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In Which the Candle Dies

2012-08-28 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · announcement promotion

In a five-part video John celebrates the new box set's candle-free Looking for Alaska cover and the Swedish Fault in Our Stars cover, offers Nerdfighteria a deal to clear the brothers' outstanding punishments through a $1 million Kiva goal, sets Fahrenheit 451 homework and thanks Hank and Nerdfighters for the birthday mosaic.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting ('evil baby lady Bathory'); five parts; part one: the candle on Looking for Alaska's cover and the new candle-free box-set hardcover

  • ★★ John says Looking for Alaska's original cover had only smoke; bookstore chains objected to cigarette smoke, Penguin confirmed it was, and so a candle was added. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Looking for Alaska, Penguin Books
  • ★ In the description John notes he has clearly underestimated Nerdfighteria again, beside the link to the Nerdfighter Kiva group. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria, Bank of Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John shows the new box set, designed by Karen Kavett, with hardcovers of Looking for Alaska without the candle, the new Paper Towns design and Nerdfighter a private person's Katherines design. — 00:00:29 · Looking for Alaska, Karen Kavett, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines
  • ★★ John says he always sort of hated the candle and has spent seven and a half years proud of the book but hating it, so its removal is great news for him. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:29 · Looking for Alaska

00:00:58 — Part two: The Fault in Our Stars in other languages; John loves the Swedish cover; his old foreign covers showed feet and whispering girls

  • ★★ John says The Fault in Our Stars is out in many other languages, including Bulgarian, Danish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, both Portugueses, Hebrew and Swedish. — 00:00:58 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ Expecting an unpopular opinion, John loves the Swedish TFIOS cover: bold, weird, pulpy, all love, death, grenades and sacrifice, the cover Augustus would want. (hedged) — 00:00:58 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★ John says his foreign-language covers have changed a lot, since earlier ones kept featuring feet or whispering girls. (playful) — 00:01:27

00:01:56 — Part three: the Kiva deal to clear outstanding punishments ($1 million before 1,000 videos); part four: Fahrenheit 451 homework; part five: thanks begin

  • ★★ John says both brothers have outstanding punishments they haven't done because punishments suck, which he calls a roadblock in their relationship. (playful) — 00:01:56 · Punishment, Hank Green
  • ★★★ John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — 00:01:56 · Bank of Nerdfighteria, Kiva, Punishment, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John explains that Kiva lets regular people make loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world, and calls it really cool. — 00:01:56 · Kiva, microfinance
  • ★★ If the goal is missed before 1,000 videos, the punishment slate is wiped clean; the brothers might make videos more often to avoid punishment; John makes the rules as older brother. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:26 · Punishment, Bank of Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John sets homework: Nerdfighters should finish Fahrenheit 451 by next Tuesday. — 00:02:26 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters for submitting so many pictures of themselves and Hank for turning those pictures into John. — 00:02:26 · Nerdfighteria, Hank Green

00:02:55 — Thanks for the birthday mosaic; the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers; sign-off and an outtake

Humor (significant)

  • John introduces the video's structure. — 00:00:00 > «Today's video is like the ancient Egyptian concept of the soul. It comes to you in five parts.»
  • John admits he can't pronounce the Swedish title and quotes his own novel's reclusive author. — 00:00:58 > «To quote the great Peter Van Houten, who the hell speaks Swedish?»
  • John shows his earlier foreign-language covers one by one. — 00:01:27 > «Feet, feet, feet, whispering girl, feet, feet, whispering girl, feet, feet, feet, whispering dog, girl, you freak me out.»
  • Explaining why the punishment slate is wiped clean if Nerdfighteria misses the Kiva goal. — 00:02:26 > «Because I am the older brother and I make the rules to all the games.»

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