Now that that's out of the way...

[taaroko]

Check it out: in spite of how distracted I've been by all that Pride and Prejudice fanfiction I mentioned earlier, two of my multi-chaptered fics are now complete! "Worlds Apart" as of a couple of weeks ago, and "Finis Vitae Sed Non Amoris" as of about twenty minutes ago. Despite the crazy amount of reviews the former has accumulated over the past

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[ares132006]

On a mostly unrelated note, I watched both Twilight and, for the first time, New Moon this week. I now have a new appreciation for the Buffyverse. Particularly the Buffy/Angel aspect of it. And the lore. And the character development. And the pacing. And the directing. And the writing.

Seriously, I don't know why some wonderful writers find it almost impossible to get published when books like Twilight are made into movies. It's the movies that has made the books so popular, b/c before the films, the books were on the shelves and had anyone read them? I'm not denigrating the author, great for her, she came up with something that has made her famous. (I'm jealous, I know.)

Buffy was aimed at the teen and so is Twilight but, as you have said, Buffy was and has, set the bar high.

[perpetual]

Actually, I think the Twilight books were surprisingly popular before the movies came around. The movies were made very quickly to capitalize on the success of the books while they were still hot.

But yeah, I'm jealous too. Bad writing with this much hype around it always makes me bitter.

[ares132006]

They were popular? Okay, thanks. Apologies then.

Bitter? I'm there. :0)

[fluffernutter8]

Oooooh, congrats on finishing fics! I'm always impressed by people who have the dedication and flow to keep producing as many chapters as quickly as you do.

I've been trying to finish up/catch up on Supernatural, although the plot has actually gotten a little twistier by S4 and I'm having a little bit of trouble remembering exactly what happened. I miss good old S1 when it was two boys and an Impala, but my (tv watching) schedule is too full for reminiscing. *sigh* Oh, the drama of my life!

[taaroko]

Hah, here in season one of Supernatural, I'm wishing for a more discernible arc to keep me interested longer than one episode at a time. The creepy stuff with that blonde chick, Meg, has helped a little. I can't wait to get to this twisty stuff you mention. After this, my brothers are gonna make me watch Fringe, but I think Supernatural will have gotten me into the right mindset for it, so that's okay. And at some point, I want to finish Pushing Daisies, of which I now own the second season.

[perpetual]

Time for more story-finishing congratulations! I've already read the conclusion and have large amounts of praise coming for you, but it might not be until tonight since I finally have the chance for a New England hike. I think I favor "FVSNA" over "Worlds Apart" too, since it's such a unique topic for a Buffy/Angel fic. (Plus, if it's the less popular of the two, that makes me indy.)

I actually liked Alice better in the movies than the books, because she was allowed to move without those embarrassing descriptions about how graceful and fairy-like she was. Factor in the wolves, and I think this is one example of the movies surpassing the books they were based on, by far.

[taaroko]

*snicker* Well, I think being indy about it is probably better than being mildly sulky because my favorite fic isn't the most popular one. I shall try to adopt your philosophy.

Good point about movie Alice having the advantage because she's free of the book's florid prose. Also, yes, wolves. They were so cool! And expressive! And the fursplosions! Ahahaa. I'm actually a little excited for Eclipse, because it's the one that actually has an epic battle, and the movies don't seem to feel the need to restrict themselves to Bella's PoV, so we'll actually get to *see* the battle. Also, the director is the guy who directed 30 Days of Night, which I haven't seen, but which will probably help as far as creating epic battles and not focusing on the sappy stuff. And perhaps his influence will also make the vampires appropriately frightening.