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  1. Orlion Blight
    I avoid it like the plague. Sexual violence in literature is a tough subject to get a hold on. Particularly since reaction to it seems incredibly disproportionate. For example, the one rape depicted in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever tends to be viewed far less favorably than all the rape in Wheel of Time, Malazan, or A Song of Ice and Fire combined! It seems to ultimately depend on whether the reader thinks it was worthwhile, that what the author had to say was good and that plot element contributed to it. Since the Second Apocalypse hasn't been finished, that means that there is only the hope such will be the case.
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    Sexual obscenities is a huge part of the Second Apocalypse. Heck, I think they would make the Cenobites blush. The Big Bad of the series is pretty much described as being damned for all time and eternity exactly because they are deprived and obscene to such a point, that gods on the outskirts of space and time look in and think, "dude, that's messed up." Which is contrasted with the pure intellectualism of the Dûnyain. The world can be viewed as a dialectic between the bass animalistic urges and intellectualism, which kinda muddies things since neither extreme pole its really defined as good (though I am certain that the obscene, perverted creatures are considered evil). I've only read the first trilogy, mostly because I did not want to wait forever for the concluding volume of the Second series. Though now that that is within reach of finishing, I'll re-read and continue.
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    Jesus, there's a biblical verse somewhere that says his return will be "like a thief in the night." Pretty shady, Jesus...pretty shady...
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    Add a smidgen of Clive Barker's Hellraiser, stir well *tastes with spoon and shudders* that's one Second Apocalypse!
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    And he always arrived, unannounced, at night! Like some kind of thief!
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    When I had a similar problem at a bar I frequented, I would say I was already in a committed relationship... with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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    Clearly, she's asking me I like gazing into the sunset, poetry, the choir of a charm of goldfinches...
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    Yeah, I don't much care for Avril Lavaigne either
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    Precisely! Or, more specifically-laws vary state by state
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    Yeah, the last chapter was great, but everything else lost some pizzazz, since there was no mystery.
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    It wasn't my idea! And we used regular bullets. I'm not sure how they exploded, because we really weren't expecting them to...seems like the bullets were hot enough!
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    Wait...what?! Whatever you do, don't tell me the relationship between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde...I haven't finished the book yet!
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    Shoot them with a World War II era Russian sniper rifle after filling them with gasoline. Makes a very satisfying fireball.
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    Sorry, for some reason that reminded me of the following video:
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    A picture of a couple happy kittehs! (Specifically, a couple of John Scalzi's happy kittehs!)
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    Yeah, the sheriff's son is playing with a kitten in the front yard when some mob goons come over, break the kitten's neck, and tell the sheriff he better keep the beaches open, capiche?
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    Jaws. The book is so...dumb. The movie takes out the drug store romance parts out and presents the shark consistently. And no kittens die in the movie!
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    If you are a church going type, joining a church is a way to get some group interactions, particularly since they have activities outside of Sunday services. Also, you might get invited to spend Christmas with a member family. As far as family was concerned, when I was a missionary in Nicaragua for a couple years, I spent two Christmases in that country. What the mission allowed was a phone call to the family (they tended to be long) so calling your family is an option as well. Seemed to help people. Not me, though. I have a natural tendency to stoicism, so I really didn't get homesick.
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    Bars vary. There are bars where things are more relaxed and bars where it's essentially a packed dancing club. There are bars that focus on live music and bars that focus on sports. One could find the bar right for you.
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    It is a pretentious and narcissistic attitude, isn't it? One so self absorbed that, as Twi pointed out, they often don't realize how dumb they sound/are. Also, as a result of my preceding peeve, AlterNet is also a pet peeve.
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    The Shardholder is called Days of Wrath?
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    Related: when someone says something like, "Of course you think that, because you must follow Mainstream Corporate Media...free your mind, man!"
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    Just remembered I need to register to vote! Got the form ready to mail on the morrow.
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    Really, Google should be in this thread posting "Darn, we didn't hire Mestiv! How are we suppose to carry out the Gamma Plan, now?"
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