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Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender is making me want to attempt to read all of Romance of the Three Kingdoms again. Which really doesn't follow, but I stopped long ago trying to figure out how my brain works. Well, unless my brain is somehow matching the Fire Nation with the Kingdom of Wei, lead by Cao Cao, which makes no sense.
I tried to read the whole thing once before getting bogged down near the end of Book 1 of 4. It's dense and I lost track of characters. I want another go at it, but possibly during term is a less-than-ideal plan. (What does it say about me if I'll gladly attempt to read classical Chinese literature or Japanese battle strategies [hello, Book of the Five Rings], but won't touch English literature like Jane Eyre, even though the latter probably requires less brain-breaking and struggle?)
Although this does beg the question of who would be Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang. I love badass tacticians and strategists!
Speaking of strategies, someone tell me that using the Thirty-Six Stratagems as prompts is a Bad Idea? Please? (Worse Idea: ficathon based on the idea of using the Thirty-Six Stratagems. But I bet people could come up with some clever interpretations.)
You can totally tell I'm supposed to be writing a technical paper right now, can't you? I swear to god my brain overdoses on the crack when it's under pressure.
I tried to read the whole thing once before getting bogged down near the end of Book 1 of 4. It's dense and I lost track of characters. I want another go at it, but possibly during term is a less-than-ideal plan. (What does it say about me if I'll gladly attempt to read classical Chinese literature or Japanese battle strategies [hello, Book of the Five Rings], but won't touch English literature like Jane Eyre, even though the latter probably requires less brain-breaking and struggle?)
Although this does beg the question of who would be Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang. I love badass tacticians and strategists!
Speaking of strategies, someone tell me that using the Thirty-Six Stratagems as prompts is a Bad Idea? Please? (Worse Idea: ficathon based on the idea of using the Thirty-Six Stratagems. But I bet people could come up with some clever interpretations.)
You can totally tell I'm supposed to be writing a technical paper right now, can't you? I swear to god my brain overdoses on the crack when it's under pressure.
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