MIDDLEGAME meme compilation
A while back, still in the bad place, @seananmcguire said MIDDLEGAME isn't meme-able and thought that this statement is amongst the less beautiful lies she'd woven in the span of her writing career.
Cross-posting here the thread I posted on bluesky.
It's been 5 years since the first publication of MIDDLEGAME, so I am not overly worried about spoiling you much, but I will still try to contain them to the book in question and keep the rest of the series out of it (for now).
First, let's go through the basics:
Then let me introduce you to the cleverest, ahead of her time, the best alchemist there ever was - Asphodel Baker.
You think that book is simple?! Have you met Seanan McGuire? Have you fought the urge to finish one of her books in one sitting?! Well, strap in, buckle up, cause you're in for a ride with MIDDLEGAME!!
You think you are ready for another heartbreak? You think you are ready for another book hangover? You think you are stronger thatn Dodger's math and Roger's words?! You think you are ready for MIDDLEGAME?!! Think again, buddy!
MIDDLEGAME is going to make a clean cut right through your sense of reality. MIDDLEGAME is going to make you face your worst memories and your deepest scars. MIDDLEGAME is going to give you the hug you never knew you needed, all while your brain is in a constant state of a "WTF?"
MIDDLEGAME is all there is and all there is not. MIDDLEGAME is an Improbable Book turned out into Impossible Reality.
I am choosing to think that the Doctor Who & Leverage cross-universe memes could be considered a special treat. Also, Dodger can absolutely create a Tardis, she'll crunch the math after The Doctor has told her that "it's bigger on the inside" for a split second.
Look, the Doctrine of Ethos is really really good at two things:
taking its sweet time
surviving.
Sadly, this does not mean anyone involved will enjoy any of the above. The Doctrine of Ethos is the dictionary definition of the word "stubborn", and EVERYONE will learn it the hard way.
What we are NOT going to do it calculate the amount of times Roger and Dodger have reset the timeline. What we WILL do is be grateful we are not in their shoes.
Dodger Cheswich and Roger Middleton are pretty much the same person, and also, just as much, very different people.
Roger is the only person allowed to hurt Dodger. And only in past tense, and never again.