Because Kelis always says it best ... "I hate you so much right now, AHHHHHHH!"

[fembuck]

So, trancer21 just posted an awesome review (SPOILERS!!  Don't click the link if you are afraid of SPOILERS!!!) of WWBC (with scrolling font, ya'll).

I have run out of words to describe my fucking epic hate-on for Cock Block right now, so I will respond to this entirely in graphics.

THE KILLER IS SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER BEEN INTRODUCED!!! Yep, that's right. It was some dude Ivy burned years ago and has been sitting in jail sight unseen.



Now, why does Rachel get rage against Kisten's killer when Ivy does not? Why is Rachel's love, and need for vengence, for a man she knew for less than a year *greater* than Ivy's love for someone she's known ALMOST ALL HER LIFE!?!

To: Ivy
From: Cock Block


Kisten's killer is killed by Kisten himself! Yep. His love for Rachel is so true, so real that even as a soulless undead vamp, he remembers their love and protects her ONE LAST TIME!!



Hey, did you know Rachel has a ghost in her church? Did you know that ghost has been there for almost a year? Oh and that ghost is a person from her past that Rachel has a DEEP AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTION with? A person that, after 6 books, appr. 2850 paperback pages and 1,000,000 words WE'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT BEFORE!?!



Finding out Rachel's inspiration/motivation for joining the I.S. is a good thing, finding out 7 books later? Finding out that it's because of a ghost who - was the previous owner of her late father's watch, her first 'good kiss', a witch, involved somehow with Al and, oh yeah, a lifetime member of the 'Coven of Moral and Ethical Standards'...STEPHENIE MEYER SPARKLY-COVERED LLLAAAAMMMMEEEEE!!!



Has it ever been mentioned before that Ivy has a sister? Because I was all 'Erica who in the what now?'

Erica was first mentioned in Book 3. Rachel met her just before she met Skimmer at Ivy's parents house. She's popped up a bit sense then, but always in really small doses, because Ivy's life doesn't matter.

And do Ivy's parents actually have names?



*calms, remembers ... Ivy's life DOESN'T MATTER.*

What I feel at the thought of 6 more books ...



Edited for my response tojulygreen's comment below that the WWBC story that we've read (or in some cases just bought) is the product that was produced AFTER the editors made their suggestions and demands.  Or as julygreen put it "Unless ... they [the editors] did [make suggestions to improve the story], and this is actually the improved version ... ?"


I know that not funny, it's horrifying. But I have to laugh..

... because sometimes words are not enough to fully express my loathing.

Comments

[wishing-wounds.livejournal.com]

The last graphic finally killed me.

One note: I do believe Pierce was actually mentioned in a short story Kim Harrison wrote set in the Hollows series. There's a lot of short story collections out there by all the popular supernatural authors and I remember reading about him in one of the holiday ones.

There's also one that revolves around Ivy's life pre-Rachel, but I don't remember which book I have it in.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

One note: I do believe Pierce was actually mentioned in a short story Kim Harrison wrote set in the Hollows series.

Yeah, I heard that after I read his introduction. But I still call fuckery. Those are side books, not part of the Rachel Morgan series. It's a bit ridiculous to think that everyone went out and bought the anthology stories (I was going to, but there was no way I was laying out that amount of money for like 20 pages). So, to just up and act like we were all just waiting for him to appear again, when a large chunk of the audience had no idea who he was was stupid.

Mia didn't jar, because she was organically added into the plot, and it wasn't played like, "OMG! MIA HARBOUR! SHE USED TO PULL MY HAIR AND SNAP MY UNDIES AND NOW SHE'S MY BIGGEST ENEMY EVER and has been secrety sucking my life essense away for a year even though she was never mentioned in any of the books you have read or even hinted at".

There's also one that revolves around Ivy's life pre-Rachel, but I don't remember which book I have it in.

I wish Cock Block would combine these side stories in like a little novella type book, like "Tales of Beddle the Bard" or something so that I could just buy that. Because I want to read them, well the Ivy one, not the epic saga of Pierce and Rachel's Romeo and Juliet style tragic 24 hour love affair. But I'm not paying for that anthology, and I'm not sitting on the floor for an hour to read it in the store (well, maybe in the summer when I have more time).

[ralphy137.livejournal.com]

I think the Ivy one is Dates from Hell. I think.
I couldn't bring myself to read it cause I don't want to hear Kim's version of what's going on in Ivy's head. Cause I don't think she could ever do it right!

[wishing-wounds.livejournal.com]

I liked Mia because she fucked with Rachel but wasn't a vampire. It's nice to see the mythology expanded a bit.

I also liked that Ivy gave up her wish for someone else. As scant as it can be sometimes, I do like her character development.

[julygreen.livejournal.com]

One note: I do believe Pierce was actually mentioned in a short story Kim Harrison wrote set in the Hollows series. There's a lot of short story collections out there by all the popular supernatural authors and I remember reading about him in one of the holiday ones.

I heard about that, too. Clever cross-referencing, or money-making opportunism? I'm calling the latter.