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Twilight series quote of the day (from Breaking Dawn, page 94): I've never been so happy in all my life--I wasn't this happy when you decided that you loved me more than you wanted to kill me....



I wonder if good Twilight fanfic exists. My searches have mostly turned up schlock with summaries similar to these:

Bella is a mermaid and Edward is the sailor who finds her.

I suck at summery's just read it.

like twilight but edward is human and bella is the vampire can true love prevail. Read 2 find out!!!!!


I believe, however, that things hit a new low with one particular story. The author was trying to indicate that the fic was a ménage à trois. Actually, it was a foursome and she called it, get this, a Menasha twa.

I broke. I made my first topic at fanficrants in ages about this subject. (BTW, if you go to look at the story in question, be warned that it's extremely adult in nature.)

Has anyone ever found any decent Twilight fic? In my searches, I don't think I saw a single story that I would recommend to anyone I like and want to remain on good terms with.

Title: Match Point
Author: ghost2
Rating: PG
Word count: about 1600
Characters: Seven/Ace, the TARDIS
Summary: The TARDIS plays matchmaker for the Seventh Doctor and Ace.
A/N: Written for stars_fell for the Cliche-Swap Ficathon. This story is definitely on the cracky side of the fence. The cliche used was originally for Ten/Rose: The TARDIS plays matchmaker.
Thanks to Julie for looking this over for me.

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I'm on track to finish my "novel" in terms of word count reaching 50,000. But for the rest of today and tomorrow, I am chucking NaNo in favor of finishing my Seven/Ace clichefic. In fact, from now until Wednesday morning, I think all NaNo participants should set aside their novels and write Seven/Ace instead. The world would then be a much better place. So that is my proposal.

35628 / 50000 words. 71% done!

Happy birthday, malaleen!

Happy birthday, persiflage_1!

I hate my plot and my characters. I like my spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

I don't think this is an ideal situation.

5845 / 50000 words. 12% done!

Yeah, that news.

My brief reaction is under the cut, but you can look at my little mood selection there and decide if you want to click.

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Is there some alternate universe where woah has become the correct spelling of whoa? Just asking.

I saw this list of shows that a writer predicts will be cancelled by season's end. It consists of 'Til Death, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Privileged, Lipstick Jungle, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Gary Unmarried, The Unit, The Ex List, Knight Rider, and Pushing Daisies. Fortunately, the only two cancellations from that list that would much bother me are Lipstick Jungle and SCC.

Now, hear me out: LJ is terrible. Absolutely terrible. But it's also hilarious. The show is the TV equivalent of badfic. The characters are crazy, the plots are incredibly stupid, and the dialogue is laughable. Then you have my favorite bit, which is Andrew McCarthy turning in a totally bizarre performance where he seems to be doing whatever the hell he wants and getting paid to do it. That he hasn't been fired yet is a minor miracle, but I hope he never is. The entertainment value from seeing him onscreen is just too great. New episode tonight, BTW! If this one gets cancelled, Private Practice is my second choice for so-bad-it's-good viewing. The game cast constantly gets saddled with lousy stories and strange characterization. I'm watching, though.

Then we have SCC, which I like because a lot of it is genuinely good. The author of this article is pretty skeptical about its chances, even though he wrote the piece after the show's surprising season renewal. Doesn't seem to think it'll stick. True, the ratings were really bad again this week--does Fox have some secret plan to goose them? Are they going to schedule SCC after American Idol in January for an episode or two? It didn't work for New Amsterdam, of course. Then again, it did succeed with the horrific Moment of Truth. Side note: Am I the only one who didn't know that a fourth Terminator movie is coming out? It's scheduled for May of next year.

Anyone watch the premiere of Crusoe last night? No? Just me, then. My advice: Don't bother with this one. Really, a boring show. Next!

How about My Own Worst Enemy? No, I didn't like that one, either. It almost made Heroes seem coherent by comparison.

Better news: Sarah Connor Chronicles improved in ratings over the past couple of airings (and baseball, which replaced it last Monday, failed to do that much better in the demos) so it actually got a full season pickup. That's pretty much the opposite of what looked like happening just a few weeks ago, but they can't cancel everything. Fox is also having trouble on Wed., Thurs., and Fri.

Speaking of cancellation, I wish NBC would get rid of Kath & Kim. Given that it's supposedly a comedy, surely the pilot should have included at least one amusing line.

I do think that Eleventh Hour, Privileged, 90210, Life on Mars, Fringe, and The Mentalist are at least watchable. Still, overall this is a weak season for new shows.