SVH #114: "V" For Victory, Part 2, Chapters 5-14

[ryanstiles4me]

Here's part two of my recap of 'V' For Victory, the third book in the cheerleading madness miniseries :)

Comments

[esc_key]

Wow, this is totally unrealistic. But then, it's Sweet Valley. (In fact, I might start using the phrase "Sweet Valley" interchangeably with unrealistic.) Not only is the "No Boys" thing stupid. It's not even in keeping with SV continuity because we all know from the Booster Boycott that all the good cheerleading squads have boys on them.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, the boys dressing up like cheerleaders is comedy gold. But it's also stupid.

[air_and_angels]

Yeah, don't you need the upper-body strength of boys for really good throws and lifts?
Just let Todd, Ken and Win join the squad full time.
And of course, let them wear the cute little skirts like everyone else. And the tight spanky pants that make them feel all funny.

[miss_eponine]

Yeah, don't you need the upper-body strength of boys for really good throws and lifts?

Not necessarily, but it helps. Besides the absolute ridiculousness of no boys allowed, where are all the freaking coaches? No school in the world would ever send a group of 16-18 year old girls off on their own across the country.

Also, the way this "competition" is laid out is so far from reality, it's just laughable. You generally learn one routine and perform it over and over and over, and if you suck on the first day? Then you're out!

But again, this is Sweet Valley where the school holds dances every week with one highly inappropriate teacher chaperon, and Christmas comes 5 times a year.

[air_and_angels]

Don't forget that the girls have super bladders that allow them to take six-mile road trips without a rest stop.
Either that or they all peed into Big Gulp cups. I've seen it done on camp bus trips.

[getyourwingss]

"'It doesn't?' Jessica said, surprised. 'What do you mean?'" That line made me bust up laughing. Oh, Jess. Don't worry about it, it's the agony of being kicked off the squad that's making Heather say such preposterous things. Of course the world revolves around you.

LMAO. Ouch! She's been owned. I think I like Heather now, and I remember I used to hate her.

[ultimate_cin]

The girls think about what to do when Liz says they should just cheer in the catsuits, which is exactly what they do.

LIZ?

Liz suggested that they cheer in catsuits with no skirts? That they cheer in something so sexy? The Liz that probably owns nothing but flannel nightgowns and granny panties?

Wow.

I think that's what made the universe implode.

[air_and_angels]

Liz would be happier if their cheer uniforms were like Sandy's in Grease, with the white sweaters and full pleated below-the-knee skirts.
Liz and Jess ARE Sandy pre and post makeover. In the 'Goodbye to Sandra Dee' reprise in the movie I think Sandy was actually wearing barrettes that matched her dress.

[ultimate_cin]

LOL!

OMG, you're right!!!!!

*falls over laughing imagining Liz singing "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee...."*

[air_and_angels]

If only Enid could be more like Frenchie!

[_flytothemoon]

isn't this nationals? ... why would a team from canada be there...?

[air_and_angels]

They're not even a real country, anyway.

[_flytothemoon]

Canada is abetter country then the US anyday

[air_and_angels]

I was jokingly quoting a lyric from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.

[freejay]

I didn't think I'd read the books this far up, but this one - I definitely remember the boys' bizarre antics. It always seemed like something more likely to happen on the SVH TV show than in one of the books.

They introduce themself as Tilda Wilkins, Kendall Matthews, and Winnie Egbert. Bwah ha ha. Ms. Balsam asks where they're from, and Todd comes up with Saskatchewan, Canada. ...The hell?? Saskatchewan??

I wonder how much time they spent just coming up with their names? You know Ken was probably like "I wanna be Sunshine Gemstone!" and Todd was all "Dude... you know how I know you're gay? You wanna be called Sunshine."

And yeah... Saskatchewan? Even for a Canadian that's really random!

Great recap!

[air_and_angels]

Winston doesn't realise that 'Winnie' thing is going to haunt him.
A tilda or tilde is a punctuation mark which coincidentally sounds like a dirty word in Cantonese, as my father discovered while doing some IT consulting in Hong Kong.