May the 4th

[author_by_night]

I was inspired by a Facebook post I wrote a few years ago, expressing confusion over all the May the 4th jokes. I then realized that I'd been doing the same thing to people as a huge Harry Potter fan - they would mention they'd read the books, and I'd start going on about something that wasn't immediately clear to more casual fans, leaving them confused.

I still haven't seen past the first Star Wars sequel. I really need to amend that.

Questions for YOU guys:

1. Is there anything you like only casually, only to mislead people into excitement when you mention it?

2. Have you ever confused a casual fan with ALL the love and knowledge?

3. What is your stance on the Star Wars sequels? Do you consider them canon? (If your comment contains spoilers, please mark it. I originally asked that this be spoiler free, but that's not fair to anyone who really wants to get into it! It IS Star Wars Day, after all.)

4. What is a book, movie, or series you WOULD like to see a sequel or prequel to? Or, if it's already had one of those, do you think it could be done better?

Comments

[alexseanchai]

I would like to see a series, one day, where the setting is something like a library, or other fixed space, where the people inside are absolutely influencing how the world-spanning adventure goes on our there, but the narrative of the work never follows the people outside on their quest. At best, what they do is get progress on what happens outside by news retorts or otherwise. The kind of story that is about all those NPCs who deliver key information to the PCs and then, presumably, go on with their lives, possibly without knowing until a much later date that what they did turned out to be essential to the whole operation.

—ooooh