Ah, Stephen King. How much I would like to give you a nice cool beer.
He'd probably still appreciate the offer, but I don't think he does that anymore.
Lindsey: Why--why did you... Lorne: One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never will be. Lindsey: You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You...Angel... Lorne: Good night, folks.
'Not Fade Away'
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."
Frankenbuddha - Jul 01, 2009 3:56:54 am PDT #9472 of 28404
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
StuntHusband - Jul 01, 2009 5:06:50 am PDT #9473 of 28404
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Stephenie Meyer. How much damage hath she done to the vampire "genre"? Enough so that Matt Reeves (director of "Cloverfield") feels the need to defend his remake of "Let The Right One In" (wait wait - it needs a remake already? Oh, yeah - "Ringu") by saying "No, I won't Twilight it."
I feel a full-fledged pre-work crank coming on. Time to shut down the computer and start walking to work. La la la.
Fay - Jul 01, 2009 5:17:09 am PDT #9474 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I...I realise it would be quite inappropriate, but the prospect of writing fic in which Stephanie Meyer gets eaten by an actual honest-to-god nonsparkly vampire of any denomination is almost overwhelming.
note to self: must finish that SPN/Twilight crossover, and get Edward's ginger ass lain to rest
Barb - Jul 01, 2009 5:18:26 am PDT #9475 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
Stephenie Meyer. How much damage hath she done to the vampire "genre"?
You know, I'll be the first to say that I'm not a huge fan of the genre, on the whole, but dammit, I have respect for the history and the tropes. And, AND, if'n you're gonna fuck with the tropes and turn them upside down, then dammit, you'd better a) know your source material and the tropes and b) have a DAMNED good reason for turning that trope upside down beyond, "Oooh... I needed him to be immortal and beautiful but I didn't want to mess with the fangs and the drinking blood from people because it's, ew, you know, icky."
Bah.
::joins StuntHusband in the crank corner::
Time for me to get to work on the Manuscript That Will Not Die.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 01, 2009 5:36:23 am PDT #9476 of 28404
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I...I realise it would be quite inappropriate, but the prospect of writing fic in which Stephanie Meyer gets eaten by an actual honest-to-god nonsparkly vampire of any denomination is almost overwhelming.
Too good a fate for her. Hell, zombies eating her is too good a fate for her. Zombies with no teeth, even. Zombie ducks, even.
Toddson - Jul 01, 2009 6:29:31 am PDT #9477 of 28404
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Something embarrassing and caused by her own stupidity (tries hard but can't think of something appropriate).
StuntHusband - Jul 01, 2009 7:07:45 am PDT #9478 of 28404
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I'm reading A. Lee Martinez' "Gil's All Fright Diner", and if you haven't read it, READ IT NOW. (Well, after Jilli's book. Finish that *first*, then GET THIS.)
It has zombie cows. They have a hard time being zombies, as their teeth are wrong. Mostly the head-butt people and then step on them.
I think zombie cows would be a fitting addition to any fic involving the Creator of the Sparkly.
(I can tell Jilli is giving me The Look: I don't care how much you plead, or how much Mickie threatens me - I will not buy, much less wear, the men's Sparkly Skin Lotion stuff from Hot Topic. NO.)
Barb - Jul 01, 2009 7:09:33 am PDT #9479 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
I think zombie cows would be a fitting addition to any fic involving the Creator of the Sparkly.
It'd be even better if she were a vegetarian.
Calli - Jul 01, 2009 7:56:51 am PDT #9480 of 28404
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Gil's All Fright Diner
Sounds fun. I've added it to my bookmooch list. Thanks for the suggestion!
Toddson - Jul 01, 2009 7:58:02 am PDT #9481 of 28404
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Zombie cows take up people-tipping?