Valdemar Discussion Post!
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21_daysThis is the official Dead Vanyel Party discussion post!
Whether it's your first read or your millionth, there's always something worth talking about--and rambling at length about at that. Confide in your fellow Lackey fans--who's your fave? What books do you eat up with a spoon? Does Vanyel end up as a gay Companion after the Mage Storms books? Or is he reborn as the very subtle baby herald "Vanel"? If so, does that make Stef his life-bonded companion "Tylenol", or what? And is Ma'ar REALLY dead? (No!)
Life's little questions, and we all want to talk about them.
Anon and unanon are currently allowed on this post. As of August 9, only anon posting will be allowed, in order to foster an anonny sense of anonymousness, in the vein of everyone's favorite meme ;P. The exception to the anon-only rule is the Introduction Thread, where you can introduce yourself and meet fellow players.
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(about time I reposted this:) You Know You're An LHM Fan When...
Date: 2015-07-26 03:04 am (UTC)...your friends ask for recommendations for a good book and you hand them LHM and then apologize.
...it's possible to gauge your mood by the distance between your LHMs and your bed.
...it no longer has a name; when referring to it, initials are ample, and 'that sodding book' or 'the exploding pink fluff' will do fine.
...you've found yourself turning your lights out at bedtime, then turning them on again ten minutes later because you HAVE to read more LHM - many, many times.
...you've laminated your copies, and obscured the back covers with masking tape.
...you write letters to people in purple ink on pink paper.
...all other HoV books exist only to provide context for the LHM. You only read Winds of Fury for the Dating-Advice-For-Catgirls-Scene, and your mental image of the whole Arrows series consists of Van and Stef playing The Sims.
...you've caught yourself quoting Moondance during arguments in pubs.
...the word 'cross-pollinate' makes you titter.
...you wonder what Yfandes was doing for the 500 years Van and Stef were 'cross-pollinating'.
...you've had shipwars over what is, essentially, the same pairing. (Okay ,so I've heard that Doctor Who fans do this too)
...every time you hear about new fungus that affects plants, you wince in sympathy-pain
...your friend starts dating someone twice their age who has teenage children, and you think this is the most normal thing in the world. (Variation: your friend, who has teenage children, starts dating someone half their age and you think this is the most normal thing in the world.)
...the difference between 'rereading' and 'completely rereading' is the entire second volume.
...you know what Vanyel's name means in Quenya.
...you rate all other books in comparison to the LHM. Yes, other books can outscore the LHM, but your benchmark is the LHM.
...you've sometimes woken up in the middle of the night desperate to know if Stef was wearing shoes on p51 of vol 3, or why Vanyel moved rooms between the second and third volumes, or how Lendel managed to look so pretty even after taking that long walk off the top of the belltower.
...you find the scent of sandalwood inexplicably arousing.
...you read the LHM because Van's depressingly awful life reminds you just how good your own is.
...you spell it P-O-R-N.
...you collect feathers, and contemplate getting a bird of prey, just to entice people to your bed.
...you think about yourself in third person just so you can use your usename you've come up with.
...you try to learn to play the guitar simply to be able to play "My Lady's Eyes" for the senseless drivel!
...you have some, or all, of the soundtrack.
...before you pirated any the soundtrack, you made up your own tune to the Shadow-Lover song.
...and are now annoyed that you can no longer remember it, damnit.
...the Jehovah's Witnesses knock at your door and ask if you read the Bible; you ask if they read the LHM.