Clockwork Angel - Sporking One, Part Two

[hoppytoad79]

It’s stated clearly in, IIRC, City of Ashes that the reason Simon became a vamp is because when he was a rat and bit a vamp, he ingested some of the vamp’s blood.  Unless CC has neglected to mention her halfbreeds can’t be turned, Will has to be turned or she’s violated the rules of her own canon. 

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[hanfastolfe]

Bwahahaha! I love your sporkery of the latest crap to come from CC.

Hang onto your hat though, 'cause she's apparently gonna be reaping more royalties from a graphic-novel variant of her City of * series.

Yes, I know headdesking is painful. Sorry. :(

[hoppytoad79]

All the royalties and endless array of products associated with Twilight has already deadened me to the mental pain of crapfic being merchandized out the wazoo. I also know CC and Smeyer will last until the fans grow up and mature and move beyond their insipid teenybopper tripe, and they'll be replaced by whatever the next generation of tweens and teens is gonzo for.

[dbshaw]

“Say it.”

The vampire raised his head. “Say what?”

I think what she meant to put here is "What do you want me to say?" instead of "Say what?" Though I still think that a vampire who stands around talking instead of knocking everyone to the floor and killing them and/or trying to escape if outnumbered is pretty lame.

Will probably won't be turned because Raphael gave some explanation about Simon only drinking a little bit of blood and taking on some vampy aspects which would have been temporary had Simon not decided to be all emo and walk into the vamp hotel and get his arse bitten all over again and turned into a vampire for real.

I am ashamed that my brain has retained that much info from those books.

I don't suppose it occurred to her to have an English person read through her book before sending it to the editors or a historian familiar with Victorian era Britain or maybe a semi-decent beta reader from the pit of voles?

The gun kicked back, hard, into her hand, and Alexei fell sideways, blood streaming from his shoulder.

[hoppytoad79]

Simon was bitten twice? I seem to have forgotten about the second time. Will has bitten a vamp more than once, however, so he's had more than one exposure, just like Simon. He won't be turned, though, because that wouldn't fit CC's plans so a) she'll write the novel as if she never said a thing about ingesting vamp blood and what that does to you or b) Will will just 'happen' to have some extraspeshulness that makes him immune to the effects of vamp blood, or there will be a way to keep him from turning, or something that conveniently explains why the rules don't apply to him.

guns of that time, pistols specifically had barely any recoil and those which did were apparently very gentle. Critical research failure, Cassie.

Critical research failure, indeed. *snickers* What did her 'research' consist of, reading lots of Dickens and a guided tour of London (as she says she walked the same streets her characters would have)?

[dbshaw]

Will's extra speshulness will probably have him be either a Jace/Draco expy so nothing has lasting consequences unless it makes him more badass/cool or maybe in a shocking plot twist he will get turned into a vampy and get to be all emo and wangsty about it for the remainder of the book. I doubt it though

[hoppytoad79]

She went to London because that's where the trilogy is set. I totally agree with you that contemporary Greater London is not the best place to go if you want to get 'in the mood' and get a sense of things. This is CC we're talking about, though. What we consider doing research and what she considers doing research are apparently two very different things.

[mdyesowitch]

Wow. This story is truly dreadful. Love your take on it.

[parhelion_spark]

“smoke of the burning”

I'm pretty sure this is my favourite thing ever. XD

Other than that.. pain. So very much pain. You brave dear, slogging through the whole of that. You deserve a medal. Or an ice cream.

[hoppytoad79]

Can I have both? ;D This is the third novel of hers I've shredded an excerpt from, and I've (mostly) enjoyed it each time because her stuff practically begs to be mocked and shredded.