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Got a WIP you're excited about? Want to rave about your fave? Or is your fandom absolutely in love with a character who detracts from every scene they bumble into, and you need somewhere to vent? You're in the right place!

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From: (Anonymous)

SA

(Gonna start the 2nd Strike book tonight!)

From: (Anonymous)

SA

Ended up 5 days late with it, but I did start it. Only 3 chapters in. I want to say that I like that he's a flawed character, but actually I'm super grossed out and annoyed at him for peeing in a doorway. There's a street near me that stinks alllllll the way along because men treat it like a toilet. So hat off to Rowling for not smoothing down her main character's rough edges, but also, on a personal level, EW.

From: (Anonymous)

LOL I don't remember that part. I did find it funny how often the characters needed to go pee, though; it's refreshing to me when so many authors stolidly ignore bodily functions.

From: (Anonymous)

Lol, if you read Each of us a Desert I promise you'll lose that preference forever... (The main character goes to the loo on like every page. It's really distracting. I get the impression the author read something like 'bodily functions add realism!' and decided he could make his book better than all the others JUST by having the main character wee all the time. It's also a generally terrible book so... best avoided.)

I think Strike's Antisocial Peeing Incident is in chapter 1, so probably easy to forget! Unless you're me. Who is still shuddering 2 chapters later. He ate a sausage right after without washing his hands.

From: (Anonymous)

Haha Strike's kind of gross, yeah. He does improve later, though!

From: (Anonymous)

SA

Up to ch8. Forgot what an emotionally abusive prick Robin's fiance was. I know you're supposed go go, "duuuuuump hiiiim", but still, duuuuuuump hiiiiiim!

From: (Anonymous)

He's horrible! But I kind of enjoyed hating him.

From: (Anonymous)

Yeah, I feel annoyed with myself for being so easily manipulated by the narrative, since I know I'm supposed to hate him, but at the same time, he's terrible! And you can see jkr having a great time making Robin blind to how crappy he is. xD So am having fun with that.

From: (Anonymous)

Up to ch12 now. I <3 Rowling's observation of people so much. Both the feeling of introducing a friend/partner to another friend, hoping that that friend/partner will showcase everything you like about them and then the tension when it doesn't work out that way, and also the displaced anger-- I think a worse writer, after putting Robin in that situation, would have made her angry with Matthew. Whereas the anger being displaced onto the innocent party for the crime of looking good comparably seems a lot more true to life. :P

From: (Anonymous)

Nearly halfway through... Some speculation:

Jrveq zheqre (jryy, nal zheqre, yoe) fpernzf znyr phycevg, ohg Yvm unq n *pbhtu* naq gur npvq shzrf uheg crbcyr'f guebngf! Naq ure qbt jnf fvpx. Znlor vg ngr Dhvar'f vagrfgvarf ohg fur qvqa'g npghnyyl pbzzvg gur zheqre. Wreel frrzf gbb boivbhfyl fhfcvpvbhf. V guvax Yvm'f nffvfgnagf znl unir orra hc gb fbzrguvat zber guna zrg gur rlr ng gur fgneg bs gur obbx, naljnl. V'z naablrq ng zlfrys orpnhfr V thrffrq gur evtug phycevg va gur svefg obbx gura yrg zlfrys trg zvfyrq ol erq ureevatf, fb gelvat gb nibvq gung guvf gvzr. Uzzzz..

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Naq ure tneqra pbagnvaf ynoheahz! Fb znlor Dhvar'f thgf jrer erzbirq gb uvqr rivqrapr bs uvf univat pbafhzrq vg, ohg ur qvrq sebz fbzrguvat ryfr? (Fhccbfr gur oyhag sbepr genhzn pbhyq unir orra cresbezrq nf n qvfgenpgvba naq ur npghnyyl qvrq bs cbvfbavat, juvpu vf fgrerbglcvpnyyl ubj jbzra zheqre crbcyr... Ohg frrzf n ovg gbb rnfl. Fb V pheeragyl guvax gur erzbiny bs gur vagrfgvarf vf frcnengr gb gur zheqre. Ohg gur vagrfgvarf pbagnvavat n cbvfbabhf fhofgnapr svgf jvgu gur qbt trggvat fvpx vs vg ngr gurz).

Nyfb YBY ng gur vqrn gung na nhgbcfl pbhyq erirny jurgure n gnxrnjnl jnf unyny be abg. Gubhtu gung fhttrfgvba cebonoyl qbrf npphengryl ersyrpg gur pbashfvba bs zhpu bs gur Oevgvfu choyvp.

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Fur yvxrf navznyf orggre guna crbcyr naq fur jnf gelvat gb senzr Snapbheg! Rira zber fhfcvpvbhf. V abgvprq gur "frny-yvxr onex" guvat, juvpu jnf jrveq (vvep gung jnf rcvpbprar va gur obbx?) V srry yvxr V fcraq gbb zhpu gvzr ba gur tp vagrearg orpnhfr abj V unys rkcrpg rirel punen gb or genaf. Ohg zl zbarl jbhyq or ba cvccn sbe gung, tvira gur ivbyrag guerngf. Fb ru vqx gur qrny jvgu gur frny.

From: (Anonymous)

Nyfb jbaqrevat vs Yvm jebgr gur obbx naq fgntrq guvatf gb cebivqr sbe Beynaqb. Fvapr V'z thrffvat fur jebgr gur cnebql bs Ryfcrgu'f. Naq nf gur pyhr gb gur ynfg obbx jnf va gur gvgyr, V svther znl or gur pnfr urer gbb, naq gur qenzngvpf ner gb znxr gur obbx fryy, ohg abg sbe crefbany tnva. Gubhtu vs fur qvq obgu, gung qbrfa'g svg jvgu zl fhfcvpvba gung fur'f abg gur npghny xvyyre, whfg znqr gur pbecfr zber vagrerfgvat.

From: (Anonymous)

Bu npghnyyl V jbaqre vs ur'f ersreevat gb ure nf n "urezncuebqvgr" orpnhfr fur pna jevgr naq ur'f n qvpx jub guvaxf bayl zra pna jevgr. Fb gura fur jnf uvf rk ybire jub nobegrq uvf puvyq? Gub qbrfa'g svg jvgu gur "nqbcgrq ol Unecl/Xnguela Xrag" ovg bs Obzolk. Nyfb Ebjyvat vf rrrrivy sbe znxvat ure ernqref ybbx sbe pyhrf va GUNG fgbel vfgt.

From: (Anonymous)

(on chapter 30)

Naq V srry yvxr fur'f checbfrshyyl znqr vg frrz yvxr Beynaqb zvtug or znyr ohg gung guvf vf n erq ureevat? Naq Puneq'f sbbg vf oebxra, juvpu, fvapr guvf vf n pevzr abiry, zrnaf Puneq'f sbbg vf abg oebxra. Gubhtu znlor gung'f nabgure erq ureevat. Ohg guvf VF n pevzr abiry! Oebxra srrg ner nyjnlf snyfr nyvovf!

From: (Anonymous)

Fvqr-rlrvat Fgevxr jvgu uvf "Vg'f zber guna whfg n wbo!111". V xabj vg'f svpgvba ohg va zl rkcrevrapr lbh fubhyq tvir rzcyblref yvxr gung n jvqr oregu.

From: (Anonymous)

Sa

I <3 how much Rowling loves the name "Dorcus".

From: (Anonymous)

SA...

V jnf inthryl jbaqrevat rneyvre vs Dhvar zvtug unir snxrq uvf qrngu naq gur pbecfr jnf fbzrbar ryfr, jvgu gur npvq hfrq gb bofpher gur vqragvgl. Abj vg frrzf uvf rlrf jrer qvssrerag pbybhef, naq gur npvq unq gnetrgrq gurz vvep. Irel fhfcvpvbhf. Ohg V pna'g svg nalguvat gbtrgure.

From: (Anonymous)

SA

Read the description of Simpson's In The Strand

"That sounds horrible"

*Looked at pics*

Hahaha it's as bad as I thought. Maybe the food's nice but it looks like it flies an England flag outside of football season.

From: (Anonymous)

Ba puncgre 37... Fb Wreel frrzf gb or Beynaqb'f sngure? V tbg gung vzcerffvba sebz ubj ur'q ivfvgrq rneyvre... V qvq cvpx hc gung gur obbx jnf fnlvat ur'q orra phpxbyqrq (ol dhvar, cerfhznoyl) ohg znlor V'z zvffvat fghss fgvyy naq fur'f whfg fnlvat uvf qnhtugre vfa'g uvf. V'z arire nal tbbq jvgu snzvyl qenzn fghss.

Naljnl shpxvat yby V cerqvpgrq cvccn jnf n zna sebz uvf znyr-nff orunivbhe.

From: (Anonymous)

Tvira Cvccn'f pvephzfgnaprf, V'z thrffvat gur 'qveg' ba Yrbaben vf whfg na npphfngvba gung Yrbaben'f n gres.

From: (Anonymous)

V ernyyl srry yvxr gurl'er tbvat gb svaq Dhvar'f erny znahfpevcg vafvqr gur phqqyl benat hgna...

From: (Anonymous)

NA

Nonny, I love these books but I am unfortunately 100% too lazy to decode your posts about them. I really don't think anybody here cares about spoilers that much if you just wanna leave them uncoded? xD

From: (Anonymous)

DA

I don't mind spoilers either but I'm amused that it looks like meme had a stroke.

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Ayrt

Haha, I'll experiment with cuts in a bit, maybe there's another way to hide stuff that's less annoying. I don't care thaaat much about spoilers in general but I think it would be mean of me to do for a detective novel; wouldn't want to see that myself. These posts are partly just me speculating on things so I can check later how much I got right, so I don't mind blargling into the void. :P

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