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[luxken27]

NAME: luxken27
ABOUT ME: American. Female. Hapless romantic. Old enough to have read these first-run back in the day. Currently riding the nostalgia train for everything 80s.

FAVOURITE BSC CHARACTER(s): Stacey McGill, Mary Anne Spier, Janine Kishi, Charlie Thomas, Sam Thomas

LEAST FAVOURITE BSC CHARACTER(s): Abby Stevenson, Karen Brewer, Claudia's 7th grade friends

FAVOURITE BSC BOOK(s): Kristy's Great Idea, Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day, Dawn and the Impossible Three, Kristy's Big Day, Claudia and Mean Janine, Boy-Crazy Stacey, The Ghost at Dawn's House, Logan Likes Mary Anne!, Stacey's Mistake, Dawn on the Coast, Mary Anne Misses Logan, Stacey's Ex-Best Friend, Stacey's Choice, Dawn and the School Spirit War, Baby-Sitters Winter Vacation, California Girls, New York, New York!, Snowbound, Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake, Starring the Baby-sitters Club!

LEAST FAVOURITE BSC BOOK(s): the Lerangis novels, 95% of the Friends Forever series

FAVOURITE PLOT/SUBPLOT: My favorite subplot is definitely the Sam/Stacey romance. I like the way it comes back from out of nowhere mid-series, though I am *not* a fan of the way it ends. Robert Brewster was my second favorite Stacey boyfriend, though I am not as enamored of the bad girls arc as the rest of fandom seems to be.

FAVOURITE PAIRING(s): Sam Thomas/Stacey McGill, Charlie Thomas/Janine Kishi

FAVOURITE FAMILY: I loves me some Thomas brothers!! They're the only thing that made any of the Friends Forever books worth reading (I speak, of course, of #1).

OTHER STUFF: This series was a definitive part of my childhood, and I love that there's an active fandom for it ♥ I originally read the series faithfully until #99, because I could not bear the idea of the club breaking up for the big #100 milestone book. Therefore, most of the post-#100 books feel like AU to me, because I didn't read them until I was an adult.

LINKS: I write fanfic, and I post a lot of really nerdy author's notes to this journal :P If you wanna read my stuff:

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If you wanna read my fanfic recs: Baby-sitters Club | InuYasha (my other major fandom) | Miscellaneous or you can just click on my recommendations tag

I also have a Tumblr: luxken27 which is full of me pining for Europe via pictures, Golden Girls gifs, and crazy/amazing 80s nostalgia. I'm also doing a rewatch of the InuYasha anime over there, albeit in fits and spurts, so set your Tumblr Saviours accordingly if you decide to follow me :P