Might I suggest the titanium sporks on offer from Think Geek. They should last longer.
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BRILLIANT. I eagerly await this liveblogging. Be sure to post a link here too just in case we miss it!
I cannot associate 'Tookie' with anything but an asshole, for some reason. So the 'de la Creme' part is really not appreciated. -_-;
A True Lady's Quest - A Jojo is You!An asshole in the metaphorical sense, or a literal asshole?
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaOkay, the liveblog has begun
. Any criticism or advice is appreciated.
Let the popcorn popping commence!
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaGoodness great-swords! I think I found a new catchphrase!
Swordsman Troper — Reclaiming The Blade — WatchHere's a list of the tropes I've noticed so far:
- Acronym and Abbreviation Overload- T-DOD, B3 Institute, B4, SPLD, FG and TMJ in the first chapter alone.
- Added Alliterative Appeal- Constantly used in the narration.
- Doorstopper- Modelland is 576 pages.
- Fail O Suckyname- Tookie is slang for "butt."
- Gratuitous French- "De La Crème."
- Gratuitous Italian- LaDorno.
- Mismatched Eyes- Tookie has one brown eye and one green eye.
- No OSHA Compliance- The B3 Institute (a factory that was converted into a school) constantly emits thick green smoke that smells like "a mixture of gasoline, mold, melted plastic, and methane gas."
- Omniglot- Tookie, who knew 28 languages by age 11, and nearly every language by age 15.
YMMV:
* So Bad, It's Good
This list is only up to Chapter 2. I'm reading the book blind for my liveblog, so I can't tell you anything after that.
I also suspect that Protection from Editors applies due to the number of stupid mistakes (failing to capitalize a name, misspelling a name, etc.), but I don't have any concrete proof that there was no editor. It could have just been a really lazy one.
edited 3rd Oct '11 10:41:28 AM by LadyMomus
The page count is from the hardcover edition on Amazon.com. (As far as I can tell there isn't a paperback edition). I own the Kindle version, which has more pages but less words per page.
Possibly. It's hard to tell. That's why I said I suspected Protection from Editors. I don't have any proof that it's the case, but there are enough errors, that I wouldn't be surprised. (Unless it's confirmed somewhere, this wouldn't belong on a tropes page.)
It's possible that the book was rushed out to meet some perceived demand, so there was less time to check the proof. Or maybe a proof wasn't issued, though I don't know how common/rare that is.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaI originally came in this thread to say "Shame on you" for judging her book preemptively and to act all holier than thou, but then I clicked on the link and found out that it stars something called Intoxibellas* in a mystical place called Modelland.
Before I make fun of it though, I just want to ask how serious the work is. Y'never know.
How serious is it meant to be taken? I'll admit that I honestly can't tell at this point. (I just finished reading Chapter 3.)
I want to say it's meant to be So Bad, It's Good, but I'm pretty sure it was meant to be taken completely seriously. The book has been described as "dystopian" in at least one interview, and Chapter 2 introduces a mentally ill homeless girl who cuts herself and was abused in a psychiatric ward.
