Twilight

Aug. 15th, 2008 09:15 am
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Since I linked to a Twilight mocking fic last night, I thought that for the sake of posterity (er... which translates to "ease of my finding the stuff for the lulz in the future") I should link to some of the crack Twilight stuff wandering around the web.

What is Twilight? It's a young adult book series following the angsty romance of pain in the ass, Mary Sue, emo teen Bella and the 100+ year old virgin vampire who attends high school for no apparent reason Edward Cullen... who sparkles! I'm not kidding.

No, seriously:

Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His glistening, pale lavender lids were shut, though of course he didn't sleep. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal.

I know! And that's not all. There's other cracktastic stuff in the novels, too!

Okay. Okay, I'm intending to archive not judge. ::composes self:: ahem.

* [livejournal.com profile] shinga does a hilarious play-by-play of the first novel

* [livejournal.com profile] tkp gives a summary in comic book format

* [livejournal.com profile] cleolinda gives her insights

* The publishers decide to compare Twilight to Harry Potter. So of course... there will be wank! (Harry Potter is involved. Of course there's wank)

* And they sell the movie rights, so Entertainment Weekly does a horrific cover story on Twilight

* And there are icons!

* [livejournal.com profile] cleolinda also summarizes: Book 2 - New Moon , Book 3 - Eclipse

And then... (Oh lord.) And then it turns into glorious crackfic! cleolinda's summary of Book 4 - Breaking Dawn It's insane!!!

- A sparkle wedding

- an abusive honeymoon on a private island

- insta-pregnacy!

- with a demon death baby!

- Who kills Bella while in utero!

- And is delivered by vampire (teeth!) c-section!

- And she SORASes! (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome)

- While Bella is turned into the most Mary Sue bestest vampire ever!

And did I mention finding true love with Toddlers? Because I totally should. Cannot possibly leave that part out!

* So, yeah, the professional reviews? They are bad

* And there's wank! There must be wank!

* Cleolinda makes a wiki

* Finally, [livejournal.com profile] stoney321 reads the summaries and declares the series is Book of Mormon badfic! And now she promises to read the books and review them in context. Yay!

Date: 2008-08-15 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] appomattoxco.livejournal.com
I have a 100% rebate for the book at fictionwise. Since it sounds like the plot of very bad Spuffy fic of ff.net I'm not even tempted by that.

Date: 2008-08-15 08:41 pm (UTC)
ext_15194: floral background with hobbit's journal written diagonally across the front (paralysed by not caring)
From: [identity profile] hobbituk.livejournal.com
Not only sparkling, but has Lavender eyelids???? Good Lord. There are no words...

Date: 2008-08-15 11:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cy-girl.livejournal.com
The links are hilarious.

The vampires play baseball? Whuhhhhh?

Date: 2008-08-16 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
It sounds like uncut Crack!Fic. I've never read it. Never had a desire to read it... until I read the summary of Breaking Dawn and it's so Bad!Fic nuts that I'm resisting the temptation to read it just for the giggles.

The only thing that holds me back is if I had to read too many descriptions of his "scintillating arms" my brain my explode (What in the frell are arms doing being scintillating?!)

Date: 2008-08-16 03:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
But, but he's incandescent! And his arms are scintillating! He needs the lavender eyeshadow to complete the drag queen vampiric look!

Hee!

Date: 2008-08-16 03:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
And he's repeating high school for the *mumblety-mumbleth* time!

Still nothing -- NO-THING -- will ever top his performing c-section by vampire bite! Who the hell thinks up something like that?! It's... it's... kinda crack!fic awesome (in a I'm sure she didn't mean it in a hilarious 'are you on drugs?!' but you know she didn't mean it to be funny way!

Date: 2008-08-16 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildrider.livejournal.com
Argh! It burns! It burns!

*and I weep, because I can't even get an agent to accept my book...*

Date: 2008-08-18 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
The publishing industry makes no sense. I mean, seriously. Some of the stuff that's published you just shake your head and wonder how? (Then wonder again when it reaches the best sellers list).

Date: 2008-08-19 01:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildrider.livejournal.com
Truly. Of course, it may just have something to do with the mainstream - I've come to the conclusion most of the people swimming there are kinda dumb as stumps...

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