Anita asks if the body is lying on its back or its ass, and I am immediately confused, because when I lie on my back, I am also lying on my ass, because they are both on the back side of me.
My anatomy follows a similar arrangement, also.
Should we take this as another sign of Anita's Lovecraftian nature? Her body (and possibly every body in her vicinity) has NON-EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY! :P
Edward responds with "You mean because it's bisected at the midchest and the parts are about ten feet away?"
... oh. Okay. But I still maintain that my explanation was more interesting. >_>
As with the Superman simile, this comparison really was not needed. It makes her sound pretty dumb and out of place, honestly, to think she has to explain these things to other marshals, especially someone like Edward.
Anita's eternal cutesiness would be really annoying even if it didn't so completely break the tone of the story. She's just... really, really bad at it. Few things were less cute than Anita back when she was a grumpy, judgmental detective-wannabe, and as for the thing she is now... no. Just no. The Abominable Spawn of the Pit should not be making dated pop culture references. ^_^;
Except that in Harry Potter there actually was a charm on Voldemort's name that alerted the Death Eaters when it was said so they could track his enemies, who would be 'arrogant' enough to call him that rather than the fearful You Know Who or respectful Dark Lord.
In LKH's defense (if only because I don't really like JKR any better :P ), "there's a charm on the name that alerts him every time it gets said" isn't really any more informative than "whenever someone says it, they just know." :P
Though actually, "Harlequin" is a real word, isn't it? Not a very common one, but one that is still in popular use. What I'd like to know is how they distinguish between their name being said and people just talking about trashy romance novels...
"internal organs and guts everywhere"( aren't those the same thing?)
I thought guts were the same as intestines (which are probably technically internal organs, but might not always be thought of as such). I might be wrong, though. ^_^;
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Date: 2013-07-22 07:33 pm (UTC)My anatomy follows a similar arrangement, also.
Should we take this as another sign of Anita's Lovecraftian nature? Her body (and possibly every body in her vicinity) has NON-EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY! :P
Edward responds with "You mean because it's bisected at the midchest and the parts are about ten feet away?"
... oh. Okay. But I still maintain that my explanation was more interesting. >_>
As with the Superman simile, this comparison really was not needed. It makes her sound pretty dumb and out of place, honestly, to think she has to explain these things to other marshals, especially someone like Edward.
Anita's eternal cutesiness would be really annoying even if it didn't so completely break the tone of the story. She's just... really, really bad at it. Few things were less cute than Anita back when she was a grumpy, judgmental detective-wannabe, and as for the thing she is now... no. Just no. The Abominable Spawn of the Pit should not be making dated pop culture references. ^_^;
Except that in Harry Potter there actually was a charm on Voldemort's name that alerted the Death Eaters when it was said so they could track his enemies, who would be 'arrogant' enough to call him that rather than the fearful You Know Who or respectful Dark Lord.
In LKH's defense (if only because I don't really like JKR any better :P ), "there's a charm on the name that alerts him every time it gets said" isn't really any more informative than "whenever someone says it, they just know." :P
Though actually, "Harlequin" is a real word, isn't it? Not a very common one, but one that is still in popular use. What I'd like to know is how they distinguish between their name being said and people just talking about trashy romance novels...
"internal organs and guts everywhere"( aren't those the same thing?)
I thought guts were the same as intestines (which are probably technically internal organs, but might not always be thought of as such). I might be wrong, though. ^_^;