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Was I the only one who found it really jarring when they just kind of switched perspectives entirely and suddenly it was a completely different memory/story? I felt like the Karou story never really got resolved because it just went back to the old one and that "resolution" - which we already knew through hints and snippets. It was interesting to get the Madrigal story fleshed out, but I was much more interested in what would happen with Karou than in what had happened with Madrigal. I thought it was an extremely promising start and I loved the Prague setting and the writing was gorgeous, but I just ended up feeling like it fell short. Just me?
Kamil wrote: "Miss_Tessa_Melissa wrote: "Then he killed off an entire race of people! How can you destroy an entire race because of what just some of them did..."that's called the anakin syndrome"
*slow clap*
Cara wrote: "Was I the only one who found it really jarring when they just kind of switched perspectives entirely and suddenly it was a completely different memory/story? I felt like the Karou story never reall..."Madrigal's story already happened so it had little influence to the current events, while on the other hand Karou's tale was still in motion. While the one and the other might be seen as one, it's Karou who has to cope with the consequences of what happened during Madrigal's time
Kamil wrote: "KC wrote: "Kamil wrote: "My theory is that characters outside of the romanance genre are fully-rounded beings..."I think that's an interesting point. Especially since you brought up Spike, many f..."
Exactly! I love me some Jareth, but I wouldn't want to begin any courtship with someone who thinks my favor can be gained after kidnapping a baby and drugging me with a hallucinogenic peach.
The problem I have with Akiva is that I don't see him as a particularity well-rounded character in the first book so I don't really feel strongly about him being a hero or villain, He's just kind of there to me and then he's established as the love interest. That leads to my question. Did anyone else find his siblings to be more developed and layered characters than Akiva?
Upgeek me. Love it when the ladies answer a question. Since I'm pretty sure nobody really reads these threads now that the show is done, I'm going to do what I did last time and post my answer to the question I posed:If I could design a body to be reincarnated into after I die it would go like this, from head to toe:
Human
Human
Dragon
Human
Human
Horse
Human
Human
Figure it out.
Gary wrote: "Upgeek me. Love it when the ladies answer a question. Since I'm pretty sure nobody really reads these threads now that the show is done, I'm going to do what I did last time and post my answer to..."wings and Rick?
Kamil wrote: "wings and Rick?"Dang. It's freaky when I talk to hear my own echo and an actual voice comes back.
Good guess, though. I would like to be endowed with... wings. And a horse tail that I could use to make my own violin bows, of course. What else?
One more comment about this "what kind of body would you design issue." I dig the fact that when Felicia said she'd like to have butterfly wings and Bonnie pointed out that those wings are fragile, Felicia responded with complete gravity: "Good point, good point...." She was clearly filing that bit of information away for when she actually does sit down to design her future body.You gotta love folks who take such a geek-nutty question so seriously. There are many kinds of crazy. That kind of crazy is one of my favorites. Geek on, folks.
Gary wrote: "One more comment about this "what kind of body would you design issue." I dig the fact that when Felicia said she'd like to have butterfly wings and Bonnie pointed out that those wings are fragile..."i spent my whole days watching animal documentaries to cut of the list smelly parts (you wouldn't want to smell a lemur's wrist)
Kamil wrote: "i spent my whole days watching animal documentaries to cut of the list smelly parts (you wouldn't want to smell a lemur's wrist)"Lemurs have smelly wrists? I wouldn't have imagined that. Pheromones or something?
Gary wrote: "Kamil wrote: "i spent my whole days watching animal documentaries to cut of the list smelly parts (you wouldn't want to smell a lemur's wrist)"Lemurs have smelly wrists? I wouldn't have imagined..."
they emitt smelly substances that they use to scare off rivals during the mating season
Kamil wrote: "they emitt smelly substances that they use to scare off rivals during the mating season"
Ah, OK. Interesting. Somehow--in some way--I will use that information to good effect.
Those darn Carrionites were the reason why Shakespeare lost Love's Labours Won! (Btw, the Doctor Who reference? One of the bright spots of my day. :) ) I think Shakespeare had the same amount of comedies and tragedies... the histories are where it gets a little mucky.