Comments | bsc_snark: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins! Part 1!

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Mallory and the Trouble with Twins! Part 1!

Jul 17, 2015 19:58

I'm still waiting for my tablet cable to come in and I wanted to do something to occupy my time, so I snark. It's funny, but I remember liking this book because it had the awesome shopping/piercing spree in it, but reading it now there's points I hate. And really that's all Ann's fault. She's seriously such bad writer! She has more contradictions ( Read more... )

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shatisarockgod July 18 2015, 04:05:34 UTC

They spend so much time making rules for Mal, all the other apes just run wild. --And if I were Mallory, I'd be pointing this shit out like crazy. It makes no sense to have so many rules for the one and let the others just do whatever the hell they want ( ... )

road_baby July 19 2015, 01:13:52 UTC

The Pike parents are so mental. They don't discipline their bullying sons or tell their youngest hitting people is NOT okay, but Mallory can't by a glitter sweatshirt? I will NEVER get over that! The clothes she wanted weren't outrageous or slutty or anything. When I was even younger than Mal, I was always allowed a say in what I wore. And this was the 80s. What she wants basically breaks down to baggy clothes. Even when I was 8 I was allowed the big top/leggings look. She's not asking to wear hot pants and a bikini top! 80s fashion, though utterly ridiculous and downright UGLY at times, was pretty tame. I don't see why they allowed their other kids to do whatever they wanted, but Mal was held to these high standards ( ... )

andromeda331 July 19 2015, 05:56:53 UTC

I don't see why they allowed their other kids to do whatever they wanted, but Mal was held to these high standards ( ... )

shatisarockgod July 19 2015, 06:46:07 UTC

Again, I don't have kids and I'll state it again right off the bat. I'm just pretending like Marilyn and Carolyn are my daughters. The ball would've been in their court a long time ago. Take the girls back to school shopping or something like that. You two know what you want and let's see what's picked out. If one girl picked out all shirts, shorts and pants and the other picked out skirts and dresses, we'll go with it. If they were the ones that came with me with all identical stuff, we'll go with it*. And they're 8 year old kids so I doubt they'd be picking up stuff that looked like it'd belong on a stripper ( ... )

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pi_beta_alpha July 18 2015, 15:58:19 UTC

"You know, I've come to the realisation that I hate the Pikes. Well, most of them ( ... )

road_baby July 19 2015, 01:31:07 UTC

You know, I have never read any SVH books but I get more interested in them all the time because of this comm. If they're anywhere as bad as the BSC, I'm sold!

I'm 99% barefoot too. I really hate wearing shoes and avoid it as much as possible. You make a good point about the Pikes buying Mal shoelaces and a plain pair of shoes. I had a pair of ankle boots that I would always switch out the laces to match my outfits. But alas, that's a good idea that treats Mal fairly, and there's few things Ann hates as much as THAT.

Lol at Dawn NOT acting like a complete bitch would make her an individual in the BSC. Really, I don't know how the ghosties could write Dawn being an individual and keep a straight face. Everything they write about Dawn is the polar opposite of how she acts. She's not laid back, she's not not a follower, she's not not stuck up, and she lectures ALL the time. I really, REALLY hate Dawn.

pi_beta_alpha July 19 2015, 03:06:14 UTC

SVH is so bad, it's good and so good, it's bad. It's pure nostalgia (as are BSC books) for me; I think that's what makes them have such a great re-read value ( ... )

road_baby July 22 2015, 06:59:55 UTC

Someday I'll recap the book with Dawn stealing money and running crying to mommy because her daddy didn't ask permission on who he can marry. Someday I'll be just crazy enough to do it.

andromeda331 July 18 2015, 19:47:04 UTC

You know, I've come to the realisation that I hate the Pikes. Well, most of them. Mal is okay as is Vanessa and Nicky I pity but the rest of them...The triplets are bullying brats, Claire is annoying as fuck and Margo can be replaced with a green lamp ( ... )

pi_beta_alpha July 19 2015, 03:10:44 UTC

"my mom always took us to get shoes on those deals because kids grow out of shoes amazingly fast. They always had some cute shoes or shoes that had a little color in them."

One of my all time favorite quotes is from Punky Brewster, when Mrs. Johnson tells Henry that she bought Cherie a new pair of shoes and she outgrew them on the way home from the store :D It's so true!

When I was a kid, we got new shoes whenever the old ones looked really grungy. The deal was we wore the "nice" shoes to school, church, and anywhere civilized folk gathered. Our old shoes were cleaned up as best as possible and we were given gobs of leftover crafts to do whatever we damn well pleased with them. So many sequins, so many 80's puff paints, so much glitter and so many shitty looking pairs of shoes, but they were OUR shitty shoes and we were proud of our creations!

andromeda331 July 19 2015, 05:58:27 UTC

One of my all time favorite quotes is from Punky Brewster, when Mrs. Johnson tells Henry that she bought Cherie a new pair of shoes and she outgrew them on the way home from the store :D It's so true!

So very true!

road_baby July 22 2015, 07:09:04 UTC

Margo is like the most useless character in anything I've ever read. I bet Ann and the Ghosties forget her purpose ALL the time ( ... )

darth_firefly July 19 2015, 02:17:47 UTC

Augh, the Pikes...

Now, I was never allowed run around the mall alone at Mal's age, but when I was Margo's, I was permitted to remain in the book area of the K-Mart alone provided I STAYED THERE. It also helped that I could scream loud enough (and knew to scream) that the police in the next state over would be showing up to see what was going on.

Also, if I behaved, I got an I-CEE when we were done shopping.

I still see an I-CEE as a major treat, all these years later.

The Pikes are clueless parents. There are worse parents in Stoneybrook, but they're definitely in the top 10. Of course, we all know who the worst parents are.

pi_beta_alpha July 19 2015, 03:16:42 UTC

I-CEE? Do they still make I-CEE's?! We have no K-Marts anymore, where I'm at, so this is news to me!

We were allowed to go off on our own in various stores, but we were older than the triplets at the time. And we had the same deal--stay in the store, which we did, except for a few smart assy moments when we'd wait by the automatic door and stick our toe onto the pavement in a daring attempt to disobey without really disobeying. What can I say, we were kind of assholes sometimes.

Then I saw the ep of Saved By The Bell when the gang hides in a sporting goods store overnight so they can be first in line for the U2 concert. Best episode ever, and it gave us all the idea that wouldn't it be totally cool to somehow hide and spend the night in the mall? But we never had the guts to actually try it.

Then, years later, I read Where The Heart Is, and thought it would totally suck to get STRANDED in a store while in the middle of childbirth. Then I remembered that was back when Wal-Marts actually CLOSED at night.

darth_firefly July 19 2015, 13:02:38 UTC

I think the Wal-Mart I go to serves them in the Subway located inside the store. The last place I saw an I-CEE machine was in a Mr. Bulky's. If those still exist.

road_baby July 22 2015, 07:10:32 UTC

Yes! Our Wal-mart has one at Subway too! I always get one when I can! It's probably the only thing I can stand that's blue raspberry.

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smilingviolets July 19 2015, 07:06:30 UTC

This just cements my belief that Ann is a Goddamn lizard person. A lizard person that watched nothing but 50s sitcoms before breaking through the Earth's crust and writing about 'hoo-mins'. << I cant stop laughing at this. The Pikes are, in my opinion, the worst parents in these books. The rules they have for Mallory are ridiculous and all this letting their young children run around unsupervised in public places is appalling.

Like, I don't like watching shows where people travel the world or eat food or buy expensive things because it just pisses me off that I'm poor and stuck at home. << Same here!

Only one person in history could pull off a bowl cut and that was Canary Yellow from Rainbow Brite. << Yes!! She was adorable.

I think Mrs. Arnold won the award for most horrifying outfit in this series. Just holy hell!

Did we need more proof that Ann was a shitty writer? << And yet she's published so many books, when fanfic writers often do a better job with her characters than she did ( ... )

road_baby July 22 2015, 07:12:13 UTC

Thank you! Mal is always kinda a drama queen. It's irritating but also kinda endearing when you think about her being a writer. Like, I just want to buy her a fainting couch or something.