The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[soyperson]

10 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I think I may have spoiled the book for her.

Best to keep a low profile until next term 

Next time you see her, bring up that you saw her reading Warbreaker, and recommend another Sanderson book. 

And then tell her about this site.

[Darkness Ascendant]

Just now, bleeder said:

Next time you see her, bring up that you saw her reading Warbreaker, and recommend another Sanderson book. 

And then tell her about this site.

Then I'll ask her for her hand in marriage

no prob

[soyperson]

Just now, Darkness Ascendant said:

Then I'll ask her for her hand in marriage

no prob

Whatever works, I guess.

[Delightful]

6 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Then I'll ask her for her hand in marriage

no prob

XD

And name all your children after Sanderson characters and have a Sanderson themed wedding, right? and invite Brandon as the guest of honour and have lots of little Sanderfan children. It's perfect, right?

 

Seriously though, go talk to her. See whats she's like as a person and not just a face behind a book. Also, the "she's a Sanderfan!!!" stalking will get creepy at some point and we don't want that because then no house full of Cosmere named children and also cats and dogs and kitchen appliances.

 

[Kaymyth]

11 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

damnation i can't wait for that day to come 

When I find someone who is a sanderfan IRL

The closest was this girl across the road at the girls school that was reading warbreaker this one time at the station.

But she happened to be surrounded by a group of her friends so the bestbi could say was

WARbreaker spoilers

  Reveal hidden contents

LIGHTSONG DIES!!!

I've been keeping a close eye on her since and I've never seen her reading another Sanderson book.

That sounds really creepy now.

Then this other timetime, right before I came here to Pakistan, there was this chick on the train reading fablehaven, and I was like "you should totally read Brandon Sanderson" and she sorta dug her face deeper into the book lol

Then this other time with the same girl. My mates and I were in the carriage. She was reading clockwork Prince and I was all surprised, I said she had no soul. So I told her that if I gave her my copy of WoK and she read it, she would redeem herself. 

I still need to give her my copy

Seriously?  Your reaction to seeing someone reading a book was to pop out a major spoiler for the end of the book? 

[Orlion Blight]

33 minutes ago, Kaymyth said:

Seriously?  Your reaction to seeing someone reading a book was to pop out a major spoiler for the end of the book? 

I remember doing that in high school. A friend was reading Lord of the Rings at the time, so I told him that

Spoiler

Frodo fails.

He was upset at first, but complimented my cleverness at spoiling/not-spoiling the book.

Moral: Goat feta cheese is the best cheese to pan grill.

[Darkness Ascendant]

Hey, my excuse to spoiling things is that it infact makes people more curious, and starts questions like "how did so and so die" etc etc

A good spoiler is never a bad thing

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles]

3 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Hey, my excuse to spoiling things is that it infact makes people more curious, and starts questions like "how did so and so die" etc etc

A good spoiler is never a bad thing

That depends heavily on both the person receiving the spoiler, the spoiler itself, and the book being spoiled. For instance, I wound up absorbing a large number of Mistborn spoilers just by being on this site, so that when I actually read the series, I already knew how it ended and most major twists. I still enjoyed seeing how everything came together and all the little machinations in between. 

However, when my sister began to tell Twimom the entire plot of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane while I was in earshot, I made her stop. Why? It's a very emotional book, and all of its twists are pretty big tearjerkers. Knowing a tearjerker before it happens lessens the impact for me. 

Now, everyone is different, and so she may not have minded having a major tearjerker spoiled for her. Or it could have ruined the book. No way to tell. 

[Darkness Ascendant]

And Thus we all learnt why excuses are called excuses

And that concludes my lesson for today children 

[Delightful]

6 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

And Thus we all learnt why excuses are called excuses

And that concludes my lesson for today children 

'slong as you recognise an excuse for what it is. And be prepared for possibly violent reactions to people being spoiled when they don't want to be. O_O

[little wilson]

I had the end of Bands of Mourning spoiled for me months before it came out. I spent 3 months wondering about the spoiler, and by the time Bands came out, I'd learned to deal with the curiosity that it wasn't a driving factor for me by then. Despite going to the release party and buying Bands there, it took me over a month to finish it. And when I did, I didn't jump straight into Secret History. Well, I did. I started it the next day, but I'd stayed up so late the night before that I fell asleep reading SH, and I just didn't really have that driving motivation to complete it. I was in a funk by then and was having a really hard time bringing myself to read anything. The only reason I completed Bands when I did was because a challenge was issued for me to beat another person to the end and that other person was 100 pages ahead of me (I lost, but I only lost by 45 minutes, so I didn't do too shabby). I didn't finish SH until September/October. That's how long it took me to read it. And once again, it was because of other people.

For a lot of people--even those who don't complain about spoilers--knowing major spoilers ruins the experience for them. There are the anomalies that prefer to know spoilers, but generally, most people who are reading/watching something for the first time probably don't want spoilers. If someone is reading/watching/interested in something, that doesn't give you permission to shout out major plot spoilers if you're familiar with what they're consuming. That permission comes when they ask you.

Honestly, if I was that girl, I wouldn't want to get to know the person who spoiled a book for me just because they'd read it before I had. That person clearly values their own personal gratification above others, and that tells me that they're not someone I want to befriend. Who knows what else they'd spoil?

[Briar King]

18 hours ago, Jondesu said:

My offspring isn't quite old enough (he's about to turn 5), but I hope I get that chance too.

Yea it's every fathers dream lol. You ll have plenty of chances with the movie a yr they have comited to now.

[Claincy]

Got a little package today:

[Jedal]

2 hours ago, Cognizantastic said:

I gave a 30-minute-or-so tour to my city's mayor, today. He seemed to really like me, and talked to me about scholarship opportunities and a 10-person summit run by his organization (Rotary Club) that I can apply to. He also encouraged me to speak at a meeting of the rotary club's board on behalf of Make-a-Wish.

I'm excited. It seems that I have a new contact.  

And the Mojave Water Agency, which ran the essay contest I won, invited me to emcee their water summit this year. I can't apply to compete again, but it's nice to know they were impressed with me to a point that I'm going to emcee such a large event.  

That sounds great! Nice job!

[Silverblade5]

Guess who just spent a day banging on nails with a hammer?

Guess who's sleeping in a bed tonight 

[Alvron]

4 hours ago, Claincy said:

Got a little package today:

Dang Claincy.  That is beautiful.  Where did you score that from?

[Claincy]

34 minutes ago, Alvron said:

Dang Claincy.  That is beautiful.  Where did you score that from?

It's from a limited series of gargantuan / colossal minis from the D&D miniatures games back from 2006/2007. They're all still possible to get, but not super easy (some are harder to get than others). There are generally some on sale through Amazon or Ebay but often they're either expensive or in poor condition. I got this one off Ebay for just under 170 AUD (including postage, inside Australia). I've been keeping an eye out for a little while as there are a couple of extremely powerful blue dragons in my campaign that will come up eventually....aaaand because of how cool it looks.

There's also a white dragon, black dragon, enormous red dragon and an Orcus mini in the series but I think the blue is the coolest. If you search D&D gargantuan [colour] dragon you'll find them pretty easily (colossal instead of gargantuan for the red).

[Briar King]

Ok I've been eyeballing the forecast of Sunday for 2 days now. Low of 28 hasn't changed. Let's see if it holds up!

[Sunbird]

I'm in southern Florida for the next three days! My parents and I are being touristy in the Everglades. Tomorrow we're gonna try to find some burrowing owls, and I am BEYOND excited.

[soyperson]

Have I ever mentioned to you guys how much I love my sister's boyfriend? 

They've been dating for around a year or so now, and it's just the best. 

Today, I mentioned to my sister that I broke it off with my boyfriend, and she said, "Oh, Cam, I'm sorry." And then immediately after, "Osama will be relieved. He was really worried that it wouldn't end well and that you would get hurt."

He's like a brother to me. Just a great guy 

[manukos]

I recently came back home for Christmas and I've started  Baldur's gate with my little brother .          I am useless in comparison but I don't care , it is really fun 

 

P.S. I am not sure what this thread is about, but from what I understand it is about happy things and exciting things like that ....so sry if is am out of place 

Edited December 19, 2016 by harambe

[The Honor Spren]

On December 14, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Claincy said:

Got a little package today:

I always forget those dragons are from D&D. Do you know those "Practical Guide to Dragons" books? I used to be kind of obsessed with them, even though I've never played D&D. I just don't know any nerdy people IRL.

[Briar King]

Temp only got to 30. Oh well it was still the nippiest weather of Dec. I loved it outside last night. Had to be up early to drive to TX and was shocked...no frost anywhere. Maybe the wind is why?

[Claincy]

34 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said:

I always forget those dragons are from D&D. Do you know those "Practical Guide to Dragons" books? I used to be kind of obsessed with them, even though I've never played D&D.

*googles the books* hmm no, I don't think I ever read them.

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I just don't know any nerdy people IRL.

Though the way things have been going lately you may be surprised by how many people who aren't overtly nerdy would be willing to try D&D or other rpgs ifgiven a chance. 

[Kaymyth]

4 hours ago, harambe said:

I recently came back home for Christmas and I've started  Baldur's gate with my little brother .          I am useless in comparison but I don't care , it is really fun 

 

P.S. I am not sure what this thread is about, but from what I understand it is about happy things and exciting things like that ....so sry if is am out of place 

You've got it.

1 hour ago, Briar King said:

Temp only got to 30. Oh well it was still the nippiest weather of Dec. I loved it outside last night. Had to be up early to drive to TX and was shocked...no frost anywhere. Maybe the wind is why?

Well, there has to be enough moisture in the air to set dew that then freezes.  Though you're in Louisiana, so the idea of not having enough humidity for frost is a bit absurd.

We had temps below zero this weekend.  Did Not Want.  Snow on the ground.  Do Not Want That, Either.