Valin Nosta! (And LKH's Goddamn Merry Gentry Books)--

[caras_galadhon]

Ok, so I crapped out rather spectacularly as far as birthdays go lately. So, um, while these are all belated, my wishes are no less heartfelt.

A bushel of very, very Happy Belated Birthdays to green_grrl, etherealaurora, formagic, aprilkat, off_that_bridge, travelingcarrot, ice_weasel, lannamichaels, seanlily, mickat24, pure_spirit, spacefille, azewewish, hugsnkisses_, wynterhawk, dawning_star, nieninque121 and calvinsajammer!I hope your birthdays were full of joy, and I hope the year ahead holds nothing but good things for all of you

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[green_grrl]

I always say "it's not just a day, it's a season," and I think you've officially made this the longest birthday season ever -- so thank you! :-)

Okay, this Merry Gentry, she's the excerpt you did of the ho in the minskirt with the overly-described red hair, right? I can just tell. I can also tell I will stay far, far away from these books. WHY IS MY FLIST NOT MAKING MONEY HAND-OVER-FIST AS PUBLISHED WRITERS? Gah!

[caras_galadhon]

Hee. Um, I'm glad my procrastination has sort-of-kind-of come in handy. ^_^

Okay, this Merry Gentry, she's the excerpt you did of the ho in the minskirt with the overly-described red hair, right?
Bingo. That's her. And it was mildly amusing at first, reading about this bigger than life, published Sue, but now I'm interested in the faint bits of plot scattered through, fond of a couple of the characters, and desperately needing to smack Merry!Sue Gentry. I have not yet hit the point at which I'll be sufficiently fed up to slide into not caring and then simply not bother reading anymore, but I have at least gotten fed up enough to stop reading about her for a couple days.

WHY IS MY FLIST NOT MAKING MONEY HAND-OVER-FIST AS PUBLISHED WRITERS?
This is a fantastic question. Honestly. *nodnod*

[green_grrl]

I admit that I'll keep reading a crap fanfic because I've gotten wrapped up in a character or storyline or it hits me right in the kink, but I justify it by remembering it's free! Savageseraph is obviously teh ev0l for hooking you on pay-to-read trash!

*pets you* Brigantine's suggestion of Jeeves and Wooster sounds fabulous.

[brigantine]

And now you know, you poor addict, why I quit reading the Anita Blake stories. The first couple were great, but then everything got so bloody complicated, and Anita was becoming so powerful - and talk about oversexed, hel-looo! - like one of those LotR Mary Sue characters who turn out to be Elrond's long lost elder daughter, who's six feet tall with lithe, flowing muscles (but not too much, 'cause she's the epitome of feminine perfection), and perfect (insert color of Sue's hair) hair that gleams like satin, and she's better at swordsmanship than Aragorn, a better archer than Legolas, and she can call unicorns to come help her, and all the guys fall in luv with her... and no, the exploding zombies and crap were not enough to disguise the Mary Sue, and eventually I freed myself by reading The Hobbit about nine times successively.

*lol* See? You're not alone.

[caras_galadhon]

*weeps bitter, bitter tears*

and no, the exploding zombies and crap were not enough to disguise the Mary Sue
*snerk* I've heard all about Anita. savageseraph actually wants me to read those next. *snicker* She's confirming what I've long suspected: she's a sadist. Also, I find it horribly creepy that Anita!Sue and Merry!Sue look surprisingly like LKH. *gags*

*lol* See? You're not alone.
Oh, thank god! *clings* Help me! I can't stop reading these horrible things! I actually paid money for three of them! *flails*

[brigantine]

I actually paid money for three of them! *flails*

Egad, this is serious! At least the ones I read were only borrowed. *shiver*

You must flee into the arms of (the late, alas) P.G. Wodehouse. Immediately! Bertie Wooster and Jeeves to start, and then you must move on to a Blandings Castle novel, preferably including the Honorable Galahad Threepwood, bart. Or Uncle Fred, Lord Ickenham. They'll take good care of you. *offers you a cookie*

[azewewish]

I thought you'd wished me a happy birthday. *g*

But, hey, I'll totally take the well-wishes again. *mwah*

[caras_galadhon]

I think I did, in one of your posts, and while I did that with some other people too, I sort of failed to throw confetti and such, so... And yeah, nothing wrong with a few more well-wishes, eh? ^_~

[azewewish]

Especially if they come with icons that look like that. *g*

[caras_galadhon]

I love Frost. I seriously do. And this is becoming a major problem, because I've shifted from reading the books as "Ha! Look at the terrible porn! The Mary Sue!" into caring what happens to Doyle and Frost (and periodically the other guards, but less so).

And then yeah, one book she loves him, the next book he's a problem for her.
It's infuriating, because it doesn't even make sense, or follow a plotline or anything. It's just one book she's all over him and how fantastic he is, and in the next she's barely stopping short of calling him a whiny, stupid baby and throwing her toy dumptruck at his head. ...What? O_o I just... I'm baffled. This is a major problem with Sues. Their writers lack the ability to see beyond the Sue to the other characters, and any realistic consequences to their actions. *tears out hair*

LKH writes hot men though. I'll read her for that.
*sigh* I wish she wouldn't. Maybe then I could put down these damn books.

[wynterhawk]

thank you bebe!

[caras_galadhon]

NP! And sorry it was late. *scuffs toes*