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jecca_mehlota) wrote2014-12-02 09:43 pm
jecca_mehlota) wrote2014-12-02 09:43 pm
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DAY TWO: kaboooooom
Okay, first, yay, Goodreads has announced their vote winners and The Martian took the trophy for Sci-Fi. That was one of the first books I read on my kindle. It was glorious. Mark is kind of a sarcastic asshole who cracks jokes because seriously, okay, he's stuck on Mars with an extremely high chance of DEATH. What the hell else do you do? I RECOMMEND IT. i was about to tell how i spent the last bit of the book trying to read from behind my hands but apparently i already made that entry
SO ANYWAY.squeemu wants to know, "The world ends, not with a bang, but a ____? BASICALLY, what is your favorite/most compelling apocalypse scenario?"
Despite (or perhaps because of?) the bizarrely high quantity of world-ending disaster fiction I read, I had to really think about this one. What I have decided on is the old classic, you know: rocks fall, everyone dies. Moons, big ol' rocks, heck space stations, whatever. Just throw it at me from space!
And then I had to think, well, why? The most immediate answer seemed, well, maybe FFXIV? That whole Apocalypse Event sure threw me for on an emotional rollercoaster, after all. But, no, there's also that The Last Policeman series that I really like (even if book 3 is still stupid expensive so I haven't been able to finish it yet... maybe the last book drops the ball) (edit: last book was amazing and I cried). Though I guess I started reading that after Dalamud started its descent.
And of course marginally more thought reminds me that FFVII ALSO featured Death From Above, and that game holds a special place in my heart, even though I've, er, never actually replayed it. I keep meaning to. It just never happens.
And even before that I, like most kids, when through an extreme dinosaur obsession phase, and what do we presume killed them off? THAT'S RIGHT. ROCKS. From spaaaaaaaaaaace.
Why, though? Is it the inevitable impending doom? The drama and angst it brings out? Is it just because I so look forward to it being miraculously averted? That only happened once. OR MAYBE TWICE I DON'T KNOW, WORLD OF TROUBLE, COULD YOU TRY BEING LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS FOR A DIGITAL COPY? I don't think it's because I look forward to it being avoided. Maybe it's because it's uncommon enough for the world to actually end that I like it? The day saving thing worked in VII, but I wouldn't change this for the world (and I guess it would literally be for that world). I STILL CAN'T WATCH THAT DAMN VIDEO WITHOUT GETTING FEELINGS ALL OVER EVERYTHING. FUCK. We still thought Eorzea as we know it was ending then. None of this "five years" shit, people were throwing around hundreds. I still kinda wish Square had gone with that. I guess if it had been an actual moon collision instead of a damn DRAGON ERUPTION it would've made more sense for it to be longer, but five years is enough time to make something of a recovery from WHOOPS YOU'RE ON FIRE. fffffffffffffffffff bahamuuuuut.
A-anyway. In reality, I expect humanity will wipe itself out either via war or environmental destruction (both, really), but there's something really compelling for me about that rock fall. Though like hell would I want to live to see one.
... oh my god this icon is actually relevant to something that never happens.
UNRELATED (mostly? I guess with a title like that it can't be entirely off-topic), so many people dislike the vocal portion of this track. I do not understand why. I think it is fantastic. DEAL WITH IT, HATERS.
SO ANYWAY.
squeemu wants to know, "The world ends, not with a bang, but a ____? BASICALLY, what is your favorite/most compelling apocalypse scenario?"Despite (or perhaps because of?) the bizarrely high quantity of world-ending disaster fiction I read, I had to really think about this one. What I have decided on is the old classic, you know: rocks fall, everyone dies. Moons, big ol' rocks, heck space stations, whatever. Just throw it at me from space!
And then I had to think, well, why? The most immediate answer seemed, well, maybe FFXIV? That whole Apocalypse Event sure threw me for on an emotional rollercoaster, after all. But, no, there's also that The Last Policeman series that I really like (even if book 3 is still stupid expensive so I haven't been able to finish it yet... maybe the last book drops the ball) (edit: last book was amazing and I cried). Though I guess I started reading that after Dalamud started its descent.
And of course marginally more thought reminds me that FFVII ALSO featured Death From Above, and that game holds a special place in my heart, even though I've, er, never actually replayed it. I keep meaning to. It just never happens.
And even before that I, like most kids, when through an extreme dinosaur obsession phase, and what do we presume killed them off? THAT'S RIGHT. ROCKS. From spaaaaaaaaaaace.
Why, though? Is it the inevitable impending doom? The drama and angst it brings out? Is it just because I so look forward to it being miraculously averted? That only happened once. OR MAYBE TWICE I DON'T KNOW, WORLD OF TROUBLE, COULD YOU TRY BEING LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS FOR A DIGITAL COPY? I don't think it's because I look forward to it being avoided. Maybe it's because it's uncommon enough for the world to actually end that I like it? The day saving thing worked in VII, but I wouldn't change this for the world (and I guess it would literally be for that world). I STILL CAN'T WATCH THAT DAMN VIDEO WITHOUT GETTING FEELINGS ALL OVER EVERYTHING. FUCK. We still thought Eorzea as we know it was ending then. None of this "five years" shit, people were throwing around hundreds. I still kinda wish Square had gone with that. I guess if it had been an actual moon collision instead of a damn DRAGON ERUPTION it would've made more sense for it to be longer, but five years is enough time to make something of a recovery from WHOOPS YOU'RE ON FIRE. fffffffffffffffffff bahamuuuuut.
A-anyway. In reality, I expect humanity will wipe itself out either via war or environmental destruction (both, really), but there's something really compelling for me about that rock fall. Though like hell would I want to live to see one.
... oh my god this icon is actually relevant to something that never happens.
UNRELATED (mostly? I guess with a title like that it can't be entirely off-topic), so many people dislike the vocal portion of this track. I do not understand why. I think it is fantastic. DEAL WITH IT, HATERS.
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aaaaaaa I don't know if I could stand it if a rock was actually going to crash into Earth and kill everyone, hahaha. I love stories about it, though!
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I can understand that. c: Seems to be more and more stories about it. XD
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Also, now I want to know what your favorite apocalypse book(s) have been! Especially if there are any that aren't about White Healthy Straight Men (tm), because I am so sick of books that are about those schmucks. Uh. Despite what I just said about The Last Policeman, shush.
Is it the inevitable impending doom?
Ooh, I think this is definitely one of the reasons I find the comet scenario really interesting, personally. Everyone has time to know what's coming, and we get to see how they react to it. (I loooove the idea of a space station crashing down and causing damage, too. I don't know that I've encountered that yet in my fictional travels, but it sounds awesome. MAN MADE DESTRUCTION, AW YISS)
I have replayed FF7 twice now, but I never manage to get actually watch the ending. Like, I just get to the point where I can run around and level up like crazy and then... stop playing after I realize how time consuming it is to master the materia. WHOOPS.
That icon is gorgeous, by the way.
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THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO EVERYTHING uuuuhhhh I could tell you what to stay away from?
Actually! I really, really liked the first two books in the Extinction Point series (starring reporting Emily Baxter and NO ONE ELSE BASICALLY), but the last half or so of the third book made me angry, because we got answers to the mystery that the first book presented us with, and I thought they were stupid answers. BUT THAT FIRST BOOK. OMG. If you buy it off Amazon, though, they will recommend the Breakers series to you, which is bad. Don't give in. Also avoid the shit out of "CyberStorm" I don't care if it's on sale for .99 it's infuriating.
The Scourge I thought was pretty cool. Sort of zombies, but not? The POV character is a girl, and she's blind, which isn't a common trait in protagonists. Especially in books! There's a dude, too, but he wasn't too terrible.
Far North isn't really an apocalypse story, but it takes place after Massive World Environment Crisis. It's kind of, um, bleak and brutal, but. But I liked it?
In The After was interesting, and had another kinda cool bit to it in the the main characters couldn't speak much because the monsters had super hearing. I marked it pretty high but I don't remember most of it at this point.
I don't recommend Mara and Dann because, well, see this comment... dull, long-winded, and bizarre incest.
Um, you can check out my "read" shelf on GoodReads and ask me about any of those, this comment is probably getting long.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY (GOOD) SPACESHIP CRASH APOCALYPSE MESS STORIES surely they must be out there???
WELL IF YOU EVER DECIDE TO TRY AGAIN, the best thing for materia grinding, if I remember right, is to go down into the crater into the weird, uh, swamp-plant area and look for those ... little orange things, they usually come in threes. Magic Pots are good, too, if you have the elixirs for them.
BUT YEAH THAT METEOR/MOON/THING. Oh, it's terrifying to think about. But so good for stories! :3
(this screencap was taken at like 30 minutes remaining before moonfall/dragon hatch IT IS SO PRETTY but also it freaks me out)
SOOooooo.... HOW MUCH HTML BORKAGE IS ABOUT TO OCCUR?
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ALSO YOU HAVE A GOODREADS, do you mind if I add you? I ask as I add you. I WILL UN-ADD YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT ME SPYING ON YOUR READING HABITS
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That is absolutely fine!
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