It was passed around on Twitter just now that Jayeliwood got the following review on her Slash Backslash entry, The Bodyguard:

"I didnt read this story because of course it made me sick to my stomach. I dont have anything against gays or their relationships for personal reasons I am not at liberty to discuss its not my story to tell. What I do have is people taking Jasper and Edward and making them out to be something the author SM did not intend for them to be and it makes me plain sick and very disappointed in good authors like yourself making these two characters gay. Sorry if this offends you, but you wrote the story so you should be able to take the criticism for putting such garbage on your list of stories you are to good for this."

Needless to say (especially if you know me and my fervent love of all things slash) I raged. I couldn't control it and sent a PM. Me being me I think it was quite toned down. Anyway, now that I'm in rage mode, I feel like bringing everyone down with me. This is obviously not the first time I've seen reviews like this. In fact, the last time I was raging over reviews like this was over the ones americnxidiot got for her seriously adorable TT25 Jasper/Edward entry (*cough*thati'dlovetoseecontinuedifsheeverhastheinclination*cough*). Even before I was into fanfic, I'd see little screeds like that about slash in other fandoms. I just don't understand the need to express your hate on something that you a) didn't read, and; b) don't have to read. If it doesn't float your boat, push on. By the way, I'm fairly certain SMeyer wouldn't be pleased with a lot of what is done with her characters in fanfic. JS. 

Does commentary like that ever have a place in reviews?

Did it make it worse for anyone else that they specifically stated they didn't read the piece?

Should it have been sent in a PM? Or should the reviewer have kept their opinion quiet?

As an author, would you even respond? How?

Approved by WTVOC...and The Duck.

Totally random but...Im watching Riding in Cars with Boys and ever since I started reading Twilight FF I always picture movies i love with Edward and Bella (lame I know, does anyone else go through this?) But i mean the Dad is even a Cop in this movie!! Ironic? So anyway...Have you guys read any Fics with the same plot as this movie? Or something like it that you would recommend? And also what Fics have you read that are based on movies that you really LOVE or think could have been better than the movie?

p.s.

Peter is totally in this movie as the total nerd that is in love with Drew, and then voila! He comes back as the hottie we all know and love : D

Sorry if this has been posted before :(

 Hello.

My friend is sick of Bella, recently, so E/B isn't really doing anything for her. Could you please rec her some good Jacob fics? Pairing can be anything, except J/B or J/Renesmee.

Also, to make this more interactive, let's make this a Jacob character discussion. What do you like about him? What don't you like? Why are you team whatever?

also, how hot is my new icon?

As suggested by Ranger WTVOC, Pocket Eddie is getting his own campfire (and I'll also be popping my campfire cherry).

Pocket Edward lives on my desk @ work along with Dean and Sam's Impala.

Here he is posing with the 100 Monkeys.  Pocket Edward wishes he could play guitar but poor Eddie, his arms don't bend and his fingers are frozen. :-(

By the way, did anyone else notice how awful they dressed Edward in New Moon?  Why the hell was he dressed like Grandpa Joe?  I liked his wardrobe better in Twilight.  He looked like a real teenaged boy.

Now, this is where you come in.  If you have a pocket Edward/Alice/Bella/Jacob etc., post pics of their various adventures.  I'm curious to see what everyone else does with their dolls.  Let's light this campfire Amelie-garden gnome style!

Here you go! Happy New Year...

It frightens the heck out to me to write this, but I've been putting it off for far too long now so here it goes;

I've been hovering around here and ff for a while now and I have this story that I really want to write but I'm too chicken shit to just post it and worse still, don't really want to post it without a beta. Someone, please help?

Even if its not a beta,and its just someone who I could bounce ideas off of. At this point, I'll take anything.

Here ya go wtvoc, since you're so nice to us.

He makes me smile.

Don't throw pumpkins.

LOL!

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More inside. Got any cute/funny DB pics? Think you can caption the pics? Post em here!

wait, announcement:

the free-for-all lasts until january 2nd.  continue playing here!  this means i expect campfires from you people and possibly a david boreanaz picspam at some point. k back to my original post:

over at the lazy, yet discerning ficster, some ladies have been organizing a "guess who wrote which drabble" thingie, and yours truly and yours truly's other half are there.

can you tell the difference?  because eff, man.  i thought i was being obvious as shit.

guess that drabble

come in here and brag about yer ability to guess, and whether the drabble prompt thing we did a while ago is something you enjoyed.

My sister-in-law is a girl who absolutely loved the Twilight series of books.  And while she doesn't get online and do the 'fandom' thing... she couldn't wait for that first movie to come out.  She went with me.

And she didn't like it.

Most specifically...  She REALLY didn't like Rob in it.

So she was sort of down on the whole movie saga.  Still, she wanted to see New Moon.

Now, I may happen to have a copy.  And I may have taken it over to her place yesterday to watch.  (Because she was NOT going to pay to see it in the theatre, after Twilight was such a disappointment to her.)

Guess what?

She loved it.

Guess what, what? 

She LOVED Rob in it.

She said that he totally changed her mind about him playing 'Edward.'

Now I want to know.... did you (or anyone you know) change your mind about the saga of movies (for good or bad), or any of the actors in the movies,  based specifically on New Moon?

for my Free for All contribution....

I made this last night. (Actually I couldn't sleep and finished it at 6 am this morning)

I usually don't  post my videos, but Kake really liked this one, so I figured what the hey.

It's not Twilight, but it IS vampire related...

True Blood~Requiem

(WTVOC, consider yourself tributed, lol)

Sorry but I just had to post this new campfire.  I have been reading fics over the xmas break as a little pressie to me and I have started some new stories that have been rec'd over here.  I have read some pearlers, truly good fics.

Now my dilemma, one of the recs is a vamp fic that while I was struggling at first to get into it because it had a few spelling/grammar mistakes I kept going cos the storyline was really interesting.  Then Bam smut for the sake of smut just ruined it for me.

I have since taken it off my favs list, but have not reviewed. What would you all do in my situation.  The premise of the story is a really good one and I would like to see it finished but I just can't get around the smutty scene that just done me in.

Question:  Do I leave a reason I left this fic honestly or just leave it alone?

 (now don't get me wrong, I love me some smut/slash whatever, but it has to fit into the story!)

alright, my juicy little tech deficient briskets.

this is a post to get your questions answered.

can't figure out how to post a pic on adf?

don't know the html to make a strike-through? (don't know what a strike-through is?)

wonder how to screencap on a mac?

can't figure out your digital camera?

don't know how to sign on to kick my ass at mario kart all the way from the subcontinent?

well... ask away.  we won't judge.  well, i will

and if you know the answer... go for it.  and be nice.

 example: if i do a post of say, screencap yer desktop... this is what i expect to see.  not "idk how to do it lolz"

(this is my twitter background, but you can still see that adifferentforest is my second quick tab and that it's currently 57 degrees in southern california and i'm freezing my buns off)

 ....well, to an extent.

*eep first campfire!*

So this has probably been started before, but I truly want to know which fictional characters give you the warm-and-fuzzies. As an avid reader, I am constantly crushing on the men featured in my favorite authors' creations! Maybe you'll name a leading man that I haven't discovered yet ::crosses fingers:: and I can go crush on him for a while ;) I should probably give Edward a break. So please-- send me your most squee-worthy hero.

<3 

My examples can be found inside to save some room on this page :)

I'm sure this has been discussed but I'm new and I'm going to use this excuse for AT LEAST a week...

I woke up this morning thinking about Rachelle Lefevre.  Man, I'm really going to miss her in Eclipse.  I know this Bryce chicky will probably be fine but I LIKE my sequels to be consistent.  I almost had a aneurysm waiting to find out if those kids were going to stick it out for all the Harry Potter movies...

So this makes me wonder...is anyone else out there as OCD about this as I am?  

Does it bother anyone else when they recast actors for sequels?  Are there any sequel recasts that made you fume??

Should they maybe have changed some of the other actors in the Twisaga films...like, a certain mancub that I despise but shall remain nameless for the sake of peaceful discussion...

Do you think the recasting of Victoria will HONESTLY make a huge impact on the quality of the movie or how it does at the box office?  I'm pretty sure it's going to do just fine...so I'm just not sure of the reasoning behind this recast...

I haven't researched this topic much so give me the skinny peeps...

Farewell Rachelle...I'll miss you pretty lady...I'm really sorry I won't get to see Edward rip your head off :(

MaryJanice Davidson

Who else is familiar with the fantastic author that is MaryJanice Davidson?

I heart her. Seriously.

The author who brought is the fantastic Betsy The Vampire Queen in The Undead Series. The author who brought is the half Mermaid/half Human Fred in The Mermaid Series. The author who brought us The Gorgeous Series with the pain-in-the-ass The Boss and the hilariously funny Caitlyn. Lets not forget The Wyndham Werewolves. And so many others...

Give it up for MaryJanice Davidson :-)

PS. I thought I would make the most of the free-for-all.

Okay, in the midst of my holiday, a TON of our VIP authors have updated. Not only that, it seems as though a LOT of you are reading this weekend? How do I know? I have had a bunch of great alerts from ff.net saying that my story is on people's favorite stories list and that my name is on people's favorite author lists. Why am I BLUE then? I haven't received ONE review all weekend! Grant it, I probably have the least review count out of any VIP author but still, I do like them once in a while. *sniff sniff*

So, what is the Fanfiction challenge?

1. Go to our VIP section
   
2. START a new story, read a one shot, anything!
   
3. REVIEW IT and place a quick note in the writers VIP cabin.

Think of it as giving back to all of those authors that you love so much. A little Christmas present, if you will, a piece of good cheer for those who work to bring you a little free entertainment. Even little old me, who doesn't have time to write a lot, has TWO one shots. So you'll be able to find SOMETHING!

And while you are at it, if you are reading any of these, check out these updates~

BRATTYVAMP just updated My Escort (Dude, I love that story. Rosalie is such a hard-ass!)

My girl hmonster4 (really, I just wish she was my girl because she is so amazing) updated I KNOW YOU

Pastiche Pen put up an Epilogue to The Price of Permanence (all bow down to Ms Pen!)

Itzmegan73 rocked out a fantastic look eight years into the future of The Tutor (with a commitment-phobic Edward)

and my FAVORITE STORY in all twiverse SANCTUARY updated. Jennyfly is nothing short of a genius.

So READ, READ, READ!!!!

(first of all, my apologies to wolvenvamps. you know I love you.)

MY GREEN BAY PACKERS CAN TASTE THE PLAYOFFS, BABY!

This is a FOOTBALL post

Is your nfl team headed to the playoffs?

did they fail miserably?

do you think some player is extra-adorable?

do you prefer college sports? if so, bowl game anyone????

..and for those of you without any ties to the NFL, what do you think of when you hear "FOOTBALL"???

Hello everyone! Now that yet another Christmas has come and passed...

Let us share pictures of Christmas 2009: pictures of your gifts, trees, table decorations, food, etc...

Have you enjoyed your Christmas? Do you hate Christmas on principle? Tell me all: how did YOU spend this Christmas?

I spent Christmas snorkeling in the Caribbean, which saved me from spending Christmas with my relatives!

Howdy Campers!

So here's the thing. Some of you who read my stuff might be expecting an update of RIVER DAM today...

And some of you who pay close attention to my posts might be expecting me to post the rest of Sanctuary before the end of the year...

But

MY LAPTOP CAUGHT FIRE AND BILLOWED SMOKE the other night.

Naturally, I immediately turned it off, removed it from my lap, unplugged it, took out the battery and freaked the hell out.

Then I called the warranty people, and told them the story & the nice dude named Victor listened to me then went away for about three minutes. When he came back he said, "If there was fire and smoke, that's considered a safety hazard, and I need you to turn the machine off right now."

Gee, thanks, Victor.

Anyway, they're sending me a box, and I have to put my laptop in the box and ship it to them so they can try to fix it.

Needless to say, in the mean time, I cannot access my files. I can't get to my stories. I can't update anything. I'm fucked.

So, there will be no RIVER DAM update today, and Santuary is delayed YET AGAIN. Sorry, kids.

I'll have intermittant use of my friend's laptop, and I'm doing my best to not lose my fucking mind over this. Please post words of encouragement and pretty pictures of James Dean and Robert Pattinson to cheer me up.

Thank you. - jennyfuckingfly

 Even back in high school, I was really into Steven King novels, I wrote a paper about his life once and his novels.

I own a lot of the movies and love them all.

This are some of my favorites.

The Shining quote

Heeere's Johnny!

MISERY QUOTE

SLIPPED AWAY! SLIPPED AWAY? SHE DIDN'T JUST SLIP AWAY! YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU MURDERED MY MISERY!

ROSE RED QUOTE.

Bad house! BAD PLACE!

Pet Sematary quote

First I play with Judd, then Mommy came, and I play with Mommy. We play Daddy! We had a awfully good time! Now, I want to play with YOU!
the baby on Pet Sematary just freaks me out, but I freaking love it.

SO GO CRAZY.