tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post5521454156106604245..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Inside Jokes about Beautiful PeopleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-66466970410786161432010-10-30T22:37:13.951-05:002010-10-30T22:37:13.951-05:00I pulled observations that (a) two or more of the ...I pulled observations that (a) two or more of the young readers had made which (b) struck or puzzled me. <br /><br />The comment at the end from Audrey, the reader who gathered the others’ comments, made an interesting contrast with some of the earlier ones. She wants “normal”, having read just too damian much with the dark and brooding. But Audrey was also among those asking for British accents. So even this plea for “normal” comes with a wish for the exotic.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-30038636280185871472010-10-30T09:31:11.826-05:002010-10-30T09:31:11.826-05:00I dunno, I think most of the kids come off as less...I dunno, I think most of the kids come off as less superficial than your pullquotes suggest. For example, I think this is pretty solid:<br /><br />"Finally, I have a request. Write a normal love interest for us. Someone who isn’t all mysterious and dark and brooding. Someone who doesn’t have eyes that convey hidden depths or battle scars that form weird tattoos. Someone who doesn’t display exceedingly stalkerish traits and isn’t illogically overprotective. Someone who isn’t named Damien."historyman68http://chevycomics.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-80423818317585096722010-10-29T19:21:42.697-05:002010-10-29T19:21:42.697-05:00You know, I read Behind the Curtain, and I don'...You know, I read <i>Behind the Curtain</i>, and I don't remember Ty. But, then, I'm not fourteen years old.<br /><br />Maybe he was the police chief's son. I sure hope it wasn't the brother they were all so fixated on.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-20415834094529211912010-10-28T00:55:12.856-05:002010-10-28T00:55:12.856-05:00Re the Damian quip: Hh!Re the Damian quip: <i>Hh!</i>Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com