Sweet Valley High Special Edition #8: Jessica Takes Manhattan

[daniellafromage]

Time for a personal favourite: Jessica Takes Manhattan. No, it's not the smutty crossover with Watchmen that you always longed for; rather, Jessica goes to New York ( again), although at no point can she be considered to "take it" in any sense of the phrase.

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[jaynesgottarun]

The map! It is made of win! Perhaps you should shift it every so slightly, because we all know that Sweet Valley is the center of the FP universe.

I'm surprised they didn't run into any vampires in New Orleans.

[daniellafromage]

Clearly this book was determined to deny all past references to vampires. Because, you know, vampires are ridiculous and would make the book sound silly, while clones are totally run-of-the-mill.

[esc_key]

"Americans come in every shape and color". Yes, non-whites are rarely seen outside of America, ghost-writer. Good job researching that.
Dying. I love the "Black people question mark" on the map. They must be from somewhere but we have no idea!

I sort of hate Bo. He's not at all cool enough for Lila. He's made of fail. I can't believe she kept him around this long. I mean, he first appeared in the Montana wood chopping mini series, right? She should've ditched him on the DL like JEssica did with this crappy rock star.

I love their version of New York too. I imagine Manhattan as being mostly Yankee Staidum (never mind that it's not in Manhattan, whatevs) with like the Plaza and the Empire State building adjacent.

[daniellafromage]

Yeah, I've never been a Bo fan, either - which kind of sucks, as he's the only person who comes close to resembling a long-term love-interest for Lila in the SVH series. He is to Lila what Todd is to Liz. D:

And he dumps her in the end, iirc, which is all sorts of wrong.

[esc_key]

And he dumps her in the end, iirc, which is all sorts of wrong.
WHAT ?!? IS HE MENTALLY DISTURBED?!?

[daniellafromage]

Possibly! I'm pretty sure I remember reading a book where he sent her a letter telling her that he'd ~*~met someone else~*~ and she was crying about it.

[skyekissed]

Oh gosh, that map is brilliant! :D

[dramaturgy]

*dead* That map made the entire recap.

And who is this Charlotte person? We all know Lila's the real princess.

[daniellafromage]

Man, Charlotte's country doesn't even exist! Totally not a princess.

[roseability_]

No, it's not the smutty crossover with Watchmen that you always longed for

My God, you're right! I want to see Elizabeth solve Rorschach's problems. Which obviously she would do in one book. Buy him a puppy or something.

The map, as others, have said, is genius. My favourite part is Francine Pascal's underwater kingdom.

You know, the calling every room in the hotel thing happened to me when I was at university. A group of guys I knew called every room on my floor to track down me and my friend. It was a little eerie to hear each phone ring individually. And I now realise that's exactly the sort of thing that would happen in Sweet Valley Twins,and that's a pretty sad indictment of my university years.

[daniellafromage]

I want to see Elizabeth solve Rorschach's problems. Which obviously she would do in one book. Buy him a puppy or something.

Exactly! And Bruce fleeing in terror from Nite Owl is something I'd pay to read, I admit.

[jaynesgottarun]

I'd pay to see the inevitable catfight/pool push between Jessica and Laurie Juspecykojkxz.

[daniellafromage]

Laurie would totally win. And I think I'm okay with that.