urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2010-04-01T16:07:54Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:222475 2010-04-01T16:07:54Z 2010-04-01T16:07:54Z Julie Brown, "Girl Fight Tonight." The <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/chickfight/8621.html">GIRL FIGHT TONIGHT</a> is down to the final two! In this corner, weighing in at 130 pounds, half-human, half-fae, all pretty much pissed off by this entire situation, it's October "Toby" Daye! In the other corner, weighing in at none of your damn business, the best witch in the Ramtops and possibly the world, Granny Esme Weatherwax!<br /><br />...well, then.<br /><br />I consider Toby getting the stuffing kicked out of her by Granny Weatherwax to actually be a win, since dude, "wasn't expected to place" girl coming in second, not too shabby. Still, pros and cons:<br /><br />Toby will win because she's tenacious, surprisingly difficult to kill, and tends to approach all situations as life-or-death, even when they're not. Maybe she's a little over-enthusiastic that way, but still, it's sometimes an asset. Toby will lose because she's fighting <i>Granny fucking Weatherwax</i>.<br /><br />Granny will win because she's <i>Granny fucking Weatherwax</i>, a witch so good that she rarely needs to use any witchcraft at all. Granny will lose because she mostly goes up against people who want to get into her head, and Toby doesn't want to get into her head; Toby just wants to go the fuck home. Also, Granny doesn't care as much, and might well throw the fight, hence winning by controlling the outcome.<br /><br />Right now, Granny's in the lead. But we shall see.<br /><br />Meanwhile, over in the <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2010/02/fourth-annual-bscreview-book-tournament-announcement/">Fourth Annual BSC Review Tournament</a>, <i>Rosemary and Rue</i> has managed to defeat Juliet Marillier's <i>Heart's Blood</i>, with Toby holding on by the skin of her teeth...and is now up against <span class="ljuser i-ljuser i-ljuser-type-P " data-ljuser="catvalente" lj:user="catvalente" ><a href="http://catvalente.livejournal.com/profile" target="_self" class="i-ljuser-profile" ><img class="i-ljuser-userhead" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /></a><a href="http://catvalente.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username" target="_self" ><b>catvalente</b></a></span>'s <i>Palimpsest</i> <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=93&amp;t=8036">in what may well be the girl fight of the century</a> (or at least, the girl fight of the week). I admit, I was hoping we'd be the last two, duking it out atop a mountaintop, hair flying in the wind, being all creepily photogenic. But as this is not to be, I merely urge you to swing by and place your vote. Whichever way it goes, one of us is making that mountain. Dammit.<br /><br />Girl fight goes on! Soon, only one will leave the tourney grounds alive!