Isn't that sort of what writers DO?
Riley: No pulse. Anya: Yup. The space lamb got 'im.
'Never Leave Me'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Zenkitty - Jan 12, 2012 2:29:35 pm PST #8300 of 10459
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Atropa - Jan 12, 2012 4:17:17 pm PST #8301 of 10459
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And she hadn't read Dracula - in the interview I read she said she doesn't read vampire books because if they are too close to hers then that upsets her and if it's really different it upsets her. But she has seen parts of Inverview with a Vampire and Lost Boys, but not much because it grossed her out.
Yep, that's what I've seen in a bunch of interviews with her. Doesn't read horror (and has made comments that have a very strong subtext of that the horror genre is bad, disgusting, and evil), and was too freaked/grossed out by Interview With The Vampire and Lost Boys to finish watching them. These are just a few of the reasons Stephanie Meyer makes me full of rage.
askye - Jan 12, 2012 4:29:34 pm PST #8302 of 10459
Thrive to spite them
I've seen the argument that Meyer is being subversive or ... I don't know...that some how her ignorance of the genre is the same as what Joss was doing with Buffy.
She's not, she's just willfully ignorant on the subject and I don't want to read that....unless I take that class on vampire literature at the community college and I'm forced to.
Stephanie - Jan 12, 2012 4:33:32 pm PST #8303 of 10459
Trust my rage
What I find so weird about Meyer is that most of the authors I know (generally from here) love to investigate and research whatever they are writing. It seems weird to just start writing.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2012 4:37:16 pm PST #8304 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It seems weird to just start writing.
And yet, in her case, lucrative.
Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2012 5:04:52 pm PST #8305 of 10459
brillig
wrod
Stephanie - Jan 12, 2012 5:29:02 pm PST #8306 of 10459
Trust my rage
Valid point. I almost want to read out of curiosity but won't.
sj - Jan 12, 2012 5:30:15 pm PST #8307 of 10459
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Valid point. I almost want to read out of curiosity but won't.
I read the first 100 pages of the first one before I gave up. I did find them hysterically funny, although I don't think that was the intent.
askye - Jan 12, 2012 5:35:01 pm PST #8308 of 10459
Thrive to spite them
I ran across someone who was reading Twilight, doing a kind of read and snark/discetion of the book. But I forgot to bookmark it and now I don't know how to find it.
Polter-Cow - Jan 12, 2012 5:42:22 pm PST #8309 of 10459
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Was it Mark? Heh.