Wank Attack, O Noes!
Dec. 22nd, 2007 12:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
were_lemurSo I went to the solstice party that a couple of friends were throwing. Booze was served, fun was had, and finally, as generally happens sooner or later when fen attend parties, geekery occurred.
A couple of the guys were talking about the new Alien/Predator movie, and one of them said that he was really sick of the one-note warrior cultures in different media. He cited the Mandalorians as an example, then said "sorry" to me, but already the conversation was off and running. People talking about how much they hated having them in Star Wars, how they were overused, etc. To which I shrugged and said something about there being something in Star Wars for everyone.
But then the original commentator started talking about how awful Karen Traviss is, and how she's ruined the books, and I thought "what is this, high school?" But I didn't say anything because really? Not worth it. Karen Traviss has probably a bazillion dollars; she doesn't need me to defend her honor to my overly excitable friend.
But then he said something that really puzzled me. "She said that there were only 3 million clonetroopers. I get the impression that she's a real bitch."
And I'm sitting here feeling like the underwear gnomes on South Park. Like I've missed something somewhere. Step 1: Only 3 million troops. Step 3: What a bitch.
WTF?
Later, I was sitting around, being tired (at this point I'd been up for about 16 hours, on not much sleep the night before) and he asked what was wrong. "Is it because of what I said about the Mandalorians?"
All I can think is, he takes this all much more seriously than I do.
A couple of the guys were talking about the new Alien/Predator movie, and one of them said that he was really sick of the one-note warrior cultures in different media. He cited the Mandalorians as an example, then said "sorry" to me, but already the conversation was off and running. People talking about how much they hated having them in Star Wars, how they were overused, etc. To which I shrugged and said something about there being something in Star Wars for everyone.
But then the original commentator started talking about how awful Karen Traviss is, and how she's ruined the books, and I thought "what is this, high school?" But I didn't say anything because really? Not worth it. Karen Traviss has probably a bazillion dollars; she doesn't need me to defend her honor to my overly excitable friend.
But then he said something that really puzzled me. "She said that there were only 3 million clonetroopers. I get the impression that she's a real bitch."
And I'm sitting here feeling like the underwear gnomes on South Park. Like I've missed something somewhere. Step 1: Only 3 million troops. Step 3: What a bitch.
WTF?
Later, I was sitting around, being tired (at this point I'd been up for about 16 hours, on not much sleep the night before) and he asked what was wrong. "Is it because of what I said about the Mandalorians?"
All I can think is, he takes this all much more seriously than I do.
