I really want to launch into a diatribe about it, but it's kind of pointless. (And the diatribe actually doesn't have anything to do with it being Twilight fanfic.)
Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Mar 16, 2012 10:33:25 am PDT #18204 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Amy - Mar 16, 2012 10:36:04 am PDT #18205 of 28282
Because books.
Tim's reaction to the fact that I *paid* for Twilight fanfic was hilarious.
See, that's what confuses me. Because if no one had pointed out that it was *Twilight* fanfic, I never would have known. Lots of romcoms and romances feature a clumsy heroine (or one with some other *endearing* trait that's supposed to make her human and not! a Mary Sue). And since Bella and Edward don't even have sex until the fourth book, it never would have occurred to me even given the dynamics in Grey.
But I'm not hugely into AUs -- if they veer too far from the original text, they feel like a convenient way to simply let readers know who the characters are supposed to look like.
Polter-Cow - Mar 16, 2012 10:38:47 am PDT #18206 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have never heard of this book
Skimmer.
Puh! You only LINKED to something about it, and, as we all know, one must not click on your links.
-t - Mar 16, 2012 11:00:55 am PDT #18207 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am not interested in reading 50 Shades of Grey, but I am interested in reading a Steph L. diatribe about it. FWTW.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 11:23:13 am PDT #18208 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You only LINKED to something about it, and, as we all know, one must not click on your links.
There was a discussion about it in Natter this week, what do you mean?
Polter-Cow - Mar 16, 2012 11:27:10 am PDT #18209 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ah, in that case, yes, I skipped all that.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2012 4:27:54 pm PDT #18210 of 28282
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just finished Mockingjay. I'm still all flaily.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2012 5:02:38 pm PDT #18211 of 28282
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Trying to put together Mockingjay thoughts. Wow, that was bleak. Like, nobody comes out of there without serious psychological scars. Well, of the people who actually make it all the way to the end, anyway.
I'm also puzzling over the logistics of how the districts are divided up, and how many people there are and where they all live. The more I try to figure it out, the less sense it makes.
Steph L. - Mar 18, 2012 5:24:51 pm PDT #18212 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Wow, that was bleak.
To the power of 10.
DebetEsse - Mar 18, 2012 6:18:58 pm PDT #18213 of 28282
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Wow, that was bleak.
I sometimes wonder if the Jr Hi kids who are reading them really get just how bleak and fucked up they are.