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[rivendellrose]

Corollary to last night's happy fic-induced post:

I will not spoil myself after all this hard work just because I found a fic writer whose work I enjoy. I will not read fic that is set in season 5, even if particularly not if it has to do with the character about who I am getting awful wibbly feelings that predict Immense Suffering before the end of the series. Poor woobie. I love that there are all these awful things that I know are coming for major characters, but I'm completely distracted by this twist-in-the-belly bad feeling about a relatively minor one.

Thou shalt not hurt the small, innocent, cute things, damn it. Isn't that a rule somewhere?

Oh, wait. I remember now - when you're a writer, the rule goes something more on the order of "thou shalt hurt the most absolutely unexpected, cute, and innocent characters, because it's a better knife in the gut of your audience that way." The small-innocent-cute rule only applies to puppies and kittens. And even then only on TV and movies, and with kindly writers as opposed to the really mean ones. We're talking about one of the few sci-fi TV shows that has ever made me go "whoa... you're really not pulling punches, here, are you?" Small cute things should fear this man muchly. And so should I. Woe.

Speaking of writerliness, I finished Night Watch tonight. Oh, Vimes. ♥ And I'm still poking my way through Pledged, which continues to make me more and more appalled with the fact that my dad ever even so much as suggested my thinking about joining a sorority. His school didn't have them, I know, but... scaaaary not-me kind of thing. Wow.

There was something else I was going to say, but now I don't remember it. We cleaned out the freezer this evening. That was interesting. If... slightly disturbing. Oh, and I really am working on editing that damned fic I posted the other day. Many thanks to everyone who commented and kicked my butt into the certainty that yeah, that thing had Serious Issues there at the end. It's getting better. Just... slowly.

Aaaaand I should be in bed.

Comments

[windrose.livejournal.com]

I love that there are all these awful things that I know are coming for major characters, but I'm completely distracted by this twist-in-the-belly bad feeling about a relatively minor one.

May I ask which relatively minor character you are worried about? I promise, I will not spoil anything, I will merely nod sagely regardless of whether you are right or wrong.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Well, when it comes down to it I'm worried about everybody, 'cause this is just that kind of show. But I've been getting little hints and notions that something unpleasant is in store for Lennier. I don't entirely get why I'm so attached to him, but he's the one character I'm attached to whose future isn't at least reasonably clear to me in one way or another.

[windrose.livejournal.com]

*nods sagely*

Also? I can't wait until you finish the series so we can discuss without any fear of spoilers. :D

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I can't either!!!

(And darn it all, I opened the 'wrong' fic this morning while I was eating breakfast and saw the word "exile." In the first sentence. *Headdesk*)

[windrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, but you still don't know how or why, so step away from the fic and come back to it later when you do.

And then we will discuss. 8)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeah. I've learned my lesson. I'm staying far away from the fic, now. *Sighs*

I should have Season 4 in my hot little hands this evening.

...And then I have to wait until the end of summer to watch 5. That's going to be hard. o_O

[hoperomantic.livejournal.com]

Oooh... Season 4 is a lovely little season...then again I love every season for a different reason. *grin*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see it! I really felt like Season 3 was where the show finally hit its stride - 1 had its moments, 2 was amusing, but in 3 things really started coming together. I'm still having moments of "oh, wow," as I realize how stuff fits. Little things from the first season that I thought were just random one-shots, and now I'm realizing that they were setting up something... that was setting up something else... which set up a huge plotline........ So much fun. ♥

[hoperomantic.livejournal.com]

Hang in there; avoid temptation! *grin* Of course, giving into temptation can be fun too. *grin*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I will! At least I mostly have so far. I'm trying. o_O