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Nov 8, 2001 13:37:20 GMT -5
Post by 'Guest' on Nov 8, 2001 13:37:20 GMT -5
All right, in an attempt to get things going, here's my little survey: 1) Why are YOU obsessed with Han and Leia? 2) What do you think of the way the NJO almost divorced them? 3) What's your favourite H/L EU moment? 4) What's your favourite(s) H/L fanfics? 5) What do you think of Bria? Hope to see some replies!
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Nov 8, 2001 13:56:10 GMT -5
Post by Toryn Farr on Nov 8, 2001 13:56:10 GMT -5
1) Mmmm...Han, how could I not be obsessed with him? Han and Leia just make such a cute couple. Its so blatantly obvious they're meant for each other. Its such an interesting relationship, so much more fascinating than the typical "love at first" sight thing in other movies. 2) I think the NJO is crap. They can throw in as many H/L scenes as they want, it won't make up for all those previous books. Fuck the NJO!!! 3) Fav H/L eu moment? Wait, they are H/L moments in the EU? hehe, hmmm....well i cant remember half the books i've read, but I thought that part at the end of VOTF was really cute. Ya know when they're signing the treaty and Leia's crying??? Aww. I also completely and totally loved Hero for Hire. That books just chock full of cute H/L moments (well, really just Han thinking about Leia, but its still sweet). 4) Again, I can't remember most of what I read. Ice by Leela is still one of my favs. I loved While You Were Gone, by Stoned Rose, even tho its technically not finished yet. And pretty much anything by Marjorie Joyce kicks ass too. 5) *sigh* Bria...the character that should never have existed. *coughMARYSUEcough* and theres my survey
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starwarsfan68
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Nov 8, 2001 17:01:13 GMT -5
Post by starwarsfan68 on Nov 8, 2001 17:01:13 GMT -5
:DI had to respond mainly to answer #4, but here's the rest too!
1. I love the H/L relationship because it is a great escape from reality. Especially the fan fiction aspect.
2. Hated it!!! From what I have heard on the net that is. I haven't read much past COPL.
3. See #2.
4. My absolute fav is Checkmate by Suzanne L. Petroske. ;D I also love Love's Fate by her. I agree with Toryn about Ice by Leela and While you were Gone. I can't wait for the rest!!! I also like Marjorie Joyce and a lot of Carolyn Golledge. If you haven't read these you must!!
5. No comparison to Leia. "Bria is a mary Sue"
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Mena Lyn
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Nov 8, 2001 23:31:22 GMT -5
Post by Mena Lyn on Nov 8, 2001 23:31:22 GMT -5
All right, in an attempt to get things going, here's my little survey:
1) No.........YEEEEESSS!
2) BAH. Don't get me started.
3) EU moments? What?
4) Ooo...there are so many. My favorite cateory of fic is between ANH and ESB.
5) Bria's a Mary Sue. Plain and simple......had the potential to be much better.
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Nov 9, 2001 0:44:57 GMT -5
Post by CMinor on Nov 9, 2001 0:44:57 GMT -5
Survey « on: November 8th, 2001, 1:37pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All right, in an attempt to get things going, here's my little survey: 1) Why are YOU obsessed with Han and Leia? Why not? It was a Han thing first .. till I realized Han wasn't really the Han we love unless he was Leia's Han, and vice versa. 2) What do you think of the way the NJO almost divorced them? I think it was a brilliant idea gone horribly awry. I like the idea that marraige isn't perfect, that people have problems, and that marraige is something you have to work at. Unfortunately, the dismal carry-out and contrived resolution or that idea made the whole thing a gigantic waste of time 3) What's your favourite H/L EU moment? Ooh tough one. They had a moment? Well, the scenes of them together in Children of the Jedi were great. Only husband and wife material worth reading. 4) What's your favourite(s) H/L fanfics? MINE! heh heh not really. Um, the best I think, or at least really up there off the top of my head is Difficult Sometimes, I think by Cindy olsen but can't remember. If I credited the wrong author, sorry. 5) What do you think of Bria? *cough* Hope to see some replies!
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Nov 9, 2001 1:16:25 GMT -5
Post by princess20 on Nov 9, 2001 1:16:25 GMT -5
1) One word: CHEMISTRY. I'm a hopeless romantic and I've watched tons of films and few couples ever had the chemistry Han and Leia did in ESB. The couple from the Cutting Edge came close, but still nothing beats them. I mean they got everything, the smoldering looks, the supressed sexual tension, the deep and honest respect built on three years of tentative friendship, the commitment, personalities similar enough to make it work but different enough to give them their spark, physical attraction, the love/hate thing and banter. You know they'd make it in the long run.
They're so much better than the "Oh we're so in love, we fell in love on sight, and we're the greatest/closest/most in love couple of all time and we're soulmates", eg. Titanic (that movie SUCKED), Buffy/Angel, etc.
2) Ugh. Sucked Wookiee balls, to quote mena. I agree with Cminor - it COULD'VE been done well. I could've bought them having problems, and going through a painful estrangement and then realizing how close they came to losing each other and reuniting...Not the "Oh, I guess we're not together any more" "Yeah I guess so, and I don't care either", "I'm gonna go run off to Isolder now" "I'm going to be jealous and not do anything about it" one year later "Oh I guess we'll get together now..Han your breath smells like a Wet Wookiee." shit we got.
3) Floating candles scene in COTJ..that was sweet. Also liked the innuendo in the New Rebellion before Han leaves on his mission.
My new favorite one might be in SBS where Han considers suicide if Leia doesn't want to fight any more. That sounds a bit..strange but it shows how much he loves her, that he'd die without her.
4) I love Cindy Olsen's stuff. Marie is probably the most talented of H/L authors. Too many to list, but her are some of the ones that come to mind:
Dreaming by Cindy Olsen
Reunion by Michelle Slaughter
Mergers and Acquisitions by Sue Zahn
Forty Days by Leela (this is THE BEST flight to Bespin fic EVER)
5) Mary Sue through and through who's annulled by the canon ROTJ novelization.
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Nov 9, 2001 2:14:17 GMT -5
Post by Leela on Nov 9, 2001 2:14:17 GMT -5
1) Why are YOU obsessed with Han and Leia? Urrr... I was 14 when ANH came out. I spent my time dressing up as Leia and drooling over Han. I was 17 when ESB came out. I'd spent THREE YEARS hoping Han and Leia would end up together, and seeing them in the Gone With the Wind style poster was like a dream come true. Other than that, I cannot explain my obsession Everything else I was obsessed with at those ages (pop groups etc) are now a fond memory, but I can't seem to get H&L out of my head! 2) What do you think of the way the NJO almost divorced them? As was said by someone else above: If it had been handled well it could have been really good. But instead it was CRAP3) What's your favourite H/L EU moment? I have no idea. Seriously. I cannot think of one. I'll go with the candles scene from CotJ that was mentioned above 4) What's your favourite(s) H/L fanfics? Oooooh, now there's a question. I'll go with CMinor's answer and say mine! ;D (it's a nice safe answer! And I do like my own fics!) But seriously, my fav author would have to be Cindy Olsen. I also enjoy/ed Dianora's, Marie's, and Sue Zahn's fics. And Inevitable Circumstance by Beret. (I'm sure there are others I'm just not thinking of right now) I love AU stuff, especially well written smut ;D 5) What do you think of Bria? *sigh* forgettable?
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Nov 9, 2001 16:28:25 GMT -5
Post by gingertoby@hotmail.com on Nov 9, 2001 16:28:25 GMT -5
1) Why are YOU obsessed with Han and Leia?
It's the chemistry between them. They're such a sexy couple.
2) What do you think of the way the NJO almost divorced them?
I hate it. I hate the way Del Rey handled it. I hate everything about it. I like how Han and Leia are a couple who has to work at their relationship, all successful couple do. There is no such thing as a marriage that takes care of itself. But I the NJO series did not handled their crisis well.
3) What's your favourite H/L EU moment?
Probably the floating candle scene in COTJ.
4) What's your favourite(s) H/L fanfics?
There's too many too list. Just about everything that I've read. We have some really outstanding fanfiction writers.
5) What do you think of Bria?
So-So. She doesn't bother me as much she does others.
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Nov 9, 2001 18:15:26 GMT -5
Post by 'Guest' on Nov 9, 2001 18:15:26 GMT -5
1) Why are YOU obsessed with Han and Leia?
I was nine when I saw ESB. Even then I thought Han was the coolest dude in the galaxy. Don't know if I would call it obsession, but I am definitely more of a Han or Han/Leia fan than purely a Leia fan. I like how their personalities bounce off each other. They are very different in some ways, but others they are very similar. LOVED the sexual tension in ESB. <side note to Glitter...you really have to see ESB before you can write Han and Leia's relationship off. YOu may have seen chemistry in HST, but it is NOTHING like that with Han and Leia>
2) What do you think of the way the NJO almost divorced them?
I try not to think about it. Starting ignoring eschewing the EU shortly after the Zahn trilogy. For as much as I have bashed the HST lately, it pales in comparision to COPL. Did Wolverton even see the films? Who were those caricatures of Han and Leia in is <cough> novel?
3) What's your favourite H/L EU moment?
Hmmmm, that's a toughy. I could go cliche and say "I know." Nah, fave moment is when she rescues him from carbonite. There is so much unspoken emotion in that scene. Love how the roles are reversed and she is his protector.
4) What's your favourite(s) H/L fanfics?
The Wager by Cindy Olsen Forty Days to Bespin by Leela Life Debt by Cindy Olsen (see a pattern forming here?) Mergers and Acquisitions by Sue Zahn Dark Moon by Jamie Cohen and Laura Tarzia On the Turn of a Dream by Cindy and REbecca Maynard Chances Are by Rebecca Maynard Prophecies of a Future Jedi by Debra Durkee
5) What do you think of Bria?
Had potential but fell victim to her creator's agenda
BTW, Toryn, I can't find my password, could you resend it to me.
Birkendoc
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Nov 9, 2001 18:16:50 GMT -5
Post by 'Guest' on Nov 9, 2001 18:16:50 GMT -5
Oh, you meant fave EU Han and Leia moment...
Definitely the floating candle scene in the Hambley novel
Birk
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Nov 9, 2001 19:43:48 GMT -5
Post by Toryn Farr on Nov 9, 2001 19:43:48 GMT -5
birk, i posted an announcement about the password thing in the "han & leia.com" forum
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Nov 9, 2001 22:08:23 GMT -5
Post by kab730 on Nov 9, 2001 22:08:23 GMT -5
Hi Everyone- I decided to come out of lurk mode and ask a question. I've heard a lot of people saying how great the fanfic Forty Days by Leela is but I've never seen it on any websites. I was wondering if it was posted anywhere or is it in a fanzine? Thanks Kab
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starwarsfan68
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Nov 10, 2001 16:08:36 GMT -5
Post by starwarsfan68 on Nov 10, 2001 16:08:36 GMT -5
I agree with the last post. I want to read Forty Days too. My fav fics have to be the ones explaining the 'trip to Bespin'
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Nov 10, 2001 16:27:02 GMT -5
Post by Toryn Farr on Nov 10, 2001 16:27:02 GMT -5
I read it a longgg time ago when it was still a WIP. I have yet to read the finished product, and I have no idea where it is. Leela??
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Nov 10, 2001 17:24:43 GMT -5
Post by 'Guest' on Nov 10, 2001 17:24:43 GMT -5
It's going to be up at DGE last I heard. It is not to be missed, Leela has got some amazing talent going on... I used to not really buy into the "flight to bespin" theory but her fic has me nearly convinced. I'm still not sure, I go back and forth
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