*kira kira*
Journal Entry: Mon May 12, 2008, 7:28 AM
Every time i see something having to do with Twilight, without fail, i will skim over it. It's worse when it pops up in my Deviant Watch list, because i feel bad just ignoring something that someone took time to do & upload, & some of it's good, technically. I just don't see the appeal of a book where vampires sparkle & there is essentially nothing negative attached to being one of the undead. It's more like they've essentially become sparkly, bloodsucking Elves; there's very little going on there. Honestly, how is one supposed to take someone seriously when they sparkle?
So this is pretty much brilliant:
twilight by makani
Finally, someone who isn't foaming at the mouth about how supposedly amazing it is!
To further cement my conviction to not read these books, someone in the Deviation cited a little excerpt: "So, I woke up at approximately 6:02am, and I put on my black Converse brand sneakers with the pink laces, my jeans with the tears in the knees and a black tank top, which I decided on instead of my pink kitty one. Then I went into the shower and used shampoo when I washed my hair, but not conditioner because I didn't have enough time..." Then went on to say, "It reads like terrible fan fiction."
Which i agree with. Trying too hard much, author? And apparently a Mary Sue, at that.
"Edward is gorgeous. I must see Edward. I'm thinking about Edward. I don't want to think about Edward. I can't help but think about Edward."
.....My god, that's when you need to get a life. And people like this more than, i don't know, LotR? Humanity is a lost cause even moreso now.
And no, i am not changing my mind, nor am i sorry for not wanting to touch it with a ten foot pole. I will stick to my angsty, realistic vampires & werewolves (the ones that do not sparkle under any circumstances), thank you very much. - Mood:
Gloomy
Devious Comments
or maybe not
And by the way, I never sent you my submission for the suitcase stories. Is that still going on (and if so, how do I send it to you), or should I give up?
Blessings!
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"The shoemaker can keep his elves, we cartoonists prefer a good muse."
~ HMontes on DA
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"The shoemaker can keep his elves, we cartoonists prefer a good muse."
~ HMontes on DA
The funny thing is, i've yet to see a flaming comment on any of the two "i-dislike-Twilight" things i've now seen. Most people's reactions, if they like the book, are, "I like it but LMAO that is so true!" It seems they are at least united in their dislike of the main character...
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....and when i was younger, my writing & stuff sucked even worse than it does now, & i was pretty harshly reviewed, & learned the hard way: Limp stories & Sueish characters are not going to make it. (Yet i still put characters through angst & depression; eheh.) I just think it must needs be balanced out. If no one's ever going to read it, then... fine.
...i know what you mean, though, putting character whoever through stuff. > >
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Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm not thinking of Mary Sues at all . . . *is puzzled*
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"The shoemaker can keep his elves, we cartoonists prefer a good muse."
~ HMontes on DA
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Maia's dorm room
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof
programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning."
-- Rich Cook
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