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Post: 79909191_1 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 15:27:32 +0000
Posted: Tue, 22 May 2012 15:27:32 +0000

Has anyone else heard of this abomination?

I was surfing Reasoningwithvampires and stumbled onto a video of her telling people to avoid this book like the plague.

If you're wondering about its connection to Twilight, apparently it's a fanfiction ripoff THAT WAS PUBLISHED.

It started out as a crappy fan fic full of BDSM and whatnot that centered around Bella and Edward. Despite the shitty writing people seemed to like it, but too many current fans of the books were angry because there wasn't nearly that much of a sexual nature in the Twilight series. The writer then took the story down and reposted it on her own website FiftyShades.com and changed the names of the characters, which, I guess doesn't make it a fanfiction anymore...

The writing is s**t, utter s**t. I feel very confident saying that, considering how every compitent critic who has reviewed it has said the same thing, but a few stand up for it because I guess submissive BDSM (where you're pretty much letting some rich guy piss on your life because he pays you) is a real empowering thing for women nowadays. The book is actually a Trilogy now and there's even a movie deal in the works. *facepalm*

How far are our standards going to plummet? I understand BDSM can be a great thing for some people, but the explanation in this story is laughable. Not only that, but apparently people who are more into BDSM than the average person are not impressed by this book's "hard core" reading.

I was going to find some snippet to post, but damn, the only one I've found so far... *facepalm* I'll just leave a link

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Post: 79909191_2 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 16:25:02 +0000
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Thanks for tipping me.

I've heard of it and read excerpts of it. I am not amused. I don't understand how it was allowed for fanfiction to be published. Especially one bad as this. I just don't really have much to say other than I will never read it, this isn't helping my view of romance novels. Far as I'm concerned, the romance genre died when Twilight was published. Now I just read gay fiction. At least that hasn't been destroyed yet.

Did you know that Kristen Stewart wants to read this just as badly, if not more than she wanted to read the Twilight series? As much as I appreciate her as an actress and think she's beautiful, I don't like her taste in literature.

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Post: 79909191_3 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 16:27:51 +0000
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I've read sporkings on it. Yeah. I know it's bad.

@Muffin: If Kristen's probably wanting to read it just to see how bad it is. xD

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Post: 79909191_4 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 16:55:38 +0000
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I'd laugh is Kristen auditioned to play Ana in the movie.

The most ironic part about this? Ana, the narrator, is an English Lit. Major, and that idiot can't narrate to save her own life.

That is how disappointing this book is.

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Post: 79909191_5 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 17:06:41 +0000
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You can always do what I do and read sporkings. xD

TADA!!!!

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Post: 79909191_6 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:31:29 +0000
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Truth be told, I actually was thinking about reading it (Because I'm actually into submissive BDSM.), but after hearing all this, coupled with the fact that I trust Dana's educated opinion, I might just have to read the sporkings. D:

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Post: 79909191_7 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:36:33 +0000
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There's nothing wrong with BDSM, it's just obvious that what's in this book isn't BDSM at all. It's full dom written by someone who probably has a lot of problems...

I'm gonna go ahead and read the sporking that Nightfall just linked. ;3

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Post: 79909191_8 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:39:23 +0000
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I had a hunch that was the case. It seemed odd that so many people were really loving this sort of thing, when BDSM normally has a sort of negative social standing. I used to think it was crazy, but now I know it's simply misunderstood, nothing more. ;D

I'll have to wait until I get home to do it. I'm at school, and I'm pretty sure that reading (sporkings of) BDSM-themed fanfiction knock offs is frowned upon on college-owned computers. XD

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Post: 79909191_9 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:45:24 +0000
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You can always do what I do and read sporkings. xD

TADA!!!!

Aaaaand I'm already laughing. I haven't even started the first chapter spork yet!

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Post: 79909191_10 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:46:52 +0000
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Oh, too true. You wouldn't want the teachers catching you with that, even if it is college.

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Post: 79909191_11 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:48:14 +0000
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Oh, too true. You wouldn't want the teachers catching you with that, even if it is college.

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Yup. Although, a few of my good friends are aware of my....preferences, and are totally okay with it. They even ask me questions sometimes.

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Post: 79909191_12 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:55:00 +0000
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Mental problems, I would assume. The book is scary enough as it is, even from the sporkings, it's obvious! The lady must lack something, but I don't know what it is. Umm...

@Minvera: Just a note for you and Lex: The blue is the actual writing and the rest is the sporkers' commentary. biggrin Sometimes people get that confused.

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Post: 79909191_13 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:56:22 +0000
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Bitches be crazy.

I figured. I've read some of the sporkings from Twilight, so this shouldn't be too hard to navigate.

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Post: 79909191_14 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 18:58:02 +0000
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Oh, too true. You wouldn't want the teachers catching you with that, even if it is college.

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Yup. Although, a few of my good friends are aware of my....preferences, and are totally okay with it. They even ask me questions sometimes.

This is just me, but I still do think that sex should be more of a behind-closed-doors thing. Not because I have an issue with sex, but because too many people are showing an interest in extreme things like Fifty Shades of Grey. The women who are really into this are looking at pure hatred and humiliation, not BDSM. If someone has an interest in you, they don't force you to sign a contract that completely takes away your free will and allows them to beat you with chains if you don't hold your fork the way they want you to. <<<That's terrible and I wouldn't trust these people to be in public.

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Post: 79909191_15 created on Tue, 22 May 2012 19:02:02 +0000
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Bitches be crazy.

I figured. I've read some of the sporkings from Twilight, so this shouldn't be too hard to navigate.

Like, totally, dude. xD Sometimes I wonder about James and how similar she is to Meyer....Oh. My. God. SHE'S THE BRITISH VERSION! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! /stops screaming

Well, I hope the two of you enjoy them.

@Lex: I'm not too wild about the sex stuff either. If there is gonna be any, it better be brief because I'm not reading 15 pages of dialogue about how the experience/moves/whatever is/are like. Bleh. *makes a face*

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