Monday morning bits and pieces.: seanan

Monday morning bits and pieces.

1. First off, for those of you who may have missed it yesterday, the cover of Ashes of Honor has been posted for your viewing pleasure. Chris McGrath has done it again, and I am totally overjoyed by the ongoing evolution of Toby. (Also by the fact that I am now six books into an urban fantasy series, and the most sexualized my protagonist has been was on the cover to book five, where she had no pants on. She was also a fish at the time. I am overjoyed.)

2. I am home from Emerald City Comic Con! Yay! I am too tired to die, and there's a very good chance that I am going to bed without any supper tonight because I will be herded by the cats (to my doom), but it was a great weekend, I got many, many hugs, and I am now safely back in the Bay Area. Life is good.

3. Welcome to all the new people who got linked here via my post on diversity in fiction! I'm thrilled that you're here, and promise not to be upset when you realize that I'm rarely that intellectual and go off to do something more useful with your time. I hope you enjoy us while you're at the party. We are already enjoying you.

4. Speaking of not being intellectual all the time...If anyone out there is collecting the blind bag My Little Pony figures, I have all of them except for the basic, non-glittery Rainbow Dash. I have many doubles I can trade, including the special edition Twilight Sparkle. Inquire within. Please.

5. Shirt post coming this week.

That is all. Now I must nap.

fezabel

April 2 2012, 18:57:48 UTC 5 years ago

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Shirt post! YAY!

seanan_mcguire

April 2 2012, 19:11:05 UTC 5 years ago

Yes!

manynames

April 2 2012, 18:59:30 UTC 5 years ago

Hm, I have a feeling we have a Rainbow Dash somewhere. I'll check, because my kid likes Twilight best of all, especially if she's glittery.

April 2 2012, 19:11:34 UTC 5 years ago

Yay! Let me know. Since she's the only one I'm missing, it's not logical to buy any more bags; I just have to find a trade.

April 2 2012, 19:51:23 UTC 5 years ago

She hasn't made herself immediately apparent, but the ponies find their way everywhere so she might be around, or I might be confused because some days, our house appears to be generating tiny plastic animals. If she does turn up, I'll let you know!

taldragon

April 2 2012, 19:23:17 UTC 5 years ago

(i hope you dont see this twice - i think LJ ate my comment!)

i saw this World Cryptozoological Foundation tshirt http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/generic/ec02/?srp=1 and thought of Verity :)

also i'm glad you had fun at the con, and i would like photos of the MLP figures you mention. pretty please? :)

April 2 2012, 19:55:15 UTC 5 years ago

Veeeeeeeeeery unlikely. Photo formatting is time and labor intensive, and I have other things that need doing.

April 2 2012, 20:00:18 UTC 5 years ago

fair enough!

serge_lj

April 2 2012, 19:48:44 UTC 5 years ago

"...the most sexualized my protagonist has been was on the cover to book five, where she had no pants on. She was also a fish..."

And a fin piece of art it was.
BAM!!!
Ow.
That frying pan hurt.

April 2 2012, 19:54:41 UTC 5 years ago

Good. It was meant to.

peachtales

April 2 2012, 21:10:52 UTC 5 years ago

*giggle* I needed that laugh. Thank you.

April 3 2012, 11:49:44 UTC 5 years ago

Dare we say it was a tail well told?
(ducks for cover)

April 2 2012, 21:10:23 UTC 5 years ago Edited: April 2 2012, 21:22:02 UTC

I've got all of mlp blind bags (if we're talking about the same shiny dark pink/purple bags with a flying Rainbow Dash on the front - I haven't seen the other series yet), and I'd be happy to go find you a regular Rainbow Dash. I have the product key that tells you which pony is in which # bag. :) I do also have a few doubles. I think I might even have a 2nd Dash.

Edit: This little Dashie here? http://img.movoda.net/6mf55kr2.jpg
I have a double or can go find one still in bag, your choice. :)

April 2 2012, 21:28:37 UTC 5 years ago

Ooh, is there a link to the product key somewhere? As I mentioned in my comment to Seanan, I have a little girl who would be super-impressed if I managed to find a bag with a Twilight in.

5 years ago

April 3 2012, 14:52:54 UTC 5 years ago

Yes! That little Dashie! I am very desirous of her coming to live with me, and can send you any of my doubles in return.

trektone

April 2 2012, 22:06:25 UTC 5 years ago

In an unrelated "hee hee," I went to brunch w/friends this past Sunday. The restaurant, Hudson (on College Ave. in Oakland), had a cocktail special that appealed to me. It had gin, lime juice, cassis and something else. I was told by the bartender who'd come over to tell us about it that it was named the "Morning Edition," to which I asked like a smarty-pants, "Is that 'mor' or 'mour'?" She laughed and went away. I liked it enough to get two. So the bill came and ...

http://pics.livejournal.com/trektone/pic/000fe28k

May 2 2012, 04:22:34 UTC 5 years ago

That is AWESOME.

dornbeast

April 2 2012, 23:33:18 UTC 5 years ago

I don't have photos (no haz camera), but Discount Armageddon has several copies in the Horror section at The Elliott Bay Book Company. I find this odd, considering that I had to special order my copy for the release week, but it's there, and facing out.

(also...horror? Really?)

May 2 2012, 04:22:46 UTC 5 years ago

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird.

gelsey

April 3 2012, 00:25:34 UTC 5 years ago

I bought several of those little figures this week, on a whim. Am trying to tell myself I shouldn't buy more.

Of course, I've also been telling myself I have no room to start refurbishing old ponies into unique new ones...