ZeldaQueen: I'm very sorry for how slow things have been. Hopefully things can move a little quicker now, updates-wise. I would certainly hate to deprive you all of this stupidity. ( Read more... )
Yes, they look so similar, it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between three centuries of clothing. Even though in the 18th and 19th Centuries, there were huge differences between English and American clothing--nay Southern and Northern U.S clothing!
Nora really couldn't make an educated guess on what era she was in simply based on clothing. Nope, nearly impossible.
You can argue that Nora wouldn't know (I certainly don't) but the fact that she named such specific dates is what gets out of hand. If she just said "Old fashioned, Pride and Prejudice like clothes" we get a clear image and it fits someone who doesn't know much about the styles of history but DOES fit her supposedly bookish personality.
Now, if she went that route and said 'I felt like I fell into a Victorian romance novel/movie' or 'everyone looks like they walked out from a period piece/a Jane Austen novel' or something along those lines, it's so vague and pop-cultureish I would totally let it slide. Not only would it sound like something anyone would say, there isn't much I could do to research and make her look like an idiot
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Oh, I agree with you calling her out, it struck even me, someone rather clueless about history in general, as way to specific and vague at the same time. Like you said, if she said something mildly pop-cultural like it feels like a teen statement AND gives the viewer a clear, if mildly vague, look at people. It's certainly far clearer than what she gave which was so damn specific (in the fact that she knew down the dang centuries while I always forget that the 18th century has 17 as the starting number) but then SUCH a broad space of time it comes off as ridiculous.
Considering your comments, now I'm going to think "Possess Nephilim" and all versions thereof are ridiculously slash-y euphemisms. I figure that'll at least make this thing slightly more entertaining
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Omg, Stick sent me HOWLING with laughter. Best shit I've read all day. I can totally see South Park taking that idea and running with it.
I want that on a shirt or something "I am Team Stick." Fuck team Patch or Scott, or Edward or Jacob, or Whoever the fuck Zoey's boyfriend is this chapter, or even Peeta or Gale. I'M TEAM STICK.
I mean that with the most sincerest seriousness. I want that t-shirt like right now.
The past few months had changed me. I wasn’t as naive and heedless as I’d once been, and taking Vee along appealed to me on more than one level".
And which levels are those, exactly? I'm sure it's just bad writing, but that sentence makes me think that somehow in the last few months, Nora developed a thing for Vee. It would inject some interest into this blatantly-stolen-from-the-first-book storyline, anyway. It's like this book is a horrible mashup of the first one and New Moon.
"I'm sure it's just bad writing, but that sentence makes me think that somehow in the last few months, Nora developed a thing for Vee."
Between that, the insane love martyrdom for Patch, and the implicit underlying attraction to Marcie ("she had her way with me"?), Nora has all kinds of underlying sexuality-related issues, doesn't she?
"Guys today want a strong, independent woman". http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnogrpz2N61qarlap.jpg Uh NO. Fitzpatrick, you don't get to do that. Stop. This is painful enough. How can you write that seriously? Was that a joke? Do you even know what you wrote? Did you even know what your series is about? Oh my god I think I had an aneurysm (sp?)
So yeah, this stunning revelation carries about as much weight as Nora saying "Oh my God, Barnabas Underwood was really VEE'S MOTHER!"
*Chuckles* That's just comedy gold, seriously. :3
But really, honestly, that "twist" (if one can call it that) is so awful that if M. Night Shyamalan read this, he'd be mad he didn't come up with it first.
*sighs* One pointless description of breakfast and showering later, Vee is at the door to ride Nora to school. She notices that Nora is a tad grumpy, and Nora explains that it's because of Scott. Vee figures that Scott still pisses himself
Stay classy, Vee. /sarcasm.
*Sighs*
Seriously, is there any reason why Fitzpatrick wants us to loathe Scott here? Because, honestly? I'd definitely prefer him to Patch. At least Scott isn't a loathsome cad more unappealing than Judge Claude Frollo (Disney version, that is). But no -- *sighs*
I'm really sorry for the rant here, but dear God, I hate this book so much.
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Really? Fifteenth to Eighteenth century?
Clothing in the 15th Century
Clothing in the 18th Century
Yes, they look so similar, it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between three centuries of clothing. Even though in the 18th and 19th Centuries, there were huge differences between English and American clothing--nay Southern and Northern U.S clothing!
Nora really couldn't make an educated guess on what era she was in simply based on clothing. Nope, nearly impossible.
IDIOT.
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(And thank you, that does help.)
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I want that on a shirt or something "I am Team Stick." Fuck team Patch or Scott, or Edward or Jacob, or Whoever the fuck Zoey's boyfriend is this chapter, or even Peeta or Gale. I'M TEAM STICK.
I mean that with the most sincerest seriousness. I want that t-shirt like right now.
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I agree, the world needs Team Stick shirts.
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I mean, Stick is more useful than Nora, Zoey, and Bella combined. At least you can beat people with Stick and actually hurt them.
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And which levels are those, exactly? I'm sure it's just bad writing, but that sentence makes me think that somehow in the last few months, Nora developed a thing for Vee. It would inject some interest into this blatantly-stolen-from-the-first-book storyline, anyway. It's like this book is a horrible mashup of the first one and New Moon.
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Between that, the insane love martyrdom for Patch, and the implicit underlying attraction to Marcie ("she had her way with me"?), Nora has all kinds of underlying sexuality-related issues, doesn't she?
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http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnogrpz2N61qarlap.jpg
Uh
NO.
Fitzpatrick, you don't get to do that. Stop. This is painful enough. How can you write that seriously? Was that a joke? Do you even know what you wrote? Did you even know what your series is about?
Oh my god I think I had an aneurysm (sp?)
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*Chuckles* That's just comedy gold, seriously. :3
But really, honestly, that "twist" (if one can call it that) is so awful that if M. Night Shyamalan read this, he'd be mad he didn't come up with it first.
*sighs* One pointless description of breakfast and showering later, Vee is at the door to ride Nora to school. She notices that Nora is a tad grumpy, and Nora explains that it's because of Scott. Vee figures that Scott still pisses himself
Stay classy, Vee. /sarcasm.
*Sighs*
Seriously, is there any reason why Fitzpatrick wants us to loathe Scott here? Because, honestly? I'd definitely prefer him to Patch. At least Scott isn't a loathsome cad more unappealing than Judge Claude Frollo (Disney version, that is). But no -- *sighs*
I'm really sorry for the rant here, but dear God, I hate this book so much.
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