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Marble League 2017 Q-2: Dang, Kobalts and Balls of Chaos not even qualifying! Team Primary, Midnight Wisps and Thunderbolts all top 5 though, so that's probably who I'll be focusing on this time.

Wrapped up Wyrd Sisters a while ago actually. Was about par for the Pratchett course! I liked Tom John, and Granny's always a good time.

It finally happened that the library didn't have any of the next Discworlds! I almost picked up Good Omens, but decided to branch out SLIGHTLY more and grab Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. It's a good time so far, even though it's outside my wheelhouse. I like all the characters except maybe Everyman Protagonist #8274729. The humor and stuff is still very Pratchett-y, and he even sneaked in a Widdershins reference! Anesthesia tho :\

We watched the first episode of Wheel of Time. I....think? I like it? It's a bit darker than I would prefer, and if the trolloc raid was that intense, I'm not sure I will make it through some of the later stuff, and Wifebolo's tolerance is probably lower than mine for live action carnage. I don't feel like Mat needed the super dark backstory and personality, or to be a *bad* gambler, or to look like he was 30. Rand is kinda punchable, but, y'know what, that's fair. I think everything else about the execution was pretty dang solid, I just like some of the creative license decisions more than others. I like that we have racial diversity, although somebody pointed out that it's a bit weird to have it within the fairly homogenous backwater Two Rivers community. I also find it a bit odd that our dark skinned black characters so far are Nynaeve, the mystic with a temper, and Padan Fain, who, is Padan Fain. I actually kinda liked giving Perrin a wife to kill off. It's a bit weak to just do a disposable wife like that, but I think it fits his character arc nicely. Rand boinking Egwene is an eye roller, but I can't act surprised that a TV adaptation would ratchet up the romantic/sexual drama. The change I'm actually kinda miffed about is that we don't know the Dragon's gender. That seems like a pretty major change to the dynamics of the world, just for the sake of what I assume is going to be a fakeout with Egwene or something. All in all, I still have the same cautious optimism with which I approached the trailer. Feel like we're in danger of trying too hard to be Game of Thrones, though.

We have knocked out the first box set of Ranma 1/2! Was kinda a holy grail show for me- random issues of the manga that I thought didn't have nudity (spoilers, they all did, but it got past my mom and me both at the store every time) were among my first ventures into the manga world, and practically a rite of passage for young trans weebs lol. I couldn't afford the anime as a kid, and couldn't find it as an adult, but half price books to the rescue! It was....everything I wanted it to be. We have some later seasons too, and the dub is on youtube, so I think we might be able to cobble together the whole show! Both Wifebolo and I are enjoying it greatly.

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