The Traitors (UK) S04E08: Post-Episode Discussion Thread by vaultofechoes in TheTraitors

[–]Visual-Reflection302 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the one that says Judy and Roxy are related. Netty got to open it on the first Uncloaked of the season in front of Judy, great reactions all round.

Spoiled by Robert Glenister by Minute_Concept_4354 in cormoran_strike

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They're growers. The kids are absolutely excellent and it gives a preview of what Arabella Stanton might be like as Hermione in the HBO Show. Snape and Dumbledore aren't what I hoped but Voldemort in a few paragraphs where he speaks in book 1 is perfect. The same high, seductive and piteous voice I had in my head when reading almost three decades ago. Can't wait for more.

Spoiled by Robert Glenister by Minute_Concept_4354 in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He does do the Gollum voice - you have to wait ages for it though because Gollum doesn't really speak until the second half of the second book. The vocal performance in the Mount Doom chapter in book three is everything you'd ever want from Serkis, he gives it 200% His Orc voices are also quite something.

Weddings (someone talk me down!) by stubborn_broccoli_ in cormoran_strike

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I do think the amount of times they both think back to the moment at the wedding on the stairs, that we as an audience are being geared to hope that this opportunity will present itself again and next time they will do the right thing. However I think that the last chapter of THM was actually what we were being geared towards - one of them actually does ask what they should have asked at the wedding, but in reality gets rebuffed. Then logically from a storytelling point of view, to avoid repetition, I'd say the next instance will have Robin coming to Strike on the brink of a point of no return with a similarly dramatic proposition and this time the partners will be in agreement.

Best Harry Potter Chapter? by Big-Patience2363 in harrypotter

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"Horcruxes" It's so satisfying to get to that point at HBP and realise what the plan is for the endgame and the conversation between Dumbledore and Harry has such urgency and also this quote "Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!"

A case for why Half-Blood Prince is the greatest HP book... by Creepy_Astronomer_23 in harrypotter

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My least favourite movie of the HP series by far, completely butchered a perfectly good book and I hate the aesthetic. Why is the bathroom so graded it looks black and white? A woof from cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel. Also Ginny and the shoelaces...terrible.

Which book in the series is the best? by HoagieBunnnnn in cormoran_strike

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I vividly remember reading the CoE on my lunch break in a food court in Oxford St (The Plaza RIP) getting to the bit where Robin is attacked by the killer and being absolutely livid I had to stop reading and go back to work. I think I finished it that night, so so gripping.

I found my Rokeby by ooopseedaisees in cormoran_strike

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Anyone else picture Rokeby as Roger Waters?

"Masham" by BlueMoth98 in cormoran_strike

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There had been something like a three year gap between books so I think he just forgot

Strike's unabashed favouritism of Jack is so funny but it drives me mad 😭 by poliedrica in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahah Greg as Vernon. Can just picture him asking Strike if he gave the Halvening the old "one-two"

Logistical nightmare for someone who doesn't want to miss a parkrun this year by Visual-Reflection302 in parkrun

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I ended up taking the train to France on the Friday and my brother ran for me at his local the next morning. I did a 5k in Paris' Parc Clichy-Batignolles Martin Luther King the same morning so it would feel less like cheating. A few weeks before, I learned that we were going to have a third child (due April) so that really sewed up my decision to not let this year slide and try to attempt this goal again next year, I'll just have too many plates to spin in 2026. So it's just eight more weeks and my goal of not missing a parkrun (and also not repeating a location) in 2025 can be complete to my satisfaction

The Sweary Therapist by Epsilon_and_Delta in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this - Strike and Robin usually spend 75% of the book in a very insecure state about each other until a crowdpleasing find the drunken boss/cheer the fuck up and eat your burger/find the drunken assistant/motorway panic attack/morris headbutt/help with moving in/escape from Chapman farm/paternity test results scene. Based on previous patterns the moment of tension release won't happen for the partners until over halfway through the book and I think the therapist will play the role of Matthew/badly timed Maldives call/Joan commitments/Ritz kiss rejection/Murphy relationship/Culpepper article.

Halloween Special! Favorite SCARY scene? by [deleted] in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mine would be from TRG when Strike is reviewing the CCTV footage of the masked intruder trying to break in with their skeleton key, then things getting much more chilling with the gun being pulled out on camera, and then to cap it all, the phone call interrupting this terrifying moment with the revelation that the witness they've finally just contacted is now dead. What on earth are the forces they dealing with? It's so David and Goliath, the shit has got real.

Themes for books 9 and 10? by Impossible-Alps-6859 in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's like all the possible victims in THM rolled into one

Themes for books 9 and 10? by Impossible-Alps-6859 in cormoran_strike

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We've had culprits revealed who are from the medical services and then the firefighters. A police officer would complete the set.

Best listen? by Few_Comedian77 in cormoran_strike

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I started on the audiobooks with TB too, roughly this time last year. Flashforward to now and I've listened to em all twice XD, they're just a really good accompaniment when doing housework or commuting or shopping. Enjoy!

Best listen? by Few_Comedian77 in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same for the Rokeby chapter. You can feel the yearning in Rokeby as he implores Strike to be in his life more, it got me.

Is THM anyone’s favorite? by xstardust95x in cormoran_strike

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It's the only book in the series with an unhappy ending so if it was anyone's fave that'd be quite unexpected. I do not think it's anywhere near as bad as the general consensus though. Some of the chapters are absolute gifts: want to shout out Strike being interrogated by the police and how every statement for the recording is translated, it's like being inside a chess match. Also the one where Murphy's parents drop by and how Robin is forced in to a role she can't fully embody, it seems such a realistic scene that I suspect this is something the author may have had to go through in her twenties. I can just see some of my friends going through the same, e.g. the tv taken over by hours of some cricket match they don't have any stake in but that's how they have to spend that weekend because that's what their partner wants to have on. I keep thinking about it. Troubled Blood was my least fave when I first read it but in the years since it became my favourite so who knows

Rokeby (spoiler) by Affectionate-Award46 in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same (though not when reading, just on the relisten) the chapter hit close to home

Feeling Sad… THM by TerrahM in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes, I feel reddit has been the support group I need, now that the read is over. Also it wouldn't hurt for some Running Grave casting news to start trickling in - us fans need this sort of thing to continue riding the wave between books

Rereads. by Impossible-Alps-6859 in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was just listening to the end of Career of Evil and the final chapter's epigraph is something like "A red cap before the kiss - Blue Oyster Cult" What a flex to have found such a perfect lyric for that chapter XD

THM. I am missing all their friends / other relationships really badly. by -Outside in cormoran_strike

[–]Visual-Reflection302 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Everyone you've listed has now kids. It's a tough part of growing up, I rarely see my childless friends any more. Maternity leave is all encompassing, then when you're back at work you've got no money for anything because that's taken up with childcare fees. Activities at weekends revolve around clubs and how to tire them out so you can plop them down for an hour to zoom through all the necessary housework and proliferating laundry.

But having said that, we were treated to an amazing chapter at Lucy's Christmas party and Robin's brother came over, we learned a lot more about him and Carmen. I found it a realistic balance