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WAIT I CAN DO THIS NOW what extended universe content does to a mf

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Ace! No! That's not what catgirl means!

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This is like opening a forbidden book. With all its aura and mystery I've opened it with he caution of reference of a sacred tome. Nothing ever in the world could have prepared me to the book opening by a "previously on the VNAs" where Rassillon's reaction to the pythia's curse is "d'oh"

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Oh hell yeah two aces

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This is like opening a forbidden book. With all its aura and mystery I've opened it with he caution of reference of a sacred tome. Nothing ever in the world could have prepared me to the book opening by a "previously on the VNAs" where Rassillon's reaction to the pythia's curse is "d'oh"

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My "I do not have crack and contraband in my motorbike" statement to a cop is raising a lot of questions already addressed by my "I do not have crack and contraband in my motorbike" statement

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This is like opening a forbidden book. With all its aura and mystery I've opened it with he caution of reference of a sacred tome. Nothing ever in the world could have prepared me to the book opening by a "previously on the VNAs" where Rassillon's reaction to the pythia's curse is "d'oh"

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Ace paying in francs in 2001? Marc Platt failed to consider the euro

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This is like opening a forbidden book. With all its aura and mystery I've opened it with he caution of reference of a sacred tome. Nothing ever in the world could have prepared me to the book opening by a "previously on the VNAs" where Rassillon's reaction to the pythia's curse is "d'oh"

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Fuck yeah

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This is like opening a forbidden book. With all its aura and mystery I've opened it with he caution of reference of a sacred tome. Nothing ever in the world could have prepared me to the book opening by a "previously on the VNAs" where Rassillon's reaction to the pythia's curse is "d'oh"

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This is like opening a forbidden book. With all its aura and mystery I've opened it with he caution of reference of a sacred tome. Nothing ever in the world could have prepared me to the book opening by a "previously on the VNAs" where Rassillon's reaction to the pythia's curse is "d'oh"

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VNA #59 The Room with no Doors, Kate Orman (1996)

Kate Orman took one of the most questionable scenes from eternity weeps and just decided to roll along with it, and it's fucking awesome. This story presents itself as maybe lower stakes than usual, but allows room to properly examine every single one of its characters. Although it does suffer from the same problem than the left handed hummingbird (namely, the portrayal of feudal Japan is somewhat rooted in stereotypes, and every single Japanese term being in italic has a very "keikoku means plan vibe to it) but it does transcend them beautifully.

The events of the story are less relevant than Chris and the doctor's state of mind, exploring Chris better than any book has done before, and allowing the doctor to want to let go his manipulative streak. Penelope is a very interesting side character, and Te Yene Rana is a good antagonist, it's also nice to see Joel Mintz return.

10/10 thank god we're back to the good books

Since i've started reading trough the vna again, here's my opinion about each and every one of them because it's my blog and i do what i want with it

VNA #1 Timewyrm: genesys (1991, John Peel)

Okay, this book is bad, like it's a disaster. The idea of "dr who meets gilgamesh" is pretty good on paper, but damn does this miss the mark at every term.

Every single scene with ace is gross mysoginistic mischaracterisation, Gilgamesh is insufferable, Ishtar is a completely uninteresting antagonist and her motives are cliché af.

At the very least, the stranded Anuans are an interesting twist and the introduction of avram makes for an interesting Change of Pace.

2/10, that was Five hours of my life i'm never getting back

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Christmas just wouldn't be christmas!

(some closeup details and version without text under the cut >.<)

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Christmas just wouldn't be christmas!

(some closeup details and version without text under the cut >.<)

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Just found out that birds' beaks are keratin, my day is ruined

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The sheer number of "disco Elysium makes fun of everybody ahah don't worry it's not a communist game" takes because these people are incapable of understanding that critiquing the ideology you agree with it doesn't mean you're not endorsing it is astonishing. They will sit trough the whole deserter dialogue and the only thing they take away is "damn that old man is crazy and bitter". Yes. I wonder why that is

watching people who aren't into politics play disco elysium is a wild ride. this man doesn't know what a scab is and went down the ultra liberal route because sunday friend was too fucking annoying. that's how the median voter behaves

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Kate orman, the most powerful fujoshi out there

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VNA #58, Eternity Weeps, Jim Mortimore (1996)

Oh no gang, it's really bad. Eternity Weeps is not just a bad book, it's a bad Bernice summerfield book. Wich is weird since there is still three other stories left before this becomes her own range. Everything in that story is bad, the plot is boring and incoherent, the style is bad and unnecessarily edgy, in the type of grimy slimeliness that doesn't land as tasteful or impactful, just gross. The choice of having the story being alternated between Benny's and Jason's first person naration could have worked if Mortimore had any kind of grasp on either of these characters and their relationship.

The doctor and Chris barely appear in this but still, the doctor manages to be mischaracterised and Chris isn't allowed enough room to even be mischaracterised. I normally never would say that for a doctor who story a premise now matter how out there it is can be a bad fit, but uh, characters join two expeditions set to find Noah's ark from the bible, Wich comprise an ex astronaut, in the middle of an active warzone is actually a really stupid premise.

1/10 this book is a pain, this is not how you do a Benny story, this is not how you do a doctor who story, this is not how you write any book at all

Since i've started reading trough the vna again, here's my opinion about each and every one of them because it's my blog and i do what i want with it

VNA #1 Timewyrm: genesys (1991, John Peel)

Okay, this book is bad, like it's a disaster. The idea of "dr who meets gilgamesh" is pretty good on paper, but damn does this miss the mark at every term.

Every single scene with ace is gross mysoginistic mischaracterisation, Gilgamesh is insufferable, Ishtar is a completely uninteresting antagonist and her motives are cliché af.

At the very least, the stranded Anuans are an interesting twist and the introduction of avram makes for an interesting Change of Pace.

2/10, that was Five hours of my life i'm never getting back

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she Cogit on my o until i ergosum

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Capitalismo shot first

Using an extension to replace every iteratIon of the word "corporate greed" by capitalism

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Using an extension to replace every iteratIon of the word "corporate greed" by capitalism