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moonsheenSo, I was browsing my old bookshelves today..
You know, it's strange, even though I haven't read the books in years, even though I haven't DARED touch the new trilogy, once and awhile I'm reminded of how much I loved the Dragonlance series. I like to say my first fandom was Buffy , and that is true, but Dragonlance was my first fangirly obsession. More specifically, Raistlin--yeah me and everyone else. Although looking back I'll also admit I have a strange love for Steel Brightblade, though that might be because the first book I ever picked up was The Second Generation--It had a pretty dragon on the cover! I had no idea I was getting into the series completely BACKWARDS. Ended up getting the Chronicles trilogy just to understand half of what was going ON, but I loved Steel. He was one of the high points in Dragons of Summer Flame (Usha being one of the lows. There's being endearingly oblivious and then there's being a total TWIT). I also seem to recall he had some of the best lines and (looking back from a different perspective then I had then) he SO could have been slashed with Palin. What? They're cousins you say? Hah. Ask me about some of my squick pairings in Naruto. I dare you.
I also loved Steel's dragon, though I can't remember her name for the life of me. I just remember her being a sadistic loyal bitch and thinking she was the coolest thing in the world. The blue dragons kicked ass in Krynn.
The Krynnish pantheon was also pretty cool. Y'see, I worked at a daycamp a couple of years ago, and I remember catching the assistant arts and crafts counseler reading the Soulforge ("...That's a good book." "You read them?!") --this is relevant in that she brought this massive book the next day filled with all sorts of information on the gods. Star charts even. Needless to say, I suffered from geek-overload that day. But boy, was it worth it.
You know, it's strange, even though I haven't read the books in years, even though I haven't DARED touch the new trilogy, once and awhile I'm reminded of how much I loved the Dragonlance series. I like to say my first fandom was Buffy , and that is true, but Dragonlance was my first fangirly obsession. More specifically, Raistlin--yeah me and everyone else. Although looking back I'll also admit I have a strange love for Steel Brightblade, though that might be because the first book I ever picked up was The Second Generation--It had a pretty dragon on the cover! I had no idea I was getting into the series completely BACKWARDS. Ended up getting the Chronicles trilogy just to understand half of what was going ON, but I loved Steel. He was one of the high points in Dragons of Summer Flame (Usha being one of the lows. There's being endearingly oblivious and then there's being a total TWIT). I also seem to recall he had some of the best lines and (looking back from a different perspective then I had then) he SO could have been slashed with Palin. What? They're cousins you say? Hah. Ask me about some of my squick pairings in Naruto. I dare you.
I also loved Steel's dragon, though I can't remember her name for the life of me. I just remember her being a sadistic loyal bitch and thinking she was the coolest thing in the world. The blue dragons kicked ass in Krynn.
The Krynnish pantheon was also pretty cool. Y'see, I worked at a daycamp a couple of years ago, and I remember catching the assistant arts and crafts counseler reading the Soulforge ("...That's a good book." "You read them?!") --this is relevant in that she brought this massive book the next day filled with all sorts of information on the gods. Star charts even. Needless to say, I suffered from geek-overload that day. But boy, was it worth it.
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