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shadowkatDon't normally find these memes amusing enought to post, but I did this one and got a really great result this year. Guess why I'm posting it? Yep it's "only" for the very last line..(hee hee hee hee.)
Proof that people have wildly divergent tastes? (As if you needed any.). Scrolling down flist - one entry is a review of the Farscape episode Back and Back and Back to the Future again - where the reviewer thought Misfits time travel episode was far better done and somewhat terrific...go down just a few entries, next poster states - Misfits screwed up royally on the time travel bit and did not do it that well at all. (LOL - or rather, laugh, cough, cough, cough, laugh, really cough.)
Also have come to the conclusion - that Hunger Games is the anti-Twilight (in case of any confusion - I'm referring to Stephanie Meyer's famous vampire romances not Joss Whedon's less infamous villain (of which we shall speak of no more.) And it hits all my story kinks:
1. kick-ass/somewhat tomboyish heroine in traditional male role - check
2. girl saves the boy - check (ie. not damsel - the girl I mean, the boy is definitely damsel)
3. survival in wilderness with just your wits (check)
4. wicked satire of current social ills that drive me crazy (aka evil marketing people and reality shows such as Survivor, Big Brother and Wipeout)
5. unrequited love (attractive boy has unrequited love for kickass heroine and is in the traditional female role, ie - not much of a fighter, better at hiding and into romance) - check
6. sci-fi satire on social and economic organizations - check.
And yes, I suppose there's a love triangel of sorts - but it's not really the main story line and the way it's written - it's actually, oddly twisty and innovative in nature. ie - the heroine is being pushed towards one guy to survive in the Games, and is playing the Game or the romance for the public, while she has a close and deep friendship established with the other guy back home that no one knows about. Nice satirical commentary on how fans influence tv writers and reality shows such as the Bachelor, etc.
If any of this stuff appeals to you on any level? You'll love the Hunger Games. Actually, I think most Buffy and Harry fans might like them. Collins is not as good a writer as JK Rowlings, but she's as good as Butcher.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
shadowkat67 sent to me...
shadowkat67 sent to me...Twelve dreams writing
Eleven waterfalls drawing
Ten forests a-cooking
Nine cats traveling
Eight giles a-hiking
Seven books a-reading
Six animals a-kayaking
Five gra-a-a-aphic novels
Four fairy tales
Three edward degas
Two urban legends
...and a chocolate in a david bowie.
Proof that people have wildly divergent tastes? (As if you needed any.). Scrolling down flist - one entry is a review of the Farscape episode Back and Back and Back to the Future again - where the reviewer thought Misfits time travel episode was far better done and somewhat terrific...go down just a few entries, next poster states - Misfits screwed up royally on the time travel bit and did not do it that well at all. (LOL - or rather, laugh, cough, cough, cough, laugh, really cough.)
Also have come to the conclusion - that Hunger Games is the anti-Twilight (in case of any confusion - I'm referring to Stephanie Meyer's famous vampire romances not Joss Whedon's less infamous villain (of which we shall speak of no more.) And it hits all my story kinks:
1. kick-ass/somewhat tomboyish heroine in traditional male role - check
2. girl saves the boy - check (ie. not damsel - the girl I mean, the boy is definitely damsel)
3. survival in wilderness with just your wits (check)
4. wicked satire of current social ills that drive me crazy (aka evil marketing people and reality shows such as Survivor, Big Brother and Wipeout)
5. unrequited love (attractive boy has unrequited love for kickass heroine and is in the traditional female role, ie - not much of a fighter, better at hiding and into romance) - check
6. sci-fi satire on social and economic organizations - check.
And yes, I suppose there's a love triangel of sorts - but it's not really the main story line and the way it's written - it's actually, oddly twisty and innovative in nature. ie - the heroine is being pushed towards one guy to survive in the Games, and is playing the Game or the romance for the public, while she has a close and deep friendship established with the other guy back home that no one knows about. Nice satirical commentary on how fans influence tv writers and reality shows such as the Bachelor, etc.
If any of this stuff appeals to you on any level? You'll love the Hunger Games. Actually, I think most Buffy and Harry fans might like them. Collins is not as good a writer as JK Rowlings, but she's as good as Butcher.
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Date: 2010-12-21 12:22 am (UTC)And I totally agree about Hunger Games, except that you think a lot more highly of JKR writing ability than I do... .
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Date: 2010-12-21 04:53 am (UTC)I liked Sunshine (Robin McKinley) even better, wish it had a sequel...
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Date: 2010-12-21 09:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-12-21 11:42 am (UTC)It's just awesome to see how many strong female characters the books have and how often the gender roles are reversed.
Can't wait to see what you think of Finnick, now that's one role that if put in the hands of a male writer, would have ended up being a girl.
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