Announcement from the Slayer

Hello all!

As you can see from the slight changes to our blog, we are going to take a short break from our Twilight escapades and give you something far superior.

That's right, we're giving you Harry Potter! FOR THE WHOLE MONTH! In celebration (or in my case, mourning) of the last movie and Harry and JK Rowling's birthday at the end of this month.

During this time we will go over the books, characters, and movies; countdown the days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 comes out-AND-starting on July 7th I will be venturing into what will be known as "7 books in 7 days" where I will be reading all seven Harry Potter books in a week before Harry Potter 7.2 comes out. I'll have until July 14th at 11:59pm to do it, and I will be marking my progress and timing myself the entire time.

We are so very excited for this month and hope that you will join us! Feel free to send in Harry Potter doodles if you'd like!

-Buffyrules01

Getting to Know Your Vamp: Alice Style

Fellow readers,

I apologize now for not updating as regularly as I should have within the Twilight realm. I was having trouble figuring out who to introduce first, but I've finally decided. For this introduction, I will be introducing Mary Alice Brandon, the girl we all know and love as Alice Cullen (or my personal favorite, Pixie).

Enjoy!

Not much is mentioned in the Twilight Saga regarding Alice other than what we learn from James (the baddie in the first novel) that he once persued her, and that she was in a mental hospital at one point in her life, which is why Alice's memory of her past is so foggy. The only thing Alice remembers is waking up after she had been changed (her sire is unknown) and she automatically started having visions about her future. It is only later on towards the end of the series that we, along with Alice, discover that she had a sister in her human life, and that she currently has a niece living in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Like I said before, Alice has the gift of being able to see into the future, but it is limited; she can only see the outcome of the decision made, nothing is ever set in stone. Her visions are also only limited to humans and vampires, the reasoning? According to Stephenie Meyer, it is because Alice was a human and is a vampire; therefore, she cannot see into the future of shapeshifters or any other supernatural beings who are not like her.

Just recently, more of Alice's past has been revealed (thanks in part to SM's Twilight Guide, which has finally been published). In the guide, her sister is given a name: Cynthia, and we learn that her father was a jeweler and trader specializing in the pearl trade. Back when she was human, Alice received visions at an earlier age, but they only dealt with the changes in the weather. Her true visions of the future wouldn't come into fruition until later on when she was much older.

Up until that point, her parents accepted her visions, laughing them off while also following her guidance; if she mentioned that her grandmother would be arriving shortly an extra plate would be set at the dinner table, for example. Once Alice got older though, her visions became more vast, and unpredictable. She didn't understand back then that her gift had limitations and would change with every decision. She started to hesitate revealing her visions in case she was proven wrong. By the time she was eighteen, she ignored her gift unless the vision/feeling was so intense that she felt compelled to speak.

People started calling her a "witch" or a "changeling" whenever things would turn out badly. When Alice had a vision of her mother being murdered in the woods, she tried to warn her. At first her mother listened...but as the months passed and nothing happened, her mother eventually gave up and went back to her usual duties.

Then one night, Alice had a vision as clear as day of a man in a Model T running her mother's automobile off the road. She tried to stop her, but it was too late. Mrs. Brandon was dead; they declared it an accident

Merely six months later,  Mr. Brandon remarried a women only ten years older than Alice in Illinois (jumping the gun, much?). Alice quickly became suspicious of her new stepmother once she discovered that the preparations for the wedding had been going on much longer than six months. When Alice confronted her father on the matter, he was furious and denied everything. After the confrontation, Alice had a vision that proved her suspicions were accurate: her father had exchanged money with the man that killed his wife. Her own father had killed her mother, and was planning on killing her too.

So Alice fled.

She escaped to her Aunt's house, but she refused to listen to her as well (nice relatives, eh?). As a result, her own Uncle chased her off of their property, and Alice was forced to go to the town marshal. By the time she got there, her father and stepmother were already waiting for her. They insisted that Alice had gone mad and sent her to an asylum two counties away.

Once she was there, she was proclaimed dead by her family and the town itself.

While in the mental institution, Alice's head was shaved due to a threat of typhoid fever and she suffered through massive amounts of electroshock therapy, which caused Alice's loss of memory. Her luck was about to change for the better though, for a vampire happened to work at the institution as groundskeeper and he quickly took a liking to the tiny girl with visions. He became her friend and tried his best to keep her away from the electroshock therapy.

Then, one day, Alice saw James was coming for her, and her fate was sealed. She confided in her vampire friend, and together they tried to escape the institution, but it was futile. There was only one thing left to do to protect her. Turn her. The vampire immediately bit her, releasing the venom into her system. The vampire hid her body away while he tried to slow James down, but he was distracted and interrogated by Victoria. By the time James found Alice's body, she was already transitioning. Enraged, James went back and killed the vampire, Alice's only friend in the institution.

As Twilight fans will know, Alice eventually received a vision of Jasper and the Cullen family. She changed her way of living to the vegetarian style of the Cullens as she waited for Jasper to appear. She already knew what Jasper would mean to her.

Finally in 1948, the fateful day arrived. Alice met Jasper in a small diner in Philadelphia where they began their life together before joining the Cullens in 1950. Since becoming a vampire and joining the Cullen family, Alice has attended high school many times and has earned several college degrees in fashion design and international business. She enjoys spending time playing the stock market (which is helped by her visions) and loves designing and shopping for clothes.

Alice can be a little-in your face (though maybe not as much as Rosalie), but I adore her as a character. She had a miserable life as a human, one in which I'm sure we all hope will never happen to us, but she was able to overcome that. Alice could've easily taken her vampirism as a curse (like a certain bronze-haired person we all know), but she didn't. Instead she accepted what she was given and in return, found her soulmate and a family.

-I do not own any of this information, this belongs solely to SM. ScarC

ScarC occasionally writes random oneshots such as "Emmett and the Radar Gun" and "Football Game." She can be found on fanfiction.net under her penname pyroprincess89

Random here to save the day!

I feel that apologies are in order for our readers who come here and actually like Twilight, or are genuinely interested in it. We've given caveman summaries of the first two novels, and no thanks to Buffyrules, a little bit of bashing. So far we've covered the bases of those who know Twilight like the back of their hand, and possibly given the Anti's something to chuckle at. But what about the rest of you?

Well, you could just as easily go to Wikipedia or Amazon and look up the summary of Twilight, but those places don't tell you why this book has had such a huge impact on women (and maybe some men) of all ages. Why the world has gone crazy for Twilight-that's what I'm here for. I'm going to explain to the best of my abilities why people are so fascinated by this story.

Comic Edward is intrigued!

And here we go again!

Twilight is the story about one girl, a simple 17 year old girl with brown hair and brown eyes-what most people look like (hello dominant genes)-which makes her relatable. Twilight is mostly read by women, so I think it's safe to say that we've all been there; we've all been 17 at one point in our lives (or maybe we're getting there). We all know what it's like to start at a new school, whether it's because we've moved or we're moving up the scholastic ladder. We've all experienced that dread of the unknown: what if I'm late to class? What if no one likes me? What if I don't make any friends? Bella Swan is going through the same thing...only on a different level, she also has to deal with the thought of "Why is that attractive god of a man looking at me like he wants to eat me?"

I admit, that's not exactly how it goes, but those of you who are about to read this series will soon find out that Bella likes to talk about Edward's gloriousness quite a bit

But before Edward becomes "glorious" he is scary, why? Because he is a vampire! And sadly enough, Bella is cursed with delicious smelling blood, and Edward hasn't fed off of a human in years.

Let me take a quick moment here to explain Stephenie Meyer's version of vampires: they don't have fangs (which is a big complaint with vampire enthusiasts), the Sun doesn't burn them because their skin is like granite, so instead it makes them...sparkle....Also the usual stakes, holy water, garlic, etc. that normal vampires would run from-doesn't effect them at all. These vamps also have venom; like snakes they bite their prey and then infect them with their venom. If the vamp hasn't lost control and completely killed the person, eventually said person will become a vampire after the venom has gone through the body, taking up about three days.

Edward and his family, the Cullens (of which there are 7 of them in total) only eat the blood of animals, but Bella's blood smells so good that Edward goes crazy and leaves town for a few days just to get away from her and not massacre the entire school board

Bella, like any girl, thinks about him the whole time, wondering what his deal is and why he doesn't seem to like her (again who can relate to this? Me, for one thing)

Then of course comes the real kicker, the thing that sucks everyone in: the forbidden love

After Edward comes to know Bella (not through his special power which will be talked about later) he ends up falling for her. This of course causes an issue: he's a vampire, she's a human; he wants to eat her, she wants to eat his face with her lips; he's afraid of killing her, she wants him to so that they can be together forever.

It's a modern Romeo and Juliet, and we all know how popular that story is

Really what it comes down to is you have a girl who is just like every other girl in the world (maybe even just like you...unless you're a guy) who defies the odds and ends up winning the heart of a man (a vamp-man) who has spent his entire undead life just going through the motions. He's dead to the world until this girl comes into his life and shows him how to live again.

That to me, is an amazing story

The invisible moon that is often called New...

Ah yes, New Moon...the second book in the Twilight Saga that is usually the least favorite out of the series (behind Breaking Yawn...I mean, Dawn). I've asked Random to let me talk about this one and she reluctantly (very reluctantly) agreed to let me do this. She probably thinks I'm just going to bash the novel, but no...I'll save my bashing for later. This is going to be another basic synopsis of the novel that is going to be very similar to what Random did (because I absolutely loved how she did it)

So here we go...

Girl reluctantly celebrates birthday

Girl somehow cuts her finger on wrapping paper (???) and with her hemophiliac tendencies, the "wound"bleeds profusely sending the other vamps into a frenzy

My favorite Southern vamp tries to kill Girl

Everyone rejoices

THE END

...just kidding (Random is not going to let me do another one of these things again)

Boy stops Southern vamp

Boy suddenly stops talking to Girl

Boy breaks up with Girl and leaves her

Suddenly there are pages with only one word on each...

Girl is a zombie

Not literally

Girl starts hanging out with Human Boy from the last book

Girl realizes that doing dangerous things allows her to see Boy

Human Boy falls for Girl through the course of the novel

Girl finds out that Human Boy isn't all that human

Human Boy becomes Wolf Boy

Girl almost gets killed by Vamp from previous novel

Girl goes cliff diving after watching Wolf Boy's friends do it

Wolf Boy saves Girl

Girl comes home to find Boy's Pixie sister

Pixie thought Girl had died

Pixie gets vision that Boy is going to kill himself

Pixie and Girl fly to Italy

Girl stops Boy

Girl meets old vamps

Girl and Boy get back together

Girl gets grounded

Basically THE END

All I have to say is not much really happens in this novel. It's kind of like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...just a bunch of running around with little plot development. Shapeshifters are introduced along with the Volterra but that's it. You could honestly just read to the part where Edward leaves and skip to the part where Bella finds out that he's going to kill himself (which is probably what most people do anyway) and be fine.

There you have it, New Moon...

And here's a doodle!

I think I'm getting better at this drawing thing

Keep sending in your doodles!

-Buffyrules01

And Here We....Go

Well, I hope everyone is having a great three-day weekend. Today's post is on the background and basics (and I really mean basics) of the story of Twilight. We've all heard of it, most of us have either read it or plan on never reading it, so this is just going to be a little snippet along with some other things we're adding to the Fangdom.

Girl moves to a new state

Girl goes to school

Girl meets boy at school

Boy glares at girl

Girl glares at boy

Boy saves girl from van

Boy saves girl from creepers

Girl falls for boy

Boy is a vampire

Boy wants to eat her

Girl finds this romantic regardless

Boy watches her sleep

Girl and boy decide that they are together

Boy introduces girl to family

Vampires come and want to eat the girl

Boy tries to protect girl, but girl is too stubborn

Girl goes to Phoenix with Boy's fake bro and sis

Girl finds out that evil vamp has her mom

Girl escapes fake bro and sis to save mom

Girl finds out that it was all fake

Girls gets the crap kicked out of her by vamp

Vamp bites girl

Girl is dying

Boy comes and kills vamp

Boy saves girl

Girl wants to be vamp

Boy says no

THE END

On a more serious note, the idea of Twilight came to Stephenie Meyer through a dream where she dreamt about Edward and Bella sitting in a beautiful meadow and Edward tells Bella that he loves her, but he is a vampire and wants to kill her as well. That dream became the 13th chapter of Twilight and in just three months, Meyer finished the first Twilight novel.

In other news, we've come up with a new segment for the Fangdom called "I Do Doodle, You Do Doodle Too" where we will be accepting your drawings (no matter how crappy or amazing) of your favorite, least favorite, down right hilarious scenes from whatever supernatural/mythical form of entertainment you can think of.

Our first one below was done by our very own Buffyrules01 and it's pretty obvious where this is from and why she chose to doodle it:

Buffyrules01 would like to note that she does know that Twilight vampires don't have fangs, but she doesn't care.

So send us your doodles at our e-mail address: randomfandom89@hotmail.com (remember to leave out the "G")

Have a great Memorial Day! -Random

Reviews

I would first like to apologize to our loyal readers. I have not been putting up any posts lately and I am deeply sorry for it. But, I'm sure that many of you can understand that school needs to come first. So, my next bit of information is I'm DONE - until the fall. Yay!
Okay now, I have two reviews for you loyal readers. The first is in regards to "The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide" and the other is in regards to "Water for Elephants" (the book and the movie).

I have been waiting for this book since it was announced that it would be coming out. I love reading character backgrounds and that was one of the major points for the book. It has other interesting features including: a timeline, an interview with Stephenie Meyer (I must admit that I only glanced over this section), and information regarding the cars in the series and the music Stephenie Meyer used as inspiration. There are other features as well and I'm sure you can look up the book to find out more. But, my review of the book is that it's interesting and better written then the books themselves - I agree with buffyrules01 that the books are lacking in grammatical correctness and a lack of explanation for literature, but it's an interesting story to me and I tend to ignore grammatical errors while I'm reading because I'd rather just enjoy the book. My review for this book is to check it out if you are even remotely interested. It's interesting and it helps clear up some of the confusion that present themselves in the book.

I read the book "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen before I went to see the movie. I wanted to see the movie because I wanted to watch Robert Pattinson in something besides "Twilight" - I think all of the Twilight actors and actresses do better work in movies other than Twilight. My review for the movie... eh, it wasn't terrifically awesome but it wasn't horrible. Although, at one point in the movie I wanted to desperately leave because it was boring and wasn't following the book well. I suggest reading the book more than I suggest seeing the movie. But the choice is up to you.

Those are my reviews and while they might seem a little vague they are what I think. Until next time loyal readers....

-scarc91989



Bring on the Anti's

I should probably put up a disclaimer before I write anything else: I am the Anti-Twilight, so there may be some slight bashing in this post. I don't mean to offend anyone who is a fan of Twilight, I'm just stating my opinion; that's all. If you want some Twilight lovin', see the previous post.

Moving on!

So...Twilight, a word that now makes me cringe regardless of whether or not it's referred to the series or the time of day.

Several years ago, I too was reading this series and I admit, I liked it at the time. What happened to make me change sides you ask? The answer is very simple: I woke up.

I originally read this series back before it exploded into the craziness it is now, and way back before Twi-Hards were getting their knickers in a twist over everything. I was a naive high schooler who didn't know any better and was trying to get everyone I knew to read this series.

Fast forward through college and I'm now trying to prevent people from reading it. Why? Because it is not quality literature. College opened my eyes to the proper usage of grammar, and let's face it, Twilight has some serious issues when it comes to that front. I physically cannot read the books anymore-it's too painful! The series is now hidden away somewhere in a tub inside my house.

It's not just the grammar that bothers me though. I can't for the life of me figure out why Stephenie Meyer couldn't take the time to explain things within her novels properly. Or to do some research. I'm sorry, but if it takes three months to write a novel of that length and quantity, then something must be wrong. It took JK Rowling five years just to write the first Harry Potter novel-five! And just look at the difference between the two series: you have one with quality writing, wonderful characters, a completely unique made up world that follows it's own set of laws...and then you have Twilight, where not even Port Angeles is depicted correctly.

Now, don't get me wrong. I do think that what Stephenie Meyer has been able to achieve as a stay at home mom is great. The fact that she found the time to even write a novel of that length is amazing-but after the success of the first novel, I think she should've learned more about the craft of creative writing to make each of sequels afterwards better. Instead what we end up with is Breaking Dawn: what is considered by many fans to be the worst and the most disappointing of the saga. Some even go as far to say that it reads like a bad fanfiction. At some points, I'd have to say I agree with them.

I could go on and on about the issues I have with this series right now, but I'm going to save that for later. As we dive into this series and go through everything, you will all see both sides of the spectrum.

I hope you all enjoy what we have in store for you!

-Buffyrules01