Crushing on a guy named Edwin...
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dangermousieFirst off - I was reading Simon R. Green's Drood books on the flight and I am so in love with them. I am on the second one. I haven't crushed so hard on a series in a very long time.
What are they about? In the alternate reality fantasy world where things like demons, vampires, aliens and other supernatural beasties exist, the Drood family has been the world's policeman for uncounted generations - saving the world on a routine basis, or just getting rid of more than usually bad guys, the family keeps going and going, thanks in part to the powerful golden torcs around their necks - placed there upon birth. Those torcs make Droods into nearly invinsible fighting machines, ready to do good and save the world. After all, the Droods are purest of the pure, the Universe's boyscouts. Or at least that is what Edwin Drood, one of many Drood field agents, believes. Edwin (who goes by Eddie, thank you very much) is somewhat of a family rebel - not keen on discipline and tradition, he went to live separately as soon as he could. But he still believes in the Drood way of life and has certainly dedicated himself to the cause. Until suddenly, for no reason he can see, he is declared rogue by the family - to be hunted down and killed on sight. So Eddie might just have to go knocking on the doors of the bad guys - who he spent his whole life fighting - in order to find answers, answers he might not like.
I love Eddie himself, but I find all the other characters fascinating too - the wild witch of the woods Molly Malone - Eddie's habitual enemy (and eventually OTP), the Drood Matriarch who can take anyone down - ruthless and dedicated to the family, the family armourer (sort of like Q in Bond movies), Jacob the family ghost who refuses to leave, the Blue Fairy (a drunk half-elf that can fetch anything for a price), Giles Deathstalker (brought by Eddie from the future to help fight in the upcoming apocalypse, Giles has overcome his unfortunate first name by being the best killing machine in the business), Jannisary Jane - a demon bounty hunter, Roger - a boyfriend of one of the Droods who also happens to be hellspawn etc etc.
So good.
In other news, jetlag can be wonderful as I woke up at 6am which gave me time to watch the now-fully-subbed ep 2 of Next Stop Happiness.
GUUUH GUUUUH GUUUUUUH GUUUUUUUUH. I haven't been this in love with a twdrama over a year! If this keeps up, it's going onto my all-time favorites list. It's unabashedly romantic, the pace is crazy fast, the heroine and hero make me love them, and also it inserts every romantic cliche I wanted and didn't know I did and OMG GUH. I mean, the scene on the rink when he protects her with his body because otherwise she'll be hit, even if he has no armor on, and the hits just keep coming and he just clings to her and she is supporting him because he's in pain - eeeeeeee! It's Hanadan levels of awesome. Man protecting the woman with his body is my favorite romantic cliche ever and too few dramas do it. I also love that he sees through her molesting stepfather right away - his sizing the guy up in about ten seconds and siting the penal code at him (with the little rider that he'd only get 2 yrs but rapists get probably killed in prison) and then giving her his phone, telling her to keep it with herself at all times and if anything starts happening to call the cops asap - you go, boy!
I also find the parallels between his mother and her stepmom quite something else - one might be a high-class society lady and one a low-level fishwife, but they are both quite happy to prostitute their kids if this gets the Moms ahead in business. They should bond.
Also, preview for ep 3 looks even better. God, I love this.
What with this, You're Beautiful and IRIS, I really won't have time for Angel's Temptation atm, most likely. Even if it's deliciously cheesy posters tempt me.
What are they about? In the alternate reality fantasy world where things like demons, vampires, aliens and other supernatural beasties exist, the Drood family has been the world's policeman for uncounted generations - saving the world on a routine basis, or just getting rid of more than usually bad guys, the family keeps going and going, thanks in part to the powerful golden torcs around their necks - placed there upon birth. Those torcs make Droods into nearly invinsible fighting machines, ready to do good and save the world. After all, the Droods are purest of the pure, the Universe's boyscouts. Or at least that is what Edwin Drood, one of many Drood field agents, believes. Edwin (who goes by Eddie, thank you very much) is somewhat of a family rebel - not keen on discipline and tradition, he went to live separately as soon as he could. But he still believes in the Drood way of life and has certainly dedicated himself to the cause. Until suddenly, for no reason he can see, he is declared rogue by the family - to be hunted down and killed on sight. So Eddie might just have to go knocking on the doors of the bad guys - who he spent his whole life fighting - in order to find answers, answers he might not like.
I love Eddie himself, but I find all the other characters fascinating too - the wild witch of the woods Molly Malone - Eddie's habitual enemy (and eventually OTP), the Drood Matriarch who can take anyone down - ruthless and dedicated to the family, the family armourer (sort of like Q in Bond movies), Jacob the family ghost who refuses to leave, the Blue Fairy (a drunk half-elf that can fetch anything for a price), Giles Deathstalker (brought by Eddie from the future to help fight in the upcoming apocalypse, Giles has overcome his unfortunate first name by being the best killing machine in the business), Jannisary Jane - a demon bounty hunter, Roger - a boyfriend of one of the Droods who also happens to be hellspawn etc etc.
So good.
In other news, jetlag can be wonderful as I woke up at 6am which gave me time to watch the now-fully-subbed ep 2 of Next Stop Happiness.
GUUUH GUUUUH GUUUUUUH GUUUUUUUUH. I haven't been this in love with a twdrama over a year! If this keeps up, it's going onto my all-time favorites list. It's unabashedly romantic, the pace is crazy fast, the heroine and hero make me love them, and also it inserts every romantic cliche I wanted and didn't know I did and OMG GUH. I mean, the scene on the rink when he protects her with his body because otherwise she'll be hit, even if he has no armor on, and the hits just keep coming and he just clings to her and she is supporting him because he's in pain - eeeeeeee! It's Hanadan levels of awesome. Man protecting the woman with his body is my favorite romantic cliche ever and too few dramas do it. I also love that he sees through her molesting stepfather right away - his sizing the guy up in about ten seconds and siting the penal code at him (with the little rider that he'd only get 2 yrs but rapists get probably killed in prison) and then giving her his phone, telling her to keep it with herself at all times and if anything starts happening to call the cops asap - you go, boy!
I also find the parallels between his mother and her stepmom quite something else - one might be a high-class society lady and one a low-level fishwife, but they are both quite happy to prostitute their kids if this gets the Moms ahead in business. They should bond.
Also, preview for ep 3 looks even better. God, I love this.
What with this, You're Beautiful and IRIS, I really won't have time for Angel's Temptation atm, most likely. Even if it's deliciously cheesy posters tempt me.
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Date: 2009-10-14 12:23 pm (UTC)Uhm...I always recommend people read the Deathstalker series (first series...second is good too, but not pertinent for this) before reading the second book, just so one scene with Giles and the matriarch can be properly appreciated, but I suppose it's a bit late for that. The Deathstalker men, indicdentally, are fabulous at overcoming what the average American would consider to be an Unfortunate name.
It's also fun to see Green be rather merciless to the James Bond character type.
I really need to get the third book, though it may be easier to just wait for the paperback at this point.
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Date: 2009-10-14 12:35 pm (UTC)I always recommend reading the first Deathstalker series (the second is good, too, but not pertinent for this) before reading the second Drood book, so that a scene between Giles and the matriarch can be properly appreciated, but I supposed it's a little too late for that. The Deathstalker men are absolutely fabulous at overcoming hat the average Amercian would consider to be an Unfortunate name.
I'm also particularly fond of the way Green is rather merciless to the James Bond character type, particularly as it appears in the uncle and the cousin.
I somehow still haven't acquired the third book, but it may be easier to wait for paperback, at this point.
(Hopefully not double commented, as LJ seems to have eaten my first comment.)
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Date: 2009-10-14 01:20 pm (UTC)Re: Mr. Stab. Yes, I also loved what Green did with him - he never stopped being a monster who needed to be put down. An interesting character to read about in small dozes, but someone who needed to be killed (I especially loved the way the story with Penny demonstrated it - I was going to gag if she redeemed him.)
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Date: 2009-10-14 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-14 12:48 pm (UTC)Where are you watching Next Stop Happiness? On Vikii or are you downloading it? I want to watch, but I use vikii only as a last resort (a la Brilliant Legacy when I got hooked).
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Date: 2009-10-14 01:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-14 02:14 pm (UTC)I've been meaning to take a look at NSH but gosh, I've got so many dramas on the go as per usual.
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Date: 2009-10-14 03:40 pm (UTC)I really really am glad I picked a Green book by accident - they are addictive.
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Date: 2009-10-14 03:29 pm (UTC)BUT. I can't watch it!!! on the 7th part of the first episode, viikii stopped loading for me, and I can't get it working since, any of the parts after that. All other viikii videos work - YB etc. - but I can't get NSH to work:(:( any ideas where to find it elsewhere?
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Date: 2009-10-14 03:40 pm (UTC)No idea why it's not working.
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Date: 2009-10-15 06:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-15 01:39 pm (UTC)Also, does ep 2 work for you?
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Date: 2009-10-15 05:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-15 01:39 pm (UTC)