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Odd Thoughts: Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 14
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Sunday, December 27, 2015. Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 14. We left off with Barney and Simon are creeping through the passage under the headland, while Jane keeps watch for tides and enemies. Merry is still off on a wild goose chase; Hastings and co. are somewhere between the Grey House and the headland, in pursuit of the kids. We have a grail! Is one of their enemies now holding the line that he's following back? Then the Lady Mary. Shows up, along with the incoming tide. Evil on a boat. Trou...They ...
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Odd Thoughts: The Dark is Rising: Midwinter's Eve
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Monday, February 1, 2016. The Dark is Rising: Midwinter's Eve. New book, new protagonist, new setting. Also, happy new year. My apologies for the delay; real life happened, and then I found myself stuck on the first chapter. Anyway, The Dark is Rising. Sequel to Over Sea, Under Stone. That being said, a chapter of exposition really showcases Cooper's main strength as a writer: she's great at creating and showing characters who feel real. That), is that Will observes the incident "running out of James's m...
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Odd Thoughts: December 2015
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Thursday, December 31, 2015. Over Sea, Under Stone, Epilogue. Well, they did it. The kids have secured the grail, even if they lost the manuscript which connected it to King Arthur. [Ah, provenance, no! Apparently "the Light" has no problems lying to people. They aren't, however, using any form of mind control as far as I've been able to tell, so that's something. How is that information dangerous in the wrong hands? I think we shall know", he said slowly, "one day.". Early in the new year. We left off w...
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Odd Thoughts: Hogwarts Houses
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Monday, March 21, 2016. I've been re-reading some of my favorite HP fanfics, and, after 17 years in the fandom, finally noticed something about the houses. The problem is that Hufflepuff's defining trait isn't weakness: it's hard work. And Slytherin's isn't evil; it's ambition. What if we have it backwards? If the Hufflepuffs and Slytherins aren't being kept apart to protect the kids? If it's to prevent them from cooperating? But if Hufflepuff and Slytherin start cooperating, ambition and hard work.
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Odd Thoughts: Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 13
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Thursday, December 24, 2015. Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 13. Simon and Jane, back at the Grey House, are getting worried since Barney's no where in sight. The carnival has apparently moved on, and they can't think of anywhere else he would go. Things get worse when Rufus arrives without Barney, looking oddly apathetic and disinterested. He's also moving slowly and strangely when Jane and Simon end up following him out to the harbor. We flash over to Barney, who is definitely. But it works: Barney snap...
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Odd Thoughts: Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 12
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Monday, December 21, 2015. Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 12. Or: What Barney Did When Simon and Jane Weren't at the Rendezvous Point. Barney did not find Merry on the path up the headland—which makes sense, since Merry's off to Turuo on Mrs. Palk's false information. The people in the procession are apparently all dressed up in costumes: trees, and sailors, and jesters, and animals. and racist caricatures (remember Mrs. Palk's “Red Indian” feathered headdress? Meanwhile, Jane and Simon, apparently faili...
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Odd Thoughts: October 2015
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Friday, October 23, 2015. Over Sea, Under Stone, Chapter 4. Chapter 4: In which Jane does her own investigating. In a completely unrelated state of affairs, no content notes for this chapter. To further cement Mr. Hastings' similarity to Mr. Withers, when Jane gets up to leave:. With that, she races back to the Grey House, and the chapter ends. I expect next chapter we'll find out how the boys fared on the yacht, and they'll be hostile and/or unsupportive of her independent research. I'm also tor...CN: R...
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Open Thread: Birthdays | The Slacktiverse
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It's (usually) more complicated than that. August 8, 2015. By chris the cynic). I’ve done a crap job of putting up open threads lately, but this week was my birthday so I think that means all my sins are forgiven and I’ve leveled up. Or some such. Actually, in truth, I never really got the point of celebrating birthdays (beyond having one day a year that’s yours), always felt like any other day to me. But, birthdays: any thoughts? Anything you’d like to share? Deconstruction Roundup for August 7, 2015.
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Deconstruction Round Up, All Deconstructions | The Slacktiverse
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It's (usually) more complicated than that. Deconstruction Round Up, All Deconstructions. March 30, 2013. By the Slacktiverse and others; collected by chris the cynic. With updates from Silver Adept. The idea behind this post is to make so we have this as a list of all deconstructions and thus don’t need to include deconstructions that haven’t been updated in the weekly post. Created To Need A Helpmeet. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Announcement of the Avatar: The Last Airbender Deconstruction. Storm Front:...
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Interlude: Actually sometimes choice does not matter « narrowcrookedlanes
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A blog of improbable things. Interlude: Actually sometimes choice does not matter. Content: homophobia. Fun content: non sequiturs and vests.). Let’s do a quick comparison. Person A: I hate gay people! Person B: You shouldn’t. It’s raining in Shanghai. Person A: I hate gay people! Person B: You shouldn’t. Vests don’t. Person A: I hate gay people! Person B: You shouldn’t. They’re born that way. What makes the third one different from the first two? Person X: And I celebrate your love! Is it about ‘n...
