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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 to![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
julygreen'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.
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 to
julygreen'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.
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Date: 2009-03-29 06:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-29 06:39 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2009-03-29 06:51 am (UTC)Honestly, it all starts off really well, but begins to stagnate and go nowhere that I want to be.
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Date: 2009-03-29 06:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-29 06:58 am (UTC)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).
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:02 am (UTC)So like who are we paying in a year to be the guinea pig that reads the next installment *first*?
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:14 am (UTC)I'm glad I could provide some lols. Sometimes a .gif really is worth a thousand words.
So like who are we paying in a year to be the guinea pig that reads the next installment *first*?
I'm sure some brave soul will step up to the plate. Shant be me, though. I'm not getting book 8 until it's a paperback (unless of course Rachel suddenly realizes her feelings, and she and Ivy make sweet, sweet love. That and only that could get me to buy a hardcover copy). And honestly, I'm tempted to wait to see if any bootleg e-book versions show up, read that and then buy a paper book if the book doesn't completely make me want to bash my head against a wall.
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:16 am (UTC)If the books get anymore frustrating, there won't be an audience wanting a movie. Seriously, when I finished the first book, I was like "a pay television channel totally needs to make a series of this. If it worked for True Blood, it can work for this!" Now, I probably wouldn't even watch the show (unless the casting was really, really good)
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:17 am (UTC)DONE.
Fuck this-
I'm goin' back to the HP fandom.
This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:19 am (UTC)Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-29 07:25 am (UTC)WTF??? O.O Six more books?!?!? One more book, I can stand.. two maybe... but SIX??? ANd Knowing KH she's going to be introducing more and more douchebags in the scene.. Fuck!!! this is a Nightmare..
Stupid Kim HArrison.. Reading ALL the fucking 7 books just for nothing
YEs Rachel loves Ivy
Yes Rachel had admit that she have fantasies about Ivy
Yes Rachel wants save Ivy from lost her soul
BUt Rachel doesn't Want to HAVE SEX whit IVy!! Just because she's a woman??? What's wrong with her (& KIm HArrison)???
HEr mother drop her when she was a baby or What??
ANd they LOVE each other for God's sake!!!
Well I hope that Ivy finds a good, sexy & loving woman, Rachel doesn't deserve her love anymore..
I HAte Kim HArrison so much Right Now...
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:26 am (UTC)Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:28 am (UTC)Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:30 am (UTC)Silhouette's a fucking pimp! Look at that dreamy motherfucker! Best Victory Day ever!
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:32 am (UTC)Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:38 am (UTC)I wanna be like Silhouette when I grow up.
......
Wait.
I take that back.
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:39 am (UTC)Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:40 am (UTC)the lesbian character (Silhouette) is supposed to have more scenes in the DVD.
:)
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-29 07:47 am (UTC)I heard about that, too. Clever cross-referencing, or money-making opportunism? I'm calling the latter.
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:50 am (UTC)Yeah. I know. I don't know if 6 more is 100% confirmed, but if Cock Block has mentioned it, then it's probably as close to a done deal as possible. There's going to be another 2 for sure though.
I would have been able to handle 9, but four more after that is too much for me. I think it'll be the length of the series, more than the cock-blocking that will get me to stop reading. I have a short attention span, I cannot follow this for another six years. I will lose interest. It is a fact ... a future fact.
BUt Rachel doesn't Want to HAVE SEX whit IVy!! Just because she's a woman??? What's wrong with her (& KIm HArrison)???
*Sigh* Yeah. Rachel's denial is unbelievable and ridiculous at this point. She should have said, "What the hell, let's try this" by now. She's obviously curious, she herself admits that she's thought about it, and she continues to think about it. Rachel hasn't even put forth the idea that she's scared about losing Ivy as a friend if things don't work out (which would be the strongest reason to hold back in my opinion). All of her resistance is focused on the fact that Ivy is female, but Rachel's responses to Ivy has shown that she is CLEARLY capable of physically responding to Ivy and being aroused by her. That plus her admitted love for Ivy, should have made Rachel give them a try books ago.
Rachel doesn't deserve her love anymore..
I'm feeling this way more and more. I kind of want a good woman to save Ivy from Rachel at this point. Rachel could have helped Ivy overcome her problems, but at this point Rachel is just the cause of Ivy getting more problems and loathing herself more.
Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:52 am (UTC)I hate that I haven't seen it yet. People are mocking me about it. Next week, next week for sure!
Re: This will make you feel better.
Date: 2009-03-29 07:53 am (UTC)*sigh* The money grubbing money grubbers sure know how to get me to lay down cash on a DVD
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Date: 2009-03-29 07:54 am (UTC)I wanna be in Silhouette when I grow up ;)