Lit Apropos of Nothing - ACKBAR IN CAPITALS - The Lit Forum Social Thread, v2.0.15

Maybe that's how it played out in the LEU but not in the new canon.

 

I am one, Jello. There are in-betweens.

 

So, apparently a lot of Star Wars stuff has happened in the time I haven't really been paying attention...

Are we still alive?

 

no

 

It's either the end of the world or a brand new day. Maybe both. (Or neither, if you're a black-hearted cynic).

 

We were in purgatory all along. No one saw it coming.

 

Have officially completed my 98-day Veronica Mars "binge". Tomorrow: I can finally watch the movie I helped pay for a year ago.

 

I've been binge watching Twin Peaks!

 

Alive? Dude, we're the stuff of legends, now.

 

I pushed my way through Borderlands and Sleeping Dogs, plus their DLCs, over the last few days.

My SO was going through the series for the first time, but she hasn't been able to get over the hurdle of the final James and Donna story.

 

The series goes through a lull where the lodge storyline doesn't connect most everything together like it does for the first season, the first third of season two, and the final third of season two.

 

Do people think that the Wizard of Oz fans have the same problem with talking about continuity as we do or are their discussions worse?

 

Are you kidding? They have the best retcon of all.

 

Yeah, and that's where it is. She's enjoyed the series overall, and I've told her that once Windom Earle shows up it starts going somewhere again, but man... that storyline. And it isn't even in or near Twin Peaks. That's what bugs me the most.

Considering that there is debate on what is considered to be "canonical" Oz novels, yes.

Pretty much any setting has canon discussions. I was shocked, being a LOTR fan but not involved in the fan community, upon learning how much vitriol was expended on the topic of whether the Balrog had wings. (Not something I particularly cared about myself, incidentally, and I'd be biased because of the illustrations of the "obviously a Balrog" from D&D's Monster Manual). The Annotated Sherlock Holmes shows that it is not really a new phenomenon; you wouldn't believe the amount of effort was made to try to sort out when the individual Holmes stories took place... or even how many times Watson was married. Of course, they did it with more style than us.

(And yes, I've tried the crack the Holmes timeline mystery myself - I'll probably go with my fifth attempt the next time I get bored or suddenly get a craving for some Holmes stories).

 

Today I saw cat girls, steampunk cosplayers, faeries, goblins, trolls, gnomes, elves, a few satyrs, Green Men, the Moss Man, wolf girls, one dragon, a griffin, a trans-fae, and people covered from head to toe in mud.

 

So I was thinking back to the old days today. I was mostly a lurker in 2002, but I would come here all the time to get my Lit fix and to read the latest EU theories, rumors, etc. It's crazy to think it has been so long... I was just a teen back then, and now I'm married and have a whole new outlook on life (that's what my wife tells me to say, anyway ) . But the Lit boards, man, they've been a constant for me. I don't think I've ever gone more than a month since 2002 without checking in- whether it was to read all the craziest NJO theories (who remembers Jimmy?), or to check Mastadge's latest review compilations, to see what author was on the boards that day (and we had so many!), or to collectively mourn what LOTF and FOTJ did to our beloved characters.

(As a quick aside: It's good to see that some of the old guys are still around, like Quest, dp4m and Coop! I notice a distinct absence of Thrawn McEwok, Mastadge, Valiento, Genghis, Gatherer, Raven, and Gandolf the Grey. Just out of curiousty, does anyone still keep in touch with them? I wonder how they're doing these days.)

I know things are changing for the EU, and maybe not necessarily for the better. But I can't help but think that the silver lining of all this craziness is that new life will be breathed into the Lit Boards. I had felt that activity had been kind of stale after the end of FOTJ, and especially once Crucible came out. And, in my opinion, for good reason. It was just depressing, where the state of the EU was. But now- look at all the activity here the last few weeks! It's so refreshing to hear these boards humming again! We have new things to look forward to (or dread!), new debates to have, new directions that we are going in. I hope that it fuels Lit many years into the future. I look forward to the day when I can sign my daughter or son up here, and explain to them what the hell a "message board is," and why this is one of the BEST parts of being a Star Wars fan. So on this May the Fourth Weekend, I just wanted to thank everyone here, from the guys who just come once in awhile, to the regular posters, and especially all the mods (who put so much time into maintaining these boards). You guys are the best, and make this place what it is- and I hope to see you all around here for years to come.

Cheers!

 

Funny story.

 

Ever since this whole Legends business was announced, my thoughts always go to I Am Legend with Will Smith. Oddly enough this movie predicted a Batman/Superman movie happening right before the apocalypse. Its a sign, first the EU goes, then the planet

 

False dichotomy; you can be neither.

 

After holding a tarantula and a vinegaroon today, I'm not sure if I'm a scorpion person anymore. I really liked that vinegaroon and I love how a tarantula feels as it crawls in your hands with those heavy steps.

Though, the blue-tongued skink is still such a sweet baby. He loves to be held close and cuddled and I love to hold him close and cuddle.

Though, there's also the baby ball python...