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Hadley: The Preferred Sookie

Mar 11, 2013 20:49

Ha. The movie channels strike again. I ended up watching Quills with a younger Steven Moyer in it, the other night. And since I rarely think of True Blood, I had my one and only epiphany on how I think it will go this season. I reckon, in True Blood style, Bill will stake himself as B1000 - which will wrench the heart of every fangirl (either up or ( Read more... )

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Oddie! anonymous March 11 2013, 14:41:18 UTC

Haha-you have me squealing like a fangirl just by dropping his name. I adore Odd Thomas, and it’s not just his light and fluffy pancakes. I swear, I warned Mr. MNM that he would have some severe competition if it weren’t for the fact that Oddie’s heart belongs to Stormy. And I’m such an irrational fangirl that I’m even not too embarrassed to say that I daydream about hosting a dinner party for Odd, Stormy, Little Ozzie, Terrible Chester, and the ghost of Elvis. Sometimes the Chief, his wife, and Terri come too. How cool would that be? ;) Now, on to Hadley… JanineMNM (still ;)-ing)

Re: Oddie! peppermintyrose March 12 2013, 08:35:40 UTC

I'm reading Odd Hours at the moment to fall asleep, so after that I've got more. Did you read they're making an Odd Thomas movie with Anton Yelchin as Odd? You'll be able to fangirl on a much bigger scale soon - and people will know who you're talking about. :D

I love Terri and the Chief. But I think my favourite book was "Brother Odd" in the monastery. I flirted for a time with being a nun, and I loved all of the characters in that. Luckily, I would have made a *terrible* nun. :D

Re: Oddie! thyradane March 12 2013, 09:15:14 UTC

Can I ask if Odd Thomas is his name or if Odd is a nick name? I`m asking because Odd is a very common name here but I haven`t heard it in other countries. And because I have a friend named Odd-Thomas ;-)

Re: Oddie! peppermintyrose March 12 2013, 09:26:39 UTC

Odd is his name, not a nickname. His parents claim that they wanted to call him "Todd" but never explained to him why they always called him Odd.

I should inform you that presently, JanineMNM is going to be coming to your house to meet your friend and fangirl. :D

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Loved it! thyradane March 11 2013, 15:27:01 UTC

I loved how you used Hadley to show how some of the HEAs out there are just silly. I`ve stopped reading any stories set after the last book (apart from Suki59s HEA contest story - it was hilarious :-D) because it seems very few people seem to be able to give Sookie a true HEA. And by that I don`t mean that she`ll have a perfect life but a HEA where she at least has some dignity. A HEA where she doesn`t have to give up everything for Eric.

I just don`t see how Sookie can have a HEA with Eric if he marries Freyda. And I`m looking forward to seeing how CH will crack this nut :-D

Re: Loved it! peppermintyrose March 12 2013, 08:40:26 UTC

There really isn't much thought going into how Sookie could end up with a HEA, and that's pretty disgusting. All of the theories proposed are all about how she'll learn to abide by Eric's new marriage with a woman who "actually wants him". And if I thought to immerse myself in the whole BillBabe stuff, they just want Sookie to realise that Bill was a saint compared to Eric, because at least Bill came back after Lorena died. It's like, what the fuck?

I think she's left the field wide open - it's really easy to think of dozens of ways it could go that Eric is freed from the contract. It's practically a no-brainer to figure that one out - he just says no for example. But we can't expect anything that will make Sookie happy apparently.

Re: Loved it! thyradane March 12 2013, 09:17:49 UTC

Is there even any Bill-fanfic out there? I haven`t seen any. And I`m not voluntarily reading fanfics where Sookie accepts Eric`s marriage and stays with him.

The nut I`m looking forward to seeing CH cracking is how to get Eric out of the marriage. I`m guessing that she`ll make it a little more complicated than for him to just say no ;-) Especially since Eric doesn`t seem to be the type to put Sookie`s interests before his own.

Re: Loved it! peppermintyrose March 12 2013, 09:25:11 UTC

Oh, I go to the Bill fanfic sites. It doesn't tend to be on Fanfic.net which is a big bunch of Eric lovers.

Well, I expect CH to as well, but I figure that even the least amount of thinking could get a scenario where Eric says "No" in the fic - even if Freyda starts in with the "Would you could you with a mouse, Would you could you in a house?" a la Green Eggs and Ham. But instead, it's taken as a foregone conclusion, and now is the time for Sookie to choose what sort of crappy HEA she can think of, and how crappy it can get.

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fffbone March 11 2013, 16:36:43 UTC

Odd Thomas, wow, my mom gave me the book to read when it came out. I still need to read the last one that came out. I won't read the graphic novels though. Mom got me hooked on those.
I have no clue how the last Sookie book will play out. I can't wait to find out though. I can't see Sookie being like her cousin. She's stronger than that now.

peppermintyrose March 12 2013, 08:42:32 UTC

I haven't read the last two, so I'm further behind you. Nor the graphic novels.

I agree - she's stronger than that. And I think that Hadley wanted so desperately to be loved that she moved from having a baby (and found out that was work, so left him with his Dad) to finding someone who would want her forever. It's a real pity it didn't work out like that. Hadley deserved something more.

Quills, Kindle and Hadley anonymous March 11 2013, 23:59:21 UTC

So did you like Quills? I saw it years and years ago and loved it. I didn't realize that was Stephen Moyer in it though ( ... )

Re: Quills, Kindle and Hadley peppermintyrose March 12 2013, 09:06:23 UTC

I did - I've been interested in the Marquis de Sade for years, so I liked the movie. Great dramatisation of the real events, but still. Steven Moyer was the lover of the young wife of the doctor. The architect that Michael Caine hired ( ... )

Re: Quills, Kindle and Hadley anonymous March 13 2013, 00:40:12 UTC

I think I've only read Justine out of le Marquis de Sade's work, but that was way back in my uni days, and I'd probably see it in different light now. I did download it for a reread though ;) Still a great movie though. That scene where Kate Winslet dies is terrible.

I've come across a fair few ebooks that I couldn't purchase. Some are only available to us on audio, and others where you can buy only one title but not the others by the same author.

I figured as much.. And Sookie is living proof of that too.

Funny how ALL of Sookie's (and Eric's) problems would magically go away if she would just apologise, dammit!

I liked Sophie-Anne. She's an against-all-odds woman. I also like the QOK. Whats is wrong with me? :D

Oh yes, if for nothing but the squeeing! I'll miss dicussions like this after DEA. But hey, CH has a new series coming out ;)
~Toonsie

Re: Quills, Kindle and Hadley peppermintyrose March 13 2013, 05:06:40 UTC

I haven't read more than a few snippets of his work, but I was fascinated by his life, and the things that he did. The way that he just had no boundaries. de Sade was the epitome of the French aristocracy and why people hated them ( ... )

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anonymous March 13 2013, 09:46:42 UTC

Yeah, I have very little time for the stories set after DL which deal with Sookie apologising for not using the cluviel dor to 'save' Eric and not realising how beautiful and special their forced blood-bond/marriage of convenience really was. And how much Eric really loves her - as evidenced by his little sad face when Freyda ties him to her car bonnet and drives him off to Oklahoma. Yeah, whatever.

I just can't decide if they're better or worse than the fics that do the whole 'what if Sookie never ever met Bill and went to Fangtasia and jumped on Eric's penis instead' scenario. Bleurgh!

And you're right, the readers do miss the subtle comparisons that happen with the other characters who've appeared. They've obviously mistaken CH's work for AB's and decided everything that isn't Eric and Sookie fucking each other is merely sound and fury.

I'm going to stop now, because I'm starting to sound bitter, even to my own ears :)
Ooshka

peppermintyrose March 15 2013, 08:10:29 UTC

They're sickening, aren't they? And sadly they're the majority. I love that image though. If Freyda takes him, then I pray to CHGod that he's tied to the bonnet of her car and has a sad face. :D

Oh those are old friends to me. It's like "What if, I did a fic just like the other one thousand fics there are out there?" Eric is a real dreamboat in those - fucking her in his office and then carting her around like a dog in a handbag. :D

I think they need big red arrows drawn for them. Maybe Sookie could think every so often, "Wow, that's exactly what happened to Hadley! It worked out just fine with her. She got a necklace and a nice flat!" And I think you're right - they focus exclusively on the E/S component to the exclusion of everything else.

:D You and me both. I've read more fanfic. I can out-bitter you any day. :D