...really?
May. 13th, 2008 11:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tenel_kaI kind of hate the Solo family.
I finished Invincible. Meeeeeeh. The ending seemed like it went by really fast and was a big cop-out (and I mean by cop-out I mean the build-up during the whole series, not just this book). All the Solo kids are pretty much dead to me. The whole Daala thing is a huge LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL too. Like, did everyone forget all the shit she did? YAY I WISH SHE COULD RUN EARTH! I WOULD TOTALLY BACK HER AND HER KAMIKAZE MISSIONS AND MURDERING AND HATRED OF SQUID!!111
Besides all that, I enjoyed Zekk (natch), the Hapan twins, Ben, Tenel Ka -- even Tahiri, who has been kind of annoying me this series. I absolutely loved her whole LOOK AT ME BEING TEH SITH SECRETARY and straightening Caedus' lapel on his cloak and shit. Love it. I also dug Caedus killing that Mando by doing the whole HAY SHATTERPOINT THING!!!1 Nice.
The few flashbacks littered in regarding Jacen and Jaina were classy, cause they reminded me of the times I actually liked the Solo twins -- but they kind of served the purpose of pissing me off instead of making me all angsty and emo about their upcoming fight. I hate what they've turned into. Sure, evil!Jacen is hot and all, but reading the flashbacks reminds of better times. Especially the one where he stays with her all night and is totally petting her hair and whispering comforting things in his total amazing Jacen Solo fashion (the 280 - 281 one). That was fucking gorgeous. <3 Denning. I want to see Denning writing more NJO-era stuff.
And I found that anytime I read about Han and Leia I got this sour taste in my mouth. Like that whole family is tainted by ass now. And now they're gonna get their butt-tastical ways all over Allana and taint her too. YOU ONLY HAVE A 25% CHANCE OF DYING, KID. OH WAIT, I SHOULD NEVER TELL YOU THE ODDS.
I thought Star Wars was about redemption and yay good guys and shit, but I guess not. LOL on Vader being able to get redeemed after twenty years of being a dicksmack -- but a three-month trip over doesn't even warrant a try. And wait, Daala can be redeemed from her villain/whore-bitch-for-many-years status and become CoS, but Jacen Solo doesn't even warrant a lock-up and a good long stew in a cell? And we can't forget the Moff Council of Assholes who just gets to switch sides and play along to stay alive. "OH WE SO SORRY TENEL KA WE DIDN'T MEAN IT. NOT AT ALL. *halo* D:"
And y'all know how I love me some Jacen Solo -- but I would be arguing this for any character who went dark in this fashion. And I'm not the only one. There are people out there who absolutely have always hated Jacen and they're like, "Really? This is how it ends?"
Though I do have to give the whole GFFA a big LOL JACEN FTW on him totally achieving what he set out to do. Ah, guppy.
Oh and the best (well, for me, since TK is my other favorite -- and also wasn't in this book, like, at all) is the fact that now that Allana has been handed off to her new family of Han, Leia and Jaina -- Tenel Ka is no longer needed and will most likely never show up again. Until she gets assassinated and the FAMILY HAS TO GO INVESTIGATE OH NOES.
Way to fail with your first three children, Heia/Lan/whatever your awesome couple name is! NOW YOU CAN TRY AGAIN!1
I totally must give props for the good stuff though. Which was like anything Zekk/Taryn/Trista/Ben/Tahiri. Especially:
By the time Ben had finished his sanisteam, Trista was warming the engines for departure, He wrapped a towel around his waist and slipped out of the refresher compartment -- then noticed that the door to the main cabin was slightly ajar.
"Sorry!" Taryn called. "I don't know how that was left open!"
LOL SO CUTE. XD
Aaaand I am officially in love with Taryn:
"Later is good too. But don't disappoint me. We have a date."
"Uh, sure." Zekk was clearly reeling from the from the straightforward manner of Hapan women; he flushed and glanced over at Jaina. "I mean, if you don't mind."
Taryn turned to Jaina, her expression more appraising than apologetic. "He's yours?"
"Well, n-no," Jaina said. Zekk looked even more uncomfortable, and through the Force, Jaina could feel Jag smirking at her dilemma. "Of course he's not mine. We don't--"
"Well, then," Taryn interrupted. She smiled and squeezed Zekk's biceps. "Lucky me."
TEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHHE. I LOVE BITCHY HAPANS. ESPECIALLY ONES RELATED TO TK. XD
Zel Twins >>>>>>>>>> Solo Twins.
And mark my words. If that darling brat starts calling those two "Mommy" and "Daddy" in any future book, I am so far out of this shit it's not even funny. D:
Props also to the new best Jacen Solo joke in the history of ever: "What's the difference between a lightsaber and a glowrod? A lightsaber impresses girls!"
YES. LOOOOOOOVE. <3
Final words on the series: It's like the whole galaxy just got Rickrolled. Seriously.
I finished Invincible. Meeeeeeh. The ending seemed like it went by really fast and was a big cop-out (and I mean by cop-out I mean the build-up during the whole series, not just this book). All the Solo kids are pretty much dead to me. The whole Daala thing is a huge LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL too. Like, did everyone forget all the shit she did? YAY I WISH SHE COULD RUN EARTH! I WOULD TOTALLY BACK HER AND HER KAMIKAZE MISSIONS AND MURDERING AND HATRED OF SQUID!!111
Besides all that, I enjoyed Zekk (natch), the Hapan twins, Ben, Tenel Ka -- even Tahiri, who has been kind of annoying me this series. I absolutely loved her whole LOOK AT ME BEING TEH SITH SECRETARY and straightening Caedus' lapel on his cloak and shit. Love it. I also dug Caedus killing that Mando by doing the whole HAY SHATTERPOINT THING!!!1 Nice.
The few flashbacks littered in regarding Jacen and Jaina were classy, cause they reminded me of the times I actually liked the Solo twins -- but they kind of served the purpose of pissing me off instead of making me all angsty and emo about their upcoming fight. I hate what they've turned into. Sure, evil!Jacen is hot and all, but reading the flashbacks reminds of better times. Especially the one where he stays with her all night and is totally petting her hair and whispering comforting things in his total amazing Jacen Solo fashion (the 280 - 281 one). That was fucking gorgeous. <3 Denning. I want to see Denning writing more NJO-era stuff.
And I found that anytime I read about Han and Leia I got this sour taste in my mouth. Like that whole family is tainted by ass now. And now they're gonna get their butt-tastical ways all over Allana and taint her too. YOU ONLY HAVE A 25% CHANCE OF DYING, KID. OH WAIT, I SHOULD NEVER TELL YOU THE ODDS.
I thought Star Wars was about redemption and yay good guys and shit, but I guess not. LOL on Vader being able to get redeemed after twenty years of being a dicksmack -- but a three-month trip over doesn't even warrant a try. And wait, Daala can be redeemed from her villain/whore-bitch-for-many-years status and become CoS, but Jacen Solo doesn't even warrant a lock-up and a good long stew in a cell? And we can't forget the Moff Council of Assholes who just gets to switch sides and play along to stay alive. "OH WE SO SORRY TENEL KA WE DIDN'T MEAN IT. NOT AT ALL. *halo* D:"
And y'all know how I love me some Jacen Solo -- but I would be arguing this for any character who went dark in this fashion. And I'm not the only one. There are people out there who absolutely have always hated Jacen and they're like, "Really? This is how it ends?"
Though I do have to give the whole GFFA a big LOL JACEN FTW on him totally achieving what he set out to do. Ah, guppy.
Oh and the best (well, for me, since TK is my other favorite -- and also wasn't in this book, like, at all) is the fact that now that Allana has been handed off to her new family of Han, Leia and Jaina -- Tenel Ka is no longer needed and will most likely never show up again. Until she gets assassinated and the FAMILY HAS TO GO INVESTIGATE OH NOES.
Way to fail with your first three children, Heia/Lan/whatever your awesome couple name is! NOW YOU CAN TRY AGAIN!1
I totally must give props for the good stuff though. Which was like anything Zekk/Taryn/Trista/Ben/Tahiri. Especially:
By the time Ben had finished his sanisteam, Trista was warming the engines for departure, He wrapped a towel around his waist and slipped out of the refresher compartment -- then noticed that the door to the main cabin was slightly ajar.
"Sorry!" Taryn called. "I don't know how that was left open!"
LOL SO CUTE. XD
Aaaand I am officially in love with Taryn:
"Later is good too. But don't disappoint me. We have a date."
"Uh, sure." Zekk was clearly reeling from the from the straightforward manner of Hapan women; he flushed and glanced over at Jaina. "I mean, if you don't mind."
Taryn turned to Jaina, her expression more appraising than apologetic. "He's yours?"
"Well, n-no," Jaina said. Zekk looked even more uncomfortable, and through the Force, Jaina could feel Jag smirking at her dilemma. "Of course he's not mine. We don't--"
"Well, then," Taryn interrupted. She smiled and squeezed Zekk's biceps. "Lucky me."
TEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHHE. I LOVE BITCHY HAPANS. ESPECIALLY ONES RELATED TO TK. XD
Zel Twins >>>>>>>>>> Solo Twins.
And mark my words. If that darling brat starts calling those two "Mommy" and "Daddy" in any future book, I am so far out of this shit it's not even funny. D:
Props also to the new best Jacen Solo joke in the history of ever: "What's the difference between a lightsaber and a glowrod? A lightsaber impresses girls!"
YES. LOOOOOOOVE. <3
Final words on the series: It's like the whole galaxy just got Rickrolled. Seriously.
