Yet More AMAZING THING

This is a bit silly, I know, since I only recently posted about chapter 2[1], but for things of such exceptional magnificence, I will happily make an exception and annoy you with two closely-spaced blog posts:

Comments:
1. Sans Serif was supposed to be male, but I note I never said that he was and, well, she's female now. :) Besides, there's the whole 'death of the author[2]' thing to consider.
2. I love the 'intrigue' music. I'm getting a vision of Spinny with a fedora and a raincoat with an upturned collar.
3. Also a very expansive Gilded.
4. The 'rattling cup' sound effect works wonderfully.
5. I love the workponies! I loved writing them and now I love listening to them.
6. ...and the Amazing Spring-Loaded Journalist.
7. The narrator pronounced Ykzlpxlt!k!
8. I also love the researchers.
9. A heroic take on all the sound effects I suggested during the fight with the disemvoweled one.
10. Greg F really nailed 'syrup over razorblades.'
11. Oooh! Great Celestia!
12. Magnificent delivery of that last line!
13. I love the Dramatic Music at the end.

One more chapter of utter wonderfulness. Listen! Wonderful! Amazing! Listen! Lost! Ability! To! Speak! In! Sentences!

[1] YouTube is to blame! Cosmic radiation! The Coriolis effect! Ninjas! I was prevented from posting by a secret army of invisible ninjas! That's it! I just remembered it now.
[2] What careless literary critics of the twenty-first century could not foresee was the chaos caused in 2047, when the Author rose, with unholy light pouring out of their hollow eye-sockets. Then came the era of the Undeath of the Author, and yea, verily, was there a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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[Singularity Dream]

The Coriolis effect! Ninjas! I was prevented from posting by a secret army of invisible ninjas! That's it! I just remembered it now.

Ghost has spoken! The Coriolis effect is now the term for secret invisible ninja armies.

[FanOfMostEverything]

What careless literary critics of the twenty-first century could not foresee was the chaos caused in 2047, when the Author rose, with unholy light pouring out of their hollow eye-sockets. Then came the era of the Undeath of the Author, and yea, verily, was there a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.

What the author says: "The curtains were blue."
What the author means: "Braaaaaains."

[MSPiper]

This is a bit silly, I know, since I only recently posted about chapter 2 [1], but for things of such exceptional magnificence, I will happily make an exception and annoy you with two closely-spaced blog posts:

Annoy? Annoy? What in the world are you talking about? Apart from the amazingness of the reading itself, one of the best things about this whole affair is that we get to see more Ghostwords, which are criminally underrepresented. One can only endure without them so long before the withdrawal symptoms (mostly crushing ennui, usually accompanied - to no shock whatsoever - by depression) overwhelm even the strongest of minds.

1. Sans Serif was supposed to be male, but I note I never said that he was and, well, she's female now. :) Besides, there's the whole 'death of the author [2]' thing to consider.

Well technically you actually did, sort of... at the least, I assume the use of "he" tends to rather concretely imply that sort of thing. Course, it's just a couple cases, so add an s or two and no one (else) will be the wiser.

[1] YouTube is to blame! Cosmic radiation! The Coriolis effect! Ninjas! I was prevented from posting by a secret army of invisible ninjas! That's it! I just remembered it now.
[2] What careless literary critics of the twenty-first century could not foresee was the chaos caused in 2047, when the Author rose, with unholy light pouring out of their hollow eye-sockets. Then came the era of the Undeath of the Author, and yea, verily, was there a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.

You remember that rant I started this post off with? I believe the correct term here is "case in point".

[Blue_Paladin42]

This really is the best thing ever, isn't it?

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You are beautiful.

[kaitou42]

I am enjoying listening to the story now almost as much as I enjoyed reading it originally, and that's saying quite a bit!

[TheLastBrunnenG]

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As in:

Sans Serif's gaze grew more piercing, as if he could discern what she was hiding through sheer force of will.

[Titanium Dragon]

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[Titanium Dragon]

What careless literary critics of the twenty-first century could not foresee was the chaos caused in 2047, when the Author rose, with unholy light pouring out of their hollow eye-sockets. Then came the era of the Undeath of the Author, and yea, verily, was there a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.

This sounds like a gloriously recursive literary term.

Speaking of which, we need to come up with a term for the literary movement being spawned today on the Internet. Seeing as we've got modernism and post-modernism, and they're both passe at this point.

[Blue_Paladin42]

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Interestingly, there was a somewhat amusing confusion with Ghost regarding a person's gender (Mine, actually ) thanks to the English Language's total lack of gender neutral pronouns. Take of that what you will regarding Sans Serif's gender in the story.

[Blue_Paladin42]

Also, Gilded and Spinning continue to remind me of Crowley and Aziraphal...If both were Crowley.

[Blue_Paladin42]

Is the scene transition music at the start and end of the work pony scene from Monkey Island 2?!

[GhostOfHeraclitus]

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...well darn.

Ah well. I'll go fix it.

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Postpost modernism? Way past modernism? Modernism 2: This Time It's Personal? The New Simplicity?

I think these things only get named ex post facto. Still. No law saying we can't write a particularly turgid manifesto. One of life's pure unalloyed joys, writing your own manifesto. A clarion call for this and that and a stern condemnation of something or other. All that good stuff.

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I am never going to live that down, am I?

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There's a bit of Crowley there, yes. Just a touch. I mean, Spinny never actually got anyone's soul. Not their actual soul.

Probably.

[Blue_Paladin42]

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I am never going to live that down, am I?

If it helps, I found it incredibly amusing, and in a strange way, almost flattering. Not sure why flattering, but there it is.

I am not convinced about the soul part. Not in the slightest. Let us not forget however, Crowley was also perfectly capable of inspiring grace, as much as temptation. And dressed immaculately.