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Desperate times call for desperate measures. "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" are one of the most emotionally affecting finales in the series. I loved "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang," though. I think that's one of the Eleventh Doctor's finest moments. Not good enough.

Seriously? Tell your friend that a random person on the internet said that if he doesn't show you any episodes from David Tennant's run, he deserves to watch "Love and Monsters" in penance.

So you're not to the "Utopia" cycle yet? Just one more day before I can grab Firefight and plunge right in. One...more...day.

Avoid M-rated romance and anything that says Fred/George and you're good. (Seriously. DO NOT CLICK ON THE FRED/GEORGE STORIES. YOU WILL REGRET IT FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.)

Only it'd be better for the armored truck, because it's armored. Tipsy people usually aren't ....unless they were wearing it in the first place...which would actually make being tipsy worse because the armor would drag you down and make it harder to get up...I am really bad at this.

Can do. I'm getting it for my birthday...which is on Saturday. I'm a little over 120 pages in, thanks to sneaking a few chapters into my grocery shopping at Walmart.

You'd get alcohol poisoning.

Two more. I'm about to start part three.

That. Is a lot of beer.

. Hey, what about words we capitalize all the time, like brand names? You still haven't treated us to Epics like Kraft, Glad, Procter and Gamble, Folgers, and Revlon! You've been holding out on us.

Thanks! I was fortunate (?) enough to have parents whose dislike of the Harry Potter series forced me to hide it in the back of my backpack and read it while pretending to work on homework, in class, that sort of thing. So I didn't have anyone trying to cal dibs. From what I can tell, the biggest thing I was proven wrong on was how the corruption works. Again, I'll need to actually read the book to see, but right now it's looking like Funtimes hasn't been an Epic for three years. More like three weeks.

Just....a few....more...days... AUGH! Any more of this infernal WAITING and I'm going to explode!

Adding a theory to those that have already been added…. I think part of the excitement over a potential film adaptation stems from the longing to be recognized. Back when Lord of the Rings was first made into a movie, fantasy wasn't quite respected by the mainstream. There were certainly fantasy movies, and some of them did very well. But the LotR movies were not only good, they were beautiful. The attention to detail was such that in night scenes, or scenes where the temperature is low, you can see the characters' breath. A lot of love went into those movies, and it shows. They don't follow the books perfectly (if you want to start a vigorous debate, just tell a die-hard Tolkien fan that you think cutting Tom Bombadil from the movies was a wise choice) but they captured the spirit of the books, and made Middle-Earth a place viewers wanted to visit. The Hunger Games movie adaptations were the same way. They don't follow the books perfectly, and fans have plenty to complain about. However, the filmmakers did their best to remain faithful to the source material. They kept the dark and brooding tone of the books, the sense that the Capitol is always watching, always waiting to strike. Katniss' flaws are just as prevalent in the movies as they were in the books. Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy is another adaptation that did its job well. While the most flaws seem concentrated in the third movie, the fact remains that the Gotham he created is one that stands faithful to the spirit of the comics. He took the Batman mythos so seriously that he managed to create plausible, real-world explanations for all of Batman's gear, and terrifying real-world versions of his most well-known villains. I could go on about the two Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies (there is not a third, there was never a third, why are you posting clips from a movie that doesn't exist?), The Avengers, and other films I loved, but I won't. The point is: Those movies I mentioned were not only as faithful as a Hollywood adaptation could be, but they made their source material cool. You can, of course, argue that The Hunger Games was already a juggernaut of a bestseller, and that LotR was already such a respected high fantasy epic that Tolkien's imitators created an entire genre. What those movies have in common is the element of recognition. What those producers said with each of those adaptations was, "These books are popular enough, and good enough, to warrant an adaptation. There are enough fans of the series that a movie would make money." That, I think, is what Sanderson fans want from a movie adaptation. They want to see their heroes on the silver screen, and they want to see their favorite worlds come to life, but more than anything, they want Hollywood to recognize them. Not only do they want Hollywood to recognize them enough to make a movie from their favorite book, but they want to be recognized enough for Hollywood to make a good movie. Maybe not LotR-caliber, but something with good actors, excellent special effects, and a score you can listen to again and again. A cheesy Eragon-type adaptation would be like Hollywood saying, "Eh, this'll make money. Here's a six-week project, kids. Pay up." But a Hunger Games-type adaptation would be like Hollywood saying, "We know you love these books, and we love them too. We've taken care with this to make it as good as we can, and we hope you enjoy it."

I'm excited. My brother called dibs on it after me, and then my sister called it after him. My mom seriously contemplated buying multiple copies so she wouldn't have to wait so long to read it. I do. It's part of a series called PS: I Hate You, and I've linked to Luna's chapter. Basically, it's all of the characters writing rude notes to Voldemort. I haven't updated it in a few years, so Luna's is the last one; I haven't decided if I'll keep going with it or not. But bear in mind: I started writing it a few years ago, so the writing isn't as good as I'd like it to be.

Also: I'm currently watching Chicago Fire. Four characters survived a car crash that should have decapitated them all instantly. I mean, they're injured, but still. Fiction can survive mistakes.

I win. I completely understand your defensiveness. It's hard not to be, honestly; we've invested a lot of time and effort into this game, and learning that canon is going to sink it…well, it's going to be hard. But, I will take what you and Voidus said to heart and not fret about it too much. I'm already enjoying Firefight immensely (what I've read while pretending to pick up groceries at Walmart, anyway ) and I'm already picking out which teddy bear I'll give my sister when she meets Obliteration. I'll give you guys my thoughts when I finish on Saturday or Sunday. I keep telling myself I'm pretty good at justifying things. (I once had someone tell me that they had never been a Draco/Luna shipper, but they became one after reading one of my HP one shots.)

If there's hope for Funtimes, there's hope for everyone. That's my take on it.