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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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[info]disdainful_soul
2008-08-06 02:17 am UTC (link)
And SMeyer seems to be approving only "omg I loved BD!" comments on her MySpace, and deleting anything that shows even mild dislike for the latest book.

And apparently she is also defriending people.

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[info]lidane
2008-08-06 02:23 am UTC (link)
Bwahahaha! That's glorious.

With any luck, she'll post an angry blog or some kind of comment about all the BD fallout. That would be fun. ^_^

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[info]disdainful_soul
2008-08-06 02:25 am UTC (link)
Will she accuse us of interrogating the text from the wrong perspective?

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[info]lidane
2008-08-06 02:45 am UTC (link)
One can only hope.

However, since she can apparently write about vampires without using the word "preternatural" in every other sentence, it won't be nearly as entertaining or pretentious. Heh.

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[info]disdainful_soul
2008-08-06 02:46 am UTC (link)
Heh.

Well apparently she does read Amazon reviews etc. so I am waiting. Oh how I am waiting.

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(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2008-08-06 04:55 am UTC
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[info]tresjolie9
2008-08-06 05:19 am UTC (link)
Will it be unedited Laurel K. Hamilton bad?

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[info]tresjolie9
2008-08-06 05:17 am UTC (link)
ROTFL, is it evil, or crazy for me to think that perhaps Anne Rice herself might jump into this wank?

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[info]auralan
2008-08-06 06:23 am UTC (link)
Dear Santa,

I've been very good at being very bad this year. Please let Anne Rice jump into this sparkly pile of splodge. I'll never ask for another pony again.

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(no subject) - [info]_goblin_, 2008-08-07 02:58 am UTC

[info]huehau
2008-08-06 03:30 am UTC (link)
I bet you it'll be a teary blog post rather than an angry one--she comes across as a fifteen-year-old in her interviews.

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[info]miss_eponine
2008-08-06 02:38 am UTC (link)
She's defriending? GASP!

Also, your icon is hypnotizing.

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[info]disdainful_soul
2008-08-06 02:41 am UTC (link)
Hee!

Sadly, SMeyer is a fan of Dr Horrible too. She says she "loves Joss Whedon" so that is why she is finally going to watch Buffy and Angel.

I would so love to know her reaction.

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[info]seraphtrevs
2008-08-06 03:28 am UTC (link)
I hope her reaction is along the lines of "...oh, that's how to write awesome vampires. Man, I was seriously doing it wrong."

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[info]trollprincess
2008-08-06 03:50 am UTC (link)
Oh, man, why couldn't she have watched them BEFORE she wrote the books?

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[info]disdainful_soul
2008-08-06 03:54 am UTC (link)
Apparently she didn't want to ruin her vision of vampires, or something.

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[info]seraphtrevs
2008-08-06 03:57 am UTC (link)
I don't know - I think if she watched them before she wrote the books, her series would be full of painfully bad attempts at Joss-like dialog, and that would make them even worse.

But on the other hand, she might have watched the series and thought "Oh, I was going to write a book about the tragic love between a high school student and a vampire, but since it's already been done so well, I guess I won't bother." That would have been great.

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(no subject) - [info]trollprincess, 2008-08-06 04:02 am UTC
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[info]lidane
2008-08-06 05:41 am UTC (link)
OMG. The fail in this interview is too much:

MTV: Were you hesitant to read other books or watch movies about vampires because you didn't want it to change your vision?

Meyer: I was never into vampires before. ... But after I got started on [the "Twilight" series] I thought, "You know, I'm going to check into this whole vampire thing." So I tried reading a couple books, and it freaked me out, because I thought, "Did I do this wrong? Is this a rule I didn't know about?" It's just easier for me not to touch that stuff until I'm done. I'm going to get "Buffy" and watch the whole thing back-to-back, because I love Joss Whedon — I can't believe I've never seen it.


Just... *headdesk*

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(no subject) - [info]trollprincess, 2008-08-06 05:43 am UTC
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[info]miss_eponine
2008-08-06 03:53 am UTC (link)
Wouldn't someone who claims to love Joss have had some kind of exposure to either of those shows before now?

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[info]bienegold
2008-08-06 04:30 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I really don't see how you can claim to love someone's work while ignoring what amounts to 12 years of content.

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[info]seasleepy
2008-08-06 04:03 am UTC (link)
....so, what, she liked Firefly? (Although it seems just as plausible she looked him up on IMDB, saw Toy Story, and decided they were BFFs.)

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[info]emiweebee
2008-08-06 05:29 pm UTC (link)
...There are people who haven't seen Buffy?

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[info]kirabana
2008-08-06 05:04 am UTC (link)
do you have a link to her myspace?

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[info]disdainful_soul
2008-08-06 05:05 am UTC (link)
I think if you just google it you can find it. I just saw someone on LJ mention that SMeyer had defriended and blocked her from commenting again.

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[info]medievaloracle
2008-08-06 05:31 am UTC (link)
http://www.myspace.com/stephenie_meyer

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[info]kirabana
2008-08-06 05:51 am UTC (link)
thanks!

OMG, so true! nothing but positive quotes there!

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[info]finchbird
2008-08-06 09:00 am UTC (link)
I thought all of the positive feedback would make me want to throw stuff, but it took me a minute to go pass her profile picture. My eyes may be playing tricks on me but the guy next to her looks an awful like Matthew Bellamy. It doesn't help that she has a Muse song on her front page.

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