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By: Lie Back and Think of Italy: The Awakening Part 9 « Bookslide III

Lie Back and Think of Italy: The Awakening Part 9 « Bookslide III — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:50:11 +0000

[...] to a bunch of once-pagan Civil War reenactors? And if Fells Church is really Falls Church, as ihatewheat theorized, it’s like a WHOLE HALF-HOUR AWAY. Not really an overnight trip. So, moving on, [...]

By: bookslide

bookslide — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:26:41 +0000

Oh, tadpoledrain, I’m so sorry I didn’t see your comment ages ago. That scene is pretty hot, what the heck? Between that and V.C. Andrews, no wonder BroYay, twincest, and the like is so popular nowadays.

By: Are You a Stefan or a Damon? « Bookslide III

Are You a Stefan or a Damon? « Bookslide III — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:13:53 +0000

[...] was going to do this anyway, but once ihatewheat over at The Dairi Burger posted about The Awakening, I had to immediately pick up my new 2-book reissue and see if The Vampire Diaries lived up to my [...]

By: tadpoledrain

tadpoledrain — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:48:39 +0000

I know, RIGHT? (To both your points, the absence of an appropriate [black] boyfriend for Dee and Jenny’s chemistry.)

I kinda liked the scene where Julian is disguised like Zach(?), and he and Jenny come *this* close…

By: bookslide

bookslide — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:51:00 +0000

I started rereading it last night and realized that Meredith is the template for a character I have in a book I wrote almost a decade ago whose name is–wait for it–Elena. Since the other “best friend” character is basically Willow from Buffy…Man, I was lame back then.

By: kiwimusume

kiwimusume — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:20:49 +0000

I just realised that Elena and Stefan are the names of the Sue and Stu in a manga I made when I was a teenager.

Somehow this seems appropriate.

By: bookslide

bookslide — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:18:18 +0000

Stacey: Yup.

Hey, was anyone here NOT ridiculously disappointed in the 4th book? It was like watching one of those horror movies after they were good but before they thought up new ways to be good.

tadpoledrain: Considering that Smith’s intention was to pair off everyone in existence, the Dateless Dee thing was especially weird. It’s like she got to the end and said, “My God, I forgot to put in a second black character for Dee to date! Oh well.”

I thought that in terms of chemistry, Jenny had the most with

1) Julian
2) her cousin

and finally,

3) her actual boyfriend

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:30:43 +0000

I saw this and immediately thought of Twilight, but judging by your recap, this sounds loads better. Maybe it’s the 90s nostalgia in me, but I’ll take Eurotrash Stefan over Edward the Gary Stu of DOOM any day. As for Elena, I actually always preferred the beautiful, popular heroines to the underdog ones. At least it’s believable that these guys would be in love with Elena, as opposed to Twilight, where Bella goes on and on about how plain and unremarkable she is and has no real personality traits aside from being a klutz, yet every guy in Forks High is panting after her. Yeah, right! I also like watching the shallow, bitchy popular girl grow and evolve from someone you love to hate to actual sympathetic character.

Now I want to read these… is the new version “updated” (like SVH was) or does it still shine in all its 90s glory?

By: tadpoledrain

tadpoledrain — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:17:44 +0000

bookslide: Yeah, that sucks about Dee. (Also, if I recall correctly, she’s the one who doesn’t get paired up with someone, and not that that’s essential by any means, but when Audrey and Michael pair off, and Jenny and Tom pair off, and black, panther-like Dee is left on her own [along with artist Zach]… it just strikes me as being a little off) On the other hand, she said what might be my fave cheesy thing ever, which is “I am as strong as I need to be. I am my only master.” 1, I love it. 2, I love the explanation of where she got it — she starts out saying it’s some ancient wisdom thing she learned in her martial arts classes, and then finally admits that she read it in a fortune cookie. It just strikes me funny.

By: BadKat

BadKat — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:59:33 +0000

Whoa, you used polyamorous in a casual sentence! I have not heard that word since my first feminist theory class with the text from hell. Fancy, shmancy!