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[elementalhero]

Comment with a pairing and I'll tell you:

1. When I started shipping them
2. What I think their challenge is
3. What makes me happy about them
4. What makes me sad about them
5. What moment I wish had never happened
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
7. My happily ever after for them


IN OTHER NEWS: Lately I've been feeling like I want to delete all my icons and reupload them from scratch, in the process creating a new naming system for the whole bunch of them. My only problem with this is, then all my old posts and comments would just show the default, and I would be like AN ENTIRE YEAR'S WORTH OF ICON DERPERY, DOWN THE TUBES D: but at the same time, I'm tired of some and want to rename others and I kind of have this urge to just purge and start all over again. SIGH.


Oh, and one of tomorrow's midterms got pushed back to Monday, yeeeaaaaah BD

I'm bored, spam me with chatter. :/ (granted, by the time anyone comments, I will probably no longer be bored ahaha)


...I also probably need to rework and reorganize my obscene number of entry tags, too, sob.

Comments

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

1. When I started shipping them
I don't even remember. I don't think it's possible to not ship them?

2. What I think their challenge is
Everyone is always trying to kidnap their kids |D

3. What makes me happy about them
Their snark wars, and the fact that they are both incredibly badass.

4. What makes me sad about them
;~; They have the worst luck when it comes to members of the family dying all the time. Particularly the later in the series you go. For an earlier sadness, the scene where Han gets dropped into the carbonite is heart-breaking.

5. What moment I wish had never happened
When Troy Denning was set loose in canon.

6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
Han: ....Chewie?
Leia: Lando :D

7. My happily ever after for them
Everything happens the same in canon, except none of their kids die or turn evil.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I don't even remember. I don't think it's possible to not ship them?

Agreed.

6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
Han: ....Chewie?
Leia: Lando :D

*dies*

Although Lando/Leia would be pretty hot.

Speaking of the EU, I've read the young jedi academy series, but if you were to give me an EU primer, what books should I read?

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

First off, start with the best. I recommend you reading the Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn, because that was literally the thing that kicked off the EU (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command). Not only that, it introduces some of the best characters in the EU, not least of which is MARA FUCKING JADE.

Then, I recommend the X-Wing series, by Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston (Allston's are the best, and you don't really need to read the Stackpoles to get them. I never did |D)

Truce at Bakura's also a good primer for the EU, since it's set directly after Return of the Jedi, and kind of helps ease you into seeing how we got from there to the Thrawn Trilogy, as well as the fallout from the Empire's defeat. The Courtship of Princess Leia is a must for a Han/Leia shipper, and also I recommend Shadows of the Empire (set between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) for more Leia being awesome.

That should get you started! :D ALSO, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THOSE: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, by Matthew Motherfucking Stover. He's only the best writer in the EU. Don't read it until you've got at least some EU under your belt, though, since it's got a lot of in-jokes and references to the rest of the canon (it's essentially a tribute to the whole canon, is what it really is).

/babbles

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

They're wishlisted!

I'm have to say, some of those books sound like a delightful, delightful romp, and I'm really interested in meeting Mara Jade - I've heard so much about her (either very good or very bad) that I'm excited to see what I think for myself.