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Mar. 11th, 2008 11:18 amThing One: I have surprisingly little time for tv-watching these days (and especially for the dedicated hunting and gathering that is tv-watching without an actual tv) but I am, at last, finally caught up on Torchwood. I have many thoughts but
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Thing Two: okay, guys, so my mother is currently midway through the Dark Tower series. Over the weekend, she called me up while she was waiting to get on her plane to England, and, among other more pressing topics of conversation, she said, "We really have to talk about the Dark Tower series next time I see you. I have a question for you." "Oh?" I said. "Yes," she said. "You have to tell me - WHY does Susannah have no legs? Does it move the plot along? Does it move the character along? - no pun intended.* Because right now I just kind of have the feeling that Stephen King has a bunch of character traits in a jar that he pulls out at random when he's creating characters, and Susannah just happened to pull 'no legs'." "Well, I can't answer right now," I said, "because my friend is standing right next to me giving me funny looks and also I haven't read DT in years, but I will ask the experts and tell you what they say." "Please do," said my mom, and ran to catch her plane.
So! Panel of experts! This is your chance to weigh in. Why does Susannah have no legs?
* She was lying.
Thing Two: okay, guys, so my mother is currently midway through the Dark Tower series. Over the weekend, she called me up while she was waiting to get on her plane to England, and, among other more pressing topics of conversation, she said, "We really have to talk about the Dark Tower series next time I see you. I have a question for you." "Oh?" I said. "Yes," she said. "You have to tell me - WHY does Susannah have no legs? Does it move the plot along? Does it move the character along? - no pun intended.* Because right now I just kind of have the feeling that Stephen King has a bunch of character traits in a jar that he pulls out at random when he's creating characters, and Susannah just happened to pull 'no legs'." "Well, I can't answer right now," I said, "because my friend is standing right next to me giving me funny looks and also I haven't read DT in years, but I will ask the experts and tell you what they say." "Please do," said my mom, and ran to catch her plane.
So! Panel of experts! This is your chance to weigh in. Why does Susannah have no legs?
* She was lying.