Well I just made a ridiculous rambling post, so you can always do that if nothing else :D.

And yeah, the discussion of Harry Potter is interesting. Never read them myself either.

I've 'read' the books, listened to the Audiobooks anyway, and I've seen all but the last two movies.  Potter's not bad but a little disappointing at the end.

I'd be scared of going back to Hogwarts.  All the really bad stuff happens towards the end of the school year.  The build up would just be nerve wracking. Who can concentrate on tests and exams when you know that there's something evil waiting to attack you at the end of the school year?

And there were of course the little things like Dan mentioned.  The Slytherin house for one.  Seriously, if that house produces nothing but evil wizards, why is it still around?

Interestingly enough, the Harry Potter books were used as examples of poor story telling in the seminars that I went to at Gencon this year.  It was kind of funny.

Really? They used Harry Potter? I thought they would use Twilight, or would that have pissed too many people off?

You got to go to Gencon? I am jealous! I wish I could have gone, being an avid magic player and all.

Heh. Just like Lord of the Rings has been used as an example of poor story telling. There are too many characters, and a bunch are just throw aways, like Glorfindel. In the movies, they just pitch him out the window and use another character. The animated (yuck!) used Legolas. And the Jackson movie used Arwen (yum!).

I haven't been to Gencon in a long, long time. Back in '86 I think it was, the team I was on won first place in the DnD tournament. Got a year's worth of Ral Partha lead because of that.

Oh they used Twilight as well.  Actually they used Twilight more.  You kind of expected to hear Twilight or Potter questions to the authors that were there.

Thankfully none of the Twilight crew were there.  They had one of the larger rooms devoted to a panel on Twilight but I avoided that.  :)

I loved Gencon.  This was the second time that I've gone and it was a really cool experience.  All of downtown Indianapolis is taken over by gamers for 4 days.  You can't walk the streets without seeing guys in kilts and girls in all manner of costumes.  The local restaurants even had special Gencon menus and decorations.

I highly recommend that any gamer go at least once in their life.

I went when it was still held in Lake Geneva. Though Indy is closer than Lake Geneva now. hmmmm. Problem is just too many things to do. . . .

Well I will have to make my reservations for next year!

As for LotR, I tried to read the hobbit, and ended up failing miserably >.<. I am bad with books in that way sometimes, they have to catch my interest rather quickly. It moved too slow.

*Wiggles fingers in front of Scott*

Go to Gencon.  Gooooo to Gencooonn.

Nods in agreement with Graham. Yeah. I tried to read Dune and couldn't make it past page 50.

*In zombie-like voice* I will go to Gencon.

All I need to do is toss the kids into burlap sacks with raw meat for the 4 or so days in August. No problem!

I read the Lotr books and I have to say that I liked the movies better.  I liked Boromir in the movies as opposed to his character in the books, but the books had the better ending.  I may have to read the Hobbit now that the movie is being made.

The hardest book that I ever read was Last of the Mohicans.  The story was good but the language was terrible.  It was like an english literary geek trying to impress other literary geeks.  Although, I had to laugh at some of the wordage.

I haven't tried reading Dune.

I am already making plans with my girlfriend to go next year ^^;.

Switching gears sort of, a fantastic book I have read is American Gods. I love the obscure mythos and the whole premise of gods as being made up collective beliefs, thus having a hard time surviving in America.

Is that the Neil Gaiman book?

It is indeed.

I LOVED that book.  Neil Gaimen is one of my favorite authors, and "American Gods" is one of his better books, in my opinion.
I'd have loved to see it made into a movie.

*flops in frustration*

I've had no posting inspiration for weeks...

I've finally got some ideas I like, but they're not relevant here at our present point. (Mind, Claymore is an anime with tons of good transformation-stuff...)

*flops, ponders, vents*

Umm...stage some crazy antics? Those are always good (see pretending to be a horse god)
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You could have a complete freak-/berserker rage like me?

I'm good with the Berserk fury myself.

What sort of ideas did you come up with?

6000 messages!

I'll have scattered access until further notice. Sorry.

Good luck Dan!

Congrats on 6000th post Sarah!

Also don't you hate it when you come up with a good character when you already have one?

I do that all the time.   I think that's why I join so many games.

Aye, but when I join too many games my attention becomes too sporadic to be able to work in any of them ^^;

Yes, I get that too.   I'm definitely spread way too thin.    Some games, like this one, always inspire me, but I do tend to wear out my Muse on occasion.

The games I'm in are just so fun!  And have such cool people involved.

Well what else are you in? I am always looking for more.