Martha Underwood Foliot
4 Aug 10 - 18:27
PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Last page of Ptolemy's Gate
Ptolemy's Gate
Epic_Footstool Utukku
4 Aug 10 - 18:49
I know exactly what you mean; I don't usually cry when I read books, but PG was the one exception... Also, the fact that it was on the very last page made me feel so helpless afterwards! I spent ages in denial, thinking: "I must have somehow managed to buy the one copy with a manufacturing defect, because this cannot be the last chapter."
Bartimaeus: It won't be the only mad thing about if you let this lot go. Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Martha Underwood Foliot
4 Aug 10 - 19:36
I finished the book at night, so i had to watch something funny before going to bed so that i could sleep! it didn't really work though...
i ended up writing a letter to jonathan stroud because it was like the last unexplored tie to the trilogy. i think it kinda helped...
i ended up writing a letter to jonathan stroud because it was like the last unexplored tie to the trilogy. i think it kinda helped...
PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Epic_Footstool Utukku
4 Aug 10 - 19:43
Wow, that's a really good idea :) Did you actually send the letter to him?
I made the mistake of waking up early to finish reading the final chapters, and then ending up miserable and distracted all the way through school that day!
I made the mistake of waking up early to finish reading the final chapters, and then ending up miserable and distracted all the way through school that day!
Bartimaeus: It won't be the only mad thing about if you let this lot go. Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Martha Underwood Foliot
4 Aug 10 - 23:51
yeah sent it like a week ago... just read the trilogy this summer :DEpic_Footstool wrote:Wow, that's a really good idea :) Did you actually send the letter to him?
I made the mistake of waking up early to finish reading the final chapters, and then ending up miserable and distracted all the way through school that day!
PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
imad Mite
5 Aug 10 - 03:02
I finished the book just ten minutes ago. I'm still reeling from the shock. In my opinion, it was a horrible ending. Alright, died as a hero and all but as Barti says: only politicians and writers say its so great.
As you can see I'm fuming. From the first pages of AoS we were on a journey with Nathaniel and ending it like that has left me feeling that my investment of time into reading that last book wasn't worth it. Though my opinion may change as the shock wears off.
But Mr. Stroud, I AM NOT HAPPY.
As you can see I'm fuming. From the first pages of AoS we were on a journey with Nathaniel and ending it like that has left me feeling that my investment of time into reading that last book wasn't worth it. Though my opinion may change as the shock wears off.
But Mr. Stroud, I AM NOT HAPPY.
Mwamba Higher Spirit
5 Aug 10 - 03:42
There hasn't been, to date, any fictional or non fictional media source that brought me to tears.
Though I gotta say, that particular part had almost gotten me there.
Though I gotta say, that particular part had almost gotten me there.
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
aiReY-chan Horla
5 Aug 10 - 08:13
Not ashamed to admit that I cried like hell when Natty died. But, at the same time, you can't deny, the ending was awesome. It was different. No cliches. Really sad, but great.
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story".
Mwamba Higher Spirit
5 Aug 10 - 14:22
Yep, I like how Stroud didn't skimp out and come up with some half-assed loophole and have him converse with some old man (Button would be the particular one I suppose). Nor did he marry Kitty and produce a dozen children with the names of something out of fanfic. Nor was the last line "all was well."
Erm...I'm totally not ripping on another series...
Erm...I'm totally not ripping on another series...
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
Epic_Footstool Utukku
5 Aug 10 - 14:53
@Mwamba: lol, of course not... xD
I can't think of a better ending to the trilogy, but it's still pretty sad to remember. It feels like there's just a huge hole left where Nat should be.
I can't think of a better ending to the trilogy, but it's still pretty sad to remember. It feels like there's just a huge hole left where Nat should be.
Bartimaeus: It won't be the only mad thing about if you let this lot go. Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
nathanielandbartimaeus Marid
5 Aug 10 - 16:36
You feel like that in the beginning. And then, you realize the ending was marvellous and nothing else could have been produced a better effect. And it is nice that the ending is left slightly open too. And, y'all can ask questions to JS in the "Questions to Jonathan Stroud" section. Though I think writing a letter is a better idea.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
Nero Higher Spirit
5 Aug 10 - 17:15
Sig'd. =pMwamba wrote:Yep, I like how Stroud didn't skimp out and come up with some half-assed loophole and have him converse with some old man (Button would be the particular one I suppose). Nor did he marry Kitty and produce a dozen children with the names of something out of fanfic. Nor was the last line "all was well."
Erm...I'm totally not ripping on another series...
Dansariki Higher Spirit
9 Aug 10 - 06:49
But, but, I liked that series!
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Martha Underwood Foliot
9 Aug 10 - 16:23
IKR! I loved harry potter! though not as much as BT, i still love hp
BTW in Rowling's defense, she probs would have been metaphorically if not literally murdered if Harry had died...
BTW in Rowling's defense, she probs would have been metaphorically if not literally murdered if Harry had died...
PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
nathanielandbartimaeus Marid
9 Aug 10 - 16:29
I was more concerned about Fred, George, Hagrid, Dobby and Ron's death. I suppose I would have even exchanged Hermione's death (had she died) with Harry's. He didn't seem like a normal person to me. Kind of freaky.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
Epic_Footstool Utukku
9 Aug 10 - 16:59
I felt worst about Remus, Tonks and Snape.
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but while I was reading HP I spent a lot of time hating Harry and thinking Draco was awesome ^o)
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but while I was reading HP I spent a lot of time hating Harry and thinking Draco was awesome ^o)
Bartimaeus: It won't be the only mad thing about if you let this lot go. Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Nathaniel: That is a footstool. No one's using that Pentacle.
Lilith Foliot
15 Aug 10 - 22:13
I was fumed about Lupin and Tonks going! I basically AM Tonks in some respects (Hermione in others) and I loved her relationship with Lupin. I think what I hated most about it was that by then the deaths were hardly worth mentioning, they got like a paragraph or something... They deserved better.
Mwamba Higher Spirit
16 Aug 10 - 02:09
I don't know, aside from Draco breaking Harry's nose, he was kind of a wuss.Epic_Footstool wrote:I felt worst about Remus, Tonks and Snape.
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but while I was reading HP I spent a lot of time hating Harry and thinking Draco was awesome ^o)
Or do you think Harry's presence just makes him nervous? ;)
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
Nero Higher Spirit
16 Aug 10 - 02:14
Is it bad that I have something just as dirty to respond to this?Mwamba wrote:I don't know, aside from Draco breaking Harry's nose, he was kind of a wuss.Epic_Footstool wrote:I felt worst about Remus, Tonks and Snape.
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but while I was reading HP I spent a lot of time hating Harry and thinking Draco was awesome ^o)
Or do you think Harry's presence just makes him nervous? ;)
Mwamba Higher Spirit
16 Aug 10 - 02:24
I doubt you actually do, but hey, feel free to say it. If so, do it quick before they remove your post. :PNero wrote:Is it bad that I have something just as dirty to respond to this?Mwamba wrote:I don't know, aside from Draco breaking Harry's nose, he was kind of a wuss.Epic_Footstool wrote:I felt worst about Remus, Tonks and Snape.
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but while I was reading HP I spent a lot of time hating Harry and thinking Draco was awesome ^o)
Or do you think Harry's presence just makes him nervous? ;)
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。