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Life is ... something, these days. For sure. (I just deleted the 3 paragraphs of ranting re: software development methodologies b/c I can't even stand to look at any mention of it unless I'm being forced to deal with it for a paycheck.)
Okay, so, things that I have read and watched and listened to...
I finally got through the first season of The Magicians and, uh, I know Grossman's said that he wrote the books to reconcile himself to never getting to go to Narnia, but holy shit, he must still be really pissed that he couldn't go. I mean, a child-abusing creator is one thing but then having the victim running around committing all kinds of gruesome death and destruction does not seem to be the processing of a no-grudge-holding mind. It's not Narnia's fault little Lev couldn't visit. Also, I guess they took GRRM to heart and couldn't let things happen without a nice rape to drive the plot along, /sarcasm. (On the plus side, at least it's not Quentin rushing off for vengeance on behalf of Julia, so hey, I guess he's not the utter worst. And no, there was not the slightest bit of fetishizing that whole scene but seriously, could we not think of something else to get everyone's vengeance gig on? ) I'm totally Team!Eliot, btw.
On a more pleasant note, I have a new addition to my royal valium list of books: The Royal Runaway, featuring a left-at-the-altar princess and a Scottish former-Special-Services/current MI6 agent. It's got a nice almost-enemies-to-lovers vibe and a little bit of a mystery and did I mention the Scottish MI6 agent? I mean, seriously, I'm not made of stone over here.
I managed to watch Ant Man and the Wasp in the last month (verdict: not *nearly* enough Luis.) And we caught Captain Marvel in the theater last weekend, which I didn't love as a whole as much as I wanted to. The parts that I did love, though, I loved hard, and I'm super-happy it caught the box office it did. (Of course, now I can get accused of bandwagon-jumping for my Carol Corps backpack instead of just having people not recognize it, but such is the (toxic) way of the Bro-Fans.) If you liked it, and would like to know more about Princess Sparklefists, my fellow GeekParent Mathias wrote an excellent round-up of Carol Danvers-related titles through history. (It is at this point that I am wildly excited for the Marvel Unlimited subscription that auto-renews every year.)
I'm also stuck somewhere in the middle of S3 for Star Wars: Rebels -- the library copies got out of sync so I'm having to wait for a while in between disks, boo. I'm still loving it, though.
And then there's been the crazed shenanigans about Galaxy's Edge, the Star Wars additions to Disney World and Disneyland, which is now going to be open for both our last quarter 2019 visits. Well, I mean, we'll be there, but I have no idea if we're going to get near the place. Possibly if we get in line now? Anyway, here are my favorite write-ups:
T&L: Inside Look at Galaxy's Edge (Carlye Wisel)
Tech Crunch: How Disney Built Star Wars in Real Life
I don't know if you can snag this podcast w/o subscribing, but it's the writer of my first link being interviewed by my favorite Dizgeeks, who are giddy with excitement: Disney Dish, Ep 208.
I hope you're finding happy diversions in fandomland!
Okay, so, things that I have read and watched and listened to...
I finally got through the first season of The Magicians and, uh, I know Grossman's said that he wrote the books to reconcile himself to never getting to go to Narnia, but holy shit, he must still be really pissed that he couldn't go. I mean, a child-abusing creator is one thing but then having the victim running around committing all kinds of gruesome death and destruction does not seem to be the processing of a no-grudge-holding mind. It's not Narnia's fault little Lev couldn't visit. Also, I guess they took GRRM to heart and couldn't let things happen without a nice rape to drive the plot along, /sarcasm. (On the plus side, at least it's not Quentin rushing off for vengeance on behalf of Julia, so hey, I guess he's not the utter worst. And no, there was not the slightest bit of fetishizing that whole scene but seriously, could we not think of something else to get everyone's vengeance gig on? ) I'm totally Team!Eliot, btw.
On a more pleasant note, I have a new addition to my royal valium list of books: The Royal Runaway, featuring a left-at-the-altar princess and a Scottish former-Special-Services/current MI6 agent. It's got a nice almost-enemies-to-lovers vibe and a little bit of a mystery and did I mention the Scottish MI6 agent? I mean, seriously, I'm not made of stone over here.
I managed to watch Ant Man and the Wasp in the last month (verdict: not *nearly* enough Luis.) And we caught Captain Marvel in the theater last weekend, which I didn't love as a whole as much as I wanted to. The parts that I did love, though, I loved hard, and I'm super-happy it caught the box office it did. (Of course, now I can get accused of bandwagon-jumping for my Carol Corps backpack instead of just having people not recognize it, but such is the (toxic) way of the Bro-Fans.) If you liked it, and would like to know more about Princess Sparklefists, my fellow GeekParent Mathias wrote an excellent round-up of Carol Danvers-related titles through history. (It is at this point that I am wildly excited for the Marvel Unlimited subscription that auto-renews every year.)
I'm also stuck somewhere in the middle of S3 for Star Wars: Rebels -- the library copies got out of sync so I'm having to wait for a while in between disks, boo. I'm still loving it, though.
And then there's been the crazed shenanigans about Galaxy's Edge, the Star Wars additions to Disney World and Disneyland, which is now going to be open for both our last quarter 2019 visits. Well, I mean, we'll be there, but I have no idea if we're going to get near the place. Possibly if we get in line now? Anyway, here are my favorite write-ups:
I hope you're finding happy diversions in fandomland!
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