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I am failing as a fan
Dec. 6th, 2008 10:54 amApparently the new issue of Doctor Who: "The Forgotten" is out, but I was so disenchanted with the last one that I'm not sure I want to go to the effort of buying it. Even though it has a different artist this time, one who (judging by the panel I saw) doesn't suck.
Worse, Tales of Beedle the Bard has been out since Thursday. It's now Saturday, and I still haven't bought it. But I have an excuse: I've been so sucked into Megan Whalen Turner's Thief trilogy that I really don't want to read anything else. At some point I'll do a proper post about why I love these books, but it all boils down to this: Eugenides is the most brilliant, mad, god-touched kleptomaniac unreliable narrator since Miles Vorkosigan stole a mercenary fleet. And Attolia is basically Crazy President!Romana, only Romana has never cut off anyone's hand, or cut out their tongue (although I'm sure she'd at least consider it for Brax and Narvin).
Here, however, is a story that makes me all glowy inside, and reminds me of how good things are when they're separated from fandom craziness: An old lady was looking at Beedle the Bard, and she commented on the lovely illustrations. I told her that JKR had drawn them all herself. And the lady responded (like a normal person), "How lovely! Goodness, she's so talented!" instead of saying (as many people on the intertubes would), "THAT SELFISH BITCH, WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?"
It was nice. Today, since we're not going to the roller-derby bout, I'm thinking of going back to bed for a while, then watching "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" again, and maybe working on some fic.
Worse, Tales of Beedle the Bard has been out since Thursday. It's now Saturday, and I still haven't bought it. But I have an excuse: I've been so sucked into Megan Whalen Turner's Thief trilogy that I really don't want to read anything else. At some point I'll do a proper post about why I love these books, but it all boils down to this: Eugenides is the most brilliant, mad, god-touched kleptomaniac unreliable narrator since Miles Vorkosigan stole a mercenary fleet. And Attolia is basically Crazy President!Romana, only Romana has never cut off anyone's hand, or cut out their tongue (although I'm sure she'd at least consider it for Brax and Narvin).
Here, however, is a story that makes me all glowy inside, and reminds me of how good things are when they're separated from fandom craziness: An old lady was looking at Beedle the Bard, and she commented on the lovely illustrations. I told her that JKR had drawn them all herself. And the lady responded (like a normal person), "How lovely! Goodness, she's so talented!" instead of saying (as many people on the intertubes would), "THAT SELFISH BITCH, WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?"
It was nice. Today, since we're not going to the roller-derby bout, I'm thinking of going back to bed for a while, then watching "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" again, and maybe working on some fic.
