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I have really been enjoying this thread. I read these shortly after the last one came out, and it turns out they suck just as much now as they did on release. I didn't outright hate the first one, but the rest... And for those of you who haven't read the books and are waiting for things to get even worse on every conceivable level, loving strap in.
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I am incredibly excited for this. Thank you for suffering for our enjoyment in these dark times.
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Apr 18, 2020 03:09
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Dienes posted:Leah and Rosalie start out antagonizing each other, only to find they have a lot of shared trauma from abusive previous relationships and their own infertility. They bond and become a support system for each other, and eventually enter a romance even more star-crossed than Bella and Edward's. A more exciting author than Stephanie Meyer.
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May 29, 2020 18:00
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HIJK posted:What was really hosed up was that it was the older fans interjecting this information in the same discussions that teens were having. So my high school friend would call me even weeks after the Breaking Dawn debacle (she was one of the people who returned their novel. There was an epidemic of fans returning their books or giving them to secondhand stores. For a hot minute you found Breaking Dawn next to Laurell K Hamilton.) to complain that the adult fans were inserting their sexual fantasies into teen spaces. This is absolutely horrifying. Just.... every aspect of this is awful.
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Jul 15, 2020 01:01
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HIJK posted:Earlier in the thread I talked about how it wasn't really fair to talk about Meyer's mental state but now I think I was wrong on that front. I didn't know the pedophilia in Breaking Dawn was so upfront and stark. But no, you see, it's good and pure and innocent. Jacob just is absolutely obsessed with the infant/toddler/small child, but it's because he's such a good protector for her! And sure, eventually it will be a romantic relationship. And she apparently gets absolutely zero say in the matter because why would she want to when he is so good and loyal and just really, passionately loves her. Yeah, it's super upfront and gross on every level. "Fun" story: Around the time this book came out, I went out to dinner with some coworkers. A coworker who had just had her first baby surprised us by meeting us at the restaurant with her infant daughter. Eventually she sat across the table from me, and the baby just stared at me. No idea why, maybe because I was the first person she had been close to who had glasses, or maybe just because she was a baby and who knows how their minds work? Anyway, after about an hour or so, the mom gets my attention and says "I think she's imprinted on you, like in Twilight! She hasn't stopped staring at you!" I just kind of smiled and looked away because how do you respond to that? Thankfully she never mentioned it again, I think she could tell it made me pretty uncomfortable.
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Jul 15, 2020 04:15
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chitoryu12 posted:It sucks that Rowling had to go mask-off so hard because I had thoughts of eventually doing a Harry Potter thread, where we would approach with full spoiler freedom and try to figure out if the books held up and if there was legitimate foreshadowing and character arcs planned out for years. Unfortunately, I think any attempt at that is tainted now. That's a shame, because I think that this would be incredibly interesting. But yeah, any attempt now feels like it's doomed to become about Rowling being a shithead and not stay on topic.
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Jul 15, 2020 23:55
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Inspector Gesicht posted:That sure is a lot of new characters to be dropping in in the last act. I’m sure it will all be worth it and there will be an immensely satisfying conclusion. A writer of Meyer’s caliber could do no less surely. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Jul 25, 2020 00:16
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After four books and the start of this one, I’m starting get the crazy idea that Stephanie Meyer might just be a hack.
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Aug 28, 2020 01:50
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chitoryu12 posted:In Rosalie's really good scene from the new text, this gets retconned. It turns out as much as Rose wants her humanity back, she's insecure that if she lost her supernaturally enhanced beauty that Emmett would reject her. Of loving course.
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Sep 23, 2020 05:00
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You’re a champion for suffering through this for our entertainment.
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