There is no terror here. There is only exasperation.
Also Zuul.
It was all her fault, and it wasn’t something she could fix.
Finally, some ownership.
Took her what, more than 2/3 of the damned book, to get to finally feel some responsability like an adult? Better late than never, I guess.
The Jellies are moving in, “parked”outside the temple. Parked? PARKED?! That sounds like they’re attending a freaking picnic.
Wait, hold on... does that mean they know the human race? Also, do they know parallel parkings?
Kira should be on the ground, screaming in pain.
Yes. I get the adrenaline rush that could occur during a scenario like that, but the human body has its limits.
Nuh-huh. Just stare at it. It’ll heal, no worries. I’m surprised she didn’t poke it.
SJAMs incoming,” barked Koyich. “Hit the deck!”
Two points:
First, what the heck is a SJAM? Somekind of weapon? Did Chris explain what it is, and I missed that part a couple of sporks ago?
Two and lastly, am I the only one here who thought about Space Jam when I read SJAM?
« Come on and SJAM, and welcome to the SLAM! »
Yeah, okay. I’m weird.
Centered on the front of his visor was a finger-sized hole, and frozen on his face, a look of terrible surprise.
YEAAAHHHAAASSSSSS!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!
TBF, took me a couple of rereads to understand what’s going on.
What a sentence to say he’s dead. Of course, there are better ways to describe this scene with less words and more to the point.
How did that happen? Seriously? I want to read about this. A woman somehow meets aliens and convinces them to ally with her. THAT sounds more interesting.
I agree. If she managed to survive from the beggining up until this point, that’s great. I bet if TSiaSoS was about this, it would’ve been a different book and more entertained as a sci-fi novel, like it should be.
But no. How stupid am I ? Instead, we get a boring xeno-something got Venom suit and do stuffs without consequences. Yay. Thanks, Chris.
Wait,” Kira said, and went to stand directly in front of Tschetter. “I have a question.”
« Ma’am, this is Wendy’s »
But before the alien (which I shall call a she, since Paolini only refers to it as, well “it”) can finish…
Weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Russian-speaking person on Reddit, and we both briefly talk about the tendency of english speaking people to refer every object as a she ( like a car, a desk, a toaster, a swear jar, a cellphone, everything). It weirds me out, because French words (and Cirillic too, btw) are defined in masculine or feminine words. I don’t understand why you (as in towards the english speaking people, not directly aimed to you, Ultimate) say this way.
Example, when someone talks about a boat in english, and refers to as a she, it kinda cringe me out because in French, it’s a male word (un « bateau », pron. « bat-oh ». The « un » gives you the genre of the word, which this case is male.). French language is awesome, but can be complicated to the non-initiated.
Anyway, enough of my nonsense rambling.
Maybe the reason why Paolini refered the jellies as a it, it’s because he simply think this through. Do they reproduce? If so, how to differ a male and a female one?
Or he didn’t care. After all, they’re just jellies! It’s not like they’re sentient beings with real names and identities like us!
EDIT : lots of typos and rewrite sentences. English is hard, okay? :P
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Date: 2021-03-16 05:27 pm (UTC)Also Zuul.
Took her what, more than 2/3 of the damned book, to get to finally feel some responsability like an adult? Better late than never, I guess.
Wait, hold on... does that mean they know the human race? Also, do they know parallel parkings?
Yes. I get the adrenaline rush that could occur during a scenario like that, but the human body has its limits.
Nuh-huh. Just stare at it. It’ll heal, no worries. I’m surprised she didn’t poke it.
Two points:
First, what the heck is a SJAM? Somekind of weapon? Did Chris explain what it is, and I missed that part a couple of sporks ago?
Two and lastly, am I the only one here who thought about Space Jam when I read SJAM?
« Come on and SJAM, and welcome to the SLAM! »
Yeah, okay. I’m weird.
TBF, took me a couple of rereads to understand what’s going on.
What a sentence to say he’s dead. Of course, there are better ways to describe this scene with less words and more to the point.
I agree. If she managed to survive from the beggining up until this point, that’s great. I bet if TSiaSoS was about this, it would’ve been a different book and more entertained as a sci-fi novel, like it should be.
But no. How stupid am I ? Instead, we get a boring xeno-something got Venom suit and do stuffs without consequences. Yay. Thanks, Chris.
« Ma’am, this is Wendy’s »
Weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Russian-speaking person on Reddit, and we both briefly talk about the tendency of english speaking people to refer every object as a she ( like a car, a desk, a toaster, a swear jar, a cellphone, everything). It weirds me out, because French words (and Cirillic too, btw) are defined in masculine or feminine words. I don’t understand why you (as in towards the english speaking people, not directly aimed to you, Ultimate) say this way.
Example, when someone talks about a boat in english, and refers to as a she, it kinda cringe me out because in French, it’s a male word (un « bateau », pron. « bat-oh ». The « un » gives you the genre of the word, which this case is male.). French language is awesome, but can be complicated to the non-initiated.
Anyway, enough of my nonsense rambling.
Maybe the reason why Paolini refered the jellies as a it, it’s because he simply think this through. Do they reproduce? If so, how to differ a male and a female one?
Or he didn’t care. After all, they’re just jellies! It’s not like they’re sentient beings with real names and identities like us!
EDIT : lots of typos and rewrite sentences. English is hard, okay? :P