What do you mean, one group doesn't recognize the unreliable narrator thing, or is only slowly picking it up? Something like that?
I haven't watched any of Season 2 yet so I have been staying out of online discussions (actually did re-read TVL pretty recently but can I remember what happened in that particular book? No. But not worried about plot spoilers, just looking forward to reacting to the show's choices myself when I get around to watching) but I am curious about what people are saying in general
It's more of a case of
"How dare the writers make my favorite character an unreliable narrator, it's the other characters that are, HOW DARE."
And I've seen this sort of thing said about every one of the main four characters.
I've also seen book fans loudly flounce from the show fandom because the show is
"disrespectful to Anne Rice's works"
and
"They just wanted to make a version of True Blood with Anne Rice's name slapped on".
(Mostly because those fans are offended that vampires have sex.)
Which, if you've ever read any interviews with Anne Rice, it's pretty apparent she'd love the show.
I am also seeing a fair amount of "why isn't there more fanfic of the books???" discourse which just demonstrates how very New To Fandom these folks are.
I am also seeing a fair amount of "why isn't there more fanfic of the books???" discourse which just demonstrates how very New To Fandom these folks are.
They're interrogating (all) the text(s) from the wrong perspective.
Ah, got it. I have actually seen, like, reactions and responses to all of that, or similar enough that I am not surprised to learn that there is a lot of it
Ha! Classic. She said with no irony whatsoever.
Without knowing very much about that(and mixing media) kind of reminds me of reading netfix reviews like "Mean Streets is okay, but it's no Sopranos!1"
But there couldn't be a Sopranos without Mean Streets--it's at least borderline unpossible.
From way back:
Any worries I had for Father Material were unfounded, it's really good
I finally read it, and I agree! I wanted more of the
friend group ESPECIALLY PRIYA, GIVE PRIYA HER OWN BOOK GODDAMNIT
but the core relationship/life stuff was all good, and I like where it left things.
Yes to your whitefont! I was SO RELIEVED that
Oliver’s straight friends showed up after they seemed to be entirely missing from Husband Material, and integrating the two groups AND having a big climactic fight amongst them all that didn’t break down by who was originally friends with whom was GREAT but a Priya book would be wonderful.
I am still waiting for the trans artist from Luc’s bachelor party to get a book, too. I’m not sure where I got the idea that that was definitely in the works but it is solidly in my head
