Bella just isn't a great role model.  Or a great heroine.  But then again, most of my idols aren't either.  For example...

I love Edie.

Campers, who do you admire?  Mom?  Grandpa?  Fictional character?  Celeb?  Bella Swan?  Angela Weber?  Aro?

Please, show me who and tell me why!

First off, I am not good with words, I HOPE I get the message through.

We, the hosts of the Mentalward Contest, apologize to the people who have been offended by the contest tagline and description.

[I know, its kinda late, but communication between the hosts was a challenge and yeah, its late]

We have been told that the issue was not with the contest itself but with the wordings we used..

It's really just that your contest requests characters that are mentally unstable, insane, crazy, but characterizes those traits as violent and dangerous (i.e. obsessive, stalkers). I don't think the contest itself is really the issue, but rather the wording. If it was a Stalkerward contest, I doubt we'd be hearing anything negative.

we were not as sensitive as we should have been, and we're sorry.

Sooooo we need help..

PLEASE help us make the wordings so that they would not be offensive.

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“Mentalward” Contest

Exploiting the minds of those that are sick, twisted, and demented…

Presented by: Yanxxx, YellowGlue, DurtyNelly, and Rparkerp

Everyone has seen “Darkward” contests. We know them, we love them, but sometimes you want a little more. So we have decided to create a contest that focuses on what happens when Edward (or other characters) is a little insane. We are looking for characters that are mentally unstable, obsessive, stalkers, or any other term that would define them as insane or crazy.

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while our favorites ARE twisted, sick, demented, sadistic, stalker-ish people..this is NOT all that the contest is about.. so yeah. Help us....

oh, and here are stalker manips

lol

Ok I just have to celebrate the update because I LOVE this fic and this is an Epic chapter! Go read, come back and discuss!! Wake up and DEW IT!!

What do you do?

I'm going through a strange phase in my life. I have a few family secrets to handle, and sometimes it gets too much to hold in. Anyhoo, other than family drama, I have no love life... Not even a fleeting moment or two, and I kinda feel resentful lately. Esp reading fluff fics. I CANNOT HANDLE FLUFF!

All this happens because I'm a hopeless romantic, meh... I have this little fear of ending up like Austen. EEEP!

The last guy I was really seriously interested in, is basically a mamma's boy. He told me firmly that he won't date anyone, and that he has entrusted his parents (esp mom) with finding a good bride for him. He has no intent of finding love himself. FUCKER! LOSER! ARRGH! (sorry, but I'm pissed...)

In other words, he was not into me at all... yeah I was, and it HURT LIKE HELL . One sided thingies suck big time. We were great friends, but I had to distance myself. whatever. That had me a jolted for a while, because I had this strange belief that similar thoughts and view and opinions help forming a bond. I was so fucking wrong. We had the same views on almost all the things, just not on relationships.

(And now I hear he's going out with one of my friends. His mamma approves, of course. haha, well...)

Why am I ranting? Because I have to study out of blue for an exam for a job. I'm drunk, and my life basically sucks right now. I freaking see couples all around me, and I read Twifics to lick my wounds. I'm going a little insane I think.

My life feels like a crackfic, or worse, like a bad!fic, with bitches and lame dudes in it. Has it happened to anyone else?

I'm unable to write at all, because I have hit a roadblock of sorts. I thought I'd finish the chapter this week, but its just not coming out well. I feel like a good-for-nothing writer because of this shit.

Pardon my typos and rant...

I joined Twitter. I know I am going to regret this but what the hell.

I am @barelybreath

Barelybreathing was taken (I already hate the bitch who has my name!)

Please add/follow me. I promise lots of insanity.

What is your twitter name? Do you tweet alot? Do you like Twitter? TELL ME IF I AM GOING TO HATE IT!!!

So, this is directly inspired by a gazebo post.

Let's pretend you wanted to publicly and dramatically flounce the fandom.

Write your goodbye Tweet. That's about twenty words. Think of it as a epitaph that would go on your fandom tombstone.

For example: "Killed myself doing auto-erotica inspired by MasterofUniverse. Jennyfly,  you get my nipple clamps. Sterilize em first."

 Imma gonna follow wolvesnvamps with announcing another fabulous update.

WHEN FICTION BECOMES REALITY updated!!!!!

This is one of my absolute favorite fics. Without a doubt.

Go read and show Bittenev some love!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4705709/17/

BELLA! YOU GO GIRL! COME & DISCUSS WITH ME IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORY CONTINUES TO BLOW ME AWAY!!!

I believe you guys are getting the hang of this. This is all about YOU pimping STUFF. No, it doesn't have to be your own stuff..but no one will judge you if you do. This is all about you getting the word out about something that might not get the attention it deserves.

Maybe you are a writer? An Artist? Maybe you craft little sparkly Edwards and sell them on Etsy? 

It doesn't matter. we accept ALL.

This week, instead of pimping out anyone on the home page HERE..I am giving you the opportunity for ME to PIMP YOU. Are you shy? This may work. Do you want me to read (or see or experience) your stuff? This is your chance for me to give you props right here in the SPARKLEZONE. JUST POST IN MY CABIN your pitch and NEXT PIMP THREAD YOU COULD BE THE FEATURE.

As for me, I am working on this years Christmas Mixtape. For those of you who know me, you know it'll be awesome

(and that is how you pimp)

I dont know what you celebrate, but I just lit another candle on the Menorrah and put gifts under the Christmas Tree.

Yeah, I live in one of those households.

Anyhoo...

I was thinking about all of the wonderful ladies I wouldn't be able to get gifts for and wanted to show them some love.

So use this post to wish your BFFs a Happy Holiday.  Post a pic/gif of what you would give them.

This is my gift to all of you.

Frankly, I don't really care about Bella so reading about her and other male characters in the books hold zero interest for me, but I was just wondering if there are any of any well-written fics out there where Edward has a meaningful relationship with someone other than Bella. (That means not one of those slutty bimbo's who always seem to be his only other option.) It's okay if he ends up with Bella in the end, but are there any? I mean.. it's kind of weird that guys are apparently lining up at Bella's door but Edward gets to choose between Bella and some slutty/cheating girlfriend.

Often times we hear from the Twilight cast "It's not me they love...it's the character I portray..."  right.  And while it's true most fans have become familiar with the actors because of the Twilight saga, I don't know if I agree with the above statement.

I prefer mismatched buttoned, bearded, greasy Robert pics to Bouffant, Lipstick wearing Edward Cullen pics.

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and i definitely prefer Rathbone to Jasper

Tell me, Campers... for purely aesthetical reasons only, which do you prefer?

Actor or Character?

Show Me Pictures!

Lately all my Darkward fics have either finished (Emperors of Washington ftw!) or they havent updated in a while so as I was scrolling through my fic list I found myself just...meh. 

 I want something new and I want it in the form of a dark Bella.

Does she exist? Is there any fics out there where Bella is a stalker, obsessive, a murderer, just plain bat shit crazy?

That is the type of fic I am looking for and if any of you know of any can you please let me know?

Thanks!!

Robporn?

today i was supposed to write up an assignment due in tomorrow..

didnt happen at all.

I spent the whole day being a lazy slob catching up with all the fics ive neglected recently.

which means i'll be up super late tonight even though its already late, trying to do this essay

or i can read some more.

so whats it gonna be...

i need either some:

words of motivation

or

a rec for a good fic

cos ive read some pooh ones today

So, my sister is having her first baby next month, and we don't know if it's a girl or a boy. Being the considerate sister that I am, I thought I'd have a look on the web for popular baby names...

And this is what I've found...

http://www.babynames.com/Names/Popular/

Edward is a new entry on the chart from the previous year, and both Bella and Jacob have moved up more than 10 places on the previous year. There must be alot of Twiparents out there!

And then, today, this popped up in my inbox, which is what pushed me to post this in the first place...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20091214/tsc-life-us-babies-names-011ccfa.html

The interesting bit is about halfway down.

And so, it got me thinking. I don't have any kids myself, but I was wondering, if you do have kids, what did you name them and why? Also, would you ever name your child after a Twilight character?

And just because it's my favourite pic of Rob... well, one of them anyway!

Rangers, feel free to pull this if you think it shouldn't be here!

 i know...yet another contest but a friend asked me to help, so...i'm here, pimpin' it out.

(banner made by RoseArcadia)

We want you to kill off a Cullen family member.

You can check out all the rules and such here.

:)

So, we all know Livejournal has been a pain in the rear-end lately and unless it is lying to me, I believe one of our newest VIP author's has a birthday today!

SOOOOOOO.......

Happy Birthday Gallantcorks!!

So let's spam her with funny/weird/birthday gif's and lots of manporn (I believe she has it bad for Snape?)

AND if you have/had a birthday recently share the date so we can wish you one as well!

and because he's missed the forest dearly

I just had to share these with you. I found it over on the Lexicon. It's Twilight and New Moon, LOL Cats style.

Here's the link for TWILIGHT

Here's the link for NEW MOON

And just to give you a little jist of how hilarious it is:

And here are the Volturi:

Please forgive me for quoting such a lame source, but I thought this was kinda cute, and I kinda wanna do Peter...so whatev....

Looks like Daddy C may be busy while the details for Breaking Dawn are finalized.  The Twilight Saga’s Patriarch Peter Facinelli & wife Jennie Garth talk to OK! magazine about their home life, & how it’s like to be the male in a house full of women. 

"I want a boy every day. Yes I do. I love them. We’re so fortunate, and I don’t ever want to push that envelope. You think, ‘I have three healthy, great kids, and I’m so lucky’ that I would be scared to have more. But I would be willing to take the risk. I do want a boy.”

How cute is this family?  They are quite the showstoppers.   Peter & Jennie have been married for 8 years & have 3 daughters: Luca Bella 12, Lola 7, and Fiona 3,. I think it would be too cute to see a little Carlisle running around forks!  Jennie, go ahead take a chance.  I know I wouldn’t stop until I produced a little PFach junior. 

Peter & Jennie both speak about home life and their marriage as well as their “private bath time” check out the too cute for words interview at OK! Magazine.