Playing catch up, Days 9 & 10
Apr. 12th, 2018 08:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impyI gather things went 90% off yesterday and the clearance/coupon ladies descended upon the store at various times. I thought Ms. G was going to murder the lady who was in the store for at least two hours shopping and took at least half an hour to check out the second time. I know, because I had to figure out how much the original prices were and then adjust for what the sale should've been. It took forever and a day.
It also meant that I looked like a lazy ass who couldn't finish my work despite having plenty of time... until you take into account the having to ring up other people so clearance lady could check out and then having to help figure the prices out so she could be rung up.
*twitches*
9.) Favorite minor character:
Janine maybe? I think it's really interesting how fandom took Janine in and ran with various theories. I'm not sure I really cared too much one way or the other when I was younger because I could get why Claud and company would run (sometimes literally) when Janine came 'round. Sometimes you gotta know your audience, Kishi. I also knew on some level that Claud was being unfair to Janine a lot of the time. But upon re-reads, I do stop to wonder what it was like for Janine to have her home invaded three times a week (minimum, can't forget those emergency meetings) by a gaggle of girls (and the odd Logan sighting) who didn't seem to care much for her, at least for quite awhile anyway.
And that's before we even touch upon the Charlie/Janine 'ship which is something I did not know I needed but I do.
10.) Least favorite minor character:
Cary? Is that nu!Alan? *looks it up* Yup, Cary Retlin. I haven't read most of FF, so I dunno what happened to him there and my reading (and possibly owning?) of the later BSC books is spotty but he always kinda bugged me simply because we'd spent 100+ books bemoaning the awfulness of Alan Gray and yet here's someone who is basically Alan without the history. Dude, I'd rather you just worked with the history because I do enjoy a good redemption arc. (I think Alan gets a tiny bit of that in FF with Claud but again, spotty at best.)
It also meant that I looked like a lazy ass who couldn't finish my work despite having plenty of time... until you take into account the having to ring up other people so clearance lady could check out and then having to help figure the prices out so she could be rung up.
*twitches*
9.) Favorite minor character:
Janine maybe? I think it's really interesting how fandom took Janine in and ran with various theories. I'm not sure I really cared too much one way or the other when I was younger because I could get why Claud and company would run (sometimes literally) when Janine came 'round. Sometimes you gotta know your audience, Kishi. I also knew on some level that Claud was being unfair to Janine a lot of the time. But upon re-reads, I do stop to wonder what it was like for Janine to have her home invaded three times a week (minimum, can't forget those emergency meetings) by a gaggle of girls (and the odd Logan sighting) who didn't seem to care much for her, at least for quite awhile anyway.
And that's before we even touch upon the Charlie/Janine 'ship which is something I did not know I needed but I do.
10.) Least favorite minor character:
Cary? Is that nu!Alan? *looks it up* Yup, Cary Retlin. I haven't read most of FF, so I dunno what happened to him there and my reading (and possibly owning?) of the later BSC books is spotty but he always kinda bugged me simply because we'd spent 100+ books bemoaning the awfulness of Alan Gray and yet here's someone who is basically Alan without the history. Dude, I'd rather you just worked with the history because I do enjoy a good redemption arc. (I think Alan gets a tiny bit of that in FF with Claud but again, spotty at best.)
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Date: 2018-04-14 12:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-04-15 11:35 am (UTC)I don't get why they had to go and basically make a more ~mysterious~ Alan. Alan himself is right there. Use him for cryin' out loud.