Twilight Graphic Novel: Part 7
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Part 7
ZeldaQueen: Going off of where we left off, we get some "cutesy" school stuff, including the part where Edward says that he doesn't like Mike's thoughts. Bella asks if he was spying on her in class and when he teases her about her physics fail in badminton, she gets all flustered and storms off. Given how it's drawn, I'm pretty sure Young Kim was aiming for it to be some lighthearted teasing. Except...again, we know how Midnight Sun went. We know how Edward laughed at stuff Bella was humiliated over. We know that he never lets her out of his sight. And we know what he wants to do to Mike for thinking unapproved thoughts.
Yeah.
Also, the "Oh you!" routine doesn't exactly come across as appropriate when one person has just confessed to mentally spying on the other!!!
They have lunch with the canon conversation and demonstration of Edward eating pizza, and both do look a like happier. I'm honestly not sure if I'm reading too much into it, but it looks like Young Kim was going for the idea that Edward was a bastard at the beginning of the book, but Bella changed him, Mama. This wouldn't be so bad except for two things. The first is that we know from the books that Edward wasn't just a jerk, he also used to be a murderer, and one who clearly is unrepentant. The second is that Edward continues to look smug and creepy. I think I've figured out why that is, incidentally. All of these characters have very almond-shaped eyes, which might explain why most of the shots look like they have their eyes narrowed and look spiteful or jerkish.
Anyway, we do get that stupid conversation about how Edward really loves Bella more than she loves him, damn it all! And then SON OF A BITCH, we get that stupid thing where Edward asks Bella her favorite color and gemstone and so on. And Young Kim is trying to make it interesting, with Bella and Edward holding hands and so on, but it's just painful how boring it is. Thank the lord, we only get one panel of it before we get to that stupid bit where Edward waxes poetry about how it's twilight. Oh, and there's a short bit where Billy Black and Jacob show up. It serves even less point than in the book, so let's just skip over it.
ZeldaQueen: Wait, Bella actually wears her jeans to bed? Seriously? I know there's pajama bottoms and whatnot, but those look like her blue jeans.
So yeah, it's now the Day of Meadow Sparkling, and we get a picto-montage of Bella getting ready, deciding what to wear, and so on and so forth.
ZeldaQueen: Yep, couldn't get much more Date Sim-ish if it tried.
So, off to the mountains! Again, we are blessedly spared Bella's constant griping about how clumsy she is, though Edward continues to be a jerk about her eyesight. And I curse it all, because if I hadn't read the books and see what an asshole Edward was there, I could almost pass it off as the cute teasing that I know Young Kim was going for.
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, as you all can see, Young Kim once again makes use of different coloring in here. It's actually pretty nice, although I'm almost certain that a good number of those trees weren't actually hand-drawn. Bella is all awe-struck by the light and starts going through the meadow and Edward goes all drama-llama as he sets out. And then, it gets silly.
ZeldaQueen: You know, this panel actually makes me think that if Meyer had been halfway consistent with her physical descriptions of vampires, it could be understandable why things like Bella touching Edward's face would be so fantastic for him. I mean, let's say that he's marble-like and stone cold all of the time. He probably only ever has physical contact with other people who are marble-like and stone cold because he won't let any humans touch him (let's pretend that it's because he doesn't want to risk danger to them or whatever it is Meyer says, as opposed to him just being a pretentious ass). So feeling something soft and warm against his skin for the first time in a hundred years would be a very new sensation. Makes me wish Meyer actually was good enough to express that.
Anyway, yeah. I love how serious Edward is while he's sparkling in the sunlight! Jeez, any normal person would be facepalming with embarrassment over how silly they looked!
And really, most of this is the same sappy stuff from the books, all while they sit on a hill. I suppose if their conversation was more interesting or witty, this part wouldn't be too bad. For example, we get the part where Bella leans in for a kiss and Edward leaps back because he doesn't trust his control. We get some good panels of him slowly walking back into the meadow, before he sighs and apologizes to Bella for that. And then we get that stupid thing about him being the world's greatest predator, which doesn't match what came before it at all and which just makes him look like a dick who wants to intimidate his girlfriend. It's even more of a big-lipped alligator moment because immediately after he spends two entire pages ranting bout how dangerous he is, he gives Bella his hand and assures her that he will never hurt her. I guess the idea is that he's trying to help her feel secure, that she'll always be safe from whatever danger he is, but it just is stupid after he ran around her, ripping off tree branches and snarling while she gasped and shook.
ZeldaQueen: Yeah, I think that line about how Bella is Edward's favorite brand of heroine is one of the ones Meyer really likes. And yes, in case you were wondering, the line about the lion falling in love with the lamb also made it in.
I have to say, the two pages where we get Edward leaning in to sniff Bella's neck actually came out pretty nice. I think there might have been a little inspiration from the movie, where Edward pretends to bite Bella in a harlequin fashion while they're at prom. I think that Young Kim might have been trying to kick up some suspense and get the readers to worry that Edward might have bitten Bella after all, because when he leans in, we can't see his mouth and Bella gets this shocked look on her face, before relaxing and looking like she's totally getting aroused.
Actually...yeah, Young Kim really did heap on the sexy for the entire remainder of the scene, where Bella starts stroking Edward's face and then they kiss. Although it then gets very creepy, as Edward pulls back and is drawn without pupils or a mouth. Bella's reaction is being kind of embarrassed so I think it's supposed to be that she's worried that things got a little more intense than Edward could handle, but the first time I saw him like that, it was freaky.
And then Edward smiles and tells Bella that it's all good. We then get him picking her up and carrying her through the woods and get a lovely cliffhanger as she's on her way home. You know, given that I've yet to hear of a part two for this, I'll bet a lot of people who haven't read the books would be confused about what the deal was with James.
ZeldaQueen: And that's the note the graphic novel ends on. The quote is just Young Kim thanking Meyer for supervising "each and every page", her friends, family, and the Yen Press team for their love and support, and her editor for her patience and encouragement. We also get some bull about how Bella and Edward started the graphic novel believing that they were too different to find happiness (um no, they were both whiny assholes), but that now it looks like they might find happiness with each other. Dear, we read the books. We know how it turns out!
Final Thoughts
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, we'll just take a moment for a few parting thoughts on this all.
A lot of the various criticisms have been addressed elsewhere in this sporking. There are a lot of basic errors here. The speech font isn't exactly easy on the eyes, the speech bubbles and smaller panels tend to cover important things like characters' faces, and there are a ton of times when scenes that could show some action only have talking or narration.
A lot of the problems I had with the graphic novel - the stupid dialogue, the shallowness of the characters, and the pointless plot - were all things that were carried over from canon. I understand that, and I know that Young Kim really didn't have much choice in the matter. If anything was changed at all, Meyer and the diehard portion of the fanbase would revolt.
However it still begs the question of why this was any more insightful or interesting for anyone than the book or movie. Given how a good many plot points and details from the book are glossed over (like who Lauren is, for example), it seems that most newcomers to the fandom will be locked out, asking questions like "Why does Bella randomly sniff her hair when her lab partner is pissy?"
Artwork-wise, a few of the panels were very pretty, although there is the question of how much of it was actually drawn by Young Kim and how much was either copied directly or traced from other pictures. The character designs though, dear lord! I can't count how many times I looked at a character and thought how they looked like some sort of alien with an adult's face stuck on a teenager's body. I'm not sure exactly what it is about the features, but something is just not right about them all. If it were only the vampires, I would think it was Young Kim's way of showing how they are not human, but all of the human characters are drawn that way as well!
Pacing-wise, things jump around just as much as in the novel. This is quite grating, because there are a few times when Young Kim does put in a few of those picto-montages, which at least gives the readers a sense of time passing. There are some other times when there aren't any though, which makes the time jumps even more jarring. In fact, I got the impression that days passed here, as opposed to the canon months. I know that the amount of time a story is told does get changed depending on the media, but all it does in this case is make it even more inexplicable that Bella somehow became the darling of Forks and Edward Cullen, since she's been around for apparently much less time than in the book.
Ultimately, this thing seems to suffer from much the same thing that the movies suffered from. While the people making it did seem to try to make appropriate cuts and changes, I got the feeling that Meyer just kept sticking her nose in because she just couldn't stand the thought of her precious work being altered in any way, without her consent. I don't know what other works Young Kim has done so I honestly don't know how much of it can be chalked up to a bad job on the artist's end, but the back of the book gives us this quote from Meyer
"I've enjoyed working on this new interpretation of Twilight. Young has done an incredible job transforming the words that I have written into beautiful images. The characters and settings are very close to what I was imagining while writing the series"
ZeldaQueen: So yeah. all of you who noted how Bella was far hotter than the Plain Jane the book implied? Everyone who saw those maniac grins on Edward's face, especially when he talked about the Quileutes and their long memories? The horrible, terrifying, blank, serial killer-esque expressions on Edward's face whenever he was apparently flirting with Bella? That was what Meyer was thinking about. That was what her mind saw for her ultimate love story, with the greatest heroine and hero of all times.
Before I go hide under the bed, I'd like to give one final quote, this one from the graphic novel's blurb. "Twilight: The Graphic Novel provides rare insight into the author's vision of the original work as it is brought to life in this compelling new medium". That, ladies and gentlemen, is bullshit, clean and simple. There is nothing new here at all. We are told instead of shown, we get the same stupid quotes, and the characters, if it's possible, show even less depth or motives for their goals. The only insight we get is from the quote above, which gives us insight into Meyer's psyche and shows us that apparently she was just as batshit back then as she is now, but apparently just wasn't able to convey it as well.
The long and short of it? Twilight: The Graphic Novel is, in one word, pointless.
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, still have Betrayed and Ghosts of the Abyss going on. City of Bones will hopefully be go for launch soon. Also, I found a new book which is horrible and I will be sporking soon and really needs to be ripped into. More details to follow! In the meantime, more Zoey Redbird and Kate Sparrow!
Onward to: Art Analysis
Back to: Part 6
Return to: Table of Contents
Also, a very Happy Birthday to
mogseltof!Projection Room Voices: Starting Media in 3...2...1...
Part 7
ZeldaQueen: Going off of where we left off, we get some "cutesy" school stuff, including the part where Edward says that he doesn't like Mike's thoughts. Bella asks if he was spying on her in class and when he teases her about her physics fail in badminton, she gets all flustered and storms off. Given how it's drawn, I'm pretty sure Young Kim was aiming for it to be some lighthearted teasing. Except...again, we know how Midnight Sun went. We know how Edward laughed at stuff Bella was humiliated over. We know that he never lets her out of his sight. And we know what he wants to do to Mike for thinking unapproved thoughts.
Yeah.
Also, the "Oh you!" routine doesn't exactly come across as appropriate when one person has just confessed to mentally spying on the other!!!
They have lunch with the canon conversation and demonstration of Edward eating pizza, and both do look a like happier. I'm honestly not sure if I'm reading too much into it, but it looks like Young Kim was going for the idea that Edward was a bastard at the beginning of the book, but Bella changed him, Mama. This wouldn't be so bad except for two things. The first is that we know from the books that Edward wasn't just a jerk, he also used to be a murderer, and one who clearly is unrepentant. The second is that Edward continues to look smug and creepy. I think I've figured out why that is, incidentally. All of these characters have very almond-shaped eyes, which might explain why most of the shots look like they have their eyes narrowed and look spiteful or jerkish.
Anyway, we do get that stupid conversation about how Edward really loves Bella more than she loves him, damn it all! And then SON OF A BITCH, we get that stupid thing where Edward asks Bella her favorite color and gemstone and so on. And Young Kim is trying to make it interesting, with Bella and Edward holding hands and so on, but it's just painful how boring it is. Thank the lord, we only get one panel of it before we get to that stupid bit where Edward waxes poetry about how it's twilight. Oh, and there's a short bit where Billy Black and Jacob show up. It serves even less point than in the book, so let's just skip over it.
ZeldaQueen: Wait, Bella actually wears her jeans to bed? Seriously? I know there's pajama bottoms and whatnot, but those look like her blue jeans.
So yeah, it's now the Day of Meadow Sparkling, and we get a picto-montage of Bella getting ready, deciding what to wear, and so on and so forth.
ZeldaQueen: Yep, couldn't get much more Date Sim-ish if it tried.
So, off to the mountains! Again, we are blessedly spared Bella's constant griping about how clumsy she is, though Edward continues to be a jerk about her eyesight. And I curse it all, because if I hadn't read the books and see what an asshole Edward was there, I could almost pass it off as the cute teasing that I know Young Kim was going for.
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, as you all can see, Young Kim once again makes use of different coloring in here. It's actually pretty nice, although I'm almost certain that a good number of those trees weren't actually hand-drawn. Bella is all awe-struck by the light and starts going through the meadow and Edward goes all drama-llama as he sets out. And then, it gets silly.
ZeldaQueen: You know, this panel actually makes me think that if Meyer had been halfway consistent with her physical descriptions of vampires, it could be understandable why things like Bella touching Edward's face would be so fantastic for him. I mean, let's say that he's marble-like and stone cold all of the time. He probably only ever has physical contact with other people who are marble-like and stone cold because he won't let any humans touch him (let's pretend that it's because he doesn't want to risk danger to them or whatever it is Meyer says, as opposed to him just being a pretentious ass). So feeling something soft and warm against his skin for the first time in a hundred years would be a very new sensation. Makes me wish Meyer actually was good enough to express that.
Anyway, yeah. I love how serious Edward is while he's sparkling in the sunlight! Jeez, any normal person would be facepalming with embarrassment over how silly they looked!
And really, most of this is the same sappy stuff from the books, all while they sit on a hill. I suppose if their conversation was more interesting or witty, this part wouldn't be too bad. For example, we get the part where Bella leans in for a kiss and Edward leaps back because he doesn't trust his control. We get some good panels of him slowly walking back into the meadow, before he sighs and apologizes to Bella for that. And then we get that stupid thing about him being the world's greatest predator, which doesn't match what came before it at all and which just makes him look like a dick who wants to intimidate his girlfriend. It's even more of a big-lipped alligator moment because immediately after he spends two entire pages ranting bout how dangerous he is, he gives Bella his hand and assures her that he will never hurt her. I guess the idea is that he's trying to help her feel secure, that she'll always be safe from whatever danger he is, but it just is stupid after he ran around her, ripping off tree branches and snarling while she gasped and shook.
ZeldaQueen: Yeah, I think that line about how Bella is Edward's favorite brand of heroine is one of the ones Meyer really likes. And yes, in case you were wondering, the line about the lion falling in love with the lamb also made it in.
I have to say, the two pages where we get Edward leaning in to sniff Bella's neck actually came out pretty nice. I think there might have been a little inspiration from the movie, where Edward pretends to bite Bella in a harlequin fashion while they're at prom. I think that Young Kim might have been trying to kick up some suspense and get the readers to worry that Edward might have bitten Bella after all, because when he leans in, we can't see his mouth and Bella gets this shocked look on her face, before relaxing and looking like she's totally getting aroused.
Actually...yeah, Young Kim really did heap on the sexy for the entire remainder of the scene, where Bella starts stroking Edward's face and then they kiss. Although it then gets very creepy, as Edward pulls back and is drawn without pupils or a mouth. Bella's reaction is being kind of embarrassed so I think it's supposed to be that she's worried that things got a little more intense than Edward could handle, but the first time I saw him like that, it was freaky.
And then Edward smiles and tells Bella that it's all good. We then get him picking her up and carrying her through the woods and get a lovely cliffhanger as she's on her way home. You know, given that I've yet to hear of a part two for this, I'll bet a lot of people who haven't read the books would be confused about what the deal was with James.
ZeldaQueen: And that's the note the graphic novel ends on. The quote is just Young Kim thanking Meyer for supervising "each and every page", her friends, family, and the Yen Press team for their love and support, and her editor for her patience and encouragement. We also get some bull about how Bella and Edward started the graphic novel believing that they were too different to find happiness (um no, they were both whiny assholes), but that now it looks like they might find happiness with each other. Dear, we read the books. We know how it turns out!
Final Thoughts
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, we'll just take a moment for a few parting thoughts on this all.
A lot of the various criticisms have been addressed elsewhere in this sporking. There are a lot of basic errors here. The speech font isn't exactly easy on the eyes, the speech bubbles and smaller panels tend to cover important things like characters' faces, and there are a ton of times when scenes that could show some action only have talking or narration.
A lot of the problems I had with the graphic novel - the stupid dialogue, the shallowness of the characters, and the pointless plot - were all things that were carried over from canon. I understand that, and I know that Young Kim really didn't have much choice in the matter. If anything was changed at all, Meyer and the diehard portion of the fanbase would revolt.
However it still begs the question of why this was any more insightful or interesting for anyone than the book or movie. Given how a good many plot points and details from the book are glossed over (like who Lauren is, for example), it seems that most newcomers to the fandom will be locked out, asking questions like "Why does Bella randomly sniff her hair when her lab partner is pissy?"
Artwork-wise, a few of the panels were very pretty, although there is the question of how much of it was actually drawn by Young Kim and how much was either copied directly or traced from other pictures. The character designs though, dear lord! I can't count how many times I looked at a character and thought how they looked like some sort of alien with an adult's face stuck on a teenager's body. I'm not sure exactly what it is about the features, but something is just not right about them all. If it were only the vampires, I would think it was Young Kim's way of showing how they are not human, but all of the human characters are drawn that way as well!
Pacing-wise, things jump around just as much as in the novel. This is quite grating, because there are a few times when Young Kim does put in a few of those picto-montages, which at least gives the readers a sense of time passing. There are some other times when there aren't any though, which makes the time jumps even more jarring. In fact, I got the impression that days passed here, as opposed to the canon months. I know that the amount of time a story is told does get changed depending on the media, but all it does in this case is make it even more inexplicable that Bella somehow became the darling of Forks and Edward Cullen, since she's been around for apparently much less time than in the book.
Ultimately, this thing seems to suffer from much the same thing that the movies suffered from. While the people making it did seem to try to make appropriate cuts and changes, I got the feeling that Meyer just kept sticking her nose in because she just couldn't stand the thought of her precious work being altered in any way, without her consent. I don't know what other works Young Kim has done so I honestly don't know how much of it can be chalked up to a bad job on the artist's end, but the back of the book gives us this quote from Meyer
"I've enjoyed working on this new interpretation of Twilight. Young has done an incredible job transforming the words that I have written into beautiful images. The characters and settings are very close to what I was imagining while writing the series"
ZeldaQueen: So yeah. all of you who noted how Bella was far hotter than the Plain Jane the book implied? Everyone who saw those maniac grins on Edward's face, especially when he talked about the Quileutes and their long memories? The horrible, terrifying, blank, serial killer-esque expressions on Edward's face whenever he was apparently flirting with Bella? That was what Meyer was thinking about. That was what her mind saw for her ultimate love story, with the greatest heroine and hero of all times.
Before I go hide under the bed, I'd like to give one final quote, this one from the graphic novel's blurb. "Twilight: The Graphic Novel provides rare insight into the author's vision of the original work as it is brought to life in this compelling new medium". That, ladies and gentlemen, is bullshit, clean and simple. There is nothing new here at all. We are told instead of shown, we get the same stupid quotes, and the characters, if it's possible, show even less depth or motives for their goals. The only insight we get is from the quote above, which gives us insight into Meyer's psyche and shows us that apparently she was just as batshit back then as she is now, but apparently just wasn't able to convey it as well.
The long and short of it? Twilight: The Graphic Novel is, in one word, pointless.
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, still have Betrayed and Ghosts of the Abyss going on. City of Bones will hopefully be go for launch soon. Also, I found a new book which is horrible and I will be sporking soon and really needs to be ripped into. More details to follow! In the meantime, more Zoey Redbird and Kate Sparrow!
Onward to: Art Analysis
Back to: Part 6
Return to: Table of Contents
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(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 04:14 am (UTC)But this does speak volumes about Meyer as a person I suppose...
I'm kinda scared of her really...
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 04:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-20 01:08 am (UTC)That's actually a lot creepier especially when put together with what you said about the book not being very popular in Korea.
Young Kim is being used as a puppet by the most sadistic of puppeteers...
If she cuts the strings she may find hope for improving.
Of course one could take strong, confident guidance as - shrill controlling unrelenting bitchiness; which sounds more like Meyer...
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 04:22 am (UTC)As a result, we get a picture-book that'll probably delight hardcore Twilight fans. And depressingly enough, there are several thousands of them out there.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 04:39 am (UTC)Instead, it really comes across as Meyer being so overly possessive of her work that she refuses to understand that changes must be made for the media.
You're right on that. I know a bunch of fans bitched because the movie left out the blood-testing scene and a few other things which served very little purpose to the book. -_-
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 05:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 06:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 03:38 pm (UTC)Can I blame my confusion & my inability to recognize such a common device on the lackluster quality? :P
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 07:15 am (UTC)Thank you! :D
Meh, this is a very mediocre graphic novel - and you're right about the fonts. They're very annoying :S And I completely get what you mean about the 'teasing fun' really not being like that because of the books.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-18 07:33 pm (UTC)Well, that could explain why the mechanics of this comic are lacking--Meyer had too much input and completely goofed it. Now, I have a hard time imagining Meyer dictating every single panel placement and whatnot of this novel, but then things like bad time jumps, horrible dialogue, and the complete lack of emotion and depth in the characters (both in how they're drawn and how they act) just screams "Meyer."
Plus...I have to ask...Is this why everything Twilight related sucks? The movies, the comics, the books of course; Is the fact that Meyer has too much influence ruining other people's creative input? If Kim had more freedom with the graphic novel, could it have been better? We've seen that the movies ultimately are better than the books, with what little the directors and producers could get away with. Is it Meyer herself that's really ruining the series more and more? I just ask because I can rarely think of another series that sucked in every medium it's been produced in. A lot of people have commented that the basic idea behind Twilight is not bad--it's just the execution.
Anyway, speaking of art style, while it is creepy, ultimately, it does fit the characters (at least the vampires anyway). The fact that they all look the same, that they have no emotion...Yeah. That's how Meyer wrote them, so I really can't begrudge Kim that. But the coloring is still awful--please, just leave them black and white if you want the manga/manhwa look!
Anyway, awesome sum-up as usual, Zelda! :D I'm glad you and Mervin are so dedicated to tearing this series a few new ones. ;D Good luck with the new book; I'm excited to find out what it is! :DDDD
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 02:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 02:36 am (UTC)I don't recall the gun or jet skis being mentioned elsewhere, but I do know that the original plan was for Bella to be a track star with night-vision goggles. And really, why not? Those things would be believable for a human to have, and they would - le gasp - allow her to play a more active role in the story.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 03:55 am (UTC)And yes, you're right, heaven forbid that Bella be independent or resourceful in any way. *rolls eyes*
I understand that Meyer wanted the movie to stay true to her characters, but couldn't she see that even though Bella having a gun or jet skis would be OOC, it would be a vast improvement? No, Bella can't have a gun, because it's not like any girl would want to arm herself after learning that dangerous creatures are out to get her. No, it's more romantic for a girl to just lie back and swoon about the vampire who stalks her and wants to drink her blood. *sighs*
I wonder what Meyer thought about the pepper spray that Movie!Bella had.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 04:09 am (UTC)I could almost let the gun pass because Bella's seventeen and thus it would be hard to have her acquire a gun, unless Edward bought it for her or she borrowed her dad's. But still, that seriously got me about the series. She knows that vampires are around and knows that they're after her and she does zip to help herself. She doesn't even give a token effort, like keep a baseball bat in her room. >_<
No idea. I saw a bunch of people on YouTube who laughed at her for using it on James because dur, she ought to have known it wouldn't have hurt him. But dear lord, at least she did SOMETHING!
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-20 02:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-20 02:31 am (UTC)And yeah, that bit about Bella being an athlete but Meyer having a problem with it just makes me mad. Bella having a hobby outside of mooning over Edward? Can't have that!
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 02:40 am (UTC)I think so. She really does talk about how involved she is with those things and she was pretty naive about the whole "authors can't normally choose their own covers" thing.
Thanks! XD And I think you'll enjoy it. Thus far, the heroine isn't at Zoey or Bella levels of bitchiness yet, but the myth-fail REALLY makes up for it. -_-
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 06:08 pm (UTC)So, it was mostly Meyer's fault, then. I thought so. *sighs* When will that lady learn that editing and constructive criticism are considered good things?
/Thus far, the heroine isn't at Zoey or Bella levels of bitchiness yet, but the myth-fail REALLY makes up for it. -_-/
*curiously* Which type of mythology shows up in the book? Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse, Japanese, etc.?
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 06:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 08:02 pm (UTC)(à la RotS!Vader) NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Seriously, leave my culture's mythology alone, bad writers! I don't see why you keep getting it wrong when it's so famous and when it's had so much influence in Western civilization!
Let me guess, the author portrayed Hades as the Greek Lucifer who wants to overthrow Zeus and whose realm is basically a stand-in for Hell. -_-
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-19 08:48 pm (UTC)Oh, and they're all in high school for some reason.
Like I said, I'm not too far into it yet, but what I've had thus far is ten long miles of "What the hell???"
(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-20 11:04 am (UTC)/Hades is an angsty woobie who Persephone dumped, and he has twenty years to find a wife or else he'll...disappear or something./
Disappear? Does the author know how many gods don't have wives and are perfectly fine? (Okay, a children's Greek mythology book that I have says that Apollo, Hermes, etc. had "many wives," but the point is, that nowhere in mythology do gods "disappear" because of their love lives or lack thereof).
/And Demeter (who, for some reason, goes by the name "Diana" even though Artemis is also in the book)/
Note to author: Diana is the Roman name of Artemis. *Not* Demeter. Her Roman name is Ceres.
/is his family "in all but blood"/
Uh...no. Demeter is his sister. She was swallowed by Cronus along with Hades, Hera, Poseidon, and Hestia, because she was Cronus' child. Just like Hades was swallowed because he was Cronus' child. Which would make them *siblings.*
/and doesn't care if a lot of innocent girls die, so long as he is saved./
I suppose that one could argue that Demeter was similarly callous when she made the entire earth suffer when she was trying to find Persephone and when she threatened Zeus to make Hades give her daughter back. But generally she's very warm and nurturing, so this ruthless callousness doesn't really fit her.
/Oh, and they're all in high school for some reason./
*face-palm*
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Date: 2011-05-20 02:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-20 09:20 pm (UTC)His *valet?* How on earth does that make sense? Is that supposed to be a satire or a send-up of Zeus' role as King of the Gods? Did Zeus lose some bet with Hades and now has to go around serving him as a result?
Did this author just think that Hades got a raw deal, being the ruler of the Underworld, and so decided to downgrade the other gods in order to elevate him? What is wrong with this story?
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Date: 2011-05-21 01:58 am (UTC)I think I'm going to start this thing sooner than I anticipated. O_o This is all completely batshit.
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Date: 2011-05-20 02:25 am (UTC)Yeah, I read below--Greek mythology, huh? I just so happen to be very interested in that subject. *cracks knuckles* Lemme at it. >:)
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Date: 2011-05-20 04:27 pm (UTC)Her input makes everything much worse than it already is. (sighs)
The graphic novel was...okay, but not impressive. I've seen a lot better artwork in others than this. I'm sure Young Kim is just starting in this business and wants to make a good impression on people, but it doesn't look like she'll be doing much...impressing. *shrugs*
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Date: 2011-05-21 06:46 am (UTC)Although the use of colour was good, most of the comic is just, what I like to call, Google Manga, because a lot of the pictures are just scanned or traced! I wonder if Young Kim was forced into doing that instead…
I know someone has already said it, but Meyer's meddling does seem to make things turn to shit. No wonder the story itself is so bad! Plus, she can’t take criticism and god forbid if someone tries to guide her in the right direction or say, 'you know, Stephenie, maybe if we tried things this way…' No, she has to stamp her feet and WAAAHHH about it, thinking everything is a personal attack against her.
You know, now that I think about it, I really don't think Young Kim had that much control over the comic at all, just merely hired to draw the thing how she was told to by Meyer and the higher-ups who need to keep the Twilight Money Train chugging along.
Other than that, great sporking review of the comic :P
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Date: 2011-05-30 05:56 am (UTC)Some interesting info about lettering :)
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Date: 2011-05-30 12:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-01 10:00 am (UTC)Yaranaika (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yaranaika-%E3%82%84%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%8B#.Tg2ZFmF0haQ) much?
Also, is it just me or does Bella have a different hairstyle in almost every scene?
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Date: 2013-07-27 05:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-08-19 05:05 pm (UTC)Turns out, both Twilight Vol 2 and New Moon Vol 1 are out, with New Moon Vol 2 release date of summer next year. It will never end!
(Check out the Amazon covers- New Moon is particularly bad, Bella seems to have the arms of Slenderman...)