Ladies and gentlemen...
When I start writing Book 9, I had a title in mind. And it was a good title. It was a glorious title. It echoed a phrase we'd already seen in the books themselves, and it was cool, and haunting, and awesome...
But for some reason, it wasn't a "Final Book" title.
I don't know why. Some titles suit the last book of a series. Some suit the first. This title — my lovely, glorious title — suited the first.
I'm not going to tell you what it was, because I do plan to use it at some stage — and I never let a good idea go to waste.
But suddenly I had a problem. I needed a new title.
I needed a new title that sounded like a final book. I needed a new title that fit alongside Kingdom of the Wicked and Last Stand of Dead Men. I needed something almost... poetic.
And so I came up with this.
first?!
ReplyDelete2nd?
ReplyDeletelANDY
ReplyDeleteHoly shit!! I got first comment for the first time in my life! I am soo happy!!
ReplyDeleteHA
ReplyDeleteGreat name!!
ReplyDeletedammit LANDY
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD
ReplyDelete*screaming*
I cant see
ReplyDeleteBYE IM OUT OF HERE BYE BYE FNHDXGFVHGKJZDSGFXZDSXC
ReplyDeletePFFFT IM NOT FREAKING OUT
ReplyDeleteI CANT BREATHE MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE DAMN SKITTLES POISONING
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ReplyDeleteAnidjiwniniddDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDBJXHIWHKCHLWHKDHKSHJSB HELP
DEREK, WHY, HOW, DEREK, PLEASE, TELL US WHAT'S IN STORE
ReplyDeleteOR MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE DYING LIGHT
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *falls to the ground and cries*
ReplyDeleteI LIKE MY SOUL!
That is a good title.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be good,
ReplyDeleteI can tell.
HLY FACELESS HELP ME
ReplyDeleteIS THIS THE REAL LIFE
What? Ok so Darquesse kills light. Fine.i expected the darquesse raised upon them.
ReplyDeleteDEREK NO
ReplyDeleteFirst: I like the build up. Very dramatic.
ReplyDeleteSecond: "I'm kind of a big deal" SHOULD NEVER BE USED AGAIN :P
Third: Awesome title!
NOPITY NOPE NOPE NOOOOOPEEEE
ReplyDeleteHOLY CRAP I AM SCARED AND EXCITED OH MY GOLDEN GOD SOMEONE HOLD ME
ReplyDeleteOmg *cries*
ReplyDeletethe only light dying is the one in my HEART
ReplyDeletehahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahah im just gonna go cry some more in the corner
ReplyDeleteWell your a fuckhead Landy lol
ReplyDeleteExcuse me while I go and cry in the corner before going on a Skype call with my equally evil stepkids...
Emerald out!
I... I'm twitching now. I... That's just cruel!!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!
But cruel
Holy Mother of burritos!!! I am going to kill Derek!!! the title is basically saying that most of the character's will die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSKULDUGGERY PLEASANT THE DYING OF THE LIGHT I can't even Haaaahahahahahhhahahahaha
ReplyDelete#Chase for The Dying of The Light
what's the title? Cant watch the video
ReplyDeletethe dying light oF MY SOUL
ReplyDeleteGUISE.
ReplyDeleteITS SHOWING THE LIGHT PART OF CERTAIN CHARACTERS IS DYING.
okay someone better be on skype that i can scream at
ReplyDeleteRueben: I thought that had already happened? Lol.
ReplyDeleteWHAT DOES IT MEAN
ReplyDelete"And it will tear... your souls... in two"
ReplyDelete%@%$@%@$@&@&+!%(@+#&&@+#)@+&"&@&@+@)@+@&@&#&@%)@%
(Yes, that is swearing)
It happened.
ReplyDeleteI WANT TO SCREAM AT SOMETHING.
ReplyDeleteBut I shan't.
But I want to.
. . . But I shan't.
*hugs Derek*
I love you, Derek, don't ever change. We are just alike, you and I. We thrive on the tears of our readers.
Holy shit piece if fuck they're all gonna die! I don't, I just, I mean...shit!
ReplyDeleteThe light! The light! This means nobody's gonna die, because if there's no light how are they supposed to move toward it?
ReplyDeleteit's a trick.
*crawls into the corner* Dexter... Skulduggery... Valkyrie... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *bursts out crying*
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! its 1:20 am here in australia and i just screamed very loudly watching this. i don't think my family will be impressed.
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! its 1:20 am here in australia and i just screamed very loudly watching this. i don't think my family will be impressed.
ReplyDeleteIf just one of my favorite characters survives,
ReplyDeleteI will be happy.
Just one. That is all I ask of you, Derek Landy, my golden god.
Just
give
me
one.
Ha! Do you really think that's likely!? *gross sobbing*
DeleteI screeched and my brother ran in my room asking what was okay.
ReplyDelete*crawls into the corner with Chi*
ReplyDelete*hides from Derek*
I can't. I just...can't.
It means that, right?
ReplyDeleteI am certain that Val will die in this book,
ReplyDeleteso I'm hoping,
praying,
that I will therefore get off easy, since I . . .
*hides from torch-weilding mobs*
. . . I do not like Val very much.
*aggressively waves torch*
Delete...
It's okay to have opinions! :)
Great title. If this is going to be the last book, does that mean that the movie is coming?
ReplyDeleteYOU COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW MR LANDY AND EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS
ReplyDeleteRavel....*cries* i'm gonna die in the book....im gonna get killed
ReplyDeleteCURSE YOU LANDY I HAVE A TEST IM TOO FREAKIN SCARED
Now as I finnally fall asleep, I AM undoubtedly going to be having nagging dreams/nightmares of what the title means and whatnot...
ReplyDeleteMaybe he'll rename the first book what he planned for the last.
ReplyDeleteI CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!
ReplyDelete*screeching* I HOPE YOUR HAPPY. (or at least laughing evilly to yourself as you picture our tears)
I really think it means the light in some characters is dying.
ReplyDeleteASDFGHJKL
WHAT DOES THE YEAR OF THE REQUIEM MEAN?
ReplyDeleteAs terrified as we all are, can we just take a moment, and say . . .
ReplyDeleteWE HAVE PICKED THE GREATEST BOOK SERIES IN THE WORLD TO BE DIE-HARD FANS OF,
and I am proud to be a Minion.
You hear me, Derek Landy?
*shakes fist*
Proud, I say, proud!
*Hugs Silente tightly whilst eating a doughnut and trying to stay calm*
ReplyDeleteA Requiem is for honoring souls of the dead.
ReplyDeleteEVERYBODY IS GOING TO DIEEEE D': D':
HELP
[hugs]
[cries]
Year of the Requiem is a year of celebration. Well thats what he was suggesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I just put on Twitter.
#TheDyingOfTheLight because when there is no light left, Darquesse prevails.
*shakes souls*
ReplyDeleteDO YOU HEAR US DEREK LANDY (Pansy)?
@ Emerald
ReplyDeleteYAAS.
*hugs Chi back rocking forwards and backwards*
ReplyDeleteWhat does this mean?
*stares blankly at a wall*
What does it mean?
>BGFdvgfbnhjminjhvgfcdcvfgnj m,kvgfcfvgbhjijnhgvf cffHBVFITTHVUGCDXXUIKNHYIUGT VFCDHVFRCDUNT
ReplyDelete*screeches unholy*
ReplyDeleteWhat the faceless-ones does that mean
ReplyDeleteI think I may have got over excited, my mum thinks i'm hyper active and now i'm not allowed easter eggs :( :) whoop whoop can't wait for the new book :) :) :) :) :)
ReplyDeleteUgh like the dying of the light in my soul I can't even lol
ReplyDeleteHello all!
ReplyDeleteWe aren't going to survive this!!!
Lol, I just filmed the whole thing so I could show it to my friend, and I circled the area where my first comment was, to show him hat I got my first comment!
ReplyDeleteaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahaahahah
ReplyDeletei'M GOWIN MHAD
*digs hole in the ground*
ReplyDelete*crawls into hole*
*hole is my new home*
Yes mum I am fine.
(spoilers, i'm not)
*whimpers*
ReplyDelete*brain starts failing*
*runs around for hugs*
HUGS!
Nevyar, that is SO true!!!!!!!!! No one who will read it will ever be the same! I think all of our souls will be crushed into 1 million pieces!
ReplyDelete*hugs Amy tightly*
ReplyDeleteThought he wasn't going to tell because the video looked like it was gonna run out, that would have been one step too far into the evil author realm like mordor style
ReplyDeleteDying of the Light? mORE LIKE DYING OF TGE FANDOM
ReplyDeleteI AM NOT HERE FOR THIS
N O P E
This is evil
ReplyDelete*hugs Chione*
ReplyDeleteThis is how the world will end...the lights will die out...
Okay guys, I'm going to bed now, its almost 1:40 AM over here in Australia :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I think we should probably stop doing the #ChaseForBook9 thing, and maybe try and persuade Derek to write a short story, or something
He's gonna kill everyone off, Darquesse will rise, then we'll all be dead.
ReplyDeleteThe Dying of the Light... so they're going to recolor the light what's the big deal?
ReplyDeleteI think Skulduggery will die.
ReplyDeleteNo, the world will end when there is no internet.
ReplyDelete...do you think there'd be one part in the book where Derek would be like "Opps! Lights died out! You can't see this action happening!" And there'd be like a black page and then suddenly the lights turn on and we see dead bodies everywhere?
ReplyDeleteI think Valkyrie will die. I don't think Skul will die because of the necromancy magic.
ReplyDeleteive made the definition of requiem as my phone background to remind of the pain of fandoms :))))))))))))))
ReplyDeleteIm telling you, he's gonna kill off all the characters we love. The next series he writes i will not get attached to a character.
ReplyDeleteWho will you be when faced with the end
ReplyDeleteThe end of a series
The end of good men
Will you worry
Will you cry
Or will you hunt down Derek with a venomous pride?
Rise from the ashes
Rise from your cry
Rise to this calling
Make heard the battle cry
Let us come from the mountains
From the city or the chapel
For the light has died
And we have cried
So who will you be when face with the end
When Derek is laughing
And the darkness descends
Will you cower?
Or will you fight?
Is your mind fully broken?
Or made up at last?
I think i failed the test, im too scared. This is the moment....
ReplyDeleteAfter almost a decade of growing to love all of these brilliant characters, I can't help but feel a "lambs raised to slaughter" type vibe.
ReplyDeleteHey so first time commenter here in the blog, long time follower. I was wondering how does this work exactly, because I've been wondering a lot about the parallel universe throughout kingdom of the wicked, and if that will be making a return in the last novel.
But I haven't got over the fact that Ghastly dead :(
ReplyDeleteThe next series will star the remaining characters under different names to protect their identity and they will restore the world and then of course all die and destroy the world again. But you'll forget about those guys because there will be NEW guys and those guys will be in the next book series... et cetera..
ReplyDeleteSilente- he has to be reading the comments laughing
ReplyDelete*cuddles dynamite* I don't want to die.....
I don't wanna get killed *points dynamite at Derek* Your days are numbered.
THIS IS MY HC. SOMETHING MASSIVE WILL HAPPEN JUST AS DARQUESSE KILLS ALICE AND WATCHES THE LIGHT IN HER EYES DIE AND VALKYRIE RETURNS TO BEING HERSELF SHE HOLDS ALICE IN HER ARMS AND SOBS AND SOBS AND SOBS AND SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT HATE HERSELF AND SHE LOSES HER MAGIC AND SHE DESTROYS EVERYTHING AND SHE'S ALL ALONE
ReplyDeleteShe did what she could to fix the skeleton, but Skulduggery was gone. Long gone. Not even he could survive having almost every one of his bones broken, no matter how well she patched him up. He was gone, and it was her fault. She let Her take over. Valkyrie Cain was the cause of it all. She killed her parents, Alice and her best friend. And now she was alone in this world which she destroyed. She knew it would happen, but that only made it worse; she should have been able to stop it. It was all her fault and she-
"Boo," she heard a smooth voice say, devoid of all humour it had the last time that word was uttered.
She knew it wasn't real. She was just imagining things. Nobody could suffer to such an extent as that and still survive. Not even Kenspeckle Grouse would have been able to save him after what Valkyrie had done. She hadn't just killed him; she obliterated him. She had destroyed him completely.
"Didn't think I'd leave you, did you?" The voice said and she caught sight of filthy white bones beside her and her breath caught. Despite her mind telling her he was dead, her heart forced her to look. With closed eyes, she tilted her head up and only when cold bones enveloped her in a hug did she know it was real.
"Until the end. We promised." He said to her, his voice more certain than she had ever heard it.
She rested her head against the skeleton's chest and whispered, "Until the end."
Alice will not die. China will watch her.
ReplyDeleteChina's ghost...
To be fair Skulduggery's already dead, and I don't think you can kill something that's already dead
ReplyDeleteLads, can we not stop #ChaseForBook9 until he confirms it? Please?
ReplyDeleteWhen he confirms it then we can stop it and you all would have all done Chase so proud.
If he kills Alice, I swear he will never hear the end. Thats just morally wrong.
ReplyDeleteLUCE
ReplyDeleteOUT
NOW
THIS ISN'T THE TIME
Exactly
ReplyDeleteLUCE YOU WANT MY SOUL CRUSHED BEFORE AUGUST?!
ReplyDelete@zaf of course he's reading these comments and laughing at our pain! He's evil! He knows exactly what's going to happen! I bet he's counting down the day slowly, waiting until the book comes out. He's evil! Bad Derek! *bops his nose*
ReplyDelete"Boo" was one of my favorite lines.
ReplyDelete*laughs* This is tame compared to what I could have written. :P
ReplyDeleteDerek's ending will be much more soul crushing though and I'm really excited for it; endings are my favourites.
i know i will be crying at the end i can feel it
ReplyDelete"She could see his consciousness. It formed a shell around his skeleton, a shell of multicoloured lights. It sparkled prettily. This shell was how he thought. This shell was how he felt…She reached out and gently dug her fingers into the shell of light. Skulduggery gasped and went rigid." - KOTW
ReplyDeleteIf....if....I get killed off, I'm gonna go lock myself up in a corner and cry.
ReplyDeleteREMEMBER THE DEAL DEREK JUST YOU REMEMBER I KEPT MY SIDE, I HAVE'NT BLOWN UP IRELAND, BUT YOU, YOU BETTER KEEP YOUR SIDE.
Everyone will cry...
ReplyDeleteAmethyst, nothing bad at all could happen, yet I will still have a sob just because it's all over.
DeleteBLAANALOOBASBIBibgvibrvi
ReplyDeleteTHE EENNNDDDDD
I don't care what happens.
All that matters is that it's finally closing. The whole long magically saga, opus, etc, it's over.
BOOM
Boom. Boom boom. Boom.
ReplyDeleteThe sound of our souls imploding.
Ya know Zaf when you keep reminding him not to kill you.......
ReplyDeleteetc.
I can see my reaction now. It'll be like 2am. I'll be sat in bed with a torch. I'll close the book and just sit up staring at nothing with silent tears running down my face. And I'll stay like that for a bit. Then I'll end up making quiet incoherent noises of distress. Then I'll sit again. Then I'll curl up in a ball under the covers and lay like that until I fall asleep. Days after it'll be all I can talk about.
ReplyDeleteI know....*cries* We already made a grave.
ReplyDeleteI can't bear to think of reading the series without Ravel....*cries harder* WHY?! WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE THIS CRUEL?!
:) Awesome, Derek
ReplyDeleteIENI GET OUT RIGHT NOW
ReplyDeleteYou did blow up Ireland...?
ReplyDelete#ChaseForBook9
Is it sad that I've had a little gap on my book case since Skulduggery Pleasant LSoDM has been out? The gap is about Death Bringer size, but I'm going to have to move some books around, so that Armagedion outta here can fit in as well!
ReplyDelete*nods*
ReplyDeleteNOT GOING IENIWHERE LUCI
ReplyDeleteNo Rueben. I have that gap in my bookshelf too. Its been there for ages.
ReplyDeleteJust think... Right now Ravel is in so much pain. Only one hour of rest.
ReplyDeleteHe deserves it.
My friend always says that.
:D
Luci I'M SAD NOW BUT IT WAS AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteIENI I AM GOING TO KILL YOU IN THE MOST BRUTAL WAY IMAGINABLE
ReplyDeleteAND I AM AN AUTHOR I GET PAID FOR HAVING AN IMAGINATION
YOU ARE SO DEAD
...after that last book, what are we going to do?
ReplyDeleteCry amethyst. We will cry.
ReplyDeleteAnyone got any predictions for certain characters?
ReplyDeleteI've only got one, that one-armed Dexter will meet both-armed Dexter and they'll just, I don't know, high five or something.
All of my friends who've read the SP series recon Ravel deserves what Darquess did to him! And he did! And as someone said on twitter: out of the dead men group, Ravel probably has the softest hands BECAUE HE WAS ALWAYS ELBOW DEEP IN SPIDER VAGINA (or something like that)
ReplyDeleteI'll be here until the end.
ReplyDeleteIf the last words in the book areUntil The End
Imma stab someone.
I love how Skulduggery remembered the Whole Until the end bit
Amethyst, sit here, wait and talk?
ReplyDeleteWe will find ourselves six feet under before we even finish reading the damn book
ReplyDeleteOne-armed Dexter?
ReplyDeleteRueben I cannot
That wasn't what I was expecting.
ReplyDeleteAnd in a bad way.
It just isn't, well, catchy.
Sorry Derek, Last Stand of Dead men was genius but this, isn't great. Dying of the Light would've been smoother.
The good news is, if I die, then I won't have to be put through The Dying of The Light :)
ReplyDeleteAnd you will.
Okay every one!! I'm going to bed now, so goodbye for now!
ReplyDeleteNight!
ReplyDeleteIeni..... :'(
OH! There's a blood moon tonight!!!
ReplyDelete*lets that sink in*
Blood...moon...bad sign...for Skulduggery...
*curls up in a ball*
I blew up England. I havent blown Ireland up in over a year
ReplyDeleteAnd I gotta go guys! Bye!
ReplyDeleteShe constant blows up england. Its rather unfortunate for me..
ReplyDeleteBye pup!
ReplyDeleteZAF STOP BLOWING UP MY COUNTRY
ReplyDeleteBLOW UP AUSTRALIA INSTEAD
@Nevyar-
ReplyDeleteWhen Val shunts into that other universe, with all the red cloaks, and there's this reistancey team, which is all that's left to take on Mevolent. I'm pretty sure they break Val out of jail or something, and the Dexter from that universe gets his arm cut off.
I had no idea either until I Re-read it the other day. The mental image is just too much.
*explodes Australia*
ReplyDeleteHEY DON'T BLOW UP AUSTRALIA THAT'S WHERE I HAPPEN TO LIVE
ReplyDeleteBlow up...
ReplyDelete*checks mental list of minion locations*
Blow up Greenland!
Tha k you Charlie!!
ReplyDeleteBoth Dexter's would totes fall in love with the other.
I ship Sexter/Dexacen (Dexter/Saracen)
Fine! *explodes Iceland*
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteBUT IF WE BLOW UP OZ WE CAN MAKE IT OUR OWN AND LIVE IN SKUTTLEBUG PARADISE
ReplyDeleteI don't recall blowing it up unless I screwed up 'Iceland' and 'Ireland' but i have been careful
ReplyDeleteACTUALLY, ZAF, I TAKE THAT BACK.
ReplyDeleteFEEL FREE TO BLOW UP OZ AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE.
I really like the way Luce's thinking. :3
But...*sadly explodes* this book is gonna kill me
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm wrong, then.
ReplyDelete...
Scratch that. I'm basically always wrong.
But I remember it being something like this.
Zaf: *blows up Iceland*
*blows up Ireland*
(I hope Derek doesn't see that and kill Zaf, but he never reads the comments anymore, so I should be safe.)
I don't really want to argue about something this pointless though, so just go ahead and assume I'm wrong. :-)
Anyway, I should probably go.
ReplyDeleteBye, everyone. Good luck surviving!
#ChaseForBook9
I am terrified.
ReplyDeleteLove the build up.
So excited.
So terrified.
So hyperventilating.
I am so scared now... The light that is dying is the only light that's left in my soul after LSODM. I am scared, Derek. That is a scary title.
Comment deleted by the author? So he is listening, groovy. Don't know if I can forgive you for Shudder. That was straight brutal.
ReplyDeleteComment deleted by the author means deleted by the person who typed it charlie.
ReplyDelete*walks over to him*
*bows before him*
*straightens and smiles*
And hello there. Who might you be?
*sits rocking back in forth in the corner of her house*
ReplyDelete*pokes Chi*
ReplyDeleteWill beating something up help? If so I'm happy to help...
Long time reader of the blog. This announcement was too good, needed to talk Slulduggery so I came down here.
ReplyDeleteI'm Charlie, pleasure to meet you.
Derek, you're so ace. :) *hugs* :)
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who went "Nice title. Aw, Derek's ace" and then went off to speak to some other people before coming in, reading the comments, and going WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE PEOPLE ON?
I don't understand my emotional reactions, I really don't. I can start sobbing in lessons over vans and zigzags (that's how my long list of directions started, C making me cry over poor little zigzag children being left out), but book titles are somehow mostly irrelevant to me.
Well
come on
it's a TITLE.
*frowns*
It's a very cool title.
But still
it's a title.
And I am dreading book nine no more for the release of it. I mean, I already know half the people I know are gonna die. I am already wishing time would slow down and attempting not to think about it and, when I do, knowing that book nine will be the death of what is left of my soul.
If there is anything left.
I think maybe a teaspoonful is left, but that'll be gone on Saturday so I might have to read book nine soulless.
I might survive, then. C:
@Annika: You said to Derek: "We are just alike, you and I. We thrive on the tears of our readers."
I AGREE.
*looks sadly at teaspoonful of soul*
@Reuben: No, Ravel doesn't.
No one deserves it.
*still preaching forgiveness and anti-death-penalty*
#ChaseForBookNine
ANYWAY
ReplyDelete*retreats back to the corner in which I think about not thinking about book nine*
#ChaseForBookNine
*tilts her head slightly to the side*
ReplyDeleteAh well in that case. Welcome to blog land! Can I ask, have you ever thought of whst discipline you would be?
Wbd, I've decided to reread the series... Again.
ReplyDeleteHey Silente! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd - I don't know what discipline I am and I've been here over two years, haha. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
I've been reading these books since I was eleven, I am now eighteen and I kind of feel like either crying or punching something because this has been a series akin to Harry Potter for me and I'm very sad to see it end. I trust the glorious Mr Landy will not stop writing! I'm counting on it.
ReplyDeleteHey star! That was to charlie but hey anyway! How are you?
ReplyDeleteStar, it's the connotations and meanings behind it. Light is associated with innocence and hope and life... That's dying. Not fading, DYING. Death is seen as sudden and brutal and cruel
ReplyDeleteThe death of such brightness implies a cruel and brutal ending.
Then there's the associations with the series itself...
Skulduggery' life energy is described as light, for one.
Star, it's the connotations and meanings behind it. Light is associated with innocence and hope and life... That's dying. Not fading, DYING. Death is seen as sudden and brutal and cruel
ReplyDeleteThe death of such brightness implies a cruel and brutal ending.
Then there's the associations with the series itself...
Skulduggery' life energy is described as light, for one.
@Zaiya: I would love to reread the series, but I'm attempting to reread a couple of serieses at this moment in time, so . . . yeah. :P
ReplyDeleteI'd like to read LSODM again, though. I think I've only read it once. :O
I'm ashamed at how little I read these days. :(
LSODM was AMAZING, as well. *still waiting for the day when I can come online and discuss it with all of you :P*
*I have a key debate to start off and a key rant to make*
#ChaseForBookNine
Discipline like, from Skulduggery? Adept sounds nice, something unexpected.
ReplyDelete@charlid Yes like from skulduggery. Anything specific? I.e zaf necromancer. Blake necromance/soul magic. Chione ice. Etc
ReplyDelete@Mushroom: But I already knew that was going to happen. *frowns*
ReplyDeleteI mean, Derek said that TDOTL was shorter than LSODM because most of the characters in LSODM were now dead so there was less to write about.
In my opinion, it doesn't get much worse than that.
I am trying not to think about it too much, as well, for fear of crying and the like, so I'd rather NOT think about the connotations of the title. XD
HEY, btw! :) Nice to see you. :) :)
#ChaseForBookNine
@Star: I haven't reread LSODM yet, so I'm planning to do it this time around :3 And I still have other books to read, but I really feel like going over SP again.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've actually ever made a Skulduggery Pleasant OC.
ReplyDeleteWell, one, but I ditched that one.
. . .
Damn.
I suddenly feel like a very shit Minion. :P
I DON'T LIKE WRITING FANFICTION OKAY.
#ChaseForBookNine
Have all of you read Harry Potter? I feel like the last Skulduggery book will be like the last Harry Potter one, in the tearing your heart in half kind of way.
ReplyDelete@Zaiya: SP is always ace. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd - LSODM is AMAZING. O_O
I have a book I got for Christmas that I still haven't read. XD
That's only because I want to reread the series first, though, and I haven't managed to get hold of the first too books . . . :/
#ChaseForBookNine
I FORGET ZAIYA IS CAIN'S TAKEN NAME BECAUSE ZAIYA IS EL'S FAVOURITE AUTHOR
ReplyDeleteCharlie, discipline, any specifics? Necromancer, energy throws, soul magic, ghists, wall walking etc.
ReplyDeleteFantastic name Derek I got goose bumps and all the hairs on my arms stood up on end.
ReplyDeleteLove this title.
@Charlie: I've read it. :)
ReplyDeleteI actually think the ending for Skulduggery Pleasant will be wonderful. I don't usually like happy endings, and I HATE the endings where it makes it unrealistic just to keep everyone happy. Urgh. They're horrible.
The best endings are the ones where bad things happen, but the bad stuff enables it to mostly be a happy ending.
I think Derek's ending will be horrible and soul-torturing, and after I've got over the horrible soul-torturingness, I will be so pleased, because it will presumably NOT stretch the limits of reality and will presumably make total sense, and, also, soul-crushingness is kind of good in a way. You hate it, but if everyone was nice and nothing horrible happened, would you really like the series that much?
I think it would be funny, but rather boring.
I have faith in Derek to deliver us a fantastic ending. *nods*
And if he doesn't, then at least it will be a good enough ending, I will be satisfied, and I won't be ranting about it stupidity for the rest of my life like I am with The Infernal Devices.
#ChaseForBookNine
Something like oh what's his name, the one who can make people forget things.
ReplyDeleteA little like that, but maybe personality changing on people. Just being able to change their feelings - happy/furious/terrified.
Erskine Ravel you mean, Charlie?
ReplyDeleteHello btw. I'm Chione.
Ah okay so a little like Jasper from twilight? (Ugh can't believe I remember that) where he can sense and change peoples emotions?
ReplyDelete@Charlie: I would hate to be near you, then; how would you know what you were feeling was what you were actually feeling? D:
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a really interesting discipline, though. :) Lots of potential for lots of stuff.
@Chi: No, I think he meant Geoffrey Scrutinous. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
Chione the icy witch XD who has the shortest attention span EVER
ReplyDelete@star - so what happened with the Infernal Devices?
ReplyDeleteI think it's a little like the Soothers and the Rioters in The Mistborn series. :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the second book in that, yet . . . I don't want to, because I know it won't be as good as the first one and I can't bring myself to read it. :(
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Here we go.. XD
ReplyDeleteYeah silente haha. That's the one Star, thanks.
ReplyDelete@Charlie: I shouldn't really say, because spoilers, but - you know a love triangle, one girl, two guys? Imagine that the girl ended up being able to go with the first guy AND with the second guy, one for a whole lifetime and then the other for an immortal lifetime after the first one died.
ReplyDeleteNo.
You can't DO that.
Urgh.
You can't just MAKE IT ALL WORK OUT NICELY LIKE THAT.
Well, maybe you can, but it just IRRITATES me. :(
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Here we go, Silente? :P
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Well good hello charlie I'm Silente Tempest Rogue Vampire.
ReplyDelete*smiles showing her sharp teeth*
And its a pleasure to meet you.
DEREK, I THINK GHASTLY IS ALIVE. BECAUSE IN THE VISION WE SEE RAVEL ON HIS KNEES IN PAIN BECAUSE HE KILLED GHASTLY, BUT THEN LATER ON WE SEE GHASTLY?.
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