Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 841
November 19, 2012
male character: i made a mistake
fandom: oh you poor misunderstood soul
female character: i made a mistake
fandom: WANTON MISTRESS OF THE NIGHT, RETURN TO THE SHADOWS FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR YOUR SELFISHNESS PLEASE GO BACK TO YOUR HOME ON WHORE ISLAND
“Dumb Ways to Die”
Had never seen this. The...
“Dumb Ways to Die”
Had never seen this. The cuteness!
(Thanks to @aman_about_town for the link!)
November 18, 2012
Would you personally describe the romance in the Grisha trilogy to be a love triangle? I just finished Shadow and Bone, and I LOVED it, but I went into the book convinced it was a love triangle (for some reason) and even when evidence of the Darkling's evi
So happy you liked Shadow and Bone!
Would it be horrible to say that I’m glad you’re confused? I just think it’s very rare that love or romance are as clear cut as they often appear to be in books. I like blurring the lines between love/lust/friendship/desire/power/politics.
So more of a love rhombus? A squiggly line? A 12 sided die?
You guys want to punch me, don’t you?
Would you personally describe the romance in the Grisha trilogy to be a love triangle? I just finished Shadow and Bone, and I LOVED it, but I went into the book convinced it was a love triangle (for some reason) and even when evidence of the Darkling's evi
So happy you liked Shadow and Bone!
Would it be horrible to say that I’m glad you’re confused? I just think it’s very rare that love or romance are as clear cut as they often appear to be in books. I like blurring the lines between love/lust/friendship/desire/power/politics.
So more of a love rhombus? A squiggly line? A 12 sided die?
You guys want to punch me, don’t you?
Would you personally describe the romance in the Grisha trilogy to be a love triangle? I just finished Shadow and Bone, and I LOVED it, but I went into the book convinced it was a love triangle (for some reason) and even when evidence of the Darkling's evi
So happy you liked Shadow and Bone!
Would it be horrible to say that I’m glad you’re confused? I just think it’s very rare that love or romance are as clear cut as they often appear to be in books. I like blurring the lines between love/lust/friendship/desire/power/politics.
So more of a love rhombus? A squiggly line? A 12 sided die?
You guys want to punch me, don’t you?
My thoughts exactly about the film! Wow. I laughed at 'the ballsiest adaptation ever', because at that point it really was. I also heard that Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Rosenberg came up with that envisioned fight scene over dinner. What a cruel move. But
Oh that’s interesting! I like to picture them lining up the salt and pepper shakers and figuring out who gets beheaded when.
My thoughts exactly about the film! Wow. I laughed at 'the ballsiest adaptation ever', because at that point it really was. I also heard that Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Rosenberg came up with that envisioned fight scene over dinner. What a cruel move. But
Oh that’s interesting! I like to picture them lining up the salt and pepper shakers and figuring out who gets beheaded when.
My thoughts exactly about the film! Wow. I laughed at 'the ballsiest adaptation ever', because at that point it really was. I also heard that Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Rosenberg came up with that envisioned fight scene over dinner. What a cruel move. But
Oh that’s interesting! I like to picture them lining up the salt and pepper shakers and figuring out who gets beheaded when.
Didn’t know Riggles123 had made it to Tumblr! Hooray!
Didn’t know Riggles123 had made it to Tumblr! Hooray!
My thoughts while watching Breaking Dawn 2 (SPOILERS)
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS (ya heard?)
Gorgeous credit sequence. Why has everything started to look like a pinterest board to me?
I still hate this blue cocktail dress. It feels so day-to-evening.
Eee! Scary scrabbling up the rock face. Delicious hiker. I’m kind of digging KStew all feral-like.
OH DAMN!! They fully went for it with the mountain lion. Way to get your noms.
And now… creepy baby. I’m confused by this baby. Why the CGI? Were they trying to make her look more like the two of them or was it a retrofit to deal with the speedy aging? Or did they just want her to look uncanny?
Bella vs. Jacob. I love that Edward is enjoying letting her pummel him “You nicknamed my daughter after the lochness monster?!” Dude, you named your daughter RENESMEE. Please to stop casting the stones.
Oh no, not Seth :( Injured dog whine instantly makes me tear up.
Edward & Bella’s cottage was clearly designed by Thomas Kincaid.
Interior. Oh. This is why I see everything as a pinterest board, because everything IS a pinterest board. I’m having this weirdly resentful response like the biggest part of this fantasy for me is not the gorgeous immortal boyfriend, it’s getting a fancy readymade life. Here: you will never need to shop at Ikea or carry that mirror that you found in the garbage home. Here are clothes and candles and pretty sweaters and adulthood.
Sexytimes. Do they have reinforced furniture or something? I’m assuming yes.
Charlie! Aw, I missed you, dude. You look appropriately haggard.
Jacob is taking his clothes off. WHAT. IS. HAPPENING. Did he actually take the skivvies off too? I’m just going to say, Charlie would have bolted as soon as the first button on that fly came undone.
Uh oh. That girl from Lost! I wish you’d brought your brother.
I am still creeped out by the whole Jacob/Renesmee imprinting thing, but her holding on to him when he’s all wolfie is very cute and fairytale like. I want a direwolf.
Volturi! Bring on the cloaks!
Whoa. Kiddie massacre flashback. Dakota Fanning’s costume is so gorgeous. I wish the Volturi weren’t quite so gleeful in all of this murder. Like, even if the regret is feigned.
Assemble Vampire Voltron. Yeesh. These blond vamps are looking… very Real Housewives. The brunettes are faring better for sure.
Oh god. Oh god. This is just making me cringe so hard. So many terrible choices. Why did they dress the women from the Amazon this way? Why is that okay?
Garret is hot and ridiculous.
Is the Irish guy actually wearing a little hat? Is he going to get drunk and dance a jig soon? I guess I should be glad that this is equal opportunity offensive. All they need is a crew of vampire Hassidim and it would be an effing United Colors of Benetton ad.
And oh. good. gravy. The Russians have arrived. Or maybe they’re supposed to be Romanian? I don’t know what they are except hilarious. “I have crossed oceans of time to eat this scenery.”
Bella’s a shield. Garret’s an idiot, but still cute. “This woman knows her trout.”
War bonfire. Do the ladies from the Amazon ever get to talk? Gak. And the flippancy re Custer (nothing, Jacob? nothing to say about that?) and the Eleven Years’ War. Boy, when you’re immortal, war is an effing hoot.
I like this scene with Bella and her daughter.
Battle. I just really love to see lots of people in cloaks. Also, there’s something unsuccessful happening with all of the gold braid and this kind of Sgt. Pepper/ Michael Jackson thing. Also, Aro’s belt buckle is REALLY bothering me. It has no embellishment. Yup, I have magpie OCD.
Michael Sheen’s giggle is hilarious. Ever since his stint on 30 Rock, I just kind of love him all the way around. I keep looking at JCB and being like, Jace! Jane’s eyeliner is so confusing.
WHAT THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL? Carlysle is dead! Holy shiz they’re really going for it! Real stakes! Death death death! Jasper is dead! WHAT IS THIS? This is the ballsiest adaptation ever.
Um, earth dude, maybe that RIFT wasn’t the best way to use your power? Because crevasses are, generally, not particular about who falls into them.
The wolfy deaths are the worst deaths. I can’t bear them.
Yes, Jacob, you take that dude’s head off. I AM FREAKING OUT. So many heads need to roll. So many heads are rolling! Jace is dead! Bella and Edward tag team Aro and ANOTHER BEHEADING. I really wish they’d high-fived after that.
And then…
OMG. I am such a sucker!! Crazed laughter all around the theater, like we don’t know whether to feel confused or relieved or duped. Personally, I think this was brilliant adaptation work. It gave use the battle we wanted without violating fans’ expectations. And wow. So brutal.
Yup. Still wigged out by Jacob and the kid.
The CGI meadow. I have to say, I really like this whole flashback thing. I know some people felt it was shmalzy, but I think it’s very genuine, very “Look what we did, look what these books and these movies have been for so many people, and for these actors.” And Twilight is a love story, there’s nothing wrong with being faithful to that.
And then the pages closing. Again, as an author and a reader, I was moved by this. Because for most fans, it started with the books. No, it’s not my fandom, but I think it’s a gesture to all fandom and I like that. “Forever” indeed.
