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Fealty and Feelings Divided

May 24, 2012 02:28

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elbly May 23 2012, 18:27:36 UTC

That 50SoG chapter recap's genius... I shall be reading the rest of them shortly... well, I'll read as many as I can cope with before I explode with the rage of "how do women read this shit???" I've been so out of the loop since putting fanfic on a major backburner, and I'm kinda glad I have been - this 50shades shit really angers me.

Great breakdown of Eric's char and what's up ahead.

Made me look back at the other CH books I've read (Lily and Harper), and I was trying to work out if the heroes in those books got so much clever carving... I really don't think they did. Though obviously there weren't as many books, and the focus was much more on the mysteries there... or maybe that's just how I read them.

Anyway! That was hot! Update Soon!

Oh! And I love your pre-amble!

peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 09:15:34 UTC

It's better than reading the books would be - which would be torture. The fifty shades shit doesn't anger me - it just shows me why True Blood wasn't voted off the air, or the Borgias, or any other crap.

:D

They did - or at least Jack did. He really intrigued me, and he's alike with Eric that he has so many depths. But of course, Eric gets more merely because he's got 12 books, rather than Jack's 4. Jack made me want to crawl around in his head, but since the series is over, and I'm not jonesing to know how it ended, I don't bother to focus too much on it.

Lol - you have the *weirdest* libido. :D And thank you. I figure it'll stop people getting yelled at. :D

thyradane May 24 2012, 10:26:28 UTC

The fanfic was a never-ending train wreck. In my extreme optimism I kept hoping for Bella to kick Edward`s butt but that, of course, never happened.

She signed a movie deal, btw, and fans have started asking Alexander Skarsgård if he would be interested in the Christian part since "he already has a dungeon." *groan*

peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 15:06:19 UTC

No - that seems to be the source of frustration for the reviewer. And of course, it sounds like the perfect abusive romance - or traumances as Mr. Minty called them.

Oh, Askars would have to be a real fool to do that though, wouldn't he? I mean, yeah, True Blood gives him a chance to show off his talent - unless he wants to be a pretty boy flavour of the month typecast type, then I think he'd be well advised to stay away. Surely his Dad will tell him not to be an idiot. But I do love the bonus blurring of reality and various fiction. Hey, they paid for this crap - how smart could they be? :D

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So much to ponder and so little time to do so... anonymous May 23 2012, 20:52:05 UTC

I spent WAY too much time with that hilarious review. (Which I'm confident I'd like better than the actual 'book ( ... )

Re: So much to ponder and so little time to do so... peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 09:23:45 UTC

I was giggling over the recaps the other day - they're very funny, and I just love the style ( ... )

Re: So much to ponder and so little time to do so... anonymous May 24 2012, 10:19:16 UTC

WHen I first got done with the book I thought, there wasn't very much Eric. But really there was - he just didn't do what I wanted him to do. (LOL!) But he did talk and talked more than he has in the past.

I was so sad for Sookie when she felt like he was looking at her as merely a disposable human. He is lucky she hasn't kicked him to the curb...several times over. (But you know sometimes the best of us love people who can be assholes occasionaly!)

What did you make of his two abrupt departures? So much has been said about Sookie 'running' away from her problems and not dealing with them. (Which she does somewhat explain at the begining of the book.) But both times he just took off I was irritated!

Re: So much to ponder and so little time to do so... peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 15:13:21 UTC

Lol - no, he rarely does what you want him to do. It's verily like herding cats. :D He's getting there, it's just fucking painfully slow, and he'll never be good ( ... )

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Babble anonymous May 23 2012, 21:07:02 UTC

For all you're saying about Ocella forming Eric - I think that Eric also looks at Ocella's fate as a cautionary tale. Alexei was a whim, an indulgence. Ocella ultimately died as a result. He was injured by Alexei, and it led directly to his death ( ... )

Re: Babble elbly May 23 2012, 21:18:06 UTC

Re the Bubba/Eric thing... whilst Pam's words are praise, they're so re-enforcing the Bubba=bad vampire concept. Good and useful soldiers are also expendable, and often don't last all that long. Good soldier and survivor don't necessarily go hand in hand, as a good soldier will sacrifice himself should the situation require it.

Since survival is a key aspect of 'good vampire' the best place for survival is sitting way back from the battle-field, commanding the troops, preferably in a reinforced concrete bunker (irrespective of how much Eric likes a good fight)

Re: Babble anonymous May 24 2012, 00:03:41 UTC

I know he's not a good vampire, but I do think he surprises people. I suppose I was just musing that even if Eric did choose Sookie over Freyda, and it somehow resulted him being deemed "less" of a vampire, for doing the unvampiric thing, that this could end up serving almost as a kind of camouflage.

I don't expect it will actually go that way, but I picture Eric's whole Amnesia "I could work" speech, or Sookie's fleeting wish that he was just a "regular vamp." Even if he did opt into that scenario and get written off as a power player, it wouldn't stop him from being formidable in his own right. Just random thoughts that have nothing to do with what I think will actually happen in the series. :)
-chicpea (forgot to sign above)

Re: Babble peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 09:42:33 UTC

I think the key though is that no other vampire will care that much about what the hell Eric is doing other than Eric. All the vampires are just self centred. There's really no consequences for Eric other than letting others know you're not a perfect vampire, except in Eric's own mind.

I doubt that Eric would ever opt out of politics altogether. He likes it a lot, and it seems to fill some gaps for him. And his life would be worse if he wasn't worth something to someone - in that he would have more difficulty fending off Felipe's attention to Sookie. After all, Felipe would just relocate him where ever is convenient. Plus, I think he'd drive Sookie batshit with all that pent-up political energy left to lie fallow. :D

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thyradane May 24 2012, 10:22:54 UTC

Thank you so much for the 50Shades chapter. It was hilarious - and very to the point even for MotU, which is what I`ve read ( ... )

peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 15:24:41 UTC

Well, it seems like it's only the barest of edits, and find and replace a name with the original ( ... )

thyradane May 24 2012, 15:43:05 UTC

I think you`re right. From the little I`ve heard from Gray, it does seem like she`s only changed the names and the car Bella/Ana was driving ( ... )

peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 16:16:04 UTC

I'm not sure how much, but from what I've read of readers who've read both, not much is changed. Many of them are really disappointed with the edits ( ... )

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The King anonymous May 24 2012, 13:23:43 UTC

Aw, thanks for obliging. ;)

That was…*dreamy sigh*…

Eric, Shmeric. Can we talk more Bubba? He can work a rake too. ;) JanineMNM

Re: The King anonymous May 24 2012, 15:12:15 UTC

True! And I bet Bubba wouldn't balk at sweeping up a little broken glass when Sookie's arm is in a sling! Team Bubba?! He's totally into her, too. "Whose girlfriend would you be then, Miss Sookie?"

Re: The King peppermintyrose May 24 2012, 15:30:51 UTC

Lol - I'm Team Pam. But I could be on board with Team Bubba. :D

Re: The King elbly May 26 2012, 16:03:42 UTC

Three way! Team Pubba, or Team Bam :oD

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