get to know Kaly

and here is the 4th installment of my twi-friends q&a...

Name:  Karen (Kaly)
Age:  Do I have to? ;) 47
Status: single
Twitter: @KalyP
Do you blog? Nope. Used to work on a Moonlight forum - on the Twilight section. But that was right around the time of the first movie.
What other social media sites do you use? Facebook
5 little-known facts about you:  I'm a twin (a brother, two minutes younger); my cousin's daughter was Miss Virginia a few years ago (Miss USA pageant); I had thyroid cancer (thyroid was removed in 2004); this is hard...not sure I can think of two more (well, there's one...but I'm not mentioning that one on here - LOL!!)

Questions stolen from Twi-Between:
When/how did your Twilight obsession begin? I'd seen the books on the shelves in the local stores - even picked them up a few times, but always put them down because they were "vampire" books (said with rolled eyes). Then talk of the movie started and I'd heard that Rob had been cast. I liked him in Goblet of Fire, so I broke down and got Twilight. At the same time - on the same day in fact, several life-altering events happened that I won't go into (plus it was the day before the anniversary of my mother's passing)...the books became an escape for me. I devoured them. It was June 26th & Breaking Dawn came out on Aug 2nd...by which time I think I'd read the first three books at least three times each. ;)

What is your favorite Twilight quote? Wow...this is hard. It's been a while since I've read the books. It's more scenes that are favorites. Like the blood-typing - I was so disappointed that it wasn't in the movie. And it's so much better from Edward's POV. In New Moon - I liked what happened between when they left Aro & when they arrived back in Forks. All the waiting to be allowed to leave & the flight home. The tent scene in Eclipse - the movie does a fair job of capturing the essence of that scene. In Breaking Dawn - well the "You got food in my hair!" was always a favorite. And Garrett's speech - another thing I wish we'd seen in the movie.

Who is your favorite non-holy twinity (minor) character? There are so many... Jasper, Alice, Garrett...Charlie (but that's more due to Billy Burke than anything in the books), Peter (more from Midnight Sun - and then because of Erik Odom ;) )

Which is your favorite Twilight movie?  Definitely Breaking Dawn (it is one long movie, you know? ;) ) They're the two I can rewatch over and over. I used to be that way with the first one, but I think I wore it out ;)

What is your favorite song from any of the Twilight soundtracks?  Turning Page. A Thousand Years. Anything by Muse. It always seemed as if most of the best songs on each soundtrack ended up playing over the end credits. But maybe that's just me.

Ideal vacay? Forks, set stalking, Brit Pack concert, or a non-Twi premiere? I've done the Brit Pack. I would love to visit Forks. Set stalking? I don't think so. Surprisingly though, a non-Twi premiere has crossed my mind (and not directly related to Twi in any way)

What is your favorite non-Twilight film of a Twilight star? Probably Goblet of Fire. I love Remember Me, thought it's a difficult one to watch. Frost/Nixon w/Michael Sheen was really good. Hmmm...Lee Pace was in The Hobbit (don't ever ask me to choose one - LOL)

What is your favorite Twilight memory?  BD2LA, for sure. Finally being face to face with Allis; meeting Erik Odom (and Jack Morrissey). Putting faces to the names of so many people that I'd only spoken to online. Standing in that freezing plaza & singing along to It Will Rain & A Thousand Years with about 1500 other fans - that memory still brings tears to my eyes. (karen's note: i almost forgot about the 'it will rain moment'. that was amazing!) A non-Fan Camp memory, though - being involved in an online radio interview with Jackson back in January of 2009. I only got to ask him two questions, but it was a very surreal experience. Oh...and meeting Christopher Heyerdahl - great hugs that man gives!

new questions:
Who is your favorite Twilight actor? Well...I have a soft spot for Chris Heyerdahl (as mentioned above); Erik, of course (if memory serves, a Full House discussion was the start of our Twitter friendship ;) ); Rob; though we haven't seen much of him lately, I adore Guri Weinberg - another that I've chatted with on Twitter

What has being a fan of Twilight opened up for you? friendships - so many new ones. And I've learned how strong some of those friendships are recently. And, oddly enough, Twilight broke through a nearly five-year case of writer's block.

What is your craziest fangirl moment? l'm not sure I have one. Ummm...hearing Rob tell a mall full of screaming girls to shut up? LOL!!! That was the first Hot Topic tour. Sweltering in an un-air-conditioned bar in Dallas to see 100 Monkeys? When Erik recognized Allison at Fan Camp?

Who is your favorite NON-Twilight vampire?  Dimitri Belikov & Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire Academy/Bloodlines)

Fanfiction questions:
What are you reading right now? I honestly rarely read it. I guess as a writer, I'm always afraid I'll subconsciously "borrow" something from someone else's stories.

I know it's almost impossible, but ~ what are your top 5 favorite fics? I'm not sure I can think of 5...and I'm horrible at remembering authors. Dark Side of the Moon by Blondie aka Robin (I think that's her name) It's New Moon from Edward's POV. Wisp (a WIP by Cris); Contextually Speaking by Gemgirl65; Collared...don't recall the author's name on that one

Who is your favorite incarnation of Edward (specifically, from which story)?  Hmmm...can't really think of one specific one - they all have their merits

What are your fanfic hard limits?  RPFs - if you want to insert yourself into a story with Edward or Jasper, okay fine...but writing smut about Rob or Jackson or whoever...ewww

What is your biggest ficpeeve?  I usually prefer the characters to be close to canon - even if they're in an all human universe, Edward needs to be like Edward

Who are your favorite authors?  Fanfic? Can't think of any in particular

Why do you read fanfiction?  For stories that expand on what's already out there. 

What other fandoms do you count yourself a member of? Vampire Academy is my big thing right now, but I love a lot of classic and current stuff. Star Trek, Lord of the Rings/Hobbit, Vampire Diaries to some extent, but I prefer The Originals. Harry Potter. Star Wars. Loved the show Chris used to be on - Sanctuary. Stargate SG1 & Stargate Atlantis.

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how kaly and i met: we found each other on twitter (can't decide who followed who first). i was just excited about meeting ANOTHER karen. (i go through almost my whole life knowing only two others -one karin and one karyn- and then, all of a sudden there are at least four in my TL, WHO SPELL IT THE RIGHT WAY!) then after a few months of tweeting back and forth, we finally got to meet in real life, or as REAL LIFE as bd2 fan camp can be considered. highly surreal, if you ask me.

kaly, me, and allis
(slightly different picture than posted before)

get to know Jodi

3rd... on a roll! whoo hoo. 

Name: Jodi
Age: 48
Status: Married, 2 boys, one dog, 2 cats
Twitter: @joderss
Do you blog? Nope
What other social media sites do you use? Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, Groupme, pretty much all of them.
5 little-known facts about you: I went to four different high schools in four years, I used to be a teacher, I was on Wheel of Fortune when I was in high school, I was a gymnast for 10 years, I used to go away to summer camp every year when I was little.

Questions stolen from Twi-Between:
When/how did your Twilight obsession begin? My BFF and I went to see Twilight on opening weekend. From the second that Edward walked through the doors of that cafeteria I was hooked. I promptly read the books and that was all she wrote.

What is your favorite Twilight quote? "For almost ninety years I've walked among my kind and yours....all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything because you weren't alive yet." Edward-Twilight

Who is your favorite non-holy twinity (minor) character? Charlie Swan.  Love that guy.

Which is your favorite Twilight movie? That’s like trying to name your favorite child (Peyton), I like them all for different reasons.

What is your favorite song from any of the Twilight soundtracks? See above answer….but I like Heart of Stone, Ghosts, My Love, Possibility, Supermassive Black Hole, Let me Sign, Never Think, Turning Page, A Thousand Years…just to name a few.

Ideal vacay? Forks, set stalking, Brit Pack concert, or a non-Twi premiere? Next on my list is a premiere.  Rover or Maps to the Stars is in my future.

What is your favorite non-Twilight film of a Twilight star? Really liked Cosmopolis, really, really liked it.

What is your favorite Twilight memory? Breaking Dawn 2 premiere, Nokia Theater with 3000 of my fellow twi-hards singing along to A Thousand Years.  There will never be anything quite like that again. (karen's note: that WAS epic!)
Also, my lovely husband went with me to Forks and Tent City.  He has been so supportive of my Twi-love.

new questions: 
Who is your favorite Twilight actor? Rob, it will always be Rob

What has being a fan of Twilight opened up for you? I have met some wonderful ladies who I talk to every day.  I couldn’t have imagined that would have ever happened.

What is your craziest fangirl moment? I don’t do crazy, I don’t do fangirl….despite a small moment in Forks which shall not be spoken of.

Who is your favorite NON-Twilight vampire? Stefan Salvatore

Fanfiction questions:
What are you reading right now? About to start Jaxon 22’s Beaches and Boardwalks

I know it's almost impossible, but ~ what are your top 5 favorite fics? Departures, Help Wanted, Words with Friends/Strangers, High Anxiety, Clipped Wings…

Who is your favorite incarnation of Edward (specifically, from which story)? I like a funny, smirky Edward, one who does not mistreat Bella.  I don’t have a specific story, but that’s what I like.

What are your fanfic hard limits? No dying Edward, Charlie can not be abusive or an asshole, canon please…its just not natural any other way.

What is your biggest ficpeeve? Lifting direct quotes and situations from the movies and books.  Also, overuse of adjectives.

Who are your favorite authors? I like a bunch of different authors.  Too many to list.

Why do you read fanfiction? I love the Twilight characters and fanfiction keeps that love alive.  I have immense respect for all the fic authors who write and share their stories with us.  Love that every day people are getting the chance to share their art with us.

What other fandoms do you count yourself a member of? None, I’m really too old for that shit!!

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how jodi and i met: when my q&a was posted as the "meet a twibetween" on their site, and the link was tweeted, jodi tweeted me welcoming me to the crazy twifandom world. and then, as time to organize our LA trips neared, we banded together as urban camping virgins. we decided we would be part of a wee group to get our "golden tickets" and camp together, and then survived the hell of being WAITLISTED! then we FINALLY met up at fan camp and had the best time of our lives!

jodi and i in toronto when she came to visit this summer.
too bad there was construction where we were standing.
2 points to anyone who knows where the location is!
(fich00rs don't count. you already know.)

get to know Jenn

wow! second q&a installment already. better pace myself or i'm gonna run out of friends.

Name: Jenn
Age: over 21 *smiles* and under 50
Status: workaholic - AKA Single.. 
Twitter: ALL of them? @AbsolutTwilight @AbsolutHeist @Team_Cudmore @FANdemoniumNet @TheCamargoBlog I do have a personal.. some where *laughs*
Do you blog? YES.. www.FANdemoniumNetwork.com it hubs all of the above... (karen's note: jenn is the queen of blogging.)
What other social media sites do you use? I blog, I pin, I use Facebook, Instagram... Oh tumblr... 
5 little-known facts about you: I love younger men, I have an assistant, I don't talk to my biologic family, but I have a very big extended one that i have "adopted" as my family, I studied abroad.

Questions stolen from Twi-Between:
When/how did your Twilight obsession begin? Someone suggested for me to read "The Dirtiest Clean Book". I read that and a junkie was born. 

What is your favorite Twilight quote? 
"It's just so difficult to understand, even now," Aro mused, staring at Edward's arm wrapped around me. It was hard for me to follow Aro's chaotic train of thought. I stuggled to keep up. "How can you stand so close to her like that?" 
"It's not without effort,"Edward answered calmly. 
"But still---la tua cantante! What a waste!" 
Edward chuckled once without humor. "I look at it more as a price." 
Aro was skeptical. "A very high price." 
"Opportunity cost."

Who is your favorite non-holy twinity (minor) character? Felix

Which is your favorite Twilight movie? New Moon - Felix appears

What is your favorite song from any of the Twilight soundtracks? A thousand years

Ideal vacay? Forks, set stalking, Brit Pack concert, or a non-Twi premiere? Forks was awesome.. didn't stalk the set in Oregon I need to do that.. And a non-Twilight premiere is AWESOME.. So 2 out of the 3

What is your favorite non-Twilight film of a Twilight star? The Baytown Outlaws.. 

What is your favorite Twilight memory? So many too name...But I think its a tie between the black carpet and tent city for the last movie and meeting Stephenie Meyer in Forks, this past September.

new questions:
Who is your favorite Twilight actor? It's a tie.. Daniel Cudmore and Christian Camargo

What has being a fan of Twilight opened up for you? blogging, traveling and work.. And so many more friends. 

What is your craziest fangirl moment? It's NOT PG I won't tell 

Who is your favorite NON-Twilight vampire? Are there really any other vampires? Oh yeah there is a sexy Dark Vampire, but the name of Damon Salvatore

Fanfiction questions:
What are you reading right now? nada

Who is your favorite incarnation of Edward (specifically, from which story)? MOTU

Who are your favorite authors? Snowqueens Ice Dragon

Why do you read fanfiction? Someone made me read that... 


What other fandoms do you count yourself a member of? The Vampire Diaries, The Originals.. Supernatural.... 

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how jenn and i met: through mutual friend @MirandaMajor, when they were propositioned by an australian tv crew at fan camp in LA for an interview. hilarity ensued. 

jenn and i at the forever party 2013 in forks

get to know Allis

first installment of the q&a i'm bullying my twi-friends into answering:

 

Name:  Allison
Age: 37
Status: married
Twitter: @AllisSmith
Do you blog? Yep! TVD, The Originals, and Supernatural for fangirlish.com
What other social media sites do you use? Facebook (sorta), instagram
5 little-known facts about you:  British/American citizen (I'm British, born here), struggling to write a historical fiction, college & professional football NUT (passed "fan" in college) 

Questions stolen from Twi-Between:

When/how did your Twilight obsession begin?  I wrote my undergraduate thesis on the vampire myth and how literature has changed in through the years (from Ovid to Anne Rice), and, upon learning this, one of the girls that I worked with at the time said there was this new author out there and she'd changed the myth again (happens about every 10 years, by the way) and I ought to read it.  She said I'd hate it because it was a romance novel, but I was engrossed.  By the time I got to 'New Moon,' it was the birthday of my best friend who died when I was 16 (my Edward) and when Edward left I kinda lost it for a few days.  I was hooked.  Time-wise it was just before Breaking Dawn was published.

What is your favorite Twilight quote? "I know what you're feeling right now, and you are worth it."

Who is your favorite non-holy twinity (minor) character?  Jasper

Which is your favorite Twilight movie?  Even though I haven't been able to watch the second one since I lost my dog last November (seeing the light go out in Seth's eyes is just too hard) . . . Breaking Dawn 1 & 2. Bill Condon ROCKS!  (Go see The Fifth Estate . . . seriously.  Its awesome!)

What is your favorite song from a Twilight soundtrack?  The entire soundtrack!!  Supermassive Blackhole.

Ideal vacay? Forks, set stalking, Brit Pack concert, or a non-Twi premiere? Ummm...neither.  Hawaii.  Next, probably Forks.

What is your favorite non-Twilight film of a Twilight star?  Ummmm.....Ugh.  I guess Remember Me.  But I'm not a romance chick, so the relationship in the story ruins it for me.  Burlesque!!  I change my answer to Burlesque.  The romance is funny (Famous Amos cookies, anyone?) so, yeah, Burlesque.

What is your favorite Twilight memory?  Finally meeting Erik Odom after talking to him via Twitter & Facebook for two years!  Or finally meeting all these people I'd been talking to at BD2LA Fan Camp.  And going to EVERY SINGLE midnight show with my BFF, Will.

new questions:
Who is your favorite Twilight actor? From ALL the movies, Jackson Rathbone.  From BD2?  Erik Odom

(karen's note: omg. *facepalm* i forgot to mention erik in my list. i adore that guy!)

What has being a fan of Twilight opened up for you? Ummmm....friends!

What is your craziest fangirl moment? Almost everyone I met at FanCamp finishing my name for me when I started to introduce myself!  I'd manage to get Allis out, and then everyone was all "Allison SMITH?? Erik's Allison???"  It was fucking creepy!!! 

Who is your favorite NON-Twilight vampire?  Lestat de Lioncourt

Fanfiction questions:
What are you reading right now? I'm not.

I know it's almost impossible, but ~ what are your top 5 favorite fics? I'm not sure I've read 5.  All of Lola's stuff was my favorite.  Wide Awake was my first.  And MotU.

Who is your favorite incarnation of Edward (specifically, from which story)?  Lola's.  No fucking Renesemee.

What are your fanfic hard limits?  I don't know. I've read everything, but I guess I prefer the cannon pairings.  I have a hard time reading pairs that aren't pairs.

What is your biggest ficpeeve?  Renesemee.  She should never have been written, don't perpetuate it in fanfic.

Who are your favorite authors?  In fanfic?  I've not read enough to really answer this. But, the three (four, if you count both members of the pair) published ones that I've read are Christina Lauren (Christina Hobbs & Lauren Billings), Tara Sue Me, and E L James. And, yes, I know Fifty isn't great writing, but, face it, neither is fecking Twilight.

Why do you read fanfiction?  I don't have time to. If I'm not at work, I'm blogging, or reading stuff for the blog (I really need to finish this stack of 4 books, since I'm supposed to interview the authors soon), or being a parent/taxi-driver for the kid/wife/manager (read: constant slave to, on AND off the clock) or a mom-n-pop retail store/etc.


What other fandoms do you count yourself a member of? The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, House of Night, Harry Potter, anything Stephen King, Joe Hill, or any other horror author whose name I can't think of right now

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how allis and i met: i was tweeting one night about tvd and must having been going on and on about ian because mutual friend @kalyp said "you must talk to allison". so we followed each other and cyber-drooled together. from there we found out we have a TON in common (other than twi- and tvd-related interests). we met in person for the first time at fancamp. it took us 2 full days to locate each other, but eventually we did.

@KalyP, @kmuffin88, @AllisSmith

 

fich00rs speed-dating

i mentioned in a previous post my "new friends" who share either my love of twilight, fanfiction, and/or rob and that some of us are still in our getting-to-know-you phase.  last night, some of us were reminiscing about the emotional turmoil we were going through this time last year waiting to see if we were going to be added to the list of allowed campers for the breaking dawn part 2 tent city thing. this is when we first started to hook up as a group. part of that reminiscing was rereading the q&a things many of us filled out for twibetween's blog. (remember that?) in fact, that is how two of us "met" for the first time. the link to the blog posting was tweeted from twibetween and jb decided to tweet me a very lovely "welcome to the fandom".
so, as we were reading these old posts and being all nostalgic about twilight movies and our mutual obsessions that brought us together in the first place, i decided to make up my own questions (and recycle some of the original ones) to commemorate the year anniversary of our friendship AND get to know our new group members better.  and then i thought, hey, my blog sucks. why not make it more interesting by sharing OTHER people's answers for everyone to see? if you are at all like me, when you're into something, you find it fascinating to get other's views on it too. and if you are here reading this blog, you must have at least some lingering interest in one of the aforementioned aspects of "the fandom" so you make like the q&a's too.

to start, i'm going to post my own answers. just because they are already done. i'm waiting on the responses and when i get them, i will post them. be prepared. it's long. (if you have read any of the other posts on this blog, you already know i'm really wordy.)

come get to know me, then get to know my friends~

Name: karen
Age: 33
Status: married, no kids, unemployed
Twitter: kmuffin88 (twilight/rob) & kmah88 (everything else)
Do you blog? not regularily, but i have been known to take up space online
here, obviously
http://wohngsikneuih.blogspot.ca (my regular blog)
http://bobbylongsongs.blogspot.ca (working on a sam one too, but not ready yet)
http://allweezersongs.blogspot.ca
http://ngohheuiheunggong.blogspot.ca (hong kong trip blog)
http://japanheiku.blogspot.ca (japan trip blog)
http://sminspirationplaylist.blogspot.ca
http://365dor.blogspot.ca (abandoned)

What other social media sites do you use? fb, instagram, youtube, tumblr, pinterest x2, fanfiction.net, google+ ... almost everything, as kmah88

5 little-known facts about you:
1. i moved a lot as a kid, living 5 years in the states.
2. i was going to go to college for musical theatre but changed to ECE before i had my audition.
3. i despise strawberries and caramel (okay, not so unknown).
4. if i had to swim to save my life, i would die.
5. i am very excited to be taking a cake decorating course with my bff next month.

Questions stolen from Twi-Between:
When/how did your Twilight obsession begin? i love hearing other people's stories, if you want to read mine, go for it: here. (if not, it's pretty much the same as everyone else's. just a lot later. in 2011, i watched the movies, loved them, read the books, became obsessed.)

What is your favorite Twilight quote? i know you're going to be shocked but mine are both edward quotes.
book  “i’m tired of trying to stay away from you, bella.”  chapter 4, twilight
movie "can you? i hope you can because i honestly don’t know how to live without you.” eclipse

Who is your favorite non-holy twinity (minor) character? charlie. i adore billy burke. sporting major girlyboner for him.

Which is your favorite Twilight movie? i can never choose. i've tried. i love them all for very different reasons. the freshness/innocence/sense-of-discovery in twilight, the heartbreak and angst in new moon, the love triangle and the visual beauty of eclipse, the epic-ness of breaking dawn part 1... but i will go with breaking dawn part 2. it's a great movie AND it has so many memories attached to it now.

What is your favorite song from any of the Twilight soundtracks? very hard question to answer. the songs i love, i REALLY love. the new moon/the meadow song featured on the nm soundtrack from the score is one of the most beautiful pieces ever. i adore any and all muse. i love turning page, flightless bird, my love, shooting the moon, possibility, eyes on fire, spotlight, and a thousand years. but i'm going to have to go with never think and let me sign. rob's voice does things to me…

Ideal vacay? Forks, set stalking, Brit Pack concert, or a non-Twi premiere? i am excited to say the only one i still need to cross off this list is the non-twi premiere. c'mon ny rover!! although, big plans for the return to forks. and ALWAYS down for any brit pack related show.

What is your favorite non-Twilight film of a Twilight star? any rob movie. they all have their merit. (but, i don't feel the need to rewatch the ring of the nibelungs over and over.)

What is your favorite Twilight memory? pity city and forks. anything and everything about those two trips. they were the highlights of my life.

new questions:
Who is your favorite Twilight actor? um, rob... duh.  but, i also love billy burke. i like pfach in nurse jackie. kellan is lovely eye candy. nikki totally grew on me. so did jackson. don't kick me, but i do still like some of kristen's movies. dakota is much better as an teen/adult. and she does do a voice in one of my favourite movies of all time. michael sheen is pretty awesome.

What has being a fan of Twilight opened up for you? two major perks have come from me coming out of my twicloset ~ i met some of my closest friends, people i would not survive life without now. and i was introduced to the music of sam, bobby, and marcus. if i hadn't latched onto twilight, i would never have met these people or heard this music and my life would be dull and empty.

What is your craziest fangirl moment? moment? as in ONE thing?! i do many silly, cringe-worthy things. perhaps the one i am best known for now is getting completely tanked RIGHT before the bd2 LA black carpet. not my best decision ever. but makes for a great story.

Who is your favorite NON-Twilight vampire? i consistently tell people "i don't like vampires". apparently this is untrue, although i still try to fight against it. i am not well-versed in canon vampires, so my frame of reference is limited. other than twilight, i love me some tvd. stefan, damon, klaus... all awesome. and i cannot wait to see jrm as dracula!! one more week!

Fanfiction questions:
What are you reading right now? i JUST finished grasping darkness by kiyaraven. it has eclipsed my number one spot for favourite fic ever. loved it.

I know it's almost impossible, but ~ what are your top 5 favorite fics?
grasping darkness by kiya raven
clipped wings & inked armor by hunterhunting
the best i ever had by whatsmynomdeplume
departures by theficchick
simply edward by carano

Who is your favorite incarnation of Edward (specifically, from which story)? i adore edward in the best i ever had. he's the perfect blend of funny and sweet and, of course, hot. and edward in wisp by cris has my heart. other than those two, i am known for (and made fun of for) obsessing over broken-ward's. master of the universe (even though i only read fifty shades, but changed the names back to edward and bella in my head), clipped wings, just wait, wide awake, fridays at noon, etc. also, i flail for psycho-ward's like in the amazing (and incomplete 😭) buried amongst the begonias by durtynelly.

What are your fanfic hard limits? when edward dies. no. i canNOT. well, there was this one... i won't say which to avoid spoiling which ended in a murder/suicide, but he was a psycho-ward and it totally fit. annnnnnd.... there is a wip.... which i am fighting a losing battle for. but, in general, NO! edward is sacred. you shall not harm him. i STILL cry when he goes over that cliff in bd2. even though i KNOW.
overall, i don't read anything that isn't e&b (unless a friend wrote it 😉). i am squicked out by non-canon pairings. i just doesn't feel right.

What is your biggest ficpeeve? another thing i am teased for is my laundry list of things that bug me. even in my very favourites, there are things that make me wanna rip my hair out and smash my ipad. some of the small things that irritate the crap out of me, but i still plow through, are: the overuse of one particular word, like in one of them (you can figure it out yourself), the word "blast" (or blasted) is used 38 times in the first 7 chapters. mix it up! and when charcters moan into each other's mouths. i am soooo sick of that. multiple badly executed twiquotes make me ragey as well.
i am also obsessive when it comes to correcting spelling and grammar (hence my newfound love of beta-ing). but if it's horrific, i can't deal.
and i'm picky with dialogue too. if it's too unrealistic or just irritating, i may flounce.

Who are your favorite authors? carano, cosmgirl7481, planetblue, theficchick
honestly, i haven't read enough yet. a lot of authors are good but i've only read one or two of theirs. there are some that i know i WILL like but haven't gotten to them yet.

Why do you read fanfiction? it's my escape. it has the fantasy my life lacks. also, i am a hardcore avoider. there is such a variety of twific out there. i can pick up something with an emotional tone that mirrors how i'm currently feeling and read along as the characters work through their shit, rather than deal with my own. it's theraputic, i guess. and i never have to say goodbye to edward and bella. their love is FOREVER. 😜


What other fandoms do you count yourself a member of? um... not really anything. i love star wars, but really, who doesn't? and i am definitely a weezer fangirl. but i don't really interact much with other fans, so i don't really feel a part of anything.

what i'm reading

"it's over." 
i think people like to tell me this just to be mean. still, after almost a year, i will not let it go. maybe some people consider that pathetic (shut up, YOU'RE pathetic!), but i'm not ready yet. unlike most twilight fans who were following the saga from the beginning or fairly early on, i only came in at the very end (read). i have not spent all that much time with my obsession (although hubby may disagree. strongly.) 
most, if not all, of the hype surrounding twilight is dead. i will still talk your ear off about it if you get me started (so probably don't), but i'm pretty alone in that. i don't give a crap about latching on to "the next twilight". i'm not looking. (i was never even looking for it in the first place. in fact, "strongly resistant" fits.) i am fairly confident that this was a once in a lifetime love affair. and i don't want it to be over. (forever. right?!) so where is someone like me supposed to turn?
thank sweet baby jeebus for fanfiction! 
i'm told that whole realm is nothing like it was in it's heyday either, but there is still a lot happening for newly written twi-fic. there is ALWAYS something new for me to read. and since i've only been reading it for a year, there is always something old that's new for me to read. 
when i first decided i was going to breech my limits of epov's of the original story and continuations after bd, i asked people what were "must-reads" in the twilight fanfiction world. after i confirmed that i had, in fact, read fifty shades, i was told over and over again: emancipation proclamation, clipped wings & inked armor, and wide awake. my twitter group was fairly limited in the beginning and as i began to discuss it with new people, the list obviously grew. of course, the answers you get reflect personal tastes, but there are a few titles that pop up on almost everyones lists. there are actually quite a few "classics". i haven't yet read them all, but i'm working on it.  
i know there are other people out there who haven't been reading that long or just wanna read more that they may have missed over the years. so, i decided i would do an occasional post with what i'm reading now. (i promise they won't always be this rambley.) 
this first one will be the longest list because i have reader's ADD and can't focus on one at a time. generally i have about 25 on the go at a time. some i go back to regularly, others sit for months. so once i mention the ones on the back-burner, i won't need to bring them up again. 

actively reading:
bonne foi by amethyst jackson
grasping darkness by kiya raven
the demon in my dreams by littlecat358
a pound of flesh by jaxon22
a nerd story of love by tufano79

also reading:
animate me by abstractway (now published)
chocolate brown and leather whips by krazyk85
words with strangers by nolebucgrl
written in the stars by lissa bryan 

halfway through:
in your world by solostintwiligt (now published)
let's get phyisical by lalina
million dollar baby by clpsuperstar
the other side of the fence by edward's eternal
under the apple tree by danieller123
words with friends by nolebucgrl

i'm going to save the wip's i'm reading for another post. if you're curious as to what i think of any of these, just ask. i'm pretty opinionated.   

groupme

obvious fact: i am a terrible blogger. 
i promised (and broke said promise) to post stuff about my tent city/bd2 la premiere experience. i also  broke my promise to blog about my "set stalking" experience (if you follow me on twitter, you'll probably  know what i'm referring to). i wisely made no such promise to fill you in on my trip to forks, cause i would have broken that too. 
i still WANT to do all those things. maybe i will at some point, maybe i won't. just don't hold your breath.
there is one thing that HAS inspired me to actually log in to blogger and purge my thoughts. groupme. for those who haven't heard of it, it's an app. similar i guess to whatsapp, but i've never used that so i can't say for sure. it's pretty much a group chat app. the reason *i* like it is because it's like twitter but with only a few people in your feed so there is less to sift through, a 450 character limit instead of 140, and no @'s to take up valuable rant space. 
my first time using groupme was when i came home from tent city and was told i had to download it so a few of my "new friends" and i could keep in touch more easily than through twitter or email (and texting, since all my american friends would have to pay international charges to text me and vice versa). the 4 of us immediately became addicted... some more than others (*points to self*). we "talk" everyday, throughout the day. we've become very close, talking about everything and nothing. sometimes the "nothing" is downright dirty and always hilarious. 
recently, as i mentioned, i went to forks, as did around 200 other twilight fans, for the forever in forks / stephenie meyer day events. one of the events put on by the FiF organizers was a fanfiction discussion group. there my fellow pitycity survivors & groupme girls met a few other totally amazing girls and we kind of completely accidentally pretty much took over the whole thing. going back and forth about all things fic-related for 2-3 hours. it was sort of like speed dating for fic-crack whores. and we totally fell in love.
once i got home, and we were all tweeting each other with only a few words at a time (the @'s taking up so much room, like i said), i thought that it would be a great idea to make another group with ALL of us where we could keep that conversation going. turns out, it was! 
of course, we don't always talk only about fanfiction (*cough* nuzzlef$&k *cough*). rather, we formed a group of 10 women who, although we may still be in our getting-to-know-you dating phase,  support each other, lift each other up when one is down, talk through life decisions and problems, share victories, provide a safe place to vent (or bash... whatever), and mostly make each other laugh (a LOT!).  some of these ladies are old friends and some new, but i already know i wouldn't want to go through life without any of them.  i love you, my fich00rs! <3