Joi_the_Artist
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OH. MY. GOODNESS. Get the DVD, you will not regret it even a little tiny bit: http://bagbybeowulf.com/dvd/index.html He sings the Beowulf vs. Grendel section of "Beowulf," in Anglo-…
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Svithrir: YAY, another Sequentia fan! Are you familiar with Bagby's amazing rendition of Beowulf?
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I'll post more questions later, but just wanted to toss in a personal story about this book. (Spoilery story, sorry! Apologies for posting it without white-texting first.) Until I read "A Game of You," I had never (knowingly) encountered any one, re…
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Ok, it's been a heck of a week, so I'm just now getting around to participating here.I'm not sure if I'm the only one coming from a background of current faith, but I do also have to fight some of that kneejerk reaction of "Wa…Heck of a week; just not getting around to posting some questions!
Is this the first time we see how drastically the Endless
can change? One has gone missing forever, and another has changed her nature
entirely. Wh…Ah, I can't come this day, either. One of my favorite local authors is doing a book signing, and I FINALLY get to meet her after 3 years of great chats on Twitter. Woooo!I'm helping with an online charity event that day (make a classicist watch Ancient Aliens for fun and profit!) (no, really, that's the event), and will be busy. Have fun, whoever joins!Svithrir: Would it be fair to say that Madoc wanted to have written the stories, without putting in the work, while Shakespeare wanted to be able to do the work well in order to properly serve the stories?@totz_The_plaid Sure, but Martian Munhunter is himself humanoid, and that glimpse is less than one panel. I wouldn't call that really getting to see a non-humanoid Dr…That...that is freaking brilliant, man. That's the only time I think I've heard a really persuasive reason why "Dream of 1000 Cats" is included.Another thing that strikes me about Rainie's story: Death won't consent to dominate Rainie, even when Rainie wants it. "you've come to make it all stop?" But Death won't take Rainie's life that way: "Your life is your own, Rainie. So is your …Trichinobezoars, and Rapunzel Syndrome, are real things, so I kind of doubt it. Bezoars, at least the belief in them, are a real thing, too; they show up in Harry Potter a few times, as well.Addressing Jillybob's point from the Questions thread: does Shakespeare want greatness, or does he want to write well? Those are two very different things. "God's wounds! If only I could write like you...I would give anything to have your gifts. Or …Is Rainie's gift really great? The ability to be anything...except yourself. It sounds more like a curse; Rainie certainly sees it as such. (And heck, she didn't even go into the tomb of her own volition, it was for military/company purposes.)<…I'm inclined to think that a storyteller is not pretending to be recounting factual occurrences; or, if they are, it's still within the context of "this is a story." I think that's different than someone who is trying to function as not-a-storytelle…That was SO MUCH FUN!I decided to wear my new dress, just for the occasion. Wheee!But it's true, isn't it? After you've wronged someone, there is at least a temptation to hate or despise them, because you don't want to confront that evil in yourself. When Calliope last knew Dream, he had not faced that about himself. He still has…My notes from this volume:I love this story of the Muse. I mean, it’s awful, but it’s a great story. Do creators have responsibilities towards their inspiration? The story doesn’t seem to suggest that abuse of one’s inspir…I've seen a lot of "this story means X to me," but it's mostly in the thread for the book that's "active" that weekend. I'm inclined to try to tease out authorial intent first, just because it keeps the discussions grounded in something that everyon…