
English: 
Hello my beautiful watchers.
Okay, I swear it was not my intention to turn my channel
into the "romance and questionably-romance book review show".
I actually provided my beloved patrons with several options for the subject of this episode,
but I guess the title of this particular novel was just too alluring to pass up. So, here we are.
"How to Date Your Dragon" is a 2018 book by Molly Harper.
It's the first of currently three books known as the Mystic Bayou series.
It is a shifter romance novel which,
unless I'm very much misled by my research, is a popular type of paranormal romance
for people who want more than just sexy vampires, sexy vampires, and yet more sexy vampires.
If you're not familiar with it, the name will hopefully make a little more sense to you,
after you hear the general description of this book. Harper appears to be a pretty successful
figure in this genre, and she's written over 30 books themed around it in the last 10 years.
She's certainly an efficient writer, if nothing else.

English: 
Hello my Beautiful Watchers. Ok, I swear it
was not my intention to turn my channel into
the romance and questionably romance book
review show.
I actually provided my beloved Patrons with
several options for the subject of this episode
but I guess the title of this particular novel
was just too alluring to pass up
so here we are.
:dragon roars:
How to Date Your Dragon is a 2018 book by
Molly Harper. It's the first of currently
three books known as the Mystic Bayou series.
It is a shifter romance novel which unless
I'm very much misled by my research is a popular
type of paranormal romance for people who
want more than just sexy vampires, sexy vampires
and yet more sexy vampires.
If you’re not familiar with it the name
will hopefully make a little more sense to
you after you hear the general description
of this book.
Harper appears to be a pretty successful figure
in this genre as she’s written over 30 books
themed around it in the last 10 years. She’s
certainly an efficient writer if nothing else.

English: 
She's also contributed significantly to the sea of "sexy vampires, sexy vampires, and yet more sexy vampires" books.
First things first: I just want to confirm, in no uncertain terms, that this book has zero connections to How to Train Your Dragon -
either the book series by Cressida Cowell, or the DreamWorks adaptations.
The title is pure...
Is there a word for "clickbait that refers to things that don't necessarily just exist on the internet"?
Well, it's that.
Which is kind of a shame, because this is legitimately a good book,
that I think deserves better than a dumb, parody joke that forever leaves it in another, completely unrelated book's shadow.
My initial assumption was that this was probably the result of publisher interference,
as I have a few author friends who have had bad experiences with demands made of them regarding their covers and titles.
However, looking at some of the other novels that Harper's put out, it's possible she just
has a really quirky sense of humor when it comes to naming her books.
As I said, I think this is a really good book, and it's the first of this recent batch
of romance novels that I've been working through that
I genuinely enjoyed reading, despite my self-confessed lack of interest in the genre.
So much so for once, I'm not going to give a full synopsis of the plot, because I don't want to discourage
anyone from reading it for themselves.

English: 
She’s also contributed significantly to
the sea of sexy vampires, sexy vampires and
yet more sexy vampires books.
First things first I just want to confirm
in no uncertain terms that this book has zero
connections to How to Train Your Dragon, either
the book series by Cressida Cowell or the
Dreamworks adaptations.
The title is pure… Is there a word for clickbait
that refers to things that don’t necessarily
just exist on the internet? Well it’s that.
Which is kind of a shame because this is legitimately
a good book that I think deserves better than
a dumb parody joke that forever leaves it
in another completely unrelated book’s shadow.
My initial assumption was that this was probably
the result of publisher interference as I
have a few author friends who have had bad
experiences with demands made of them regarding
their covers and titles, however looking at
some of the other novels that Harper has put
out it’s possible she just has a really
quirky sense of humour when it comes to naming
her books.
As I said, I think this is a really good book
and it’s the first of this recent batch
of romance novels that I’ve been working
through that I genuinely enjoyed reading despite
my self confessed lack of interest in the
genre.
So much so for once I’m not going to give
a full synopsis of the plot because I don’t

English: 
want to discourage anyone from reading it
for themselves. I will however provide a setup
and vague overview so I’m not just randomly
judging things with no context.
However before I start I would like to give
absolutely no trigger warnings at all because
for the first time in a disturbingly long
while I’m reviewing a book with lots of
sex but no blatant consent issues. I can’t
fully express what a relief that is.
I’ve personally observed that modern fantasy
stories set in the “real world” tend to
fall into two categories. Either magic is
an unrealistically well kept secret to all
but a chosen few or the slightly less common
but increasingly popular: the abnormal is
just normal now.
How To Date Your Dragon occupies a sort of
middle ground.
In principle it falls into the former category
as the world as a whole is not aware that
magic shit exists but in practice it actually
contains more tropes associated with the latter
because the story takes place in a small town
where literally everyone has been in on the
secret for centuries and it's nothing new
for the two point of view characters.
Basically there's no Harry Potter seeing Diagon
Alley for the first time style scene which
is both good and bad. I mean, that’s a good
way of introducing the new world to the audience,

English: 
I will, however, provide a set up and vague overview, so I'm not just randomly judging things with no context.
However, before I start I would like to give absolutely no trigger warnings at all,
because for the first time in a disturbingly long while, I'm reviewing a book with lots of sex,
but no blatant consent issues. I can't fully express what a relief that is.
I've personally observed that modern fantasy stories set in the 'real world' tend to fall into two categories:
Either magic is an unrealistically well-kept secret to all but a chosen few;
or the slightly less common, but increasingly popular "the abnormal is just normal, now".
"How to Date Your Dragon" occupies a sort of middle ground.
In principle, it falls into the former category, as the world as a whole is not aware that magic shit exists,
but in practice it actually contains more tropes associated with the latter,
because the story takes place in a small town where literally everyone has been in on the secret for centuries,
and it's nothing new for the two point-of-view characters.
Basically, there's no "Harry Potter seeing Diagonally for the first time" style scene, which is both good and bad.
I mean, that's a good way of introducing the new world to the audience, but on the other hand,

English: 
but on the other hand you don’t have to
wait for the lead to get used to this reality
before the main plot can start.
Here's the basic gist, a miniscule percentage
of the world's population are “shifters,”
magical creatures like Unicorns, Kappa, Phoenix
and Dragons who can change between their true
form and their human form at will.
Yes, sorry to disappoint anyone who was secretly
hoping this book was going to be about a human
fornicating with a giant lizard. There's actually
a joke referencing that in the story.
For quite a few years now, a secret government
organisation, because there always is one,
made up of humans and shifters known as The
League has been helping keep things quiet
but it's generally accepted that that due
to increasing advanced technology this is
probably not going to go on for much longer
as, in the book’s own words “The Loch
Ness Monster can’t hide from Google maps
forever.”
In preparation for this big outing The League
sends one of its up and coming field researchers,
Jillian Ramsay to Louisiana to do an in depth
study on a town called Mystic Bayou, a small
community that’s been a harmonious mix of
humans and shifters since the olden days of
America to get a feel for how things are going
to be for everyone soon.
Ahh yes… the American deep south. A place
well known for its tolerance and acceptance.

English: 
you don't have to wait for the lead to get used to this reality before the main plot can start.
Here's the basic gist: A minuscule percentage of the world's population are shifters -
magical creatures like unicorns, kappa, phoenix, and dragons -
who can change between their true form and their human form at will. Yes, sorry to disappoint anyone
who was secretly hoping this book was going to be about a human fornicating with a giant lizard.
There's actually a joke referencing that in the story.
For quite a few years now a secret government organization - because there always is one -
made up of humans and shifters, knows the League has been helping keep things quiet,
but, it's generally accepted that, due to increasingly advanced technology,
this is probably not going to go on for much longer, as - in the book's own words:
"The Loch Ness monster can't hide from Google Maps forever."
In preparation for this big outing, the League sends one of its up-and-coming field researchers, Jillian Ramsey,
to Louisiana, to do an in-depth study on a town called Mystic Bayou,
a small community that's been a harmonious mix of humans and shifters since the olden days of America,
to get a feel for how things are going to be for everyone, soon.
Ah, yes, the American deep south,
a place well known for its tolerance and acceptance. [sigh]

English: 
I'll come back to that.
on arrival, Jillian meets a variety of friendly and colorful people,
of literally all shapes and sizes, who are super sweet and welcoming to her.
One of the only people she doesn't really get along with is the young and shockingly handsome police chief, Bael Boone.
So... Take a wild guess who the love interest of this book is.
Yeah, one of the thankfully-few negative things I have to report is this novel's adherence to
the SUPER tiresome trope of the love interest not getting along at first, and being in denial about their feelings for each other.
I have truly come to loathe that cliche in my time as a book reviewer.
Getting back to the more positive, I'm delighted to say that this book utterly failed to bore me at any point,
whether it was in the world building, the character arcs, or the plot.
Speaking of, it does appear that in addition to being a romance novel, "How to Date Your Dragon" is also
a murder mystery! Ooh!
Better yet, these elements of world, characters, and plot are much better integrated and balanced
than most books focused on romance I've come across so far. I got the impression that
Harper was genuinely interested in the universe she was creating, and the plot did not simply exist

English: 
I’ll come back to that.
On arrival Jillian meets a variety of friendly
and colourful people of literally all shapes
and sizes who are super sweet and welcoming
to her. One of the only people she doesn't
really get along with is the young and shockingly
handsome police chief Bael Boone soooo take
a wild guess who the love interest of this
book is.
Yeah one of the thankfully few negative things
I have to report is this novel’s adherence
to the super tiresome trope of the love interests
not getting along at first and being in denial
about their feelings for each other. I have
truly come to loathe that cliché in my time
as a book reviewer.
Getting back to the more positive I’m delighted
to say that this book utterly failed to bore
me at any point. Whether it was in the world
building, the character arcs or the plot.
Speaking of, it does appear that in addition
to being a romance novel, How to Date Your
Dragon is also a murder mystery, oooh.
Better yet, these elements of world, characters,
and plot are much better integrated and balanced
than most books focused on romance I’ve
come across so far.
I got the impression that Harper was genuinely
interested in the universe she was creating
and the plot did not simply exist to provide
a convenient climax at the end.

English: 
to provide a convenient climax at the end. While the book does fall into some
romance cliches, it actually manages to acknowledge and deconstruct others.
For one thing, the League is super aware that their agents are going to want to fuck the shifters;
they don't even pretend to not know that the paranormal is sexy as hell. It's not illegal or even outright taboo,
but there is apparently a long history of humans who date supernaturals coming to a sticky end.
So, there's basically low-key abstinence classes that are about as effective as the ones forced on teens in human society.
Another of the minority things I didn't like about this book was
the dreaded but oh-so-common "jealousy being presented as romantic".
Right from the start, Bael is grumpy as hell whenever Jillian talks to any other man,
and it gets even worse when her ex sends her gifts in the mail. Jillian sort of calls him out on it,
but not in an "actually having any consequences that he would learn from" sort of way.
It actually gets so bad at one point, it was giving me low-key "Fifty Shades of Grey" vibes,
which is a horrible thing to say about the book I actually liked, I know, but it was just something
that Bael said, something along the lines of, "I'm not prepared to share you", that really

English: 
While the book does fall into some romance
cliches it actually manages to acknowledge
and deconstruct others.
For one thing The League is super aware that
their agents are going to want to fuck the
shifters. They don’t even pretend to not
know that the paranormal is sexy as hell.
It's not illegal or even outright taboo but
there is apparently a long history of humans
who date supernaturals coming to a sticky
end so there’s basically low key abstinence
classes that are about as effective as the
ones forced on teens in human society.
Another of the minority of things I didn’t
like about this book was the dreaded but oh
so common jealousy being presented as romantic.
Right from the start Bael is grumpy as hell
whenever Jillian talks to any other man and
it gets even worse when her ex sends her gifts
in the mail. Jillian SORT of calls him out
on it but not in an actually having any consequences
that he would learn from sort of way.
It actually gets so bad at one point it was
giving me low key Fifty Shades of Grey vibes,
which is a horrible thing to say about a book
I actually liked I know. But it was just something
that Bael said, something along the lines
of “I’m not prepared to share you” that

English: 
really set off my past trauma of reading those
awful awful books.
I did eventually forgive it though because
this book also includes a very satisfying
scene that could almost serve as a how to
manual for dealing with creepos in public.
Bael has an evil cousin who decides he wants
to claim Jillian for himself and tries to
corner her in a supermarket and invade her
personal space while saying very inappropriate
things.
She starts the conversation by keeping her
voice down but then realises that this benefits
only him so loudly and clearly tells him in
no uncertain terms that she's not interested,
bringing the attention of witnesses to the
conversation, then when he ignores her warnings
not to touch her and tries to verbally and
physically threaten her she hits him with
a taser to the groin.
I was also very pleased to read that Jillian
has like a ridiculously healthy relationship
with her roommate and best friend Sonia.
Sonia is attractive, talented, charismatic
and intelligent but this inspires only admiration
from Jillian and their friendship is based
on mutual respect and support.
I can’t even remember the last time I read
a romance novel with legitimately loving platonic
friendship in it. I mean, I think this was
what Kate was supposed to be in Fifty Shades

English: 
set off my past trauma of reading those awful, awful books.
I DID eventually forgive it though, because this book also includes a very satisfying scene that could almost serve
as a how-to manual for dealing with creepers in public.
Bael has an evil cousin, who decides he wants to claim Jillian for himself, and tries to corner her in
a supermarket and invade her personal space while saying very inappropriate things.
She starts the conversation by keeping her voice down, but then realizes that this benefits only him,
so loudly and clearly tells him in no uncertain terms that she's not interested,
bringing the attention of witnesses to the conversation. Then, when he ignores her warnings not to touch her,
and tries to verbally and physically threaten her, she hits him with the Taser to the groin.
I was also very pleased to read that Jillian has, like, a RIDICULOUSLY healthy relationship with her roommate and best friend, Sonia.
Sonia is attractive, talented, charismatic, and intelligent, but this inspires only admiration from Jillian,
and their friendship is based on mutual respect and support.
I can't even remember the last time I read a romance novel with a legitimately loving platonic friendship in it.

English: 
I mean, I think this is what Kate was supposed to be in "Fifty Shades of Grey", if E.L. James didn't have
negative-figures writing talent, and a DEEP hatred of other women.
We learned that one of Jillian's character traits is being a huge fan of "Game of Thrones" and I was like,
"Uhh. Oh boy, 2018." [winces]
To quote my friend That Movie Chick, "That reference didn't even get a chance to age badly."
I thought that I was going to be able to describe this book as sort of a sexless True Blood, but, uh,
no, there are only two sex scenes, and they start quite late in the game, but they do get it on,
and it is... uh, creative.
He may not use his full dragon form, but Bael is not opposed to using his shape-shifting to spice things up a bit.
[rock music playing]
[rock music playing]
[zipper sound]
[rock music playing]
[rock music playing]
[leathery sound as wings unfold]
[rock music playing]
[dragon roaring]
Also really liked that the dragons of these books are like super old-school fairytale dragons,
I.E., they have a fixation on compiling a horde of gold and other shiny things
The first sex scene actually takes place on top of a pile of gold, like Scrooge McDuck's favorite porno.

English: 
of Grey if EJ James didn’t have negative
figures writing talent and a deep hatred of
other women.
We learn that one of Jillian’s character
traits is being a huge fan of Game of Thrones
and I was like… oh boy, 2018… To quote
my friend That Movie Chick that reference
didn’t even get a chance to age badly.
I thought that I was going to be able to describe
this book as sort of a sexless True Blood
but uh no… There are only two sex scenes
and they start quite late in the game but
they do get it on and it is uh… Creative.
He may not use his FULL dragon form but Bael
is not opposed to using his shapeshifting
to spice things up a bit.
:rock music playing:
:zipper sound:
:roaring sound:
I also really liked that the dragons of these
books are like super old school fairy tale
dragons i.e. they have a fixation on compiling
a hoard of gold and other shiny things.
The first sex scene actually takes place on
top of a pile of gold like Scrooge McDuck’s
favorite porno.

English: 
Harper used the term gaslighting to describe
Jillian's ex which kind of made me nervous
as lots of people misuse that word but after
I read the description of his behaviour and
actions… I’m fairly confident in saying
she's knows exactly what it means. I would
be kind of amazed if it turns out that guy
isn’t based on a real person.
So, as I hinted at before, I couldn’t help
but notice that the Mystic Bayou is a somewhat...
Idealised version of the American South.
Lots of courtly manners, small town ideals,
and large parties that the entire neighborhood
comes to but no suggestion of any racial prejudices
whatsoever either towards human minorities
or shifters.
I’m definitely not saying that all small
towns in America have a racism problem as
that would just be a crass generalization,
it's just that the picturesque nature of this
little society is so extreme it's hard to
miss especially when other authors writing
about similar geographical settings use supernatural
desegregation as a direct metaphor for racial
issues.
In counter balance to this surprising shallowness
the book shows an interesting deep political
understanding of the pros and cons of an organization
like The League.

English: 
Harper used the term 'gas lighting' to describe Jillion's ex, which kind of made me nervous,
as a lot of people misused that word, but after I read the description of his behavior and actions,
I'm fairly confident in saying she knows exactly what it means.
I would be kind of amazed if it turns out that guy isn't based on a real person.
So, as I hinted at before, I couldn't help but notice that the Mystic Bayou is a somewhat... idealized version of the American south?
Lots of courtly manners, small-town ideals, and large parties that the entire neighborhood comes to...
but no suggestion of any racial prejudices whatsoever, either towards human minorities or shifters.
I'm definitely not saying that all small towns in America have a racism problem, as that would just be a crass generalization. It's
It's just that the picturesque nature of this little society is so extreme it's hard to miss,
especially when other authors writing about similar geographical settings use
supernatural desegregation as a direct metaphor for racial issues.
In counterbalance to this surprising shallowness, the book shows an interesting, deep political understanding

English: 
It straight up directly points out that even
if The League is working in the shifters best
interests at the moment it can still never
be a good thing that a group that is in no
way elected has complete power over the people
it governs.
But that said the book doesn't completely
villainize The League either, maybe that will
happen in the sequel I dunno but for now I
am impressed to see a book that acknowledges
an imperfect system but doesn't feel the need
to fix it all up with an immediate solution.
The climax when the bad murderer attacks comes
and goes pretty fast and there’s some plot
threads left unresolved for the sequels to
pick up so the ending is not the most satisfying
but I think it’s good enough.
All in all, Molly Harper is definitely a talented
writer in my opinion. She’s creative, conjures
good imagery, conveys emotion and creates
likeable, relatable three dimensional feeling
characters.
I was going to say that she’s slightly better
at writing for women than men but then I remembered
that she did not in fact write a man she wrote
a dragon so I don’t actually have much point
of reference for judging him.
I will admit that it’s possible that some
of my positivity towards her is due to the
palate cleansing she provided me after the
unfortunate string of boring, depressing,

English: 
of the pros and cons of an organization like the League. It straight-up directly points out that
even if the League is working in the shifters' best interests at the moment, it can still never
be a good thing that a group that is in no way elected has complete power over the people it governs.
But that said, the book doesn't completely villainize the League, either. Maybe that will happen in the sequel,
I don't know. But for now I am impressed to see a book that acknowledges an imperfect system, but doesn't
feel the need to fix it all up with an immediate solution.
The climax, when the bad murderer attacks, comes and goes pretty fast, and there's some plot threads
left unresolved for the sequels to pick up, so the ending is not the most satisfying,
but I think it's good enough.
All-in-all, Molly Harper is definitely a talented writer, in my opinion. She's creative; conjures good imagery;
conveys emotion; and creates likeable, relateable, three-dimensional-feeling characters.
I was going to say that she's slightly better at writing for women than men,
but then I remembered that she did not in fact a write a man, she wrote a dragon,
so I don't actually have much point of reference for judging him.
I will admit that it's possible that some of my positivity towards her is due to the palate-cleansing she
provided me after the unfortunate string of boring, depressing,
or genuinely incompetently-written books that I've read before hers.

English: 
But I don't think that accounts for all of it.
Also, the thought did occur to me that my enjoyment of her work isn't necessarily a sign
that people who usually like romance novels will love it. My appreciation for it could be due to
it being such a good romance novel it can appeal to people outside of the usual fan base,
or it could be due to it leaning so far away from the usual romance novel format
it actually wouldn't appeal to the usual fan base as much.
If you have any insight into this, be sure to let me know; I am deathly curious.
So, yeah! Good book. I will put links to it in the video description.
Sorry that this is a bit of a short episode, my beautiful Watchers.
It, uh, turns out positivity doesn't flesh out the word count the same way rage or disgust does.
I shall, as always, leave you with the usual reminder that YouTube's algorithmic based method of
reward and punishment makes jealous dragons look like no big deal. And, the best way to help people
trying to make a career on this site is  with the good liking, sharing, and subscribing.
Thank you for joining me, and I will see you soon.
[music]
Much love and appreciation to my patrons of honor: Shelby Hotz, and Matthew J. Brysch.
[[unspoken, but on screen: Etel Sverdlov]]
Hello again, my beautiful watchers!

English: 
or genuinely incompletely written books that
I read before hers but I don’t think that
accounts for all of it.
Also the thought did occur to me that my enjoyment
of her work it isn’t necessarily a sign
that people who usually like romance novels
will love it.
My appreciation for it could be due to it
being such a good romance novel it can appeal
to people outside of the usual fan base or
it could be due to it leaning so far away
from the usual romance novel format it actually
wouldn’t appeal to the usual fan base as
much. If you have any insight into this be
sure to let me know I am deathly curious.
So yeah, good book. I will put links to it
in the video description.
Sorry that this is a bit of a short episode
my Beautiful Watchers, it uh turns out positivity
doesn't flesh out the word count the same
way rage or disgust does. I shall as always
leave you with the usual reminder that YouTube’s
algorithmic based method of reward and punishment
makes jealous dragons look like no big deal
and the best way to help people trying to
make a career on the site is with the good
liking, sharing, and subscribing. Thank you
for joining me and I will see you soon.
Much love and appreciation to my Patrons of
Honor: Shelby Hotz, and Matthew J. Brysch.

English: 
I just wanted to take this opportunity to give you a quick reminder that there's a wonderful website
called Patreon, that's been allowing online producers to ACTUALLY make a living doing what they do,
since, apparently, YouTube's decided that they... shouldn't, anymore. Basically, they offer the chance to
pledge a certain amount of money per month, or per video, in exchange for various rewards offered by
the creator.  There's a variety of stuff you can earn by becoming one of my patrons, including early access to
all videos, and taking part in that survey you see at the start of every "Lost in Adaptation" episode.
That's actually a very important part of the process, as I use it to gauge how much I'm
going to need to explain about the book and the film, before I start comparing them.
If you decide to become a higher level contributor your name will be added to the credits that
you're seeing right now, and you'll be given the option to join my private chat rooms so you can regularly talk with
me and other Patrons. If you're keen enough to join the topmost tier of patronage, you'll earn
the most coveted of all the rewards: the chance to pick a future adaptation to be reviewed by yours truly.
However!
If right now you are thinking, "My goodness, the Dom, I can't do that!

English: 
Hello again my Beautiful Watchers. I just
wanted to take this opportunity to give you
a quick reminder that there’s a wonderful
website called Patreon that’s been allowing
online producers to actually make a living
doing what they do, since apparently YouTube’s
decided that they shouldn't anymore. Basically,
they offer the chance to pledge a certain
amount of money per month or per video in
exchange for various rewards offered by the
creator. There’s a variety of stuff you
can earn by becoming one of my patrons, including
early access to all videos and taking part
in that survey you see at the start of every
Lost in Adaptation episode. That’s actually
a very important part of the process, as I
use it to gauge how much I’m going to need
to explain about the book and the film before
I start comparing them. If you decide to become
a higher level contributor your name will
be added to the credits that you’re seeing
right now and you’ll be given the option
to join my private chat room so you can regularly
talk with me and other patrons. If you’re
keen enough to join the topmost tier of patronage,
you’ll earn the most coveted of all the
rewards: the chance to pick a future adaptation
to be reviewed by yours truly. However, if
right now you are thinking, my goodness The
Dom, I can’t do that, a mysterious but handsome

English: 
A mysterious but handsome wizard wearing sunglasses Informed me you're spending the money on a canon
designed to allow you to shoot puppies into the Sun! [canon fire] And I have no reason to assume whoever
that was was making it up for his own amusement!"
Fear not, it would still be  a huge help to me
if you were to give that Like button the old clicker-oo, share this episode on social media with perhaps a little
recommendation to your friends to check it out, and subscribe if you've not already.
It really helps my channel grow, and reach new beautiful watchers.
I hope you have a most pleasant day, and I will see you in the next episode!
Neighbors upstairs are being quite noisy, which is disturbing because I live on the top floor.
Questionably romance with boob-- books with [tongue tied mutters]
Good start!
[sip]
Ugh, I hate tea.
You gonna be quiet, Sir Terry, or do I have to throw you out?
We both know it's the latter option, but we have to go through the motions.
She's certainly a --
[sudden switch to silence]
Sir Terry's playing with my Phantom of the Opera mask.
You're not helpful, buddy.
-- town by the name of mystic Bay-you
[abrupt pause at mispronunciation]

English: 
wizard wearing sunglasses informed me you’re
spending the money on a cannon designed to
allow you to shoot puppies into the sun. And
I have no reason to assume whoever that was
was making it up for his own amusement. Fear
not, it would still be a huge help to me if
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The neighbors upstairs are being quite noisy
which is disturbing because I live on the
top floor.
-questionably romance re-books reviews...Good
start. :sips tea: Ugh, I hate tea.
You gonna be quiet, Sir Terry, or do I have
to throw you out? We both know it’s the
latter option but you have to go through the
motions.
She is certainly a uh… Sir Terry’s playing
with my Phantom of the Opera mask.
You're not helpful, buddy.

English: 
-town by the name of Mystic Bayew...Bayou.
It's definitely bayou.
The book series by...Carissa Cowell? Why does
my brain always go blank when I see a name
for the first time? It must be a dyslexia
thing…
-small community that’s been a… hi, Sir
Terry. Hi buddy. Ugh.
Hi floofball. How ya doing?
-genuinely enjoyed reading despite my self-confessed
lack of interest in the genre. Dammit lunch
alarm!
-lots of courtly manners, small town...damn
kids and your skateboards.
-use supernatural desegregation...I knew that
word was going to get me.
-cleansing she provided to me after the astron...unfortunate.
Gosh damn my writing’s bad in this one.
:phone alarm:  Damn now it’s the dinner alarm,
I’ve been at this for awhile.
-a balance was reached that I ended...Oh,
I already said balance, gosh damn. Could’ve
done a bit of a longer proofread on this one
I think. :sips tea: Ugh, fuck you tea. Why
do you have to be so good for my throat but
so bad for my taste buds?

English: 
'BUY-you', it's definitely Bayou.
The book series by...
Carissa Ko-well??
Why does my brain always go blank, when I see a name for the first time?
[mutters] It must be a dyslexia thing.
-- it's more community. That said, being ab-- [chuckles]
Hi, Sir Terry.
Hey buddy.
Hey, floof ball, how you doing?
-- genuinely enjoyed reading, despite my self-confessed lack of interest in the genre--
Damn it, lunch alarm!
-- lots of courtly manners, small-town [abrupt pause]
[muttered] Damn kids 'n' your skateboards.
use supernatural desegregation [stutter].
I knew that word was gonna get me!
-- cleansing she provided to me after the Austr--[stuttering, incoherent tongue-tied stumbling]
Gosh damn my writings bad on this one.
[alarm sounds]
Oh, now with the dinner alarm. I've been at this for a while!
He balance was reached that I ended--. Oh, already said 'balance'. [sigh] Gosh damn, could've done
a bit of a longer proofread on this one, I think.
[sip]
Ugh, fuck you, tea. Why do you have to be so good for my throat, but so bad for my taste buds?
