash in on anything, nope.
First thing she goes on about is how she created the "real" Muggles (with a trademark) and the Larry and Lilly books in the 1980s. She explains how "[l]ike most writers, she draws on personal experience for her inspiration and ideas. For example, it was the playful manner her son as a toddler used to pinch her cheeks before kissing them and say he just 'kissed her muggie' that led her to coin Muggles as the name of the mythical characters in her books". Look Stouffer, we know that you're annoyed over this Muggles thing! Will you shut up about it? This is really getting annoying!
What the - ? Stouffer's also a resident of Pennsylvania? She says she grew up in Hershey PA and began writing and illustrating in elementary school. Erm dearie? Everyone writes and draws in elementary school. Kind of standard fare, really. She also says that she and her grandfather used to go for walks in the woods and he'd tell her about the plant and animal life, which lent itself to her stories. Pity he didn't tell her about basic human biology.
Stouffer kindly reminds us about her two books of poetry and screenplay, none of which she actually names. She also apparently has made children's toys and dolls, which I read in an article where basically stuff like Muggle kitchen magnets. Because those are the sorts of things you want staring at you while you fix a bowl of spaghetti.
She tells us that she grew up with learning disabilities and this apparently led her "to conduct research about the connection between ultra violet light and color as it relates to learning and reading disabilities". Why? ...Because?
She now lives in a small town in PA, specifically Camp Hill. So she's on the other side of the state from me. I feel a lot better now.
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