Wait, Zoey actually has the gall to whine that Erik is looking at Aphrodite during the ritual?
1) Why wouldn't he be looking at her? Isn't she CONDUCTING the ritual? Isn't everyone watching Aphrodite conduct the ritual?!
2) Zoey, you have shown absolutely no interest to Erik. Yes, your internal dialogue has shown otherwise, but he asked you on a date, you turned him down, then you made no effort to reschedule it even though you want to. To him, you have essentially rejected him and hinted that you would rather be friends.
3) You don't even deserve Erik! You only think of him as damaged goods because he had the gall to date Aphrodite before you waltz on scene despite the fact that it sounds like he was forced to date her, but you are so awesome you look over that little fact, don't you?
This book is nearly done, and there's no climax yet? What the hell? I know that series books might have an overreaching plot while others don't. But each book should have some central plot. There were some decent ideas, but they were shot aside in favor of lame romance. On an unrelated note, I saw your twitter post about Beastly. When I saw the trailer I was like, "What the fuck?" The way Adrian looked did not warrant that much hiding. No one is going to freak out over some bald guy with weird scars, as opposed to a hairy monster.
The climax shows up and is resolved next chapter. -_- That is very similar to what The Legend of Rah and the Muggles did. No, I have no idea how this got published.
"On an unrelated note, I saw your twitter post about Beastly. When I saw the trailer I was like, "What the fuck?" The way Adrian looked did not warrant that much hiding. No one is going to freak out over some bald guy with weird scars, as opposed to a hairy monster."
If they had kept it as clever as the book, I could have taken the change of appearance. I mean it's Hollywood, lord forbid the guy actually look ugly. What really got me angry was the lame ending they slapped on! And to make things worse, given some lines and scenes in the trailer that never show up in the movie, I'm pretty sure they DID do an ending similar to the book's!
Seriously, I was expecting the drug dealer's brother to be the one to kidnap Lindy at the end. "Your daughter for my brother", it would have made perfect sense.
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about them doing Beastly re-shoots, so they might've started out with the drug-dealer ending and then jettisoned it for something sappier and safer. While I didn't love the drug dealer stuff in the book (I thought it was a really dark and abrupt tone shift from the sweet high school romance going on), you can't really work up the same level of 'oh, no, what's going to happen' with a school trip to Machu Picchu as with a crazy violent drug dealer.
My friend and I actually started giggling during the transformation-back-into-a-prince moment cause it was so cheesy. And I thought Will's reaction in his last scene was way too subdued; if that was me, I would've been running through the streets to the Hallelujah chorus. On the other hand, I thought Mary Kate Olsen was really well cast.
"I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about them doing Beastly re-shoots, so they might've started out with the drug-dealer ending and then jettisoned it for something sappier and safer
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YOU USE SAMHAIN AS AN EXCUSE TO SEND YOUR SCARY-SUE BRATS OUT ON WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A DRUNKEN RAMPAGE?!! WHERE THEY COMMIT CRIMES AND DRUG GUARDS AND BASICALLY ACT LIKE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL BRATS?!
AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, YOU HAVE THEM SUMMON A FUCKING DEMON WHILE YUOR SO-CALLED PROTAGONIST FUCKING SITS THERE IGNORING SIGNALS FROM HER GODDESS AND NOT DOING A FUCKING THING TO STOP IT?!
STEREOTYPES, MOTHERFUCKER! I KNOW THEM WELL!
*Mervin and Hyde have claim on Tokyo, so hickumu is just going to go rampage around Hokkaido for a while*
"AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, YOU HAVE THEM SUMMON A FUCKING DEMON WHILE YUOR SO-CALLED PROTAGONIST FUCKING SITS THERE IGNORING SIGNALS FROM HER GODDESS AND NOT DOING A FUCKING THING TO STOP IT?!"
Multiple ones, actually -_- The level of idiocy is quite impressive, I must say.
I'm still trying to figure out why they're using what is implied to be Cherokee ritual things in a Wiccan-based ritual. I take it that the real life Samhain doesn't involve burning sweetgrass or sage?
It can. Again, it's...really all up to the participants involved? I don't know what "sweet grass" is traditionally supposed to do, but the Casts got one thing right - sage is usually used as a protective component. Wicca is very open ended in the details of most rituals.
But the point of protective components is that you do not fucking push your luck summoning multiple fucking demons on fucking purpose!
'Zoey proceeds to be equally childish and makes a very lame jab at Aphrodite's hospitality, citing her Vamp Sociology textbook on how the leader of the Dark Daughters must make new members feel welcome'
That really sounds like something out of an etiquette book, not something sociological. But then again, that might require the Casts to actually do this thing called research on identity and community or whatever :D
'"The kid was annoying and unattractive (and his ghost or whatever seemed to be carrying on those traits)"'
'Ew, like Elliot was, like, soooo, ugly, he deserved to reject the change and die!' Yeah, too bad Elliot was someone's son and brother, he was sooooo ugly! >.< This is one of the nastiest things I've heard Zoey say so far
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I honestly have no idea what the Vamp Sociology class is supposed to be about. The way Neferet has Zoey move up in it to deal with her bloodlust, it also seems to be like some Sex Ed class or something as well. O_o
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1) Why wouldn't he be looking at her? Isn't she CONDUCTING the ritual? Isn't everyone watching Aphrodite conduct the ritual?!
2) Zoey, you have shown absolutely no interest to Erik. Yes, your internal dialogue has shown otherwise, but he asked you on a date, you turned him down, then you made no effort to reschedule it even though you want to. To him, you have essentially rejected him and hinted that you would rather be friends.
3) You don't even deserve Erik! You only think of him as damaged goods because he had the gall to date Aphrodite before you waltz on scene despite the fact that it sounds like he was forced to date her, but you are so awesome you look over that little fact, don't you?
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"On an unrelated note, I saw your twitter post about Beastly. When I saw the trailer I was like, "What the fuck?" The way Adrian looked did not warrant that much hiding. No one is going to freak out over some bald guy with weird scars, as opposed to a hairy monster."
If they had kept it as clever as the book, I could have taken the change of appearance. I mean it's Hollywood, lord forbid the guy actually look ugly. What really got me angry was the lame ending they slapped on! And to make things worse, given some lines and scenes in the trailer that never show up in the movie, I'm pretty sure they DID do an ending similar to the book's!
Seriously, I was expecting the drug dealer's brother to be the one to kidnap Lindy at the end. "Your daughter for my brother", it would have made perfect sense.
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I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about them doing Beastly re-shoots, so they might've started out with the drug-dealer ending and then jettisoned it for something sappier and safer. While I didn't love the drug dealer stuff in the book (I thought it was a really dark and abrupt tone shift from the sweet high school romance going on), you can't really work up the same level of 'oh, no, what's going to happen' with a school trip to Machu Picchu as with a crazy violent drug dealer.
My friend and I actually started giggling during the transformation-back-into-a-prince moment cause it was so cheesy. And I thought Will's reaction in his last scene was way too subdued; if that was me, I would've been running through the streets to the Hallelujah chorus. On the other hand, I thought Mary Kate Olsen was really well cast.
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...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, CASTS?!
YOU USE SAMHAIN AS AN EXCUSE TO SEND YOUR SCARY-SUE BRATS OUT ON WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A DRUNKEN RAMPAGE?!! WHERE THEY COMMIT CRIMES AND DRUG GUARDS AND BASICALLY ACT LIKE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL BRATS?!
AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, YOU HAVE THEM SUMMON A FUCKING DEMON WHILE YUOR SO-CALLED PROTAGONIST FUCKING SITS THERE IGNORING SIGNALS FROM HER GODDESS AND NOT DOING A FUCKING THING TO STOP IT?!
STEREOTYPES, MOTHERFUCKER! I KNOW THEM WELL!
*Mervin and Hyde have claim on Tokyo, so hickumu is just going to go rampage around Hokkaido for a while*
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Multiple ones, actually -_- The level of idiocy is quite impressive, I must say.
I'm still trying to figure out why they're using what is implied to be Cherokee ritual things in a Wiccan-based ritual. I take it that the real life Samhain doesn't involve burning sweetgrass or sage?
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But the point of protective components is that you do not fucking push your luck summoning multiple fucking demons on fucking purpose!
Yeah, Hokkaido is screwed.
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That's all I can do in reaction.
*headkeyboard*
Honestly!
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That really sounds like something out of an etiquette book, not something sociological. But then again, that might require the Casts to actually do this thing called research on identity and community or whatever :D
'"The kid was annoying and unattractive (and his ghost or whatever seemed to be carrying on those traits)"'
'Ew, like Elliot was, like, soooo, ugly, he deserved to reject the change and die!' Yeah, too bad Elliot was someone's son and brother, he was sooooo ugly! >.< This is one of the nastiest things I've heard Zoey say so far ( ... )
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