Tuesday, August 16, 2016

People Who Should Suffer Beheading; or At Least An Unhealable Paper Cut 7


People who refer to sequels (or series) of books, movies, or any other story form as "Book 2," "Movie 2," or "Story Form 2" when the author provides a specific title.

EXAMPLES:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is not Harry Potter 2.
Matrix Revolutions is not Matrix 3.
Catching Fire is not Hunger Games 2.

And so and so on. The author tirelessly mulled over, erased, rewrote, replaced, thought some more, and asked everyone they knew before he/she decided on a title satisfying him/her. Sequel titles deserve their due; I mean seriously, we do not name our children "Child 1," "Child 2," "Child 3," and so forth...well, unless you are George Foreman: He has six sons named George I, George II, George III, George IV, George V, and George VI.

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