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WHO: Astral, Kanaya
WHERE: MAC
WHEN: MARCH 16
WARNINGS: N/A
SUMMARY: A couple of friends.
FORMAT: Prose to begin, this was a little too long for action.
What did this measuring even entail? If Kanaya needed to know his height and weight, he could have easily told her. Well, actually, he should've offered, but the thought hadn't occur to him until much later.

Regardless, to make certain her trip wasn't for nothing, he ordered Crescent off of Netflix and purchased horrifically sweet energy drinks, popcorn, and candy the day before. He didn't care too much for popcorn (it often got stuck between his teeth), but the ritual of movie watching required it.

Speaking of Kanaya, she should be arriving soon... He collected Tweema, and returned him to his cage. Bomb and Shanks were a lot harder to corral into the bedroom, and he eventually gave up. The saying was right, it was impossible to herd cats. Tora was with Yuma, so Astral didn't have to worry about her.

Their living room looked somewhat presentable, considering two, occasionally three teenagers and a menagerie of animals live there. Not that he was extra fussy about it being clean or anything. That had absolutely nothing to do with how many times he plucked cat hair from the cushions or moved the couch pillows. He wasn't pacing about the living room because he was nervous either, he was simply practicing walking. And he only tugged on his sweater's sleeves because they were too short.

He had never invited a friend over to their apartment before.

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If you're certain. [busy doing a billion things to get the dvd into the player and crap that's really boring to write about.]

Today was supposed to be for the two of us. Let's try not to let everyone else ruin it for once.

Alright. [settling next to her on the couch. he sits a little weird, holding his knees to his chest. since it's the previews, he's not too entranced by the television just yet, so TALKING IT IS] I have heard this movie isn't entirely faithful to the novels... what do you think they changed?

[ she pays half attention to the previews, taking note of any she might like to see. oh, karkat will probably be interested in that one. ]

Perhaps the subplot involving the Moonlighter's investigation into local robberies. I think the narrative could have done without it, honestly.

Really? I thought that was important... I was able to understand him better through the investigations. And really, how else would he learn to not always rely on his powers?

The whole thing rang a little strangely to me. Most of the empaths I've been acquainted with have more difficulty keeping their external impressions reigned than developing an over-reliance on them.

Ah, I meant that he would often use them and be lead astray... Remember he believed that somebody else was at fault? They were nervous and were keeping secrets, he felt that, and he assumed that meant they were the robber... [they can talk because lbr dvd previews last forever]

[ and because we're just making up details wholecloth anyway. ]

It's unfortunate that he never corrected the core mistake, as I think the poor judgement it served as a symptom to has been the cause of most of the difficulties they later encounter throughout the series.

[shhh. tell no one.] Yes, see, that's why it's very important! If they removed it, how could they struggle with those difficulties later?

What I meant was that his development seems entirely unrelated to that point, as it doesn't have any kind of later ramifications whatsoever. It seemed like pointless filler.

[ or maybe she just didn't care about how they tried to sell the premise of his being a superhero. ]

[but he liked that the best...] It had plenty of ramifications later!

[ she just wants her shitty romance without all these fancy trappings. ]

Like what? Do you mean in the second book, when he befriends his brother's spy because he was ignoring what his abilities told him?

Yes, I do. It put Crescent in so much danger. [and it was heartbreaking!!]

[ who needs heartbreak in fiction when you get enough of it in life? ] It was a case of applying the wrong lesson entirely to a perceived problem. And he never did learn the correct one from it, either. The plotline was never revisited after!

I suppose we must to agree to disagree. [Hmphf]

I suppose they don't have to cut it entirely. [ this, to her, qualifies as a concession. ] But I should hope they at least bring it to a more satisfactory conclusion.

[Well, at least the movie's menu screen is finally on. Time to press play and watch it, right?

A convenient time skip, because seriously fuck trying to write actually watching a movie.

He's still engrossed with the screen even with the credits though, but he's finally speaking up at least.] That was...

[ especially when it's a fictional movie.

she leans back into the couch, resting her chin in one hand as she still processes what she's just seen. ]

It was...

Definitively Crescent.

It was wonderful!! [oh no he's so doki]

As I said, definitively. The two should be almost synonymous.

I was worried they might poorly prioritize the adaptation, but I'm actually rather satisfied with the results!

I can't wait for the other one to come out. [literally touching his face in joy]

But I'm afraid we'll have to. I'm not sure the sequel has even yet been assigned a release date!

Shouldn't that information be available online?

If it's been announced already, I would imagine it should be. But we're still waiting on the third book, as well.

Hmm... That's true, what if the third book explains an important happening in the second one? And if they made a movie without knowing that, it could be interpreted an entirely different way!

i hadn't considered that! Without close input from Moira March, they could ruin the whole thing without even knowing it!