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Cleolinda Jones ([info]cleolinda) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2008-08-04 13:22:00


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Entry tags:boo hoo, entitlement, fan rage, fandom: twilight, mary sues don't work that way, stop sharing your thoughts, taking it too seriously, think of the fictional children

The aftermath of "Breaking Dawn"
We are falling behind on the Sparkledammerung, you guys. Previously: Twilight had its own Carpet Book. Fresh off the truck:

>> Don't Burn It, Return It!

Just got back from Borders, where they took back my book with no problem. Got into a discussion with the cashier about how I was the 15th (!!!) person to bring my book back today. Seems like many customers felt that SM was not true to her characters and her self created Twilight world, and are calling foul.
(See also: Half.com's BD listing; more anecdata at iworkatborders and ONTD).

>> Two new communities are up, mmmcradle (specifically protesting Jacob/Nessie) and whysofailsmeyer, and those are just the ones I know of.

>> Epic ONTD post is epic, complete with macros and Dark Knight rewrites (ALFREDS EYES WERE A BUTTERY, BURNING GOLD; HIS PERFECT FACE ALMOST SEVERE WITH THE DEPTH OF HIS EMOTION AS HE STARED INTO MY EYES AND SHOUTED "NEVAH").

I hear the Twilight Moms board is supposed to open back up today (apparently Stephenie Meyer asked her fan boards to go on hiatus prior to the book release...?), so that should be interesting. ETA: The Twilight Moms loved it! Bless. ETA 2: ... And so it begins. ETA 3: And continues! ETA 4: NO DISSENT!

ETA 5: It was a social experiment test, Twihards, and you failed it! Also: Godwin's. Also-also: She couldn't have been referencing Lolita... could she?

ETA 6: OH SHI--

ETA 7: Alleged MySpace defriending by the author!

ETA 8: A new letter-writing campaign: EDIT MOAR; a J/B shipper decides to rewrite the book.

By the way, you guys, if something else happens, feel free to post a new entry. I'll be over here battening down the LJ hatches.

ETA 9: Seriously, people, there is some fantastic wank linked in the comments now. SOMEONE ELSE TAKE A TURN ON THE CAROUSEL.



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(no subject) - [info]cleolinda, 2008-08-04 06:30 pm UTC
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[info]tarash
2008-08-04 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Me, I'm happy that Meyer had the sense to have Bella flip out over Jacob nicknaming the child Nessie.

Also, the 'don't burn it, return it' thing seems so SENSIBLE for this fandom, I'm surprised!

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[info]staroverthebay
2008-08-04 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Returning a book because you didn't like it. Wow. That's something I never thought of doing! I usually just go to Powell's and try and sell books I don't want anymore, or donate to a library or something. Clearly I am too nerdy and have no backbone.

*goes back to wigging out about chapter 168 of D.Gray-man. OMGWTFFLAIL*

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[info]jkefka
2008-08-04 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Oh, the fun is just getting started. Just perusing the two new communities there's protowank all over the damn place (some of it might be full-fledged wank already, I don't have the patience to read through the comments) and I'm sure that there will be tons more as the week goes on.

Grab the popcorn and liquor, folks, it's gonna be a good week.

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What fools these mortals be.
[info]swordmage
2008-08-04 06:50 pm UTC (link)
I find it vastly amusing there's not some time of nuclear explosion. It's more like almost all the fans were uniformly disappointed. I was nearly going to make a post about how the fandom had, unlike Potter, simply quietly commiserated with each other. There was little to no "wank" of our normal type.


On a more serious note, I feel kind of bad for both Meyer and the fans. Meyer for being so... disillusioned, for lack of a better term. And the fans for having their hopes raised so high and then dashed. Mind you, I'm not advocating the series. I've honestly tried to read it, and I found it to be unpalatabe. I've tried multiple times. I fail to see the allure. But I am sad on belhalf of all those little fangirls who stayed up until midnight to get a copy, came home, and discovered how horrid it was.

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[info]plazmah
2008-08-04 06:50 pm UTC (link)
I love it when fans say an author is "not true" to the characters in the book. It makes my head meet my desk in a most amusing way.

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