The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner: Part 5

[zelda_queen]

ZeldaQueen: Howdy-do everyone! Sorry about how long it's been, I've had some stuff going on. Zyn and Leah are off recovering, so it's just me today. Woot!

Comments

[shaolina]

Meyer needs to stop hating on humans. I keep hoping for a Buffy/Twilight/Soulless fanfic where Buffy, Alexia and Maccon just beat the crap out of the Twilight for hating on humans. Heck, add Van Helsing for good measure

[zelda_queen]

I'll take your theory, if only because it's far more complex and interesting than what Meyer offers. ;)

[carakasla]

Sorry, but I need to swear...

For fuck sakes Meyer, is it humanly impossible for you to write a female lead (well a female character in general) who doesn't have a brain that is a sack of hay? Yes, I know, 'BUT BELLA WAZ SMART!!!111!', she wasn't and there is plenty of evidence to back me up. Leah was smart, but you never touched her and wasted an awesome character, but too bad for you.
I know you are as dumb as a rock, but seriously? I know the internet is great and all, but you cannot utilize it properly. Go to a library.
You don't need to dumb down your characters to do a plot point. It's annoying and hack writing. Shut the fuck up you fucking published Suthor.

I'm done :D.

[zelda_queen]

*claps* Well said! Well said!

[southerngaelic]

And you know what's worse? It gets way, way, way stupider later on x(

[zelda_queen]

Yeah, I know. XP Amazing, really.

[aikaterini]

And Meyer said that Romeo and Juliet were "kind of idiots" because they didn't know each other very well when they got together. I know that this is supposed to be a novella and that we already know what will happen, but could you at least *try* to create some sort of believable, likable romance, Mrs. Meyer? "Love at first sight" sounds all well and good in a fairytale, but this is not a fairytale. This is supposed to be a book for young adults. I know that some people believe in "love at first sight," but I don't. I think that it's just a fancy way of saying "instant attraction" or "infatuation." Neither directly translate to "love

[shaolina]

I agree on the "love a first sight" trope. I'm sorry but I feel it's a cheap way of making a couple. Two people are in love because the author said so is not going to make me believe it. At most I can believe in liking somebody at first sight if the object of affection was doing something that has been established that the character likes (For example have a girl argue in favor of a movie the main character likes in a funny way). If not then it's just lust and it's trying to pass as something more. Heck, the reason I love "The light princess" fairy tale so much it's because mr. picky prince falls for the imperfect heroine at first sight of her calling him a series of insults (which is more than other fairy tales gives us)

[zelda_queen]

Agreed. If you're going to pull the "love at first sight" card, you'd better make it damned convincing.

[shaolina]

I'd rather not even pull it at all (but won't hate authors when they use it as long as they develop the relationship further than that). Then again, I'm very picky with romance.

[kawaiicow]

Lordy, Meyer's ignorance just shines through here. You can tell that she has never picked up a vampire book (except the L.J. Smith Nightworld series, but I won't go into that theory right now). Even in 'Dracula', the titular vampire can go out during the day (that myth came from 'Nosferatu'). Meyer dosen't get that vampire mythology is vast, varied and often contradictary and thet the idea that 'the traditional myths are all wrong' is more of a cliche (pretend there is an accent) than following most of the established rules.

And God, these people are stupid. It says alot about the author and many of the fans if the only conflict comes from people holding the 'idiot ball'.

[zelda_queen]

Nightworld series theory? Do those vampires glitter? XD

I know, that's pretty much the easiest thing to do, saying "oh, the myths were a lie/mistake/misconception, this is how it really works". If anything, Bree ought to realize that, given how she's supposed to be chewing through a library.

[kawaiicow]

I have only read 2 of the night world books, but they are a young adult series by an American author; L.J. Smith that has a number of elements in common with Twilight:
Lots of small American towns
Vampires can go out in the day
They can read minds and some of them can see the future
Werewolves are actually shapeshifters
They hate vampires
Secret societies and a supernatural creature only island
Soulmates
Redemption
And so on and so forth. The main reason I suspect something is up is because my 13 year old Mary-Sue fantasies were spawned from this series and they were rather similar to the Twilight series *cringe*. They are better books though.

[zelda_queen]

Huh, I'll have to look those up. Some of that stuff seems pretty standard fare for vampires (like being able to go out during the day and the like), but still...