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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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!
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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*
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*pets you* Brigantine's suggestion of Jeeves and Wooster sounds fabulous.
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*lol* See? You're not alone.
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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*
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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*
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But, hey, I'll totally take the well-wishes again. *mwah*
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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.
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