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peppermintyrose

Show and Tell

Mar 18, 2013 04:02

I've been dipping into various spoilers across the web, which means that I've been in close proximity to the people I usually avoid. That means the people who hate Sookie, and the people who hate CH. You know the ones I mean, the people who complain that CH has sold out, extended her contract way past due, and is, in the process, "ruining" Eric. It ( Read more... )

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I would have thyradane March 17 2013, 22:31:50 UTC

Honestly? I would absolutely have asked CH what she thought about TB if I ever met her - in the hopes that she would say "hey, you`re person number 100,000 who asked me that question and I decided that person number 100,000 would get the absolute truth no matter what it`ll cost me contract-wise. TB sucks, I regret ever signing the contract and I hate AB for ruining MY Sookie ( ... )

Re: I would have peppermintyrose March 18 2013, 20:56:35 UTC

I would totally roll my eyes at you on a CH video, and wonder if you'd found Google. :D There's only so much time for questions, and the persistent same-same questions drive me up the wall ( ... )

Re: I would have thyradane March 18 2013, 22:03:31 UTC

Yeah, but you would totally unroll your eyes when CH declares that TB is fit for dung beetles only - just because yours truly asked her at the right time ( ... )

Re: I would have peppermintyrose March 19 2013, 07:23:11 UTC

No, then I would worry that no one good is going to work with her again. :D ( ... )

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What fools these mortals be! azucar69 March 18 2013, 06:41:25 UTC

Once again you've gone and plucked a recent thought from the murky abyss of my brain and crafted an entire post about it lol! I'm warning you though its full of scary thoughts like should I switch laundry detergents or what I should have for lunch, Mexican or Chinese. So flee while you have a chance. Boo. ;D

That disclaimer aside, as the end of SVM approaches I've had to endure more and more rants about CH "ruining" the series and being uninterested in her own characters. I've even heard former fans of her work blame her for the clusterfuck that is True Blood and its interpretation of SVM.

The first complaint, that CH has ruined the series revolves mainly around the perception that she has diminished or sabotaged Sookie & Eric's relationship in the last two books. I presume this is a gripe about the Freyda plot twist, I'm not sure. More than likely it relates to the absence of swooning over Eric by Sookie and general lack of sexy time action. Most women I know would snatch *wink* up a book where Sookie and Eric did nothing but boink ( ... )

Re: What fools these mortals be! peppermintyrose March 18 2013, 21:17:47 UTC

Lol - you should totally switch laundry detergents, and always Chinese. :D

They get really vicious, don't they? It's kinda disgusting that some of them will talk about the vitriol she received in Amazon reviews, as if they have moral high ground. But then, I was driven away from the first place (a forum) I joined when I got into the fandom when one of the "fans" threatened to go round to CH's house and set it on fire if the whole Eric thing wasn't delivered.

Mostly people seem to be complaining that Eric's impending marriage and Sookie's torture just don't give them much to joke and flirt about. I dunno, I love my husband, but I rarely flirt with him. I don't need to be coy and play with my hair nowadays. And surprise, surprise, Eric didn't feel like making jokes in front of Appius.

And the whole sex thing - yeah, I've read readers getting actually *offended* that the "bedroom door was slammed in our face". Well, you know, tough shit. There's plenty of porn online for you to read. Christ. I do NOT need to know what Eric's O face ( ... )

elbly March 18 2013, 22:19:52 UTC

For totally non-Sookie-related reasons I needed this post at this point in my life.

You really freak me out sometimes at how you talk about things that affect my real life just at the point I need to read them.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

(Actually please don't...)

peppermintyrose March 19 2013, 06:52:05 UTC

I empathised so much with Sookie I have developed long distance telepathy. :D

But that's good. See, publishing houses want to be like that - just at the moment you need it, boom, book published.

anonymous March 18 2013, 22:50:51 UTC

I used to work in publishing, in children's school books which, granted, is nothing like fiction, but I still have an idea how it works. I love it when people who have no clue how an industry works (or do, but conveniently ignore it) make dumb comments to suit their dumber theories. I don't know about other people, but being called a sell-out is a fucking big insult to me. And some would insult and tear down a real person rather than see a fictional character being "put down". Aargh ( ... )

peppermintyrose March 19 2013, 07:09:34 UTC

Seriously, I wonder if some of these people's understanding of publishing means they fail Capitalism 101. Which is scary really, because our entire economic system is based on capitalism. I can't imagine living in a system I didn't comprehend. Even scarier if they don't live in countries with much social welfare, and they still think corporations hand out advances for nothing. And the whole sell out thing is an insult that's seemingly thrown around now without any actual proof. It's another thing that makes me worry about reading comprehension.

They are a small and vocal minority, encouraged by the fact that they don't have to look CH in the face. And they expect everyone to be sweet and perfect and nice. Except themselves. I'm always reminded of Neil Gaiman's piece on Entitlement - from all the fans ripping strips off George R. R. Martin. I feel sorry for authors that they have to have the worst of people being the loudest and most vicious. And acting as if their $10 or $20 means that they have an absolute right to demand a fucking ( ... )

anonymous March 19 2013, 18:53:50 UTC

PMR, are you saying the rolls of electric tape stashed in the closet didn't give you pause? :P
-FA

peppermintyrose March 20 2013, 10:42:11 UTC

Lol. Electrical tape is really weak, and not very sticky. At least on humans. Plus goths. He has an actual shirt made of gaffer tape. :D

However, I would have given more thought to just chucking it out if for the next *fifteen* years, any wish or need for tape had him hearkening back to the cautionary tale of why one should not throw out tape.

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anonymous March 22 2013, 21:21:47 UTC

CH is such a good sport about it all. When I saw her in Auckland last year it was at a TB themed event put on by a TV station and she had to introduce her three favourite clips from the show. I think they might have all been from Season One ( ... )

peppermintyrose March 26 2013, 08:03:29 UTC

Lol - that they were all clips from S1. I'm sure that'd be the least amount of deviation there. And yeah - she is a good sport about it all ( ... )