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Slow afternoon at work. So slow, in fact, that I'm doing a meme. I have this weird aversion to most memes, probably stemming from an entirely juvenile desire not do stuff that every else is, GOSH. (My Napoleon Dynamite joke is crippled by the fact that a) it's the internet so you can't hear my impression and b) it's not the fall of 2004.)

Stolen from

shetiger and

20thcenturyvole:

Name a fandom you know I know and I'll tell you:

1. The first character I first fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer
6. The character I would shag anytime
7. The character I'd want to be like
8. The character I'd slap
9. A pairing that I love
10. A pairing that I despise.

Most of my major fandoms are listed in my userinfo. BUT let's mix this up (and simultaneously cater to my desire to appear as though I know something about everything) and say that you can name whatever fandom you want, and if I don't have an opinion I will MAKE ONE UP.

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AHAHA. Okay, fine. I don't even remember most of their names anymore:

1. The first character I first fell in love with: I'm trying to channel my 13 year old self and say that it was probably Ryan. Rion? Wasn't his name spelled in the manner of all fantasy characters, with an extra "i" or something? I'm too lazy to look anything up.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Naran. Such an interloper at first, but after everyone passed her around like a cheap bottle of vodka I didn't mind her as much.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Earth Dude. Boring!
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: ...Tamrissa (sp)? The fire girl? She was fiesty! (Shockingly.)
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Jovvi. Borrrring.
6. The character I would shag anytime: Maybe Jovvi? (Wasn't she a prostitute with a heart of gold? Am I mis-remembering that?)
7. The character I'd want to be like: Naran? I dunno, I'm pretty sure everyone in these books sucked.
8. The character I'd slap: Tamrissa. I liked her, but after the 5th time she and the Water Guy got broke up, her schtick started to wear thin.
9. A pairing that I love: I remember reeeeally liking Tamrissa/Water Guy. And that scene where they *almost* got together but he fell alseep and then Tamrissa (and me, age 13!) cried bitter tears of frustration! Oh!
10. A pairing that I despise: Earth Dude/Jovvi. They were pretty boring, IIRC.

1. He was called Rion because his mother named him Clarion, and Jovvi renamed him. DUH

2. Lulz.

3. Lorand was the best! And definitely the best in bed.

4. Who hated Tamrissa? She was the heroine with the natural dialogue skills of a pet rock!

5. Jovvi was the prostitute with brains and the power to make people cry. So..yeah, I'd tap that.

Gawd I cried when they almost slept together but didn't and then he tried to blame it on someone using their powers to make him impotent or something..And Lorand and Jovvi were classic - "Can I love her even though she's a prostitute?" "Will he get over the prostitute thing already?" How will it end?!?!?!?!!!

1. Shame on me for not wasting valuable brain space on that bit of information!
3. I didn't remember his name. Ergo, boring. I don't think he had anything going on other than angst over the fact that his girlfriend was a prostitute.
4. Dude Tamrissa was annnoying. And yet I still liked her and was committed to seeing her fulfill her ultimate destiny.
5. Yeah, always sleep with the professional.

AHAHA I forgot about that twist! The magic! That's why we can't shag!

How did it end!?!?!? I didn't care by that point.

Yeah, I tuned out after finished book six (the first one in the Blending Enthroned part) and flipping 8 pages into book 7...they were far less interesting when they were just roaming the countryside with hundreds of other blendings. Made for some good orgies, I'll bet. My money's on "The 6 ruled happily ever after" for the final line of the series.

Yeah, no kidding. Did they really have a "Now ALL the Blendings must sleep with ALL the other Blendings and only then came we take over the world!" plot twist? Because I would not be surprised in the slightest.

Apparently the last one was spectacularly awful. Note this quote from an Amazon.com reviewer: "I personally like to drink tea but seeing EVERYBODY on EVERY page drinking tea grated on my nerves. IS THERE NOTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD TO DRINK! Why were we subjected to this over and over like a club bashing in our heads. If this is what keeps the writer writing good for her but why subject us to all of this tea swilling. I found myself wanting to hold each and every one of the characters."

Sorry, that was: "...hold each and every one of the characters down and pour tea down their throats until they drowned in it."