Katie’s Comments (group member since Sep 17, 2013)

Katie’s comments from the Squeaky-Clean Role-Playing and Other Whatnot group.

I finished it a few days ago.

Y'know, while this series was written for younger kids, the wit and drama and deeper aspects and elements of the story make it a worthwhile read, at least to me. One thing that's great about it is that it's really clean, too. Another thing is that the plot twists were enough to make me look up from the book and, I think one or two times, gasp--out loud. The books get better as the series goes on, in my opinion, so any doubters may find a little patience just might pay off. But that's just my opinion.

All in all, I found it to be quite enjoyable and highly recommend it.

Update: I'm working on both The Hobbit and The Ruins of Alder. I'm reading TH aloud with my family (I'm narrator!), and I'm reading TRoA by myself. Less than one hundred pages to go!

Here you go. :)

I've read all of the books except for The Ruins of Alder. I'll read it as soon as I get done with The Hobbit.

I'm working on reading The Hobbit right now. I'm well over a hundred pages in, and it's phenomenal so far. I like the movies well enough, but they're a bit over-the-top with the violence and gore, in my opinion. It's a little much. It's funny, too, everyone wasn't so angst-y in the book. Nor were the dwarves such absolutely rude dinner guests at Bilbo's house—don't get me wrong, they were not the best in the book, but I don't think they were so bad as in the movie. Ah, well.

I love the casting, though, and the animation! They got extremely talented actors and crew. And the music is very well done, too, I think. The animation gives it a sort of surreal feeling, in some places, but it's a good kind.

I wonder if I don't change the title to "Tolkien's Works Chat" or "LotR Universe Chat."

Also, should I make seperate chats for each Tolkien series? It might be more convenient for then to stay combined.

What do you guys think?

Finished all those on Netflix. Once season..six, is it?...finishes airing, we'll probably buy it on Amazon. I need Diviah (my ship name for Divya and Jeremiah) to happen.

I try to spiffy up the page as best I can, guys, but I do need feedback to make it its best! :)

I love the books, but they're butchering the movies--the second one at least. I do agree with how Grover was cast, however.

I, myself, have not watched TOS, but I have watched TNG, Voyager, and DS9. TOS is waaay too slow for me. But I still poke fun at William Shatner--in fact, I was introduced to game called "Shatner" where, when the namesake of the game is called out, someone has to really, really overact whatever they're doing.

Okay, SOMEONE other than me likes "Star Wars," right?

I'm only on the second season, so far, but I really like it.

Hank is charming with good morals. Good lead: check.
Evan is pretty cool. Comic relief character: check.
Divya is efficient and is a very good friend.
Boris--that dude is pretty darn awesome so far. And dying. So, yeah.
Jill...she's okay. Not my favorite, but not the worst. Also, her actress's name is Jill. Funny, huh?
Charlie--man, am I glad he's gone (at least for now).

I wouldn't be shocked if no one else is in this fandom. Hey, who knows, maybe I'll be surprised.

I live in hope.

Also affectionately known to me as "Sherlock Holmes lite."

Man, do I like this series.

To put forth a possible starting topic (in case it's needed), I did NOT see the whole Hector Thumps business coming. At. All.

Don't stop and smell the roses.

It was better in my head, okay? ;)

A bakery-café, The Forbidden Strawberry, sat on the corner between Streets Elm and Barker. The sidewalks didn't quite meet up the way they should have, causing the place to look almost quirky. The owners of the café, for whatever reason, seemed to avoid that bit of pavement, instead walking on the desire path that had come to be from years of people cutting directly across the bakery's lot from one sidewalk to the other. The café itself was a brick, two-story house built sometime in the mid-nineteen fifties. It was about seventeen hundred square feet in all, two thousand if one were to include the attic and storage basement. The kitchen, one bathroom, and the dining room combined with the larger of the two living areas were the downstairs, where the bakery and business part of the place was. The upstairs, reserved to the residents, had two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a tiny, ten-by-twelve foot living area. It was by no means a large place, seeming even smaller due to the size of the renovated kitchen and large amounts of storage, but it was a home and place of business, dearly loved by both those who lived there and those who came for food and talk.
The first-floor interior of the café had a low-budget yet still welcoming feeling to it. White linoleum with light blue, abstractly-floral accents covered the floor. Fake, dark brown “wood planks” ran vertically up and down the walls. Hanging florescent lamps lent light to the place. There were beige fold-up tables and a mix of old, cozy armchairs and metal chairs that also folded up, to be brought out when there were not enough armchairs to seat. An old, solar-powered calculator, a notebook and pencil, and a metal, lock-and-key box secured to the counter to hold the profits took the place of a cash register. Hanging over the door was a hand-painted, wooden sign reading the name of the café, with a large strawberry in the middle and intricate strawberry vines lining the edges of the sign. An intriguing fact about the place was that none of the foods or drinks had any type of strawberry in them; the residents were highly allergic to strawberries and sold nothing with that particular fruit in it, though artificial flavoring might have appeared in some of the pastries and drinks.
The owner was a kind, plump woman in her early forties, with vaguely elvish features, kind, dark brown eyes, and smile wrinkles. Her teenage goddaughter and niece looked strikingly like the woman, right down to the elvish-ness and faun brown, mahogany- tinged hair. She was a few inches taller, perhaps, and rather more slender, but she never exceeded five and a half feet. Occasionally, another girl of the same age would go in and help, but she looked somewhat different—hip-length, dark brown hair, eyes matching in color, and lightly tanned skin. While working, they would wear the feminine version of the uniform—a three-quarter-sleeve, faun-brown dress and a white apron—or sometimes just the apron.

:D

I finished the series yesterday. You know what I said about loving the twists? Yeah. I take it back.

They killed off Gwaine (how dare they!) and left Merlin old and alone. And what of Aithusa?

Besides, I thought this series was described as a "family-oriented retelling." That means happy ending, last I checked. That ending is no way to finish a series. -_-



...I think my rant is over. ;) So, with that out of the way, what do you think of the series? :)

I LOVE this series. The wit (Arthur and Merlin, you never can get tired of their banter), the twists, the characters, their roles and personalities and relationships...it's all great. :D

Again, I stress that following the rules is a very wise decision. I would truly be saddened to make someone leave over such things.

Okay, I'll stop ranting. ;)