Following the example of my friend nachida, I’m switching to this 30 day star wars challenge.
2. Favourite Main Character From The Movies
Does Wedge count as a main character? No? Ok…
It’s nearly impossible for me to chose between the big three (which tangentially, that phrase urks me big time - it should be the big 4 with Chewie), so I guess I have to default to Luke. But really, all four characters’ story arches into the EU flourish and make them all my favorites.
I figure since I’ve been on tumblr roughly half a year, I should do a 30 day challenge. Where better to start then with my original fandom, Star Wars?
1. All-time favorite character in Star Wars
Corran Horn
Why? He’s the best of both worlds - both worlds being X-Wings and Jedi. And, he’s the main character in the best stand alone EU novel, I, Jedi.
A million words? 3000 pages? 199 chapters? That’s cute. Don’t get me wrong, I love HP, but if you want to talk about numbers…
HONEY, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE SOMETHIN ABOUT MY SERIES OF CHOICE.
It’s called Wheel of Time and it’s a muthafuckin BEAST.
As of the last book published (we’re up to 14, including the prequel), I estimate the word-count at 3784800. After the final book is published, it will exceed 4 million.
9462 pages. That’s just hardback. If you take into account paperback, then it’s more like 13500 pages.
635 chapters. 654 if you count the prologues and epilogues, and you SHOULD because it is not unusual for the prologues to be 100 pages long.
2641 named characters. About 40 of them are MAIN characters.
THAT SAID. We don’t have any movies…. (if that’s even a good idea).
BUT IF YOU EVER WANT TO READ YOUR ASS OFF. Here you go.
I’ve read the fuckin thing 8 times.
Glad someone else counted everything up so I don’t have to…lost count of how many times I’ve read it - probably a dozen times in the 90s, at least 3 times in the ’00s, just waiting for the final book and I’ll be able to start a tradition of reading it once a decade.
Sometimes, when I see a person reading a WoT book on the bus, I want to rip it out of their hands and throw it out the window to save them from the agony of reading a series for decades without conclusion. I usually restrain myself, but it’s hard.
I’ve decided Ender’s Game needs to be the next big fandom. Plenty of time to get in on the ground floor - lots of great books to read, plenty of things to debate (Shadow series vs. Speaker for the Dead series, etc) more than a year to wait for the movie, thus leaving lots of time to speculate and make fanart. Did I mention the movie is going to have Harrison Ford in it? Who’s with me?
Today’s work look: tenth doctor meets hijab
button down dress shirt, chucks and a tardis hijab
You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world! This room’s the greatest arsenal we could have - arm yourselves!
(Source: doctorwhogifs)
Etsy Doctor Who haul. From the Imagination Emporium. The only question now is which one do I wear first??
Squeaky and the Tardis
A custom mini-painting by Katie Cook of my beloved Doctor Who watching buddy. Squeaky has seen almost as much of the Doctor as I have.
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Casted on the “Bigger on the Inside” Shawl (aka Tardis shawl) (Taken with instagram)
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