THESE.... These are the End Times. · 10:29pm May 4th, 2020
Yes, ladies and gents, this... abomination is finally to see the light of day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/books/stephenie-meyer-midnight-sun-twilight.html
Fans of Edward Cullen, the brooding vampire hero from Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling “Twilight” series, will have something fresh to bite into this summer.
Ms. Meyer announced on Monday that “Midnight Sun,” the new novel in her vampire romance series, will be published on Aug. 4, more than a decade after the original story concluded.
“I thought seriously about delaying this announcement until things were back to normal,” Ms. Meyer said in a statement. “However, that felt wrong, considering how long those who are eager for this book have already waited.”
2020, the year that keeps on giving. Oh dear god in heaven, 2020 is truly a horrible year now. Not the CoronaVirus that's probably going to do me in, no. This... this is worse. I hope Robert Patterson picks up a copy and narrates a section with his utter contempt.
God is dead, for we have killed Him.
Nietzsche.
Well. I'm going to find a REAL fuck-mothering vampire to kill this Sparkly wannabe! I'll be in the UK if you need me, making all of hell sing!
...okay, that's it. I'm going to Antarctica. There's a certain three-headed dragon that I think ought to stretch his wings for a little while.
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Damn. I got nothing else to say.
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I mean... there’s also a particular series on Netflix too with a good vampire in it.
And it’s probably not the one you’re thinking about.
I think, to be honest , this is just her being trollish.
That’s not to say she won’t do it but it is to say that she’s doing it because things are so difficult right now.
Regardless, we know how bad these things are now, there’s no way she can write Edward the same way without him being universally compared to sexually manipulative predator and, honestly, I’m kind of looking forward to what the critics will have to say about it.
And yea, the fans and detractors among the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and of the Disney Remakes and of the Marvel and DC shall thus unite in arms against that most wretch’d of twinkling bloodsuckers!
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I got something to say. COUNT this.
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Urgh
If this news wasn't bad enough, there is also this on the way side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O4rVbRPXQ8
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Ah yes, thank you.
I fucking love that picture.
"One! One left cross! Two! Two left crosses! Ah, ah, ah!"
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What series? JoJo?
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I’m still thinking of Drac from Super Monsters.
Voiced by the ever-so lovely
Flash SentryVincent Tong.Yeah. Not what you were expecting, but I’ve never played any Castlevania or seen the Netflix Series, so...
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Also, no one caught the reference? even tho I liked the one with Cullen getting decked by the count!
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Its a Hellsing Refernce..............
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Never saw Hellsing.
I am a pathetic, miserable, uneducated swine of a human being.
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ah. Also, Matsuda/Kai plays a little itt-bitty vampire?
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Yep.
Vincent Tong is practically EVERYWHERE these days.
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE VINCENT.
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You expect Stephanie Meyer to have the brains to think about any of that?
Y'all are losing your minds over this, and meanwhile I'm just in the corner thinking "...Okay, she's making another book. Whatever."
Is there something wrong with me, or do I just have a really high pain tolerance?
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And if that’s not enough,
Pinkie and FluttershyAndrea Libman plays an equally small witch girl named Katya.5256154
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Ashleigh Ball, AJ and RD, play.....someone who's name I forget, in the series DEEP.
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Well then. Never heard of Deep.
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Eh. According to wikipedia.
Based on a comic book created by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer, "The Deep" focuses on the Nekton family. The Nekton family are adventurous underwater explorers who live in a state-of-the-art submarine named the Aronnax. The family consists of Antaeus and Fontaine and their parents Will and Kaiko and they seek to unravel the mystery of the oceans depths. The family seek Lemuria, a lost city that they are trying to reclaim. With help from Nereus, their guardian, they seek to pursue the riddle that will take them to Lemuria.
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I see. Sounds complex. And, dare I say, very... Deep?
Don’t think my show competes with that, but there’s a lot of names from FIM in Super Monsters, and it’s actually made by the head of Marvel Studios himself, Avi Arad.
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Eh. I've seen it. Not my cup of tea.
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Ah. Right. I see.
Well, to each their own, I suppose. I’ve personally considered it a hidden gem, but that’s just me.
Someone input the vader no scream please
I honestly never had a "worse" year in my life. Sure, there were some a lot better than others, but none of them ever felt bad or terrible.
2020, however, proved me wrong. I may be an introvert, but even I got my limits and would very much like to see my friends and acquaintances again.
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That made my morning.
From outside, this is kind of interesting - the Fifty Shades of Grey series started out as bad Twilight erotic fan fiction, and sold a boatload of ebook copies once the character names were changed and the vampire thing quietly dropped - I believe it may even have actually outsold its inspiration? Anyway. After running out of ideas, the Fifty Shades author released a 'new' book, "the first book - but as told from the male character's perspective!" And now, this.
This is truly a Grimdark time.
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No, but what she thinks isn't something I understand or particularly care about.
But we live in a time that's more aware of the unfortunate implications that Twilight has around it. Unless she, herself, has learned anything, it will attract the derision it deserves from the get-go.
Regardless, I'm actually kind of looking forward to seeing it raked over the coals by various reviewers.
Between this, Cats and The Emoji Movie, there isn't enough nowadays that everyone agrees is bad.
It's cathartic.
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Or maybe I'm just that bored.
...Not just because of lockdown, I genuinely have been in a bit of a slump lately even before all this.
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I personally cannot wait to see this book ripped to shreds for this reason alone. Please note, Edward admits in book he's a creepy stalker but goes right back to doing it.
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...Does he now?
So...she looked at all the problems the character had and decided the first and only thing that needed to go...was the denial?
In the words of Bobsheaux...
"I'm all for thinking outside the box but you don't go thinking into the trash-can!"
Righto, this August, don your darkest longcoat, sharpen your stakes and watch out for discounts on garlic.
'cause it's SLAYIN' SEASON!
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