Coincidences? Confusion? Fact or Fiction?

[desrose.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know about many here, but one thing that first drew me to the Young Wizards series and kept me coming back was the absolute depth of Diane Duane's writing.

I'm often confused on how this series is supposedley directed at "preteens" when some--or indeed, most--of the concepts discussed in the canon were ones I couldn't recognize, understand, or fully appreciate until recently.

And I'm only starting college.

Honestly, Duane's mixture of Sci-Fi/Fantasy astounds me to know end, but more of what amazes me are the little hints she drops at worldy "facts" or "superstitions".

( Follow the white rabbit... )

So, how much am I reading into these stories and how much is really there?

I could look up others that had struck me as purposefully and masterfully placed, but I'm interested as to what everyone else has noticed...

...or maybe I'm just one of those dreamers who look for connections in everything. (*shrugs*) Either way, it'll be interesting nonetheless.

(This is probably just a way my brain is distracting me from the challenge I'm supposed to be working on anyways for Myriadwords... it's almost there! Really!)

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[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

A smallish collection of icons; mostly bases (which are free to be customised; just let me know if you do so 'cause I'd love to see what you do with them) from older covers, plus some text-only icons and a couple of artwork of Chao by Ursula Vernon. Please credit her, not me, if you use those ones. :D

Teasers: 1. 2. 3.

( you pronoun-starved, simian-descended little mortal twerp! )

Credit is nice, commenting is even better. X-posted to book_icons.

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[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

So, I happen to be very fond of "my fandom" icons, and I happened to mention that sometimes YW "my fandom" icons are hard to think of, and persephone_kore happened to notice, and an hour and a half later... well, yeah. Some of these are my ideas, most of them are PK's; funny, serious, and silly. 18 icons, one warning for obscenity because I couldn't resist a RTFM joke. Do comment if you take 'em. :D

Teasers: 1. 2. 3.

( my fandom has a very well-developed timesense. Ask us about mealtimes. )