[ SECRET POST #4338 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4338 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Criminal Minds, S02E22 "Legacy"]


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[The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories]


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[The House With a Clock in Its Walls]


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[Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier]


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[Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey]


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07.
[BuzzFeed Unsolved, Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara]


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[Parks and Rec]
















Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oddly, I actually think they'd make a family-friendly version. Like, the mating flights were definitely a thing, but the rest of the books felt very teen. If they did the Harper Hall trilogy, that seems ripe for a YA type of movie. Jaxom's coming of age thing could easily strip out the dub-con with the peasant and be pretty sexless. Or the Dolphins of Pern was another coming of age story. Jaxom and Menolly would certainly be as likely to be protagonists as Lessa.

And I don't know that they would do a straight adaption. It would be so much easier to just do Benden during the 4th Pass with new characters. Now that Anne is gone, she won't micromanage (which I heard was an issue the last time this got close to movie/tv deal). They can have a setup for a TV show that allowed for new adventures without the dub-con/non-con from Anne's books. I don't know, a GOT style Pern just doesn't compute for me as a likely route to take for these books.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd give a hard pass on Jaxom but I would LOVE a Menolly series. I know Lessa's the top bet, just plot-wise, but I loved Menolly's books so much.

[(Anonymous)]

Jaxom in the books is very bland but I think a charismatic actor with some tweaking of details (like the peasant girl subplot) would make for an interesting story, and might even convert some Jaxom-haters.

But I do feel it would be a shame if they didn't have a female protagonist when there's Lessa, Menolly, Moreta, Sallah, etc. as choices. I liked Menolly in the Harper Hall trilogy but not as much outside that. I know it's almost completely unlikely, but my dream would be for them to do Moreta. I loved that book, and an older woman being the protagonist would be lovely for a fantasy/sci-fi show/movie.

[(Anonymous)]

Hell yeah, that would be great.

My problem is actually less with Jaxom himself and more that Ruth, for such a unique dragon, was obnoxious. I remember reading it like "okay I get it, he's SUPER smart, but he doesn't have to be such an ass about it"

That and as a kid I didn't like the entire rediscover-the-supercomputer-and-destroy-the-red-star plot, which Ruth (and Jaxom) played a huge role in.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, Ruth annoyed me too. And that's certainly something they could rewrite to make him less annoying. I was thinking of Jaxom saving the queen's egg as the adventure for him, rather than finding AIVAS. But it would definitely depend on getting good actors for both Ruth and Jaxom to make it compelling, whereas Moreta's ride is just a compelling story for me in its own right.

[(Anonymous)]

The rediscover-the-supercomputer thing was my favorite part when I read these back in the day. I forgot Jaxom was the star of that. I found him boring (I never actually read The White Dragon all the way through - just skipped around) and I guess I must have selectively forgot his role.

[(Anonymous)]

You might be misremembering, because F'lar raping Lessa outside of mating flights definitely didn't feel very teen to me...

Like I started reading Dragonflight after coming from Harper Hall and I was not prepared for how disgusting the books treated Lessa (not that Lessa was a particularly sympathetic character, god everyone is awful).

[(Anonymous)]

No, I'm not misremembering. That kind of thing isn't pervasive in the books the way it is in GOT. The rest of the books are definitely more teen, especially once you get out of Dragonflight and Dragonquest. There isn't a lot of sex, and unless it's a mating flight, the sex isn't necessary for the plot. It's easy enough to strip it out and have a family-friendly movie.

[(Anonymous)]

I think there is somewhat of a sliding scale of "suitable for teens" and "GoT" but that may just be me=

[(Anonymous)]

I never said there wasn't. But I maintain that the Pern books would make better teen movies than GOT ones. They're dated but that material isn't really the essence of the books. That's dragons.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, it has clearly been a while since I read this, because I don't remember that. I only remember the rape during the mating flight. Which, ugh. Like, stupid writing choice, and also F'lar could have warned Lessa. There was no reason not to tell her. Terrible scene. But I don't remember any rape outside of the mating flights.

[(Anonymous)]

He kept having sex with her after the mating flight, and while she didn't bite and scream or something, she very clearly wasn't into it at all. There was also his recurring thought along the lines of 'rape or not, he would have her' (I don't remember the exact wording, only that it was fucked up. F'lar ain't shit)

[(Anonymous)]

He quite literally said “He had been a considerate and gentle bedmate ever since, but, unless Ramoth and Mnemeth were involved, he might as well call it rape.”

Which is like. What.