Sagiro's Story Hour Returns (new thread started on 5/18/08)

[Redwald]

Sagiro’s Story Hour, Part 262
Full Circle

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Ahhhh...cracktacular.

Thank you for the fix, Doctor Sagiro.

 

[Everett]

Alas, the dreadful inevitability...

Bump.

 

[KidCthulhu]

Nice long post - so long I almost forgot to turn on the TV to watch the Mets (hopefully) pound on the Phillies.

Rem, if you want more posts from Sagiro, you might want to lay off on the Phillies pounding. They were Sagiro's childhood team! Mentioning that you're a Yankees hater, that might get you an update.

 

[el-remmen]

Rem, if you want more posts from Sagiro, you might want to lay off on the Phillies pounding. They were Sagiro's childhood team! Mentioning that you're a Yankees hater, that might get you an update.

I know they are, thus the dig. ;-)

But at least the Phillies slapped the Yanks last night.

One of the announcers on the Mets game last night asked, "Who do you think the Mets fans will root for in the Yanks vs. Phillies games?"

And Keith Hernandez replied without doubt or hesitation, "The Phillies"

Which is saying a lot since Philly is in our division, so their wins mean more in the long term than anything the Yankees can do.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Mentioning that you're a Yankees hater, that might get you an update.

I am not a big baseball fan myself, but I would like to point out that my brother wears a Mets ball cap, not particularly because he loves the Mets, but specifically to express his hatred of the Yankees.

Now then, can we have an update, sir?

 

[blargney the second]

I don't like baseball at all... does that help?
-blarg

ps - I'm actually just not a fan of spectating sports - I'd rather be out there *doing* it!

 

[Plane Sailing]

I hate the Yankees!

(who are they anyway?)

I've had a bit of catching up to do, but it is great seeing so many past threads being drawn together at last. Interesting too to see major enemies not so much defeated as sidestepped (the diviner back in 'wrong' future, the red armoured general likewise)

Cheers!

 

[Tamlyn]

My wife's a Yankees fan. Summers around our house are not pleasant. There've been a few times we've almost had to divorce for irreconcilable differences. I'm ashamed to admit that I root for the Mariners.

 

[Everett]

Bump.

This old man, he played one, he played knick-knack on my thumb / with a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone...

 

[Lazybones]

Like another poster above, I came late to the party; I tried reading the story a few years ago but it didn't grab me (too complicated, difficult to follow). This last week, though, I'd finished my own SH, so with little to occupy my brain I downloaded the PDFs onto my USB drive to read during slow stretches at work.

Needless to say, I was very unproductive this week.

Having just finished, I'll echo the general kudos on the fine quality of the story. While the writing has gotten stronger over time, the plot twists and the way that many of Sagiro's hooks and threads kept recurring (often in jaw-dropping ways!) were excellent throughout. The characters are very clearly defined, although having read the entire story in a short span of time, I did think that Gray Wolf has sort of faded into the background recently; obviously Dranko hogs the spotlight somewhat but I've found that characters of his type always tend to draw a lot of strong sentiment (either love or hate!) from readers. I find myself drawn in and interested in what happens to these people, which is a mark of good fiction.

The PDFs are excellent, by the way, StevenAC. I liked the sidebars and the little graphics for letters, player handouts, etc. These story hours can be difficult to read as downloaded text, so I definitely am a fan of compilations.

My only regret is now that I'm caught up, it looks like the pace of the posting has slowed up some (understandably so, from what Sagiro's posted of his RL situation!). But I did want to thank Sagiro and his players for sharing.