"What happens if we get struck by lightning?"

[tenel_ka]

So in my 498548593248 time reading The Long Walk (in reality it's probably like my twenty-something time) I've realized I end up finding new things in each read and find myself paying attention to different aspects of the characters and different relationships, etc. Like this time for some reason I just keep thinking of the Walkers female counterparts -- sisters, mothers, girlfriends. Sure, you hear about Ray's girlfriend Jan and his mom a bit, also Peter's ex-bitch ex-girlfriend Priscilla and a bit about his little sister -- then there's Percy's mom, of course.

But for real, think about how the mothers and all them feel about their boys doing this. Signing up to go walk with a 99% chance of getting a bullet to the head. It hurts a little. There's no way in hell I'd want my boyfriend or son or brother doing that. D:

Another thing I love about this book are the characters, of course. I love that they all have their flaws (except Baker, lol, he's such a sweetheart) -- McVries has mood swings, Olson gets cocky, Parker is a bit of a bitch, I shouldn't even have to mention Barkovitch and Stebbins. Even Ray says some stuff that's not too sweet. And that's why I love them. They're not perfect, they're not the best guys in the world and that's why they're so relatable/<3-able. Then 99 of them go and get killed. :\

SPEAKING OF THE LONG WALK: We have five Long Walkers for Dragon*Con! McVries, Baker, Harkness, Olson and Abraham WOOOOO!

I'm gonna make the new numbers next weekend. Anyone else want in? We will have bullet holes for yooooou! And a number! All you need is the belt and canteen and depending on who you are it's usually normal clothes. Let's see who is left. There's Stebbins (blue shirt, purple pants, green vest, lol), Barkovitch (the mean bitch XD), Scramm (he's married, you know) -- hell, we don't have a RAY GARRATY. And there's 91 others! XD

Comments

[morlockiness.livejournal.com]

THAT BOOK NEVER GETS OLD, RIGHT? Shit, I gotta finish that EPIC TLW fic I've been working on since, like May haha. And if I could get to D*C, I'd totally be your Ray Garraty. . . or Stebbins (cause jack ass or not, he's my favorite).

[lusa-thul.livejournal.com]

YAY FOR ANOTHER WALKER I AM SO EXCITED!!1

[blood-sorbet.livejournal.com]

HEATHER HEATHER HEATHER LOOK OMFG I AM DYING HERE
http://blood-sorbet.livejournal.com/395552.html

I just...I can't even...oh my god...
*falls over*