Them Crazy Shippers

[peppermintyrose]

I was discussing this subject with someone - about the fact that there are a whole bunch of crazy "shippers" - which is short for those who yearn for a certain relationship between characters - in this fandom. Shippers are easy to write for, because basically, you could write the worst of tales, and shippers would cheer it on as long as the couple

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[thyradane]

Hey - I`m an old lady. I may get a heart attack from the pace Sookie has in the books. Give us elderly people some breathing space. Or oxygen. Or some more shower scenes :-)

And now I feel sooooo tempted to write a fanfic with therapy, babies, Sookie and Eric talking (which could be in therapy, or?), jealousy (but no fucking around) and pleeeenty of transitional chapters. If I work hard I may even make Sookie into a doormat (I`ll have to put my fingers in my ears and go nananana while I write it, though). And I`ll dedicate the whole crapwork to you.
Sounds good? :-D

[peppermintyrose]

You wimp. No oxygen in those shower scenes! NEEDS MOAR APOCALYPSES. :D Now you're watching BTVS you'll get that. :D

Oh man - you'd be no different from a whole bunch of stories. And don't lie. You couldn't make her a doormat. But if you do, please give me permission to link to show how you can write a steaming pile of crap. :D :D

[thyradane]

Let Sookie be half killed by one species at a time - that`s all I ask. Oh, and more shower scenes. I would forgo on the oxygen then. I may even forgo on the shower scenes.

I`m not sure how I`d make her a doormat but I would leave no stone unturned in my pursuit of doormat-perfection for you, my dear. Maybe I`d let Pam or Amelia talk some sense into her. That always seems to work :-)

Hold your horses - let me write the crapularity first.

[peppermintyrose]

Brutal worlds need to be brutal all the time, not just when it's convenient. :D

Lol - just have her pining for him while he's sleeping around with other women and being a dick - you know - that moment where she pushes Ginger away in DUD and says "Have at me you big murderous Viking". And then make *her* apologise to him for letting him bite her hard and make her cry. And you've gotta have Pam, Amelia and Bill tell her how to make Eric happy.

Yay? :D

[thyradane]

Nonono - they should queue up. Take a number. Wait their turn. Have they no upbringing? Didn`t their parents tell them anything? Would these creatures just stalk past old ladies to get first on the bus too? I think not :-)

Isn`t Bill busy in the bushes?

Can I make Sookie some grey and anonymous mouse who is besides herself when Eric - THE ERIC - sees her? Of course, she`ll accept anything he dishes out. How could she not? She may lose him - and heaven forbid that should ever happen.

[peppermintyrose]

No queueing. They're greedy and selfish. They want everything now. And they'd all bite that old lady on her face to keep her off the bus.

Lol - he is. But he also serves to show Sookie why she should be desperate to be Eric's property. No point having Bill jacking it in the bushes if you don't find out about it.

NEEDS MOAR DOORMAT. She should be so anonymous that she's swooning all over him, and doesn't mind if he'll never commit to her. He does have a wonderful peen, ya know.

[thyradane]

Hey - I wait patiently for the old lady. So should they. It`s only fair. And we all know that we live in a fair and just world

[peppermintyrose]

Lol - that's Thyra-land, not the real world.

I've been waiting for a fic that turns Sookie while she's still a virgin, so that Eric can have her virginity every single night for the rest of eternity. And of course, she can't fight Bill off - she needs Eric to come save her arse.

OMG. You need to stop reading my LJ for the purpose of your evil. You're just bad. I don't like you anymore. :D

[thyradane]

So Sookie`s world is real? Hmmm. :-P
No, jokes aside - I really would like to join Sookie for the occasional breakfast where she contemplates over her life or just sits down and has her coffee and toast. I like that in books. It may be because the SVM series is my first fantasy serie ever and that I came from very broody Scandinavian books where absolutely nothing happened - it was all just inside dialogue.
Oh - and it was really just book 9 I got constipated over.

*takes notes*
Of course, Alan Ball has used this theme already - only not on Sookie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0LPn1-vwA&feature=related :-D

[peppermintyrose]

A fair world is an unreal one. But Thyra-land sounds nice. :D

I like it too - but it's usually concluded with two weres ruining the big gallon of milk you bought because you didn't want to be abducted.

I love the action myself - you think Sookie's pushed, I swear in James Herbert, the main character could well drop dead from exhaustion. I love it.

Can't waste stuff like that one wimmens - that's for guys, all the cool stuff. We all like shopping and screaming - two excellent hobbies. So I demand you give your evil back to a man, and stop thinking for yourself, you damn Thyra.

[thyradane]

It is. And fantasy-writers are free to make nice worlds too :-D

Those stupid weres and their lack of respect for the cow that produced the milk. :-(

I had problems reading the Milleneum trilogy because of the massive amounts of action. I have the deepest respect for writers who acknowledge the boredom of everyday life.

Oh, I`m sorry - I didn`t catch what you were saying. Too busy checking out what kinds of shoes and purses I need to buy. The three gazillion I have already are just not enough.

[peppermintyrose]

They did - I watched Care Bears when I was a kid. There were no vampires and few people though. *hint hint*

I know - I felt Sookie's rage at ruining that good milk and the waste of money.

I like boredom too - I recently read (listened to) Madame Bovary, which was full of the boredom of life, and the ironing of crinoline petticoats. :D

There's never enough time to think about shoes and purses. Of course, if we were like perfect-fanfic-Sookie we'd never leave the house, but we'd still totally need shoes and purses.

[thyradane]

The teddy bears? Did they write books about them? I remember my daughter had one. *is confused*

I know. They should be more considerate. Do they know the price of milk?

Yay for ironing petticoats. I do that way too little.

Thank heaven for internet. You can sit home all day and order your shoes, purses and bonbons - and be primped and ready for when Mr. PMR returns from a busy day at the office. And the best thing? He won`t have to worry about you being annoyed by (or flirtatious with) the Bills of RL (he may be jacking off in the bushes, though).

[peppermintyrose]

Yeah, they did. But they had a cartoon show too.

They just don't care how much money they're making Sookie waste, the callous bastards.

I never iron. It's wash and wear for me. If that fails, body heat will serve me well. :D It did give me new appreciation for how difficult it would have been to organise an affair in rural France, before the Suffrage movements. :D

I'll have a housekeeper right? I will! That's all good - I can stay and simper ready for his arrival, and pray he doesn't get bored with me. And I'm fine - I have frosted windows and few bushes. My Bill will have a bit of difficulty.

[thyradane]

Really? How could those little (and annoyingly expensive) teddy bears have their own books?

They are probably lactose intolerant and envious of Sookie`s milk drinking.

Same here. Ironing has to be the most boring household chore there is.

Your life will be like this (minus people falling asleep when you start singing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00pKPc8hJ-0&feature=related

[peppermintyrose]

Oh, anything can be commercialised up the wazoo. And most of the money is made on merchandising.

Stupid wasteful weres.

I make a concerted effort to avoid all ironing.

Lol - looks like hell. :D