SVT #72 The Love Potion

[roseability_]

Remember when you’re about thirteen, and a girl likes some guy, but all her friends hate him and think he’s a loser for no good reason so they pressurize her into not going out with him? That’s this book.

The cover shows Jessica, Janet and Tamara selling love potion. I think they're in that order, I'm not sure. Tamara looks like a pirate. And that

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[zippyladoodles]

Unlike Janet, although I don’t recall Janet having boyfriend in any of these books.
She likes Denny Jacobson, and in Elizabeth the Hero, they set it up so Janet is his 'gero' instead of Liz and they supposedly get it on, though I'm not sure if anything comes of it in books following that one. It's #74, so maybe she has him as a boyfriend afterwards?

Any storyline involving the Sixers tends to be incredibly tedious
Heh, agreed!

except Ellen, who is always wrong.
Heh, agreed, again!
Apparently they got 50s clothing for the Sock Hop here “last year”.
Argghh I feel like a failure as I don't actually know! Sock hop, sock hop, (wtf is a sock hop anyway), nope not stirring any memories! *Sniffle*

After a few pages of rummaging, Jessica decides they have everything at her house already.
Sure, cos her parents won't mind her raiding the cupboards or anything. Not if it's for charity.

HALF A BOTTLE of vanilla essence
Bloody hell, sugar shock or what. You'd be up on the ceiling in no time!
Heh, LOLZ

Elizabeth, being a mug, falls for this.

[roseability_]

I think this is the first time you've been stumped by a Sweet Valley question. Perhaps it was made up then.

Seeing as the only interesting thing about the Sixers is that a deadline could get missed, there is nothing of interest there. Unless there was some sort of thing where the principal censored it because of a cartoon of him that sailed too close to the wind, and there had to be emergency PTA meetings. but I think that would be too complex for sweet valley twins. There would have to be a SVH miniseries to deal with all the repercussions!

[zippyladoodles]

Hmm, I dunno, I'm sure there was a sock hop at some point but the book evades me!

I suppose the Sixers office could be bombed or something...there was a bit of a scandal in Lila's Music Video and Jessica Saves the Trees because false allegations were printed. Guess that's as good as it gets though. Sigh. As for a SVH spin off concerning Sixers repercussions, well maybe that could be included in the possible fan fiction that Darkbloom has suggested. Hehe could be funny and have possibilites.....!

[zippyladoodles]

By 'gero' i meant 'hero'. Durr!!

[kakeochi_umai]

That typo amused me far more than it should because "gero" is Japanese for "barf". :P

[moonspinner]

Actually I think Janet has dark hair - either red or auburn. Mary's probably the girl in the middle - she's blonde.

when Tim Davis slides down the handrail on the stairs in front of Peter. Best cockblock ever.

LOLOLOL!

“I think he cares more about himself than anyone else.” Lila flipped her brown hair over her shoulder. “What’s wrong with that?”
Ah, Lila.
Lila is awesome. :P

Here is a moment where I really really hate Jessica. She’s going to make Peter a special potion, full of crap, because Peter has committed the crimes of being a bit gawkish, and liking a friend of hers.
When Peter comes back, he looks “extremely hopeful”. Oh. This is so cruel.

I'm so happy now that Melissa Fox ruined her rep in Senior Year.

Oh, that beautiful time in a young girl’s life when she’s asked to ride her date’s mother’s bike.

*Guffaws!*

Lila mutters “A lousy plaque?” right into the microphone.

Lila is Awesome!

Peter, because he is the biggest person in all of Sweet Valley, gives Jessica his ticket so she can go with Mary. Peter wins

[roseability_]

Mary's outfit is described as green though. But it's possible the ghostwriter and artist didn't liase properly.

[libuschka]

“She wondered how he knew where she lived.” Because he’s been following you home, going tree to tree. That’s how.
Bwahhh! I love the mental picture that gave me!

Obviously he didn’t win. He starts to ask her out the night of the concert, which is so cute, when Tim Davis slides down the handrail on the stairs in front of Peter. Best cockblock ever.
I think Tim watches too much Mary Poppins.

Tim buys three bottles and manages to look like a jerk doing it. Tim probably sleeps like a jerk too.
Okay, you have made me laugh too many times. :P

[ultimate_cin]

They were in his geometry book. Ned cottons on to the fact that Steven hasn’t opened his geometry book in a week. He is grounded for the week, with the exception of the concert.

Of course, because why would a Wakefield parent do something realistic like oh, ground him from the concert too? *shakes head*

Great recap, btw!