Dragonlance...
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juldeaI have such a freaking addictive personality. Now that I've restarted reading the Dragonlance books, I MUST READ THEM ALL. Even the 50 or so that have been published since I stopped collecting them. Faugh. At least I don't plan on buying all of those... just borrowing them from the library or something.
But why do I even have this urge? The series is total cheese! Most of the books are crap! I won't gain any respect for reading the entire series; I might even lose it from a few people!
I do this obsessive thing... Before the Dragonlance revival it was Wicked, and it's been Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Joss Whedon shows, Dashboard Confessional, A Song of Ice and Fire, Radiohead, MST3k - books, movies, TV, music, you name it. I get a glimmer of like for something and I dive head-first into the sea of fandom. I even collected the original Pokemon cartoon on tape for a while (I still have a few taking up space in boxes - should do something about them.)
It all started with the Babysitter's Club. I blame Ann Martin!!
But why do I even have this urge? The series is total cheese! Most of the books are crap! I won't gain any respect for reading the entire series; I might even lose it from a few people!
I do this obsessive thing... Before the Dragonlance revival it was Wicked, and it's been Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Joss Whedon shows, Dashboard Confessional, A Song of Ice and Fire, Radiohead, MST3k - books, movies, TV, music, you name it. I get a glimmer of like for something and I dive head-first into the sea of fandom. I even collected the original Pokemon cartoon on tape for a while (I still have a few taking up space in boxes - should do something about them.)
It all started with the Babysitter's Club. I blame Ann Martin!!
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on 3 Nov 2005 20:46 (UTC)Um, wow. The last BSC book to come out is called The Fire at Mary Anne's House. Maybe they all died a fiery death! Nah, probably can't expect that.
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on 3 Nov 2005 20:53 (UTC)This is why it is with mixed emotions I made the decision to write the final book in the BSC series, Graduation Day. As you can probably tell by the title, the girls are going to graduate from the eighth grade (after many years!).
http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/letters/online1200.htm
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on 4 Nov 2005 13:37 (UTC)I Feel Your Pain
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on 3 Nov 2005 20:51 (UTC)i loved those crazy baby sitters. except mallory.
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on 4 Nov 2005 14:25 (UTC)"Oh yeah, and I wanna be blonde and skinny."
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on 4 Nov 2005 16:08 (UTC)i hope you are feeling better today
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on 4 Nov 2005 14:19 (UTC)i loved dawn and mary anne and when they became sisters my life was complete. dawn reminded me of myself, or who i wantd to be when i was cool and in junior high and old enough to babysit. mary anne was who i always wished i were. the quiet one.
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on 3 Nov 2005 21:01 (UTC)Wow, the weirdest memory just came to me. The Disney vacation Super Special, where they met the two kids on the cruise, one of whom said something about, "Since our parents were k-" and Kristy was trying to brainstorm what word the girl could've been saying and thought, "Kicked? Kissed? No..."
Heh.
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on 3 Nov 2005 20:59 (UTC)Oh, and 50 is an underestimate. There are at least 15+ trilogy series before they even get to the original's kids as main characters for entire books.(not talking about the Tales stories where Palin gets his staff and meets Reorx) (talk about a gambling problem :P) Either way, I've got fond memories of many of those books. Stopped reading most of them a long time ago, just so disassociated with the original stories and characters.
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on 3 Nov 2005 21:02 (UTC)And yes, from the perspective of me at 12 years old, they were great! But have you read them now? Most of the characters don't even have TWO dimensions, much less three. :)
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on 3 Nov 2005 21:04 (UTC)londo: Tanis is made up of angst and valor. That's it.
me: Just like Sturm!
londo: No, Sturm is just made up of angsty valor. Not quite the same thing.
I found it amusing. :)
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on 4 Nov 2005 03:12 (UTC)As for Tanis. He was definately courageous. However, Valor is the wrong description of his bravery. I can't think of a better way or word to describe it though. Then again, my definitons and concepts of valor have been permenantly defined/(scarred?) by the Ultima games. (Computer, Richard Garriot, RPG) As I write this, I'm thinking the closest Ultima virtue would be Honor. Although he frequently failed in it. But don't hold me to that, it's been YEARS since I read that trilogy.
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on 4 Nov 2005 04:28 (UTC)You my lady, have been deprived of one of the BEST RPG series to ever hit the market. I think at least half of the Ultima's redifined RPG's in terms of gameplay, graphics and music when released. IF you somehow end up trying to play them, I would recommend 5,6,7. The first 3 are irrelevant to the overall storyline, 8 was ok, but not so great I would recommend it. 9 just finishes the series, if you can find the required patches. (God they messed that release up) In addition to just being one of the better rpg games out there, Garriot placed a morality engine into his games. Without religion. Instead of using a religion backbone for morals, he created a system based on virtues. In addition, he examines some of the basic concepts of morality thru this system. Some of the in-game puzzles require you to actually understand his philosopy, at least well enough to solve the puzzle. For instance, finding the most humble person, in a city devoted to humility. Enough rambling I guess, just consider them to be decent primers on what a moral system should be based on, even if you disagree with his particular creation.
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on 4 Nov 2005 15:31 (UTC)Although I do remember watching my brother play some Ultima game that happened in an underground maze or something. Lots of stone and lava. Hmm.
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on 3 Nov 2005 21:34 (UTC)To paraphrase Book: "No. You don't."
Not that I'm a particularly good example of practicing that preachin'...
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