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Offline loril54

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Re: For goodness sake, will someone please give me a definitive answer...
« Reply #45 on: February 10, 2007, 06:14:38 PM »
The story was interesting and disturbing. Here is an interesting fact
[spoiler]The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green[/spoiler] >:D >:D
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Re: For goodness sake, will someone please give me a definitive answer...
« Reply #46 on: February 10, 2007, 06:57:43 PM »
Hey wait a minute! June 27 is the date on which a certain show we all know and love debuted!!! Coincidence???

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Re: For goodness sake, will someone please give me a definitive answer...
« Reply #47 on: February 10, 2007, 07:09:05 PM »
LOL, loril54i.  I didn't make the connection to the anniversary of DS when I read it.  ::)

Quote from: Alondra on February 10, 2007, 05:37:26 PM
I don't think the DS version is very similar at all, except for the fact that [spoiler]in both stories it was NOT a good thing to win the lottery![/spoiler]

I think there are several similar themes-- the idea of keeping a secret, the cruelty to one another as families blindly follow tradition (the older generation being particularly accepting of both) or the evil nature that can lurk behind rituals, the beautiful house (on DS)/beautiful summer day and bustling activity as a foreshadowing of evil, etc.
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Re: For goodness sake, will someone please give me a definitive answer...
« Reply #48 on: February 11, 2007, 04:23:17 AM »
Quote from: Alondra on February 10, 2007, 05:37:26 PM
When I first read this story in high school it haunted me for days.

Indeed Alondra, I was an English major in college and read it then.  It was an awesome, albeit disturbing, tale.   :-
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Re: For goodness sake, will someone please give me a definitive answer...
« Reply #49 on: February 11, 2007, 07:57:35 AM »
It is interesting what people do because they are afraid to break a tradition.  All the things that people do because they can't say stop. As teenagers we all thought that we were breaking traditions and then we started our own. Maybe why that is why DS was so popular.
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Re: OT: Dom, about your avatar
« Reply #50 on: February 12, 2007, 04:24:04 AM »
Dom, I just wanted to tell you I like your new avatar and caption!!  I can see that happening.  [smirk]
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Re: OT: Dom, about your avatar
« Reply #51 on: February 12, 2007, 01:48:18 PM »
Hey, thanks Jackie (and a belated thanks to Midnite!). I saw it on the avatar site CastleBee shared with us a bit ago. As soon as I saw it I knew what I had to do, lol. It was your current home-made avatar that inspired me to bring my idea to fruition.
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Re: OT: Dom, about your avatar
« Reply #52 on: February 13, 2007, 04:41:52 AM »
I'm reading a Julia/Barnabas fanfic where they go on adventure after adventure.  Barnabas learned to drive, ride a motorcycle and somewhat learning to fly a small aircraft.  It's lot of fun to imagine our 18th century man doing these 20th century activities.  
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Re: For goodness sake, will someone please give me a definitive answer...
« Reply #53 on: February 13, 2007, 05:16:04 AM »
Barnabas being able to drive always seemed ludicrous to me as a kid. Even now it strikes me as something Barn would opt out of learning.
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