#but i jus . . mmm . no matter how many times i re - read all of these i still cry so much :C

[brooklynislandgirl]

For both of you: Epilogue, Author, Addendum, Epeolatry

Book-Dragon || Accepting

~Beth~ EPILOGUE: What is a book that made you cry?

The rain patters at the window, ticking against it with sharp nails. But inside of her apartment there’s warmth from both the heater and the fireplace and mulled cider and cozy throw blankets ~knitted by her hand~ aplenty. It makes for a drowsy afternoon and she likes that Eric’s thoughts turn to books. It isn’t often that someone indulges her passions like he does.

“Book dat make me cry, eh? Following da Rabbit Proof Fence, by Doris Pilkington. Is based onna true story, personal account of sisters from Australia’s aboriginal Stolen Generation. See back while ago... da government would take away mix-race children from dey families, an’ da story is told about t’ree Aboriginal girls who were taken from Jigalong to Moore River Settlement, an’ like da res’ were force to be more white. But dey escape, right? An’ dey trek ovah one an a half t’ousand kilometres back home, followin’ a fence put up to keep rabbits..a invasive species...from travellin’ from Nor’ t’ Sout’ in Western Australia. It made me cry because... dat’s da story of colonisation for so many peoples. Worse part is...when ya welcome strangers as friends an’ dey come as conquerors.”

She bites back what she could say about that, where the conversation could lead. 

AUTHOR: What is a book you really regret buying?

“Uhm.” She ponders. This one is hard because she’s yet to read anything that didn’t have merit in some shape or form. “I mean... if I gotta pick... probably Twilight. See I got dis rule, call it da one hundred page rule, in which I will give any kine, no matter how dull an’ borin’, one hundred pages in fairness before I give up. I don’t t’ink I made it dat far an’ I mean I tried, Eric, I tried. It’s jus’ garbage.”

ADDENDUM: What is a book trope you can’t stand?

She takes a sip and then holds up a hand, making little “MMM!” noises. Oh this one is easy. Maybe too easy in some ways, and maybe speaks to her more about herself than the genres in which it crops up, usually YA books or romances that belong on specially marked shelves. She swallows hard and hits the proverbial ground running. “Absolutely da one where two character fall in love instantly, no build up, no realistic progression. Like it make no sense! Ya look’a someone first time, I promise it no gonna be love a’ firs’ sight. An’ it happen a lot in books for teens an’ young adults, an’ only contributes to bad healt’ choices. Teen pregnancy, venereal disease, mental health issue, negative body image... an’ I guess it like... only points out dat dere some kine wrong...wi’ people like me.”

EPEOLATRY: What is your favorite book quote?

“Easy. Conversation between Death an’ his granddaughter Susan, in da book Hogfaddah by Terry Pratchett.

She switches back into pure English, so best he can understand her though the going is slow and difficult for her to recite verbatim.

“   “All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable.” REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. “Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little---?” YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. “So we can believe the big ones?” YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. “They’re not the same at all!” YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET ~Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. “Yes, but some people have got to believe that, or what’s the point---” MY POINT EXACTLY.    ”

~Turtle~

EPILOGUE: What is a book that made you cry? 

The Shepherd’s Crown, by Terry Pratchett. It is the last book he wrote before succumbing to his death. It is the fifth Tiffany Aching book. To this day I haven’t so much as cracked the cover open, and yet when I look at it, my chest gets tight and I cry. It’s losing a favourite uncle all over again.   AUTHOR: What is a book you really regret buying?

4th Edition D&D Player’s Handbook. 

ADDENDUM: What is a book trope you can’t stand?

The whole “I’ve forgotten how to communicate!” trope that is common in tv and movies a lot too. The one where a problem can be easily solved with the characters talking to each other, but instead decide to keep things to themselves, causing more drama and misunderstanding. {Yes, I AM looking at you, Supernatural}.

Like it makes me foam-at-the-mouth rage when it happens in books and shows and real life.

Raaagh. Turtle-smash.

EPEOLATRY: What is your favorite book quote?

“And what do you really do? asked Tiffany. The thin witch hesitated for a moment, and then: We look to ... the edges, said Mistress Weatherwax. There's a lot of edges, more than people know. Between life and death, this world and the next, night and day, right and wrong ... an' they need watchin'. We watch 'em, we guard the sum of things. And we never ask for any reward. That's important.”

Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men