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finally, the books are getting horny. 250,000 words in.
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chitoryu12 posted:Knowing how Meyer writes, that segment will be at least 200 of the 756 pages. Sorry that true love doesn't adhere to brevity!
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Feb 8, 2020 11:19
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I was going to gush about how much of a chad Jacob was being and then this chapter happened. Meyer is so good at creating these contrived situations to try to make up for the lack of real tension. The only value they add is the unintentional humor, I guess. Do we know if she was aware of the fandom shipping wars before she came up with the sleeping bag idea?
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Feb 13, 2020 00:47
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This series is so horrible in the best way. If nothing else, these books are the perfect reason why death of the author is such a terrible theory. Discerning what she was actually going for with so many of these scenes is so much fun. My favorite part is actually all the unintentionally interesting or compelling parts of the setting that Meyer consistently abandons in favor of making the worst love triangle in history drag on.
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Feb 28, 2020 23:30
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hyperhazard posted:Jacob's reaction really comes out of nowhere. I think Meyer meant for it to be some sort of dramatic irony, since he ends up imprinting on Bella and Edward's kid Jacob comes across worse and worse every time he shows up. It's like as soon as she needed to create this forced love triangle Jacob transformed into a super creepy weirdo. I guess it works with the werewolves having zero control over their rage...I guess...
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Apr 28, 2020 03:29
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that dream confused the hell out of me
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May 3, 2020 22:28
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somebody got me hosed up
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May 4, 2020 23:48
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Imprinting is such a bad concept to me because it's almost like an acknowledged, built in conceit of true love as we see in media all the time, but like it's been turned into an rpg mechanic. You now have the imprinted trait, you are obsessed with someone and will do anything for them. Why? Who knows. But then, obviously, it's too one-sided, so Meyer has the recipient of the affection inevitably fall in love too. That is more like the actual trope, where they are just falling in love with their imprintee(?) because the person has such overwhelming feelings for them or because it's fated (by the storyteller), rather than actually involving any genuine affection or even an attraction to their personality traits or their character. Even though everyone is inevitably super sexy and good looking, they don't even fall in love out of physical desire either. As usual, she doesn't effective follow through on the idea and it feels so strange to me that the person who doesn't have a paranormal compulsion to fall in love still, inevitably, falls in love with whoever imprinted on them. They just automatically become a couple, and both of them will forgive any fault in the other, struggle through any adversity for each other without actually having real reasons for both partners to have that kind of dedication to each other. True love is pretty old hat at this point, but Twilight manages to suck even the slightest bit of compelling interest out of it, somehow!
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Jun 1, 2020 22:57
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was that chapter supposed to make me feel any particular feelings, other than being grossed out?
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Jun 5, 2020 19:13
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it really takes a lot of the teeth out of a good vampire story when the vampires don't prey on peoples i blame joss whedon for this bullshit
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Jun 15, 2020 18:13
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only possible because of the power of twue wuv
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Jun 16, 2020 04:07
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this is beyond awful now How is this the last book? It's worse than the first one.
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Jul 6, 2020 16:40
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is there that much to talk about with regards to what she's done in the last 5 years or so in a discussion of the books? Obviously things like claiming dumbledore is actually gay are relevant but she made that claim like over a decade ago.
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Jul 16, 2020 23:16
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I don’t see it as a typo.
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Jul 21, 2020 10:58
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chitoryu12 posted:This chapter might be the worst yet, because it emphasizes all of Meyer's "I'm on the same level as a teenager writing her first fanfic" writing flaws. Very few of the characters have a distinct voice (many haven't even spoken yet) but she wants to have her badass crew of cool vampires show up, so she just has them all arrive simultaneously to sit around and glare dramatically. Because they're all interchangeable and introduced within a few pages, she sees an index as a legitimate tool to help readers understand the connections without realizing that a good series won't require that. I'll warn you now that they new cast will also subsume most of the attention the Cullens have had until Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, etc. are now the background characters. Butcher's issues come from a few different angles, but there's no question he's a professional writer and really talented compared to, well...teenagers writing fanfics.
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Jul 25, 2020 01:52
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chitoryu12 posted:Oh, Meyer's new fame and clout lets her actually reference music and other pop culture directly that she only hinted at previously. So the album Phil got her that she blasts in her ears at max volume to distract her from vampires being real, which Edward reveals he also has, is canonically Hybrid Theory. And this is her favorite song on the album: retroactively makes the whole series awesome
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Aug 7, 2020 21:38
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my god rosalie and emmett (the best characters btw) got done dirty. this is shameful
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Aug 26, 2020 00:10
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Midjack posted:God this is terrible. what are they gonna do? spend time around edward just to make sure he doesn't lose it? look at how mopey and unpleasant he is! it's easier to restart your secret life with a whole new fake identity then to deal with him for more than 5 minutes.
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Aug 27, 2020 21:08
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i choose to believe that Edward is lying about their entire background out of jealousy that Rosalie rejected him instead.
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Sep 17, 2020 20:09
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Carlisle being a respected, experienced doctor who apparently presents at the age of 24 (and if he's supernaturally beautiful he could look even younger!!!!!) is really funny. He's literally doogie howser
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Oct 23, 2020 21:22
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:The Assassination of Rosalie Cullen by the Coward Stephenie Meyer
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Dec 22, 2020 20:27
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Literally the only person who is a threat is Edward, it's fine! Also Jasper. 2 vampires isn't that big of a deal.
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Mar 4, 2021 19:22
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she cant stand being near bella bleeding but she can dump 3 bags of human blood all over the sidewalk?
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Very sad. Every thread he made was so well done even for trash fiction like this.
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