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aliceylain) wrote2013-07-18 07:10 pm
aliceylain) wrote2013-07-18 07:10 pm
since we're going nowhere I've gone out of my head
THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES, THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES, THE REEEEPUBLIC OF THIIIIIIIIEVES!!!
Ahem. So, there's a book series that I really like called The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch. The story revolves around a small gang of thieves and the incredibly clever and gutsy exploits that they pull off (or sometimes not pull off). It's a very fun, imaginative series with snappy, hilarious dialogue and fleshed-out characters. And despite the name of the series itself, there are quite a few excellent ladies in the books (although, admittedly, more in book two than book one). The only problem? Only two books out of the projected seven have been published and it's been five years since book two was published.
But. But but but but but the third book is FINALLY going to be released in October of this year and I know it's real because there's a page count (672!) and a cover and the author's blogged about it and hooooooraaaaaaaaay!
If any of my brief description of the above intrigues you, I'd definitely suggest checking out the series. I warn you, the books tend to jump in time quite a bit so if that's a pet peeve of yours, you probably would want to give this series a bye.
On a different and infinitely more embarassing note, I've been watching Free! and I don't know how to feel about it. When I first heard of the animated series, I told myself that I wouldn't watch it since it was billed as fanservice for ladies. Not that I'm against fanservice for ladies, but the neverending series with fanservice for men annoy the heck out of me so I thought I'd avoid the series on some sort of weird moral ground. But then I saw some screenshots on tumblr and thought I'd give the first episode a try. The plot didn't seem anything special but what the heck.
And then the first shirt was whipped off with much pectoral fanfare.
And then the stripping happened again.
And again.
And there were sharply defined bodies everywhere it seemed.
And I.
And I was weak against it, guys.
And now I think I know a little bit what it feels like to be a guy who enjoys those shows with tons of boob and ass shots. Because the plot of the series isn't anything to write home about. Pretty generic all-in-all with pretty generic characters. But it's animated very sharply and my god, the upper bodies of these swimmers are mesmerizing in some ways and I can't stop laughing whenever someone strips yet again in an episode.
It certainly doesn't hurt also that they introduced a glasses character in episode three. A glasses character who adjusted their glasses approximately 33899403 times during the episode. A glasses character who murmurs calculations to himself.
Yeeeeeeeeah, that doesn't hit any of my character pings at all.
Ahem. So, there's a book series that I really like called The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch. The story revolves around a small gang of thieves and the incredibly clever and gutsy exploits that they pull off (or sometimes not pull off). It's a very fun, imaginative series with snappy, hilarious dialogue and fleshed-out characters. And despite the name of the series itself, there are quite a few excellent ladies in the books (although, admittedly, more in book two than book one). The only problem? Only two books out of the projected seven have been published and it's been five years since book two was published.
But. But but but but but the third book is FINALLY going to be released in October of this year and I know it's real because there's a page count (672!) and a cover and the author's blogged about it and hooooooraaaaaaaaay!
If any of my brief description of the above intrigues you, I'd definitely suggest checking out the series. I warn you, the books tend to jump in time quite a bit so if that's a pet peeve of yours, you probably would want to give this series a bye.
On a different and infinitely more embarassing note, I've been watching Free! and I don't know how to feel about it. When I first heard of the animated series, I told myself that I wouldn't watch it since it was billed as fanservice for ladies. Not that I'm against fanservice for ladies, but the neverending series with fanservice for men annoy the heck out of me so I thought I'd avoid the series on some sort of weird moral ground. But then I saw some screenshots on tumblr and thought I'd give the first episode a try. The plot didn't seem anything special but what the heck.
And then the first shirt was whipped off with much pectoral fanfare.
And then the stripping happened again.
And again.
And there were sharply defined bodies everywhere it seemed.
And I.
And I was weak against it, guys.
And now I think I know a little bit what it feels like to be a guy who enjoys those shows with tons of boob and ass shots. Because the plot of the series isn't anything to write home about. Pretty generic all-in-all with pretty generic characters. But it's animated very sharply and my god, the upper bodies of these swimmers are mesmerizing in some ways and I can't stop laughing whenever someone strips yet again in an episode.
It certainly doesn't hurt also that they introduced a glasses character in episode three. A glasses character who adjusted their glasses approximately 33899403 times during the episode. A glasses character who murmurs calculations to himself.
Yeeeeeeeeah, that doesn't hit any of my character pings at all.