There is much love to be had for you ;_;. Thank you so much for sporking the chapters. It makes me feel less crazy for wanting to red-pen the entire series and mailing it to Smeyer. Her mere existence insults my eight-year pursuit of furthering my writing skills.
As usual, I'm really happy that people find these amusing! And oh god, yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one... heck, I'm almost tempted to re-write the book and do it MY way.
But I won't, because A) I'm too lazy, and B) because that would be a little arrogant.
You know, Edward really is quite... fascinating and entertaining this chapter (until the very end). I mean... good grief, I was having such a wonderful time laughing, and not just at your comments either
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I know, right? I have it on good faith that Edward gets creepy and annoying later on, but right now, to be honest, I kind of like him. It's fun to see someone react to all of Bella's drama with "LOOOOOOOOOL" for once, which is what it deserves. Too bad that can't last. 8C
And yeah, I don't think she complains aloud, but frankly, the never-ceasing internal monologue of negativity is just as annoying as if she'd been going around saying all of it. It's like, DUDE, we GET it, she hates the rain. But it would be nice if it was more ... well, developed, to put it simply. There's plenty of ways to establish that someone doesn't like something without having them WHINE WHINE WHINE about it. Like you said-- it's the little things. Those are what make a story feel real, regardless of whether it's fantasy or not.
And for the record, I love rain and cloudiness. I live in Massachusetts, were we get plenty. :)
Stupid, shiny Volvo owner. I would like to call someone this to their face someday. Especially if they do not, in fact, own a Volvo, and the context has nothing to do with cars. I want to do that too, I hope I get the chance to someday. :P
The cryptic comments are also seriously annoying, "Oooh, I'm mysterious, STAY AWAY FROM ME! But I like you, come baaack!" I'd be like, "Dude, seriously, I don't have time for this. There are three others boys in this school who are more decisive than you are."
I know! And as usual, it would be one thing if Meyer just developed it more. If she made Edward seem just a bit more unhinged, or TRULY flip-flopping ("D:> I LIKE YOUUUUU butI'mdangerousstayaway. ....... D8 WAIT DON'T GO MAYBE WE CAN HANG OUT A LITTLE?!"), it would be an interesting character trait rather than just an annoying thing.
But instead it's all OMG MYSTEEERIOUS, and that just gets.... aggravating. XD
Hey, welcome back! I'm glad you love us so much. >D
That's what I hated about Edward. Because he was a vampire (trust me--it's not much of a spoiler), Meyer had to make him mysterious by talking in cryptic words. EDWARD: We can never be friends... but I'm sick of avoiding you, so--you wanna ride to Seattle? BUT WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS!!!
Vampires can talk cryptic properly, ya know. It's called Interview With A Vampire, by-otch. =P
Just a note here, and it doesn't just apply to Twilight, but to the great majority of fiction to begin with. Why are dreams in books ALWAYS significant? Don't get me wrong, I place a lot of emphasis on dreams in my own works, especially in Chasing Shooting Stars (the title COMES from the hero's dream, for crying out loud), but seriously. In real life, my recurring dreams are usually more along the lines of Frankenstein trying to eat me, and then me turning into a T-Rex and eating his sister. Or going out for ice cream with a bunch of policemen. Or Jesus showing up in a red buggy and giving me a survey on hot dogs and then turning out to be an alien in disguise. Why, for once, can't the hero (or heroine) have a dream that's REALLY like the dreams we have in real life: that is to say, random, unintelligible, and totally weird? That's not to say that 'epic' dreams don't happen too- I have those a LOT. But I still have far more WEIRD dreams. And that's why I like Terry Pratchett. In *the Hogfather*, Scary Assassin Dude (It's Te-ah-tim-eh
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Terry Pratchett is possibly my biggest inspiration. I've been told a few times that my writing style is similar to his-- and though I'm not arrogant enough to believe it, it sure does make me feel good to hear. "Hogfather" is so full of absolutely priceless scenes and that is one of them. XD
One of my worst and weirdest nightmares involved small painted, clockwork eggs that, when painted, would suddenly turn on and wander around for fifteen or so seconds before exploding violently. AND PEOPLE KEPT PAINTING THEM and putting them down on the floor.
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Smeyer = *facepalm**headdesk**repeat*
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As usual, I'm really happy that people find these amusing! And oh god, yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one... heck, I'm almost tempted to re-write the book and do it MY way.
But I won't, because A) I'm too lazy, and B) because that would be a little arrogant.
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And yeah, I don't think she complains aloud, but frankly, the never-ceasing internal monologue of negativity is just as annoying as if she'd been going around saying all of it.
It's like, DUDE, we GET it, she hates the rain. But it would be nice if it was more ... well, developed, to put it simply. There's plenty of ways to establish that someone doesn't like something without having them WHINE WHINE WHINE about it. Like you said-- it's the little things. Those are what make a story feel real, regardless of whether it's fantasy or not.
And for the record, I love rain and cloudiness. I live in Massachusetts, were we get plenty. :)
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The cryptic comments are also seriously annoying, "Oooh, I'm mysterious, STAY AWAY FROM ME! But I like you, come baaack!" I'd be like, "Dude, seriously, I don't have time for this. There are three others boys in this school who are more decisive than you are."
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But instead it's all OMG MYSTEEERIOUS, and that just gets.... aggravating. XD
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Well, Ed and Bells make a good match then, they both have bi-polar personality disorder, lol.
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That's what I hated about Edward. Because he was a vampire (trust me--it's not much of a spoiler), Meyer had to make him mysterious by talking in cryptic words.
EDWARD: We can never be friends... but I'm sick of avoiding you, so--you wanna ride to Seattle? BUT WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS!!!
Vampires can talk cryptic properly, ya know. It's called Interview With A Vampire, by-otch. =P
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And yeah, dude, there are totally better ways to make him mysterious than giving him cheesy cryptic lines. 8C
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Why, for once, can't the hero (or heroine) have a dream that's REALLY like the dreams we have in real life: that is to say, random, unintelligible, and totally weird?
That's not to say that 'epic' dreams don't happen too- I have those a LOT. But I still have far more WEIRD dreams.
And that's why I like Terry Pratchett. In *the Hogfather*, Scary Assassin Dude (It's Te-ah-tim-eh ( ... )
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Dammit, I swear I know the difference between "your" and "you're". It's the *Twilight*, I tell you. It drains the brains.
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"Hogfather" is so full of absolutely priceless scenes and that is one of them. XD
One of my worst and weirdest nightmares involved small painted, clockwork eggs that, when painted, would suddenly turn on and wander around for fifteen or so seconds before exploding violently.
AND PEOPLE KEPT PAINTING THEM and putting them down on the floor.
That dream was terrifying!
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