Jilli, I ended up buying Twilight because of what you posted about it. It really is a fun comedy, even if it isn't meant to be.
sj, I hope you purchased it used. IJS.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Atropa - Jun 04, 2008 4:57:37 pm PDT #1959 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Fay - Jun 04, 2008 5:01:51 pm PDT #1960 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
sj - don't forget her surname. She thinks she's an ugly duckling! But really she's a swan! SWAN! Ho ho!
bangs head on desk.
...mind you, I can definitely see the appeal of reading them like comedies. I have a similar (albeit guilty) approach to Laurell K Hamilton's supernatural pornapalooza. It's a bit like a drinking game. I feel I need to keep reading until Anita finally shags a girl, and finally takes it up the ass.
(...um. We will try to ignore the fact that I secretly like Nathaniel, despite the fact that he has ankle-length red hair. And Edward, of course, because he is awesome. From a safe distance. And because I still cling to the faint hope that he might actually kill Anita one of these days.)
Tom Scola - Jun 04, 2008 5:02:05 pm PDT #1961 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Oh, looky. The Twilight movie trailer is out.
sj - Jun 04, 2008 5:05:56 pm PDT #1962 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, I hope you purchased it used. IJS.
Eh, I got it on sale, but I have found it entertaining enough to be worth it.
sj - don't forget her surname. She thinks she's an ugly duckling! But really she's a swan! SWAN! Ho ho!
I couldn't get past the PotC reference on Swan.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2008 5:19:15 pm PDT #1963 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cashmere, just nudging to remind you of t span class="spoiler" t /spoiler for mommyfont if you don't want to use the quick edit tag. Iffen you don't want me to remind, hush me.
Cashmere - Jun 04, 2008 5:23:22 pm PDT #1964 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Thanks, ita. With enough reminders and I'll remember to use it!
Steph L. - Jun 04, 2008 5:24:33 pm PDT #1965 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, and Tep, if you're around, I heard your theme song today.
Holy crap! That is the best thing in the history of best things! And her sidekick is a monkey!!!
I wonder if I can get an adult-sized "Word Girl" t-shirt?
Hey there, lovely! Have you read Evernight yet? (Claudia Gray)
I heard about it while perusing my LJ FriendsFriends list; after reading the synopsis at Amazon, I decided I'd like to read it, but only via the library. So whenever they get it, I'll read it.
I'm currently awaiting David Schwartz's book Superpowers, which should ship on June 10. (David Schwartz, for those who don't know, was a Buffista back in the day. He was part of the multitude of Davids, which led to the renaming of the Davids -- he became Knut the Difficult [this is all recorded somewhere in the FAQ].)
I am slowly amassing an entire shelf's worth of books by Buffistas/former Buffistas. That pleases me to no end.
meara - Jun 04, 2008 5:29:33 pm PDT #1966 of 10001
Yeah, I was going to say that Evernight, while not my beautiful cake, or whatever that phrase is (clearly that phrase, also not my [whatever phrase is]) was written by an awesome fannish LJer sort, so I respect that, even if the teeny vampire thing ain't my cuppa.
amych - Jun 04, 2008 5:31:25 pm PDT #1967 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yep yep yep to both awesome fannish types and teeny vampire things.
Sean K - Jun 04, 2008 5:33:12 pm PDT #1968 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh, looky. The Twilight movie trailer is out.
All the descriptions everybody has given of these books make them sound spectacularly stupid. Also like it would make a FRIGGING TERRIBLE MOVIE.
The trailer seems to completelu fulfill that promise.