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Man. Due to accidental encounter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince spoilers—teach me to cruise the livejournals of people who aren't on my friendlist—I realized that I correctly predicted two major plot twists from nothing more than reading experience of the previous books and knowing the newest one's title. I'm simultaneously a little disappointed by this and absurdly chuffed.*
Now I just need to get a copy of the actual book . . .
(Cut for semi-related dialogue, with no context whatsoever.)
Mostly I wanted a place to put this conversation. And who knows? It might become relevant one of these days.
fleurdelis28: Well, while most of the characters you imprint on are fundamentally good, you seem to be primarily interested in them for the ways in which they are weird.
Me: Heh. (Most of them are fundamentally good, I suppose. That is heartening.)
fleurdelis28: And charmingly defective.
Me: —excuse me, time out for snerk. "Charmingly defective" is an awesome phrase.
. . . Well, it may just be that I have a weakness for characters who read "Greek, or Old Egyptian, or Babylonian, or Hittite, or Chinese."
fleurdelis28: But also intriguingly dedicated failures.
Me: Even when they're shmucks.
fleurdelis28: The Nazi doctor is the missing link!
Me: *brain combusts*
fleurdelis28: You just have a soft spot for shlemiels great and small.
Me: I bet that’s not said very often . . .
fleurdelis28: :-)
Me: Wholly possible.
*I'm also told that I guessed the twist ending of Fight Club from asking two questions about the main characters. The moral of the story is, I should learn never to ask for any kind of information beforehand. And that probably includes the cast list..
Now I just need to get a copy of the actual book . . .
(Cut for semi-related dialogue, with no context whatsoever.)
Mostly I wanted a place to put this conversation. And who knows? It might become relevant one of these days.
fleurdelis28: Well, while most of the characters you imprint on are fundamentally good, you seem to be primarily interested in them for the ways in which they are weird.
Me: Heh. (Most of them are fundamentally good, I suppose. That is heartening.)
fleurdelis28: And charmingly defective.
Me: —excuse me, time out for snerk. "Charmingly defective" is an awesome phrase.
. . . Well, it may just be that I have a weakness for characters who read "Greek, or Old Egyptian, or Babylonian, or Hittite, or Chinese."
fleurdelis28: But also intriguingly dedicated failures.
Me: Even when they're shmucks.
fleurdelis28: The Nazi doctor is the missing link!
Me: *brain combusts*
fleurdelis28: You just have a soft spot for shlemiels great and small.
Me: I bet that’s not said very often . . .
fleurdelis28: :-)
Me: Wholly possible.
*I'm also told that I guessed the twist ending of Fight Club from asking two questions about the main characters. The moral of the story is, I should learn never to ask for any kind of information beforehand. And that probably includes the cast list..
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Are you planning to read this latest? Or not worth your time?