I think she got teenage taste in books just right,.

Bella constantly obsesses about Edward. Constantly.

However, I was very impressed with the way SMeyer handled Jacob’s point of view in Breaking Dawn. It just felt so much more real than Bella’s.

*tries to think of any more *

I sometimes get the feeling that SMeyer knew exactly what she was doing when she wrote Twilight, and manipulated her writing in such a way that she knew it would sell. Because seriously, sometimes she’s got some really good writing that shines through.

Hah, same here, Spanny. She hits so many mushy squishy spots in tweens, and not even the tweens—I’ve seen grown women reading Twilight and yes, loving it for whatever reason.

Um. It is…a new spin on the vampire myth? Sort of? The sparkling’s new, at any rate.

And the woman can write. Upon occasion. Her other book, The Host, wasn’t half bad, and was much better than the Twilight books. I still wanted to punch the characters in the face upon occasion, but not all the time like with Twilight.

The chapter titles were dramatic. That’s all I can think of… ;)

I did like Jacob’s chapter titles in Breaking Dawn.

Her writing style is better than Paolini’s.

And that, is the definition of damning with faint praise.

Nice, Nate.

Well… on occasion she starts writing really well. Some of her description (when she wasn’t describing statues) was pretty good, actually, and I liked Jacob’s part. Probably because he actually has a personality other than IT’S A VAMPIRE HUG IT! Also because he hates Edward. In characters, I hated Bella and Edward, of course, but didn’t mind Jacob. I also liked Leah… she would make an interesting protagonist. Unlike some people glares at Bella, Leah has real problems and succeeds in being remotely tragic. Also, the whole thing about her being the only female werewolf is pretty cool. It’s decidedly less sexist than Bella/Edwad.

Alice wasn’t bad. I liked Emmett, though. He was the only character who could be mean to Bella and not end up horribly punished for it.

Although then Bella beat him in the arm-wrestling contest, so again, Bella pwns all.

I liked Jacob’s chapters, too. They were funny, something that Bella fails at. Jacob was, by far, the best character in the series. We are spared long ramblings about his statue-like physique, for one.

It’s like it’s a curse that both twilight and inheritance share. The less the characters are seen, the more likable they are.

So Galbatorix should be the most popular guy of all. And for twilight it’d be… Bella’s school principle i guess.

Somebody’s bound to do another Artemis Fowl crack pairing…

How do you transcribe North-ness, though? And I still wish they let Ten keep his Scottish accent… I watch Tooth and Claw purely to listen to it!

cries bitterly It will be so sad! This is the first time I’ve ever had to watch a Doctor change… I mean, technically I was alive when Nine turned to Ten, but I didn’t watch the show back then. It is going to be very, very weird to watch him… cringe die. I wonder how he will? It had better be spectacular, though!

And honestly, I never really liked Rose. I always liked Martha more, until Donna came along.

That was so sad! When she couldn’t find her husband… I felt bad for both of them. I hope they meet up again, like Martha and Tom did. (I always thought he was a pretty cool guy, and I’m glad they ended up together!)

They could have included that shot just to increase the emotional impact on the audience.

Awwwww… I love Donna so much! Honestly, I liked her a lot when she decided not to go with the Doctor after the Christmas special. It made her much more interesting than some other companions, because she didn’t just meet up with the Doctor and then go “Let’s go on adventures with a strange man I met today yay!” She actually questioned it and doubted it, and then obviously regretted it later because the Doctor is awesome. But it still set her apart from Martha and Rose… I loved how she argued with him. Both Rose and Martha were too infatuated and young to actually stand up to him, but Donna told him exactly how she felt, what she thought, and what he was going to do about it.

WHAT? I liked her! Sort of. I mean, she isn’t exactly companion material, but…

Although I never felt she actually needed the Doctor. Which sucks, because everyone needs the Doctor.

And I still hold that the Doctor knew perfectly well Martha liked him. Come on, you can’t reach the ripe old age of 900-something without figuring out when someone’s in love with you! (although if anyone would do that, it would be him) Besides: “Oh, I know what it’s like. It’s like when you fancy someone, and they don’t even know you exist.” cheery grin Martha: sad face

We can also add “it gets people talking about Dr Who” to the tally.

Yeah, I guess so. Davros was sort of right, about the Doctor turning his companions into weapons. Maybe not right about the “weapons” part, but he certainly changes their lives forever. They’re never normal again, and I think they’re better for it, which is why it’s so tragic about Donna.

Oh, yes. Precisely. The Doctor had broadened Donna’s horizons so much. I nearly cried when she was talking on the phone to her friend at the end.

Hrm. I suppose it depends on how you interpret weapon. They certainly support him and will do anything for him, but that’s more like they’re very close friends, instead of just being used by him. It’s mutual.

That is one of the best compliments you can give to something.

Yes, yes it is. :D

Was pretty much a Star Wars-style NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO right there. Except not so lame.

Why are you talking about Twilight? This is a Doctor Who thread now!
You will become like us.

Christina didn’t seem too bad, but I hated her story. It made even less sense than the Cyberman Christmas episode! And none of the TV magazines noticed!

I’d also like to say… [brace yourselves]

Now before you all burn me at the stake, let me explain.

Ok so there’s no real explanation save that the idea of extraordinary beings using their abilities to do mundane tasks amuses me. (one of the reasons the Incredibles is one of my most favorite films) If vampires play baseball, just imagine all the other roads that opens up…
Frankenstein’s monster on the football team.
Werewolves in a hockey rink.
The mummy plays tennis.
Godzilla dunking!

My mind is afire with possibilities…
(plus, all those would be more interesting than the Disney “dog plays a sport” movies)

Right in front of everyone? Hell yeah!

For inspiration RVL.

It would be so much cooler if he killed her. xD

Of course, I’ve always wanted to see Meyerpyres be in charge of the world, with the Volturi ruling everything. [since… what would stop them? They’re pretty much all powerful] The Volturi then could receive sacrifices/fresh blood to them, provided by humans each day, because of their ability to continue advancing research and technology without dying off. Then the Cullens are a resistance to that, for whatever reason, and are trying to win recruits over to their side, so Edward tries to make Bella fall in love with him so she’ll agree to turn into a vampire and work for them. Oh, and no ‘vegetarian’ Vamps here.

haha. That’s the idea floating around in my head, although I don’t think I’ll ever get to writing it. Right now I’m working to continue writing my own story and figuring out what’s wrong with it so I’m ready to plunge into editing when I finish the first draft in a few weeks.

Christina didn’t seem too bad, but I hated her story. It made even less sense than the Cyberman Christmas episode! And none of the TV magazines noticed!

She was…too cocky. Also, no one bosses the Doctor around. Ever. I suppose it really boils down to the fact that she didn’t need him like the other companions did. She wanted to travel with him because it’d be fun, and that was it.

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Oh, god, yeah. XDD With the Christmas episode, I read that RTD had said there’d be a huge twist at the end, and it was ten minutes from the end and I was waiting for it…until I realised that the other Doctor’s identity was supposed to be the twist. facepalm

I think it would be awesome if Bella was a hemophiliac or something, you know? It could be like “Oh noes I got a papercut!” dies from internal bleeding

Bahahaha. And then she could drip her blood all over the floor and Edward could just lap it up.

@Nate:

I liked the vampire baseball.

:O CRAP ON A CRUTCH.

Me too. It was a cool scene (in the movie). Plus, Muse on the big screen? heeheeheee. I really ought to go to a gig.

So they should decide the fate of the world with something silly, like, say, a children’s card game?

What a great idea!
Maybe we can expand it into a full story. Then we can sell the actual cards, and all the people will give us their moneys!

Nah, there’s no way that would work. We would have to, like, learn the rules or something.

Twilight got my little sister to read. Unfortunetly, it got her to read Twilight D:

Twilight got my little sister to read. Unfortunetly, it got her to read Twilight D:

Quoteabubble! :D

@swenson

>YOU HAVE SUPERPOWERS. YOU AREN’T GOING TO ACT NORMAL.

Normal? What do you know about normal?! WHAT DOES ANYONE IN THIS FAMILY KNOW ABOUT NORMAL?!?

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Not that I’m opposed to true love. But if I had to choose, I’d rather the Lizzy/Darcy version than the Bedward version.

So I’ve been reading a bit of New Moon for research purposes (I swear!) and it at least starts better.

Bella almost gets killed via paper cut. (all jokes aside, the scene was pretty good)
We get more focus on Carlise, the only interesting character in the whole series. (unfortunately it’s spoiled by the talk turning to Edward’s origins)
A new dimension of vampirism is added by the discussion of ‘do they have souls’. (anyone who’s read H.C. Anderson’s original Little Mermaid will get flashbacks)

But there’s still faults…
1) There’s no consequence to “soul lost”, it’s more philosophical. The Whedonverse answered the question by tying a soul with morality. Even the Simpsons had a half hour episode examining the soul when Bart sold his. Yet we see no indication there’s any downside. If Meyer had taken a page from the Simpsons’ book and had vampires lose the ability to… write music, laugh, savor colors, art, whatever, then maybe this talk about them losing it would carry more weight.
2) The more I read/see of Carlise, the more I dream about “Grey’s Anatomy: Blood Loss.” Every year it seems we get 2 new hospital shows and 12 new lawyer/law enforcement shows… is it too much to ask that just one of them be about vampires? Or werewolves? Or ninjas? Or ninja werewolves?

“Grey’s Anatomy: Blood Loss.”

Two words: Epic. WIn.

I thought this was sad; manga Edward is hotter than Robert Pattinson…

SAQT, it looks like that’s just some rough sketching, that the book itself hasn’t been fully inked in. Watch her hair grow a bit darker when it’s done (though you could see it as being a bit of light brown color).

How dare they darken the hallowed grounds of manga with this- this- travesty! I must protest. This manga is problematic!

(Don’t mind me, everything is problematic today. But, interestingly enough, not the food. I had quite good food today.)

Oh well, at least they have the decency to call it a “graphic novel”, so I don’t have to see it in the manga section of the bookstore. (at least not in the bookstores I frequent. While some may mush the two together, the ones ‘round these parts keep them nice and separate.)

There’s:
1. Doll Edward
2. Cardboard Edward,
3. Evil Mirror Edward

Hahaha.
Have they posted when the next part will be done?