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goshdarnspam2010-02-22 04:16 pm
bitunlikely.livejournal.com) wrote in goshdarnspam2010-02-22 04:16 pm
Because I suck at making up my mind!
HELP ME OUT, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
capeandcowl?
I absolutely suck at decision making and I thiiiiiiiiiiiiink I want another character in game aside from Jenny but, yet, am not 100% sure.
So, I leave it to you all to help me make a decision! Pretty please with sugar on top?
[Poll #1529184]
(Because, clearly, I need two socially inept characters.)
capeandcowl? I absolutely suck at decision making and I thiiiiiiiiiiiiink I want another character in game aside from Jenny but, yet, am not 100% sure.
So, I leave it to you all to help me make a decision! Pretty please with sugar on top?
[Poll #1529184]
(Because, clearly, I need two socially inept characters.)
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go do it
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*eyes comm*
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I've been reading a lot of Kathy Reichs novels lately. Dr. Brennan is a totally different character in those, but I've had forensic anthropology ON THE BRAIN.
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Forensic anthropology IS very awesome. Although I'm really kinda biased to anthropology in general, so!
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- It is important to go in NOT expecting Bones-like stories. Totally different setting, totally different characters, Brennan herself is quite different (certainly still a brilliant woman with a dry sense of humor, but older and much more acclimated to pop culture; does not have the obsession with rationality, etc.). I really LIKE Book!Brennan but it's just important to understand that she is not a lot like TV!Brennan.
- The stories are darker and scarier--the first book (based largely on something Reichs herself went through) gets very graphic with a lot of "triggery" material (sexual violence, horrible things psychopaths do, etc.). The descriptions are never gratuitous, however. The stories ARE about homicide investigation--the subject matter is realistic, not overdone.
- Obviously with her background, she writes the scientific parts extremely well--without ever being too dry. I like crime procedural stuff and she gets into the nitty gritty of what forensic anthropologists do without ever being boring or excessively expository.
- On the other hand, at least in her early books, her sex/romance scenes are kind of embarrassing. I'm on her third book and I notice, however, that overall her narrative style and flow improves with time, so I can only hope that also extends to the intimate scenes as well.
- If you're into anthropology and don't mind the dark side of homicide investigation, you will probably really enjoy the stories, as for obvious reasons, everything is touched by both the narrator's knowledge of forensic anthropology (and the author's) as well as other "expert" characters who are cultural anthropologists and other social scientists.
- Some characters are really well described, others tend to run together. This is something else that gets better as the books continue on. Most major/recurring characters are really well written. (Ryan, closest analogue to Booth; her daughter Katy, Inspector Claudel, etc.)
- A little knowledge of French is helpful (a lot of things take place in Montreal) but not necessary.
And that's more than you probably wanted to know! (MY area of scholastic study was literature, so I have a habit of babbling about books when the mood strikes me.)
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But that review is very helpful. I have heard repeatedly that the books are not like the television show and that the Brennans are very different. As someone with a science background, I do appreciate well written science in literature so that wouldn't be a problem. It certainly sounds interesting and I definitely appreciated your review. It's probably the most detailed one I've gotten so far.
Thank you!
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It just wasn't my thing, was what I was trying to say?
I'm sorry if I offended you. I really, really didn't mean to. Again: so, SO sorry.
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wait no I have a more appropriate response account for this question.
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/sits and pretends like she saw the last season (read: hasn't had time yet)
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So. How would I be able to persuade you in providing Bones her partner?
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I haven't canon reviewed in forever and he ends up sounding like Lattimer from Warehouse 13 when I play him now.
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Alas! (Although I have never seen Warehouse 13 so I actually have no idea who you're talking about.)
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At one point I was supposed to bring him into a game with a Buffy and an Angel but my Bones flaked out on me so. That never happened, which was probably for the better because I am really bad at playing characters that don't sing apparently.
Pete is basically Booth but mildly psychic and obsessed with cookies.
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I have never actually played a character that sings. Probably for the best because I'd over analyze a musical canon and how songs incorporate into the 'verse a little too much.
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Because it's not like I do that or anything. /spends too much time thinking about everything
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