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icepixie1. CHARLIIIIIIIIIIE! Charlie was one of my favorite characters! *sniff* But I see from IMDB that Kirk Acevedo is in some other episodes, so I assume we're going to get an alternate Charlie at some point. Whether he'll be as likable as the original remains to be seen...
2. Upon reflection, "August" does not make the most sense, but I think it still might be my favorite episode, largely because Peter Woodward is freaking amazing. He played the hell out of his role as an Observer who finds that Christine "crossed his mind and never left." It was incredible.
3. On a shallow note, Olivia has been rocking the buns and braids lately. I approve.
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ARAL! NOOOOOOO!
Why is there a book where Aral only appears to DIE, and then not even on screen? Why? This is NOT ON! Maybe LMB's planning another book set somewhere earlier in the timeline all about him and Cordelia? Pretty please?
You know, maybe it was just that I'd had eight years to build up expectations for this installment and nothing could have measured up to them, but I was not as thrilled as I was hoping. Don't misunderstand, it was still good! The story itself was exciting, and the cast of new characters was fun (Jin and his animals were cute), and Miles was entertaining as always (though the idea of him as father to a brood of small children is something I'm still trying to wrap my head around), but...I sorely missed a good chunk of the usual gang, particularly Cordelia and Aral (always Cordelia and Aral), Ivan, Ilyan, Alys, and Gregor. It was nice seeing Mark and especially Kareen again, and Roic and Raven are definitely good times, but...yeah, let's face it, my preference is for our usual cast of characters getting involved in Barrayaran royal intrigue, so this was never going to be the next Barrayar or A Civil Campaign for me.
Though I did get a big cackle out of Miles's assertion that "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge." *SNERK*
2. Upon reflection, "August" does not make the most sense, but I think it still might be my favorite episode, largely because Peter Woodward is freaking amazing. He played the hell out of his role as an Observer who finds that Christine "crossed his mind and never left." It was incredible.
3. On a shallow note, Olivia has been rocking the buns and braids lately. I approve.
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ARAL! NOOOOOOO!
Why is there a book where Aral only appears to DIE, and then not even on screen? Why? This is NOT ON! Maybe LMB's planning another book set somewhere earlier in the timeline all about him and Cordelia? Pretty please?
You know, maybe it was just that I'd had eight years to build up expectations for this installment and nothing could have measured up to them, but I was not as thrilled as I was hoping. Don't misunderstand, it was still good! The story itself was exciting, and the cast of new characters was fun (Jin and his animals were cute), and Miles was entertaining as always (though the idea of him as father to a brood of small children is something I'm still trying to wrap my head around), but...I sorely missed a good chunk of the usual gang, particularly Cordelia and Aral (always Cordelia and Aral), Ivan, Ilyan, Alys, and Gregor. It was nice seeing Mark and especially Kareen again, and Roic and Raven are definitely good times, but...yeah, let's face it, my preference is for our usual cast of characters getting involved in Barrayaran royal intrigue, so this was never going to be the next Barrayar or A Civil Campaign for me.
Though I did get a big cackle out of Miles's assertion that "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge." *SNERK*
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Date: 2010-11-14 07:25 pm (UTC)Personally, I always kind of wanted Bel/Miles/Elli. ...I bet someone out there has written that. Hmmm.
But were they written out of order, or accepted for publication out of order? It's unclear! Gah!
I'm pretty sure they were written out of order, because Baen accepted Shards, Warrior's Apprentice, and Brothers in Arms, all of which she'd written by that point, as a set in 1988ish. I can't imagine they would've passed on Barrayar and Vor Game if she had them already written.
And then Pinocchio decapitates his enemies! Awwww!
Tehehehe!
I haven't played with my CD, but I hear that it contains ebooks of every other book in the series except, oddly, Memory. They're shareable, so people have put them up everywhere.
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Date: 2010-11-15 04:05 pm (UTC)Possibly Bel? Heh.
I'm pretty sure they were written out of order
Bah, further research agrees! She also said that as the Vorkosiverse got bigger and more complex, she was reluctant to do more prequels, since they were limited plotwise by what came after them. But! There's totally room in there for a Sergyar book, right? Right??
I hear that it contains ebooks of every other book in the series except, oddly, Memory.
Really? Huh. I was unable to get a menu or any sort of auto-play out of it, so I had to just dig through the files by hand. I saw all sorts of book titles in there, but assumed they were promotional blurbs... wow, now I need to go back and see what else is in there...
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Date: 2010-11-15 11:12 pm (UTC)Hee.
There's totally room in there for a Sergyar book, right? Right??
TOTALLY.