On the fifth day of Sparklemas...

[cleolinda]

... my blogger gave to me: IIIIIIIII'M NOT A FAAAAAAAN.

MSNBC: Why doesn’t ‘Twilight’ have a Team Bella?

And there I am, front and center--described as "Cleolinda Jones, a 31-year-old 'Twilight' fan from Birmingham, Ala," in a turn of phrase that elicited great chagrin on Twitter.

Comments

[ceebeegee]

Aw, what a precious wee beastie! Good luck with bringing him home, snowcoma!

[unicornluvr]

For you: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs042.snc4/34460_405675293921_102143588921_4644901_1762104_n.jpg

Love, The Internets.

[plazmah]

Ahahahaha, I love this.

[quicksilvermad]

*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

God, that'd be hilarious.

[glenvorian]

Now I wish I had one of those blasted things.

[rufinia]

It's only the fact that I am IN LONDON that I haven't flown to Seattle, broken into the store, taken the poor little masochistic lion, brought him home to Boston with the boatload of antihistamines my roommate would need to take, in addition to the storefull of Lush products I would have need to presented to her as a bribe for OMG CAN WE PLEASE GIVE THIS KITTY A HOME

Although the international aspect gives it a whole new flavor of How Could This Plan Possibly Go Wrong...

[quicksilvermad]

...

Does "satire" just not translate anymore? I mean, Smeyer doesn't seem to understand that The Princess Bride is satire (she once compared Bella to Buttercup and was all: "Bella's a better character.") so maybe that's it. No one gets mockery anymore.

I'm chagrinned to think of what would happen if "A Modest Proposal" was reprinted.

By the way, I admire your strength and ability to analyze these books without resorting to the drastic means of dealing with this nonsense the way I did. I lost my temper big time.

[unicornluvr]

she once compared Bella to Buttercup and was all: "Bella's a better character."

I. . .what. . .this. . .happened? Please no.

[quicksilvermad]

It's all here:
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1233270

[glenvorian]

I was hoping you were kidding. D:

[cleolinda]

IDK, I'm fond of "You can google it." In fact, there's a number of lines that I am convinced are meant to make Edward look like a dork on purpose. At one point, he can't think of something to say and just walks away from Bella mid-conversation without a word. I mean, let's face it: he's 100 years old and he's still in high school. He's going to have some problems

[witchnyn]

...I am going to try to watch that scene with that perspective in mind now. Hopefully this will keep me from head-desking so hard that I pass out.