Hush, Hush, Chapter 9
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zelda_queenZeldaQueen: You all remember how horrible last chapter is? Um...it gets worse
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Chapter 9
ZeldaQueen: Nora and Patch return to the arcade and find, surprise, surprise, that Vee, Elliot, and Jules have all left. Nora searches the entire place and then searches the parking lot for Vee's car, before finally being forced to admit that they left without her. Patch smirks and basically makes fun of her for being upset that her friends left her, and I wish to kill him. Oh, but Nora's not pissed at him. You see, he offers her a drink from his soda can and "Just because my blood warmed at the thought of putting my mouth where his had been didn't mean I had to tell him". Lord.
Amazingly enough, Nora does have a cell phone and remembers to pull it out and check for any messages from Vee. Much to her surprise though, the screen is black and it won't turn on. She muses about how odd this is, seeing as she just charged it up that morning. Why yes, dear viewers, this is pretty much going to be what you think it is. Sure enough, Patch offers Nora a ride home. Even though she clearly doesn't want to, she finally is forced to take him up on the offer and he takes her to his ride - a motorcycle which Nora describes as a "glossy black death trap". Apparently she doesn't want to ever ride a motorcycle, but really has no choice. Did I mention that I hate Patch?
Patch gives Nora the helmet to wear, which is possibly the only decent thing he does this entire chapter. He then has the balls to tell Nora that she's too tense and has to relax. Yes Nora, how dare you be tense about riding on a motorcycle with a freaky, stalker-ish young man after you just hallucinated falling to your death off of a roller coaster and then found you were abandoned by your friends? Get over it, girl!
We get a lot of emphasis about how Nora has to be very clingy to Patch as they ride along, and I'm disgusted. When they reach Nora's house, it's more than obvious that she intends to send him directly on his way, but instead he follows her up onto her porch and...unlocks the door.
What.
"I climbed the porch after him and found him at the door. I watched, divided between confusion and escalating concern, as he drew a set of familiar keys from his pocket and inserted my house key into the bolt. I lowered my handbag down my shoulder and unzipped the compartment where I stored my keys. They weren't inside.
'Give me back my keys,' I said, disconcerted at not knowing how my keys had come into his possession.
'You dropped them in the arcade when you were hunting for your cell,' he said.
'I don't care where I dropped them. Give them back.'
Patch held up his hands, claiming innocence, and backed away from the door. He leaned one shoulder against the bricks and watched me step up to the lock. I attempted to turn the key. It wouldn't budge.
'You jammed it,' I said, rattling the key. I dropped back a step. 'Go ahead. Try it. It's stuck.'
With a sharp click, he turned the key. Hand poised on the handle, he arched his eyebrows as if to say May I?
I swallowed, burying a surge of mutual fascination and disquiet"
ZeldaQueen: This guy just is determined to out-creepy Edward Cullen in every way possible, isn't he?
I mean, alright let's pretend that he's telling the truth and really did just pick up her keys at the arcade. I personally don't find that very believable, but I don't think we're ever told otherwise, so fine. That means that instead of picking up her keys and giving them right back to her, like a decent person would have done, he pockets them. And then he uses her house keys, which let's face it were freaking stolen, to waltz on up and let himself into her house, bold as brass. And when Nora calls him out on his shit (although not enough, in my opinion) and demands he gives the keys back, he jams the lock so she can't open her own house without him letting her in. In other words, when she tries to assert any sort of power over him, including an extremely justified request to give her her own house keys and let her open her own damned door, he performs a dick move so she can't just go in the house and lock him out. And when he opens the door, he has the balls to think he'd be allowed to just waltz on in.
Although Nora doesn't exactly come off too well here either. I must ask, what exactly is so fascinating about a guy who steals your house key, opens your own door, and then tries to go inside even though you clearly don't want him to? This is no better than Bella being impressed that Edward could find her car keys, even though she ought to have known that finding them involved him breaking into her house and shifting through her dirty laundry.
Oh, and after all of that? Nora tells Patch to go right on inside
ZeldaQueen: But wait, it gets even better! Her invitation is, and I quote, "Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone".
After all she went on about how scary this guy is, after all she went on about how he possibly was stalking her, after all she's done nothing but try to send him home, she just up and says "Yeah, there's no one in the house at all, if you have any ideas"
ZeldaQueen: I've got nothing, folks. Nothing.
To her slight credit, Nora does quickly realize what she said and tries to backpeddle by saying that Dorothea will be returning very soon. Patch very clearly does not buy this. She tries to slip past Patch to get in the house, but he blocks her from going in
ZeldaQueen: Nora finally gets the key off of Patch and gets in the house, but before she can slam the door in his face, he grabs the doorframe and braces himself in the doorway. He asks if Nora is going to invite him in and while she rightly freaks out at the idea of letting this fucker in while she's alone, he says he's going to fix her dinner and enters the house. While she's obviously scared and unwilling
ZeldaQueen: WHAT IS WITH THIS BOOK?
*rubs head* Soooo, while Nora stammers and tries to make sense of this all, Patch closes the front door and makes himself at home and tells her that he's going to make tacos for her. Oh how sweet, he's going to make her something to eat! That totally justifies him slipping into her house against her wishes!
Patch strolls off into the kitchen and starts helping himself to the various ingredients. Nora begins to get very concerned when Patch takes out a large knife, but is promptly distracted from the crazy guy in her house with a sharp implement when she catches her reflection in a skillet and sees how mussed her hair is. Priorities, girls!
There's some random banter as Patch and Nora can't decide if her hair is brown or red, and she makes yet another effort to assert herself and order him to leave. Patch refuses on the grounds that he's almost done with the tacos (oh yes, that is a fine justification! *snarls*) and Nora notes with some nervousness that Patch is now wielding an even larger knife. And if you think this is creepy enough, yet again I must ask you to keep this all in mind for later chapters.
Anyway, as soon as Nora notices this, Patch takes the huge knife and starts very obviously examining it and oh my fucking God, was Fitzpatrick cribbing from some teen slasher movie? Because this is reading exactly like one! Nora works up the nerve to order him to set down the knife and he does so, telling her that he'll never hurt her.
I know this is a bit of a spoiler, but it must be said.
YOU FUCKING LIAR!
That's a bit better. Patch brings Nora over for a hands-on taco-making lesson, and she isn't very sure about all of this
"I didn't move. There was a glint to his eye that made me think I should be frightened of him ... and I was. But that fright was equal part allure.
There was something extremely unsettling about being near him. In his presence, I didn't trust myself"
ZeldaQueen: You know, I'm not sure what's worse about all of this. That Fitzpatrick constantly has Nora ignore her common sense in favor of some inexplicable attraction, or that we continue to get the implication that girls automatically have zero self control in the presence of a hot guy. I keep expecting Patch to smile and tell Nora that she's so human, ruled by her hormones.
And speaking of Twilight emulations, Patch offers Nora a deal. If she makes tacos with him, he'll answer some of her questions. She agrees, and there's the usual spiel where Patch gets all touch-feely and Nora's heart goes a-flutter and Patch makes various innuendos about how cooking is inherent like chemistry and "You think you're ready for
chemistry?" Buddy, you two aren't even past biology yet. *rim shot*
Them actually eating dinner is really glossed over, and we jump ahead to them washing the dishes. Nora starts to ask Patch her questions, namely if he followed her to the library that one time, and he stops this by dazzling her. No really
"I trailed off. Patch leaned lazily against the counter. Dark hair flipped out from under his ball cap. A smile tugged at his mouth. My thoughts dissolved and just like that, a new thought broke the surface of my mind.
I wanted to kiss him. Right now"
ZeldaQueen: This is a reoccurring theme in the book, ladies and gentlemen. Every time Nora tries to assert herself against Patch or stand up to him, he either flat-out ignores her or looks all hot and gets her horny enough to forget whatever she was doing. Ah well, she's just a silly wimmuns who is programmed to want a Strong Man to protect her.
So yeah, needless to say Nora never does get those questions of hers. Instead, she and Patch find themselves snuggled up next to each other at the sink. She finally gives him a very stupid confession as to how she simultaneously is uncomfortable around him, but is attracted to him. The only thing I'd see attracted to him is the thick end of a baseball bat, but that's just me. I suppose I'm one of those odd women who likes guys that actually respect me.
Anyway, Patch is a grinning viper at this confession. Nora pushes him back, telling him that he's too cocky, and Patch grabs her wrist and then grabs her other wrist and pulls her against him. Ummmmmm...
He then sits her on the counter and either the counter is way low or Patch is much taller than Nora than I pictured, because this is enough to put her at eye level with him. This all turns Nora on like never before, so she has Patch take off his baseball cap and, outright admitting that she's ignoring the voice of logic in her head telling her to stop, leans in close. She talks about how he smells like damp earth, and I'd like to point out that the only things I've ever heard of with that smell before are vampires and corpses brought back to life, neither of which have very pleasant connotations. Nora temporarily remembers that oh yeah, Patch is REALLY DANGEROUS, HELLO. She tells Patch to go and he... he starts kissing her shoulder and neck ACK! She...she just told him to leave and I ... what? Bzuh? I...blah!
Oh, and this is beautiful! Patch sucking on her neck makes her totally forget that he scares her and she wanted him out not two seconds ago!
"I inhaled two sharp breaths. No. This wasn't right. Not this, not with Patch. He was frightening. In a good way, yes. But also in a bad way. A very bad way.
'You should go,' I breathed. 'You should definitely go.'
'Go here?' His mouth was on my shoulder. 'Or here?' It moved up my neck.
My brain couldn't process one logical thought. Patch's mouth was roaming north, up over my jaw, gently sucking at my skin...
'My legs are falling asleep,' I blurted. It wasn't a total lie. I was experiencing tingling sensations all through my body, legs included.
'I could solve that.' Patch's hands closed on my hips"
ZeldaQueen: *screams*
Am I the only one getting rape-y vibes from this, a guy ignoring a girl telling him he makes her uncomfortable and making her forget she wants him gone by kissing her? This is just great! I'm going to be sick! How do people think this is all okay?
This is, thank God, cut off when Nora's cell phone goes off. You know, the cellphone with the dead batteries not so long ago? And to answer questions no, it's not a plot hole. Anyway, it's Nora's mother, calling to let her know...something. She basically forgets that her mother called. Instead, she finally sends Patch on his way, but not before me comments on her lack of make-up. He gives her the address to that party he asked her to, and asks her to come alone to it. *shivers* Patch finally leaves, and Nora hyperventilates and that's where we leave off
Onward to: Chapter 10
Back to: Chapter 8
Return to to: Table of Contents
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Chapter 9
ZeldaQueen: Nora and Patch return to the arcade and find, surprise, surprise, that Vee, Elliot, and Jules have all left. Nora searches the entire place and then searches the parking lot for Vee's car, before finally being forced to admit that they left without her. Patch smirks and basically makes fun of her for being upset that her friends left her, and I wish to kill him. Oh, but Nora's not pissed at him. You see, he offers her a drink from his soda can and "Just because my blood warmed at the thought of putting my mouth where his had been didn't mean I had to tell him". Lord.
Amazingly enough, Nora does have a cell phone and remembers to pull it out and check for any messages from Vee. Much to her surprise though, the screen is black and it won't turn on. She muses about how odd this is, seeing as she just charged it up that morning. Why yes, dear viewers, this is pretty much going to be what you think it is. Sure enough, Patch offers Nora a ride home. Even though she clearly doesn't want to, she finally is forced to take him up on the offer and he takes her to his ride - a motorcycle which Nora describes as a "glossy black death trap". Apparently she doesn't want to ever ride a motorcycle, but really has no choice. Did I mention that I hate Patch?
Patch gives Nora the helmet to wear, which is possibly the only decent thing he does this entire chapter. He then has the balls to tell Nora that she's too tense and has to relax. Yes Nora, how dare you be tense about riding on a motorcycle with a freaky, stalker-ish young man after you just hallucinated falling to your death off of a roller coaster and then found you were abandoned by your friends? Get over it, girl!
We get a lot of emphasis about how Nora has to be very clingy to Patch as they ride along, and I'm disgusted. When they reach Nora's house, it's more than obvious that she intends to send him directly on his way, but instead he follows her up onto her porch and...unlocks the door.
What.
"I climbed the porch after him and found him at the door. I watched, divided between confusion and escalating concern, as he drew a set of familiar keys from his pocket and inserted my house key into the bolt. I lowered my handbag down my shoulder and unzipped the compartment where I stored my keys. They weren't inside.
'Give me back my keys,' I said, disconcerted at not knowing how my keys had come into his possession.
'You dropped them in the arcade when you were hunting for your cell,' he said.
'I don't care where I dropped them. Give them back.'
Patch held up his hands, claiming innocence, and backed away from the door. He leaned one shoulder against the bricks and watched me step up to the lock. I attempted to turn the key. It wouldn't budge.
'You jammed it,' I said, rattling the key. I dropped back a step. 'Go ahead. Try it. It's stuck.'
With a sharp click, he turned the key. Hand poised on the handle, he arched his eyebrows as if to say May I?
I swallowed, burying a surge of mutual fascination and disquiet"
ZeldaQueen: This guy just is determined to out-creepy Edward Cullen in every way possible, isn't he?
I mean, alright let's pretend that he's telling the truth and really did just pick up her keys at the arcade. I personally don't find that very believable, but I don't think we're ever told otherwise, so fine. That means that instead of picking up her keys and giving them right back to her, like a decent person would have done, he pockets them. And then he uses her house keys, which let's face it were freaking stolen, to waltz on up and let himself into her house, bold as brass. And when Nora calls him out on his shit (although not enough, in my opinion) and demands he gives the keys back, he jams the lock so she can't open her own house without him letting her in. In other words, when she tries to assert any sort of power over him, including an extremely justified request to give her her own house keys and let her open her own damned door, he performs a dick move so she can't just go in the house and lock him out. And when he opens the door, he has the balls to think he'd be allowed to just waltz on in.
Although Nora doesn't exactly come off too well here either. I must ask, what exactly is so fascinating about a guy who steals your house key, opens your own door, and then tries to go inside even though you clearly don't want him to? This is no better than Bella being impressed that Edward could find her car keys, even though she ought to have known that finding them involved him breaking into her house and shifting through her dirty laundry.
Oh, and after all of that? Nora tells Patch to go right on inside
ZeldaQueen: But wait, it gets even better! Her invitation is, and I quote, "Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone".
After all she went on about how scary this guy is, after all she went on about how he possibly was stalking her, after all she's done nothing but try to send him home, she just up and says "Yeah, there's no one in the house at all, if you have any ideas"
ZeldaQueen: I've got nothing, folks. Nothing.
To her slight credit, Nora does quickly realize what she said and tries to backpeddle by saying that Dorothea will be returning very soon. Patch very clearly does not buy this. She tries to slip past Patch to get in the house, but he blocks her from going in
ZeldaQueen: Nora finally gets the key off of Patch and gets in the house, but before she can slam the door in his face, he grabs the doorframe and braces himself in the doorway. He asks if Nora is going to invite him in and while she rightly freaks out at the idea of letting this fucker in while she's alone, he says he's going to fix her dinner and enters the house. While she's obviously scared and unwilling
ZeldaQueen: WHAT IS WITH THIS BOOK?
*rubs head* Soooo, while Nora stammers and tries to make sense of this all, Patch closes the front door and makes himself at home and tells her that he's going to make tacos for her. Oh how sweet, he's going to make her something to eat! That totally justifies him slipping into her house against her wishes!
Patch strolls off into the kitchen and starts helping himself to the various ingredients. Nora begins to get very concerned when Patch takes out a large knife, but is promptly distracted from the crazy guy in her house with a sharp implement when she catches her reflection in a skillet and sees how mussed her hair is. Priorities, girls!
There's some random banter as Patch and Nora can't decide if her hair is brown or red, and she makes yet another effort to assert herself and order him to leave. Patch refuses on the grounds that he's almost done with the tacos (oh yes, that is a fine justification! *snarls*) and Nora notes with some nervousness that Patch is now wielding an even larger knife. And if you think this is creepy enough, yet again I must ask you to keep this all in mind for later chapters.
Anyway, as soon as Nora notices this, Patch takes the huge knife and starts very obviously examining it and oh my fucking God, was Fitzpatrick cribbing from some teen slasher movie? Because this is reading exactly like one! Nora works up the nerve to order him to set down the knife and he does so, telling her that he'll never hurt her.
I know this is a bit of a spoiler, but it must be said.
YOU FUCKING LIAR!
That's a bit better. Patch brings Nora over for a hands-on taco-making lesson, and she isn't very sure about all of this
"I didn't move. There was a glint to his eye that made me think I should be frightened of him ... and I was. But that fright was equal part allure.
There was something extremely unsettling about being near him. In his presence, I didn't trust myself"
ZeldaQueen: You know, I'm not sure what's worse about all of this. That Fitzpatrick constantly has Nora ignore her common sense in favor of some inexplicable attraction, or that we continue to get the implication that girls automatically have zero self control in the presence of a hot guy. I keep expecting Patch to smile and tell Nora that she's so human, ruled by her hormones.
And speaking of Twilight emulations, Patch offers Nora a deal. If she makes tacos with him, he'll answer some of her questions. She agrees, and there's the usual spiel where Patch gets all touch-feely and Nora's heart goes a-flutter and Patch makes various innuendos about how cooking is inherent like chemistry and "You think you're ready for
chemistry?" Buddy, you two aren't even past biology yet. *rim shot*
Them actually eating dinner is really glossed over, and we jump ahead to them washing the dishes. Nora starts to ask Patch her questions, namely if he followed her to the library that one time, and he stops this by dazzling her. No really
"I trailed off. Patch leaned lazily against the counter. Dark hair flipped out from under his ball cap. A smile tugged at his mouth. My thoughts dissolved and just like that, a new thought broke the surface of my mind.
I wanted to kiss him. Right now"
ZeldaQueen: This is a reoccurring theme in the book, ladies and gentlemen. Every time Nora tries to assert herself against Patch or stand up to him, he either flat-out ignores her or looks all hot and gets her horny enough to forget whatever she was doing. Ah well, she's just a silly wimmuns who is programmed to want a Strong Man to protect her.
So yeah, needless to say Nora never does get those questions of hers. Instead, she and Patch find themselves snuggled up next to each other at the sink. She finally gives him a very stupid confession as to how she simultaneously is uncomfortable around him, but is attracted to him. The only thing I'd see attracted to him is the thick end of a baseball bat, but that's just me. I suppose I'm one of those odd women who likes guys that actually respect me.
Anyway, Patch is a grinning viper at this confession. Nora pushes him back, telling him that he's too cocky, and Patch grabs her wrist and then grabs her other wrist and pulls her against him. Ummmmmm...
He then sits her on the counter and either the counter is way low or Patch is much taller than Nora than I pictured, because this is enough to put her at eye level with him. This all turns Nora on like never before, so she has Patch take off his baseball cap and, outright admitting that she's ignoring the voice of logic in her head telling her to stop, leans in close. She talks about how he smells like damp earth, and I'd like to point out that the only things I've ever heard of with that smell before are vampires and corpses brought back to life, neither of which have very pleasant connotations. Nora temporarily remembers that oh yeah, Patch is REALLY DANGEROUS, HELLO. She tells Patch to go and he... he starts kissing her shoulder and neck ACK! She...she just told him to leave and I ... what? Bzuh? I...blah!
Oh, and this is beautiful! Patch sucking on her neck makes her totally forget that he scares her and she wanted him out not two seconds ago!
"I inhaled two sharp breaths. No. This wasn't right. Not this, not with Patch. He was frightening. In a good way, yes. But also in a bad way. A very bad way.
'You should go,' I breathed. 'You should definitely go.'
'Go here?' His mouth was on my shoulder. 'Or here?' It moved up my neck.
My brain couldn't process one logical thought. Patch's mouth was roaming north, up over my jaw, gently sucking at my skin...
'My legs are falling asleep,' I blurted. It wasn't a total lie. I was experiencing tingling sensations all through my body, legs included.
'I could solve that.' Patch's hands closed on my hips"
ZeldaQueen: *screams*
Am I the only one getting rape-y vibes from this, a guy ignoring a girl telling him he makes her uncomfortable and making her forget she wants him gone by kissing her? This is just great! I'm going to be sick! How do people think this is all okay?
This is, thank God, cut off when Nora's cell phone goes off. You know, the cellphone with the dead batteries not so long ago? And to answer questions no, it's not a plot hole. Anyway, it's Nora's mother, calling to let her know...something. She basically forgets that her mother called. Instead, she finally sends Patch on his way, but not before me comments on her lack of make-up. He gives her the address to that party he asked her to, and asks her to come alone to it. *shivers* Patch finally leaves, and Nora hyperventilates and that's where we leave off
Onward to: Chapter 10
Back to: Chapter 8
Return to to: Table of Contents
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(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-25 06:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-25 06:44 pm (UTC)YOU DISGUSTING, VILE, SICK, DOUCHEBAG. YOU VULTURE VOMIT, YOU ASSHOLE, YOU BULLY YOU YOU YOU ASSHOLE!
*SHOVES FIRE-ANTS DOWN HIS THROAT* EAT IT. EAT IT, YOU COCKSUCKER. EAT WHAT YOU DESERVE AND LET IT CONSUME YOU FROM WITHIN OH MY GOD.
*falls over* Go to hell, Fitzpatrick. You go to hell and you ROAST THERE.
Um..
Date: 2014-08-16 11:13 pm (UTC)Thought you might have died from overreacting XD
You know when you fell over with all those ants I thought you
were going to get all flat and stuff.. but ya know, to bad.
Maybe you should try and work out a little, ya know they say to much bullshit isn't good for the health, I belive you're full of alot of shit.. so next time you trip you might die XD
With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-25 07:47 pm (UTC)Nope. Not gonna stop summoning the New God. Not until Patch stops being This Way.
He keeps it up, I may do a spitefic because spiteGIFs no longer satisfy me.
Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-25 07:54 pm (UTC)And I have a few spitefics of my own planned, but they're not until the REALLY nasty stuff, later on. >_
Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-25 10:17 pm (UTC)Also, I want Heather Mason to annihilate Patch. If she can kill an evil god on her own, she can destroy a mere fallen angel.
Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-25 10:50 pm (UTC)Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-26 12:02 am (UTC)Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-26 01:42 am (UTC)Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-26 01:45 am (UTC)Basically, this entire book would be nothing more than Patch's attempts at massive, MASSIVE overcompensation.
Re: With apologies to Silent Hill 3.
Date: 2011-06-26 02:26 am (UTC)It's funny you should mention that. In the Sparkle Blog's review of the sequel, the reviewer noted that seeing as we'll later learn that angels don't feel things physically, his sex-talk seems to be some form of overcompensation.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-25 09:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 01:44 am (UTC)I second setting him on fire.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-25 11:55 pm (UTC)I've just a few words to say to Miss Fitzgerald.
WHAT. THE. FUCK. IS. WRONG. WITH. YOU.
Patch is not a loveable bad boy. His behavior is more akin to that of Jareth from Labyrinth minus the natural charisma of David Bowie. He's in it for the mind games and the domination of a girl's soul. By all rights, he should be the villain and any heroine worth her salt would stop him before he hurts anybody else.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 02:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 12:30 am (UTC)Omg...
I...
Oh wait, I wanna do this to Patch:
to throw him into this:
(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 02:28 am (UTC)You know what, I think that the kitchen scene and its aftermath are even worse than what happened in "Twilight." Yes, Bella stupidly declared to the reader that she was "unconditionally and irrevocably in love with" Edward, even though she barely knew him and he had been stalking her and they had done nothing but whine at each other. But at least she wasn't afraid of him. True, she *should* have been afraid, but she wasn't.
Nora, on the other hand, *is* afraid of Patch and *knows* that she's afraid of Patch. She *knows* that he's bad news to the point where she's tried to avoid him, unlike Bella, who longed for Edward's presence and became depressed whenever he wasn't there. But yet, despite this awareness, Nora *still* gives in and makes out with Patch.
That's what makes this worse, in my opinion. For Bella's revelation that she likes Edward, you could just chalk it up to her stupidity. For Nora's revelation that she likes Patch...there's no reason. There's absolutely *no* reason why she should feel this way. The only way that you can make sense of it is chalking it up to authorial contrivance, which would also explain Vee and Coach's appalling indifference to Patch's behavior.
Oh and Kallen? Could you please demonstrate what I wish to do to Patch? Thank you.
>
(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-15 04:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-15 04:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 11:09 am (UTC)Also, Patch wore his hat in the house? I know that seems like such a weird thing to notice, but y'all covered the rage over the rape-y quality of his 'affection'. Besides, I only mention it to represent the divide between my standards for men and the standards from these girls in these horrible novels. Huge divide.
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Date: 2011-06-26 02:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 10:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-27 02:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-15 04:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 01:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 10:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-26 10:53 pm (UTC)...
Imagine how badly I want to throw this sick fuck behind bars.
Taste The Blood
Date: 2011-06-27 02:05 am (UTC)As Patch left the house, he could hear a sound in the bushes to his left. For a moment, he just let it slide. When he heard it again, however, his eyebrow twitched. It definitely sounded like it was coming closer.
And then something cut off the light coming from the streetlights up ahead. He squinted and looked towards that direction.
A tall, muscled man stood before him, a sword balanced on one shoulder. The man had white hair, a cocky grin, and a pair of pistols hanging off his hips. The wind caught the long red coat he wore, revealing several other weapons hanging off his belt.
"So, you're this 'Patch' kid I keep hearing about, huh?" the man said.
Patch was about to answer when something crossed his senses. Whoever this guy was, it wasn't a human being... He crossed his arms and said, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm doing my job. Heard about some 'fallen angel' running around this town, figured it was something worth looking into. Guess I was wrong. Damn, I hate it when I'm wrong." The man chuckled, but there wasn't any humor in it. "Trish is gonna laugh her ass off when I get home."
Patch felt his spine go cold. This guy knew what he was... and was casual about it. What was going on?
Only then did he realize he'd tipped his hand too far. The man looked up again, meeting his eyes... and not even blinking. "Oh. I guess I was right after all." He laughed, and this time there was humor in it. "You gotta be kidding me. YOU, a fallen angel? Oh, come ON! Did Hell's standards go down a few dozen points or something?!?"
"Who the hell are you?" Patch said, his fist clenching.
"Don't even bother asking." And then the man tossed his sword into the ground, point-first, and drew his pistols from their holsters. "Time to go to work, boys."
Patch had never really felt afraid of guns. What could they do? He only looked human, after all.
But when the bullets tore through his right shoulder, he realized that something was very wrong. A third bullet blew out the sinew, and his right arm fell to the ground.
Fallen angels don't feel pain, but that didn't make the sudden dismemberment any less frightening. "W-What the-"
He didn't get any more words out. Before he could do anything to stop it, the man holstered his guns and brought his sword up in an arc, slashing Patch's vocal cords out. "Shut up, kid," he said.
The sword came around the other way, and Patch lost all feeling in his legs. A second later, the sky swung down in an arc, and he realized that it was because the man had just cut him in half.
The last thought in Patch's mind was profanity. The last thing that went through his head was a bullet.
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Dante cleaned off his sword as he trotted away from the scene, a good two minutes ahead of the cops. They'd paid him well for this job, saying something about "that mind-raping motherfucker" and giving him the address.
"Goddamn marionettes were more of a challenge," the demon slayer said as he slung Rebellion over his shoulder once more. "Now..." He unfolded a checklist and marked off Patch's name. "When's the next bus to Forks?"
Re: Taste The Blood
Date: 2011-06-27 02:22 am (UTC)Re: Taste The Blood
Date: 2011-06-27 10:38 am (UTC)Re: Taste The Blood
Date: 2011-06-27 10:54 am (UTC)Good job! I've never played Devil May Cry, but the story is satisfying nevertheless. And the ending paragraphs (the last one and the one above the row of dashes) are just insanely awesome.
Re: Taste The Blood
Date: 2011-09-07 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-27 08:00 am (UTC)I think I'm going to be sleeping with my baseball bat under my pillow tonight and wishing for Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing to come down and kick Patch's creepy ass to Hell where he is supposed to belong.
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Date: 2011-06-27 02:03 pm (UTC)I have heard that there is going to be a graphic novel released late this year for this book. I think it will be around the same time the second volume for Twilight will be out.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:44 pm (UTC):O :O :O
What the fuck was that?! I don't know what's more horrifying now: the rollercoaster scene or this! I mean… how the hell did Fitzpatrick even come up with the idea for this scene?! 'Oh, I want Patch to be all mysterious and brooding still, but I want him to be every girl's teen dream and be all domesticated and make tacos!' >.< Are you fucking kidding me?! Did Fitzpatrick read it out to anyone before it got published and just think to themselves 'Bitch, you've been watching one too many midday movies!' :P
Oh, and I love that Fitzpatrick is still in keeping with the whole generic Harlequin bad boy: motorbike, the arrogant demeanour, putting his girl in her place and she clinging viciously onto him because 'she can change him, mama!,' yet still tries to have her cake and eat it too by 'softening' him and trying to make him look good at the same time! >.<
I wonder how Fitzpatrick's husband feels about her ideal fantasy man… :O
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Date: 2012-08-03 06:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-09-01 06:35 am (UTC)'Give me back my keys,' I said, disconcerted at not knowing how my keys had come into his possession.
'You dropped them in the arcade when you were hunting for your cell,' he said.
'I don't care where I dropped them. Give them back.'
Patch held up his hands, claiming innocence, and backed away from the door. He leaned one shoulder against the bricks and watched me step up to the lock. I attempted to turn the key. It wouldn't budge.
'You jammed it,' I said, rattling the key. I dropped back a step. 'Go ahead. Try it. It's stuck.'
With a sharp click, he turned the key. Hand poised on the handle, he arched his eyebrows as if to say May I?
I swallowed, burying a surge of mutual fascination and disquiet
He stole her fucking keys, he fucks with her keys so only he can open her house, and that's after all the shit she's been through that day, which I'm gonna assume is all Patch mindraping her... I want to kill that little shit. Slowly. Painfully.
Patch brings Nora over for a hands-on taco-making lesson
Please don't tell me that's an euphemism.
I wanted to kiss him. Right now
I want to kill him. Right now.
AUGH DO NOT WANT! You're not the only one getting rape-y vibes from that.
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Date: 2013-09-01 03:20 pm (UTC)It isn't although, from what I've seen, the fandom is quite happy to pretend it's such.
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Date: 2014-02-23 07:47 pm (UTC)I keep thinking that the bits where she starts to show some common sense, but then switches to horniness, could be more mind-rape, but it seems more likely that the author is just an idiot.
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Date: 2014-05-26 05:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-05-22 04:35 pm (UTC)Fitzpatrick can go fuck herself.
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Date: 2014-05-26 05:03 am (UTC)She really doesn't get it. It's really creepy. There used to be this huge fan-run forum where she'd answer questions, and someone asked her if she'd be comfortable with her hypothetical daughter dating a boy like Patch. She said that her knee-jerk reaction, in that case, would be to move her daughter to the exact opposite side of the world from him. But then, she added that in a "perfect world", she'd be open-minded enough to see the GOOD traits in a guy like Patch and give him a chance.
I don't even.
How about.. grow up and get a life?
Date: 2014-08-16 10:55 pm (UTC)I have to say.. Oh my God, Patch is a character, and a fantasy.
Yes, through almost the entire serie he is disrespectful, and intrusive. We can ask ourselfs "whats the point of that" yes. Through the entire serie he's ALSO caring, loving and protective? Not that I like this expression but: boy's will be boy's?
Nora is constantly fighting with the crazy fact that she's falling for him, and with the part of her that tells her to run the other way . Let's be honest, we've all had that one bad gf / bf, all been attracted to someone we know we should stay away from. I understand what you all the mean, believe me.
But Oh my God, let it go, if you do not like the book, just drop it. The whole "lets post all these aggressive * how I want to kill * Patch pictures" Is just terrible childish. Was seriously laughing as I was scrolling, because what the hell is the point in that?
I personaly adore Becca Fitzpatrick, all the facts behind the characters and how it all comes together in the end of the serie.
Nora has some guts, she knows whats right and wrong and doesn't let patch run her over, even if he act like a jerk sometimes. BUT she is a terrible liar and no matter how much she hates it, she can't resist him, where ever she goes, he's there. "Because he's stalking her!", oh really smartass? "Patch, the fallen stalker" No he wants to be humen, getting close to Nora is the only way. Don't you also think he keeps an eye on her because he want to keep her safe? Does he seem like the type of guy that hides in the bushes and take creep photos behind her back?
If you wanna talk rape culture, crossing the line..
Start hating on Fifty Shades of Grey instead?
"But hello? That is a completely different kind of book, this is a teen series and the story is complety diffrent" Yes, I know. But before you call Patch a rapist for seducing Nora after having dinner, after weeks of secret wanting, take a look at Mr Grey, he's hiden red room and he's private little virgin. And btw if it's a teen serie, then why are you on this site, posting childish photos about a made up character? We all have the right to post our oppinion, but hey, why not start a book club. The theme of the day "50 reasons to why Patch is an asshole"
"Why would Nora suddenly want to kiss the guy that just broke into her house and is stalking her?"
How about you read the book one more time and then answer these questions for me.
- Is Nora more frighten than intrested - trying to stay away more than she's curious - more unwilling than willing?
Hate on me if you want, I'd love that. Just some things to think about.. from some one neutral
Re: How about.. grow up and get a life?
Date: 2014-08-17 12:15 am (UTC)There are certain behaviors that really shouldn't be handwaved with "well, that's the way boys are". Stalking and attempted murder are amongst them. Not only is it ridiculous to laugh off criminal behavior, but it's rather insulting to the men of the world who DON'T stalk and plan to murder their significant others.
"and no matter how much she hates it, she can't resist him, where ever she goes, he's there. "Because he's stalking her!", oh really smartass?"
That's generally the definition of stalking, yes. He's wherever she is. He and Jules even say as much. An extra chapter in the third book shows that he'd been routinely stalking her while planning to kill her, to the point where he knew her routines.
"No he wants to be humen, getting close to Nora is the only way."
Specifically to kill her. Again, the book outright states that murdering her (and, by extension, Jules) is the only way to make him be human.
"Don't you also think he keeps an eye on her because he want to keep her safe? Does he seem like the type of guy that hides in the bushes and take creep photos behind her back?"
Frankly yes, he does strike me as that type. In the first chapter, he does basically say he has a collection of photos of her, right before he rattles off all of the hobbies and plans in life she has. And again, he said he stalked Nora before he fell in love with her (although I'm firmly of the opinion that it's impossible to truly fall in love with a person before you've even spoken to them, but those are my thoughts). So for at least part of his stalking, he'd been doing it with an intent to murder and not to protect her.
Of course, whatever his intentions, the fact that he was stalking at all is still something that shouldn't be casually dismissed. Stalking is a crime. It's frightening. Many people who followed this sporking have been stalked. Ket Makura, who is currently co-sporking the redone version of this sporking, has spoken about her own experiences with stalking and how she is incredibly grateful that her stalker stopped before he did something horrible to her.
Long story short, it infuriates these people and many others to see stalking glamorized as a sign of love. Twilight did it, this book did it, and yes, so did Fifty Shades of Grey.
Speaking of which, many of these people have bones to pick with that series as well. Including, again, Ket Makura, who is also co-sporking the sporking of that as well. The acts of not liking this series as well as not liking Fifty Shades of Grey are not mutually exclusive, I assure you.
"Yes, I know. But before you call Patch a rapist for seducing Nora after having dinner, after weeks of secret wanting, take a look at Mr Grey, he's hiden red room and he's private little virgin. [...] We all have the right to post our oppinion, but hey, why not start a book club."
I'm...really not sure what your point here is. The beef with Patch isn't that he got Nora dinner, it was that he entered her house against her wishes, after (we later find out) deliberately arranging events so that she couldn't get a ride home with her friends. In other words, he forced his company upon her. That's the issue.
The issues with Mr. Grey, similarly, are that he forces his will upon Ana, using BDSM as a means to hurt her instead of having consensual sex, not that he has a private room for BDSM.
If you're admitting that we all have our rights to our opinion, why are you telling us to go do it elsewhere?
"Is Nora more frighten than intrested - trying to stay away more than she's curious - more unwilling than willing?"
Well, most of their interactions up to this point are initiated by him manipulating the situation so she has (or believes she has) no choice but to go with them.
"Just some things to think about.. from some one neutral"
You're more than welcome to leave your opinion, of course. That you titled your comment "How about. grow up and get a life?" and said how you laughed at everyone here, however, would suggest the opposite of neutrality.
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Date: 2015-06-07 05:48 am (UTC)Seeing this stuff explicitly spelled out for me, as if the actual "book" itself wasn't enough for my tiny teen brain comprehend that this was all very, very bad, makes me very thankful I never have had to deal with anything close to what Patch does to Nora.
I am legitimately feeling sick right now. I don't know if i'll be able to finish reading this whole thing.