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alcesverdes) wrote2010-08-10 01:21 pm
alcesverdes) wrote2010-08-10 01:21 pm
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Book meme - Day 01
(Pictures aren't mandatory for these memes, right? D| /lazy)
Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
I'm going with the second option and pick one book series I wish they would stop already.
And, the winner is:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Story-wise, this should have ended with The Last Olympian. Or at least, I think it isn't a good idea that the next books happen the way the author is proposing.
[LOTS OF SPOILERS BELLOW]
The bad idea isn't to follow up what happened with that first prophecy Rachel made as the Oracle, of course not. It's actually good. The bad idea is to make it happen while Percy's generation (or what was left of it, anyway) is still alive. Not only because they'll steal the spotlight from the new protagonists (never mind the fact that Percy got an important upgrade of his powers with that dip into the Styx, and that--and his experience, which the newcomers surely don't have--would make it even more unfair to said newcomers, who should be able to fight their own fights to earn their place as actual protagonists), but because they already won their war. They earned their happy ending--or as happy as it could get with all those deaths and carnage and the facts that monsters are still coming after them just because of what they are demigods. But those monsters are everyday stuff compared with the Titans and those wars.
I really, really, would've liked that Chiron's words would have held true in the end.
([Spoilers for The Legend of Korra]Which is also the main reason it doesn't bother me as much that the all the Gaang is dead by the time of Korra's adventures, but that's another story. Yes, I do love all those characters, but their story is already finished.[/Spoilers for The Legend of Korra] There are times where you should put the needs of the story above your own feelings. But this is a dissertation for another time.)
And that was all for today's rant, I guess. I do feel better.
Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 – The best book you’ve read in the last 12 months
Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 – A book or series you hate
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 – A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 – A book that disappointed you
Day 12 – A book or series of books you’ve watched more than five times
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?
Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
I'm going with the second option and pick one book series I wish they would stop already.
And, the winner is:
Story-wise, this should have ended with The Last Olympian. Or at least, I think it isn't a good idea that the next books happen the way the author is proposing.
[LOTS OF SPOILERS BELLOW]
The bad idea isn't to follow up what happened with that first prophecy Rachel made as the Oracle, of course not. It's actually good. The bad idea is to make it happen while Percy's generation (or what was left of it, anyway) is still alive. Not only because they'll steal the spotlight from the new protagonists (never mind the fact that Percy got an important upgrade of his powers with that dip into the Styx, and that--and his experience, which the newcomers surely don't have--would make it even more unfair to said newcomers, who should be able to fight their own fights to earn their place as actual protagonists), but because they already won their war. They earned their happy ending--or as happy as it could get with all those deaths and carnage and the facts that monsters are still coming after them just because of what they are demigods. But those monsters are everyday stuff compared with the Titans and those wars.
I really, really, would've liked that Chiron's words would have held true in the end.
([Spoilers for The Legend of Korra]Which is also the main reason it doesn't bother me as much that the all the Gaang is dead by the time of Korra's adventures, but that's another story. Yes, I do love all those characters, but their story is already finished.[/Spoilers for The Legend of Korra] There are times where you should put the needs of the story above your own feelings. But this is a dissertation for another time.)
And that was all for today's rant, I guess. I do feel better.
Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 – The best book you’ve read in the last 12 months
Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 – A book or series you hate
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 – A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 – A book that disappointed you
Day 12 – A book or series of books you’ve watched more than five times
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?