Comments on: Weekly Recon, 1/23/08 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:05:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Katherine Dacey http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/comment-page-1/#comment-267837 Katherine Dacey Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:06:20 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/#comment-267837 Well, we agree on one point: the artwork is smashing, especially Guin! Well, we agree on one point: the artwork is smashing, especially Guin!

]]> By: Lori Henderson http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/comment-page-1/#comment-267734 Lori Henderson Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:39:06 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/#comment-267734 Yeah, I can see that with Sylvia. With the second volume there was some hints starting to be dropped that there may be more to her feelings for Guin than we've seen. But for Guin...I don't know. Maybe it's the Leopard Head that's rendered so beautifully...but I REALLY like Guin! I'm just a sucker for big cats. Maybe that's tainting my view of the story.... :) Yeah, I can see that with Sylvia. With the second volume there was some hints starting to be dropped that there may be more to her feelings for Guin than we’ve seen. But for Guin…I don’t know. Maybe it’s the Leopard Head that’s rendered so beautifully…but I REALLY like Guin! I’m just a sucker for big cats. Maybe that’s tainting my view of the story…. :)

]]> By: Katherine Dacey http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/comment-page-1/#comment-266863 Katherine Dacey Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:10:35 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/#comment-266863 You always bust my chops, Lori--I can't get away with anything! Yes, you're right, both issues are touched on in the manga. But I found the lack of backstory frustrating because the characters are so two-dimensional. Without knowing more about Guin or Sylvia, I just didn't feel very invested in the outcome of the story. You always bust my chops, Lori–I can’t get away with anything!

Yes, you’re right, both issues are touched on in the manga. But I found the lack of backstory frustrating because the characters are so two-dimensional. Without knowing more about Guin or Sylvia, I just didn’t feel very invested in the outcome of the story.

]]> By: Lori Henderson http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/comment-page-1/#comment-266488 Lori Henderson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:25:53 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12308/43160/#comment-266488 I gotta disagree with you on Guin Saga 2. I really liked that volume. I didn't have a problem with all the things you question. Sylvia and Guin's marriage was arranged. She had to do it, but that doesn't mean she had to like it or him. Guin didn't have do anything specifically to cause the plague. The light in his soul just attracts the extremes, good and bad. Maybe it's just me, but it just seemed standard fantasy fare. Well done fantasy fare. I gotta disagree with you on Guin Saga 2. I really liked that volume. I didn’t have a problem with all the things you question. Sylvia and Guin’s marriage was arranged. She had to do it, but that doesn’t mean she had to like it or him. Guin didn’t have do anything specifically to cause the plague. The light in his soul just attracts the extremes, good and bad. Maybe it’s just me, but it just seemed standard fantasy fare. Well done fantasy fare.

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