Gen, snark, ramblings
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queensthiefI have a confession to make.
I am deeply, madly in love with Gen and his universe.
OK, granted, I've fallen in love with lots of books, and usually obsess over them for a few days. Anyway, that's not my point. As the title of this post clearly illustrates, I would like to talk about snark and Gen.
I come primarily from the Harry Potter fandom (and I read a lot of other fandoms as well, but let's not go there), and Gen reminds me of Draco Malfoy and fan fiction with regard to the incomparable SNARK and humor that comes out of his every word. The character's more attractive than Draco Malfoy, obviously -- he has this whole "thief" and "juggling" abilities going on (can DM do handstands and sneak into palace rooms like Legolas?). And... er, I'm not really sure what I want to say anymore, except maybe that Gen's character is out of this world (alpestars, I remind myself, that's why the genre's called fantasy). Where else can you find a boy who doesn't care what other people think about him, is hideously brave when the occasion requires it of him and acts deceptively childish/pampered the other half of the time for our amusement? Maybe it's just the world Megan Whalen Turner's created -- each book is a mystery without seeming like a mystery, and in the end there's always a big revelation of some previous complex action that all of us missed but the protagonist had planned cleverly all along. Author's a master entertainer/storyteller.
I am deeply, madly in love with Gen and his universe.
OK, granted, I've fallen in love with lots of books, and usually obsess over them for a few days. Anyway, that's not my point. As the title of this post clearly illustrates, I would like to talk about snark and Gen.
I come primarily from the Harry Potter fandom (and I read a lot of other fandoms as well, but let's not go there), and Gen reminds me of Draco Malfoy and fan fiction with regard to the incomparable SNARK and humor that comes out of his every word. The character's more attractive than Draco Malfoy, obviously -- he has this whole "thief" and "juggling" abilities going on (can DM do handstands and sneak into palace rooms like Legolas?). And... er, I'm not really sure what I want to say anymore, except maybe that Gen's character is out of this world (alpestars, I remind myself, that's why the genre's called fantasy). Where else can you find a boy who doesn't care what other people think about him, is hideously brave when the occasion requires it of him and acts deceptively childish/pampered the other half of the time for our amusement? Maybe it's just the world Megan Whalen Turner's created -- each book is a mystery without seeming like a mystery, and in the end there's always a big revelation of some previous complex action that all of us missed but the protagonist had planned cleverly all along. Author's a master entertainer/storyteller.
