The Hollows, done and done!

[fembuck]

So, I finally finished the series! I feel like I don't know what I'm going to do with my days now that I'm not obsessively reading these books. I might actually be able to get some work done (actually, probably not since that's what I'm avoiding doing by writing this message! God, I don't want to mark essays, they's gon' be bad! They's gon' be so bad!)

Thoughts:

1. Marshall equals fail. Don't bring him back, Kim! The parts with him in ODW were like unreadable for me. The first part of the book is like a blur to me, because I was too busy cringing and being bored as fuck to register what I was reading. I don't even know why he disappeared halfway throught the book, I'm just happy he did.

2. The Ivy/David hints made me want to puke.

I'm gonna be honest and say that I just want Ivy with a girl cause there's already an overwhelming abundence of het in the series and I want some GoGA (even if it's not Ivy/Rachel). I was cool with Ivy/Skimmer. I actually like Ivy/Skimmer quite a bit. Like, at least throw the femslashers a bone and give us Ivy with a female please. Television has already presented us with too many bisexual female characters who end up with a dude. Let a lady win for once, please!

Also, part of my hate comes from the fact that I just really don't like David [RPattz]at all[/RP]. Ivy/Rynn is more tolerable to me, in that it only makes me a little queasy instead of on the verge of spewing, but if the Ravy is going to be drawn out, please let it be Ivy/F while Rachel chases after some tool that's clearly wrong for her? Please, Kim? Please? *is so scared that I'm going to have to read Ivy/Davidness in White Witch, Black Curse* I'm begging, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to sit through some puke inducing fuckery in Book 7.

3. Oh, Kim. You giveth and you taketh away. First the orgasm!biting scene of awesome, followed by the coffee cart scene of Let's be platonic friends. *sigh*

Actually, I don't hate where Rachel and Ivy are at this point in time, because I don't really believe they'll be able to maintain this equilibrium for long. Ivy is still totally in love with her and Rachel still has conflicted feelings about her feelings for Ivy. It's pretty much the same as they were before, only Rachel isn't constantly sticking a rusty pin into the open wound that is their 'friendship' by asking to be bitten (and then not putting out) all the time.

4. Ivy continues to be a dreamy motherfucker. Seriously. Lounging around all sexy like reading her magazines about how to leave your shadow begging and breathing. Slinking around scaring any man that comes near Rachel. OMG, the bag of stuff that she put together for Rachel's trip into the ever-after = awwwww x 1000. She's such a good girlfriend. OMG, the sign warning Rachel that she's leaving hallowed ground (she knows Rachel's an idiot but loves her anyway).

Also, Ivy's heart break at Rachel covering up her bite marks made me all misty eyed. The whole, 'you're ashamed of me' conversation was sad-making. Especially since if anyone should be ashamed of anyone it should Ivy being ashamed of Ms. Buses Won't Pick Me Up Anymore Morgan. Her joy at realizing that Rachel was staying with her because she likes her and not because of wanting blood trysts was also a really beautiful moment.

5. Ceri x Quen = cute. Trent = douche.

6. Alice Morgan is pretty fucking hilarious. I really loved how she was all, "Of course you're vampire roomate bites you! How else is she suppose to show she cares?" about the Rachel/Ivy kitchen biting debacle. I also think that Rachel should sit down with her mom on a regular basis (as well as Al now) and learn how to be a good witch. Seriously, it seems to be like everyone is better trained than her and she's just lucky she's got demon blood in her cause she'd have died years ago without it.

7. I like that Rachel is trying to be smarter, even though she hasn't really succeeded in being any smarter. It's good to have goals.

And, it looks like I'm out of things to ramble about now so ... *thinks of other ways to procrastinate*

Comments

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

but I'm getting to the point where I cringe every time KH writes about Rachel/Ivy (blood balance, ambiguous friendship, dealing with each other's boyfriends etc...)

Yeah, I totally get where you're coming from here. The endless angst train is really wearing thin. It's like every one of their interactions doesn't have to be fraught with tension. I'd be perfectly fine with scenes of them interacting as friendships without shoehorning some dire sexual/blood thing in there. Sometimes it's really hard to figure out why their friends when all they do is terrify/hurt each other.

I can't stand all the bad stuff that KH is heaping on Ivy.

This really bothers me too. Especially since Ivy is the one who makes ALL of the sacrifices. The only sacrifice Rachel makes is staying at the church, which isn't a freaking sacrifice at all. And Ivy's put her body and soul on the line for Rachel numerous times. It's at the point where some Rachel/Ivy scenes make Rachel seem like a real asshole, like just selfish and cruel.

I honestly don't know how Ivy manages it. Kisten talked about how it was the trust Rachel gave Ivy that kept her there. But I don't actually see a heck of a lot of trust coming from Rachel. For books and books she would flinch away whenever Ivy came near her, she refused to let Ivy bite her for a long time, and now she's back to showing very little trust by not allowing a blood balance because she's afraid of being bound (which is saying she doesn't trust Ivy to keep her word and not bind her. And, that if she were bound to Ivy accidentally that she believes that Ivy would misuse the bond).

The universe it self is interesting enough to stand on its own without Ravy. And if we could be spared Rachel's boy toys too, that'd be swell.

Yeah, if we're going to be spared Ravy, then I need to be spared the boy toys, because they wear on me just as much as the Ravy angst. I think that's why I have really fond memories of the first book, because it was a lot of plot and little romance. The books that are really heavy on the romance (Book 3 and the beginning of Book 6 in particular) have been hard for me to get through.

it's pretty obvious that Rachel is going to go out and get herself pregnant sometime in the future, just because it would be a big mistake.

Oh god. I hadn't even thought of this. I'm so scared now because I think you're right. *sobs* Brutal! Brutal! It's so totally going to happen. Oh god, I just want to save Ivy from the insanity that is Rachel Morgan. What a dumb, canicula. Knowing our luck it'll probably be Trent or Al's baby, and Ivy will get raped trying to stop Rynn Cormel from kidnapping it and killing it or something. *sigh*

[lostingeekdom.livejournal.com]

I can see the part where all the Demons start hitting on her, with the potential for pregnancy. That's the shit that scares me. That's why I'm a little ambivalent about rushing out to buy the next book on the 24th. Maybe you can go ahead and do that and tell me if it is safe to read. I just don't trust KH and her book deal extension shenanigans.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

That's why I'm a little ambivalent about rushing out to buy the next book on the 24th. Maybe you can go ahead and do that and tell me if it is safe to read.

I'm actually thinking about holding out for a while until some people from the f-list drop some reviews. This fuckers gonna be hardcover, and if I'm going to drop 20+ bucks on this book, I want to know that I'm not going to be tempted to throw it at walls every ten minutes. I'm just so scared about what this book is going to be like.

I just don't trust KH and her book deal extension shenanigans.

lol, shenanigans! It's so true though. I'm hearing she's got like a 13-15 book deal now. I'm sorry, but if that's true I call fuckery!!! I'm gonna be honest, I'm not sticking around for 15 fucking books of this. That's just taking things too far. 9 books, yeah I'm totally in (if they don't make me insane), but 15 is asking too much of me.

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

Oh god. I hadn't even thought of this. I'm so scared now because I think you're right. *sobs* Brutal! Brutal! It's so totally going to happen. Oh god, I just want to save Ivy from the insanity that is Rachel Morgan. What a dumb, canicula. Knowing our luck it'll probably be Trent or Al's baby, and Ivy will get raped trying to stop Rynn Cormel from kidnapping it and killing it or something. *sigh*
Yes, but through some magical mishap it's actually Ivy's DNA that gets Rachel pregnant... ;o

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Yes, but through some magical mishap it's actually Ivy's DNA that gets Rachel pregnant... ;o

This would be the only thing that could save a demon pregnancy storyline for me. Which of course means that it's completely out of the realm of possibility. Still, it's a nice thought to comfort myself with *le sigh*

[(Anonymous)]

Oh god. I hadn't even thought of this. I'm so scared now because I think you're right. *sobs* Brutal! Brutal! It's so totally going to happen. Oh god, I just want to save Ivy from the insanity that is Rachel Morgan. What a dumb, canicula. Knowing our luck it'll probably be Trent or Al's baby, and Ivy will get raped trying to stop Rynn Cormel from kidnapping it and killing it or something. *sigh*

OH. FUCK. NO.

That'll totally happen.

I'll bet that Rachel has a baby that (somehow or another) is demon/semi-demon/the prophecised savior. Naturally the witches, elves, demons, weres and humans will be falling all over themselves to kidnap/kill/mate with the CHOSEN ONE. Rachel will be all NO, ITS MINE, BITCHES, and oh I love the kid, such cute eyes and etc and actually I'm not too bad a mother, but the whole world is after me so I must angst about what to do with my baby. Then KH WILL KILL IVY TWICE TO SAVE THE KID (AND RACHEL'S WORLD). And Rachel will somehow or another end up with her heterosexual happy ever after and sometimes place blood-stained daisies on Ivy's grave which is next to Jenk's and Matalina's in a meadow of sunflowers.

Oh no. Now I'm totally convinced that it'll happen! It sounds entirely too plausible!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Then KH WILL KILL IVY TWICE TO SAVE THE KID (AND RACHEL'S WORLD). And Rachel will somehow or another end up with her heterosexual happy ever after and sometimes place blood-stained daisies on Ivy's grave which is next to Jenk's and Matalina's in a meadow of sunflowers.

*SOBS* Oh god, I could see this happening! *SOBS LOUDER*

You're scenario is SO scary, because it seems so plausible.

I'm gonna go on the record and say the moment Ivy dies, this series is dead to me (twice). And if Kim tries to pull any fuckery that makes me hate Ivy, I'm through. Ivy is sacred and I will not stand for K.H's shenanigans!