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    Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?

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    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    Man, I can't believe they snubbed the Siriano.
    There will be no fierceness forthcoming in Twihard fandom.
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    Image of fluxus flucker fluxus flucker
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    Its a pretty gown.

    But I am never going to accept the fact that someone wrote a vampire novel in which the vampire "waits until marriage" (!!), goes on a tropical honeymoon, and has sex. intercourse and a baby.

    (Wikipedia tells me that this is how it goes down!)
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    Rooo sez BISH PLZ promoted this comment fluxus flucker was starred fluxus flucker was unstarred
    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    08/24/09

    @fluxus flucker: Yes. Edward uses SPF 1000 and Bella has the Blade for a baby?
    Something's not right ...
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    I personally vote for the high-necked, mutton-sleeved, bustled dress, complete with chastity belt. Gotta stay true to the story.
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    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?

    That Monique Lhullier dress is classy n' all, but if I were a vampire I would definitely be concerned with absorbency. Think something more like this:
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    08/24/09

    @velvet.fistfull of love: Ah, the "human tampon" look.
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    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    08/24/09

    @velvet.fistfull of love: That looks like something out of Le Jeune Homme et La Mort.
    *shudders*
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    "In Eclipse, Bella's dress is described as an early 1900s design [...] Maid of Honor Alice Cullen's modern tweaks to the train and veil. "You look like you just stepped out of an Austen movie." "

    Also, Lhuillier's dress is described as 1920s-style.

    Um, Twihards just conflated fashion of an entire century. And I judge them for it.
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    Image of velvet.fistfull of love velvet.fistfull of love
    08/24/09

    @JerkoftheMonth: Austen? As in Jane Austen of the regency era? A pox on you Stephanie Meyer!
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    08/24/09

    @JerkoftheMonth: Oh gosh, I'm so sorry for what I'm about to write:
    Edward was killed during the Spanish influenza outbreak in 1918 and the dress was meant to evoke that era. Her mother said the Austen comment and it was noted in the book that her mother was off by about 100 years.
    Ok, I have to go cry for myself now.
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    JerkoftheMonth promoted this comment desertbloom79 was starred desertbloom79 was unstarred
    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    08/24/09

    @desertbloom79: Hmph. I still choose to believe that most Twihards think that Jane Austen and Henry James were contemporaries.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    OK, I guess is slightly OT, but I have a friend who LOVES these books. She talks about them all the time. I have so far successfully avoided watching the movie or reading the books because a.) I've heard they are terribly written and sexist as all get out and b.) if I'm going to read about vampires they better not be sparkling and playing baseball. However, I know she will continually up the pressure to read them and watch the movies and talk about them. Is it worth reading Twilight so during these conversations I can say with some authority it is sexist drivel and G-d damn it, read Dracula if you like vampires so damn much?
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    08/24/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: I think so. I read them to take the piss out of them, and I think it's a great way to actually back up an argument that they are bad, anti-feminist, creepy, and self-indulgent. That said, they are a quick read and mildly entertaining, especially if you read certain passages out loud to your friends (i.e. when Edward had to run really fast away from Bella because he gets too "thirsty". Haha BONER!)
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    Image of ChildBride ChildBride
    08/24/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: No. What you need to do is go over to Cleolinda Jones' website and read her sarcastic, literate, high-larious recaps of the books and movie. I have not read Twilight but I am able to have informed conversations mocking it due to Cleolinda. (Ha ha sparkling! They named their kid after the Loch Ness Monster! OMGWTF WHY IS THE WOLF IN LOVE WITH THE BABY) Warning: Cleo's writing is SO FUNNY you really will do that thing people are always claiming to do and spit tea at your keyboard from hysterical laughing.
    [cleoland.pbworks.com]
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/24/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: Watch the movie, but get drunk first.
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    08/24/09

    @ChildBride: I love it! Thanks for the link, it's so funny!
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    08/24/09

    @ChildBride: Clicked around Cleolinda's journal and Oh. My. G-d. Is Stephanie Meyer 12 years old?
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    08/24/09

    @morninggloria: Watch the movie after buying the RiffTrax.
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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    gah. not the dress, but the thought of what retrograde horrors i'm told lurk within the pages of breaking dawn.
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    lookethatmyface promoted this comment pesematology was starred pesematology was unstarred
    Image of lookethatmyface lookethatmyface
    08/24/09

    @pesematology: over on ONTD, they are having a field day with the description of the dress which is supposedly described as early 1900s, as well as..Austen-like. One of these things is not like the other...
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    Image of valhalla_i_am_coming valhalla_i_am_coming
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    Why is there a chopstick going through her head? Did I miss that plot point in the book? [wait...I'm implying there WAS a plot...]
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    Penny promoted this comment valhalla_i_am_coming was starred valhalla_i_am_coming was unstarred
    Image of Penny Penny
    08/24/09

    @valhalla_i_am_coming: It's probably a leveling thing from when she began her sketch. When I sketch forms like that I generally start with blocks of the body and that line will usually represent the line of the eyes. That would be my guess, she just leaves them in as some kind of signature?
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    Image of valhalla_i_am_coming valhalla_i_am_coming
    08/24/09

    @Penny: Right...I've done that with figures, too...at the hips and shoulders, usually...but the lines are so huge and distracting. I like your "signature" theory.
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    Image of schlegs84 schlegs84
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    I don't know, that sketched model looks like she might have some self respect.

    My loathing for Bella knows no ends.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    08/24/09

    @schlegs84 thinks John Galt can suck it.: Also, stilts.
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    Image of alexa alexa
    08/24/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: Actually, it's a costume for the circus, and the model is a clown. They all climb into a tiny clown car with cans tied to the bumper at the end.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    08/24/09

    @alexawesome: Really? I assumed it was so Bella could reach Edward in his tree.
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    08/24/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: Actually, Bella is riding on Edward's shoulders, wearing her wedding dress, as he runs through the forest. It's hard to tell from that sketch.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    08/24/09

    In reply to Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
    Actually, I would totally wear that dress. Aside from the fact it's, ya know, Twilight.
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    08/24/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Are you 11feet tall? If so, yes, that dress is YOURS, Zombie! (How do you even translate sketches like these into clothes for, yk, people? Because that flare is going to have to start somewhere...)
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    08/24/09

    @labeled: I could be! You don't know!

    And yes, it's a BITCH finding pants that fit.
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    Image of lookethatmyface lookethatmyface
    08/24/09


    @labeled: No but seriously....how does this one work? How?
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    Image of cb831 cb831
    08/24/09

    @lookethatmyface: I saw that one & was like what the hell is that? It looks like Beast from Beauty & The Beast to me.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    08/24/09

    @lookethatmyface: I saw that too. I will pay money to see somebody try to make that dress. Is she...maybe bending over?
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    Image of lookethatmyface lookethatmyface
    08/24/09

    @cb831: I thought it looked like one of the talking wardrobes from Beauty and the Beast.
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    08/24/09

    @lookethatmyface: I didn't click-thru, so thank you. That's just... it's... Yeah.
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    08/24/09

    @lookethatmyface: I can see that as well!
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    Image of attilathehoney attilathehoney
    08/04/09

    In reply to Did Twilight Writer Plagiarize Her Fourth Book?
    As any Buffyverse fan worth her salt knows, there was a demonic pregnancy like every week on Angel. Classic themes, timeless stories.
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    Image of inabook inabook
    08/04/09

    In reply to Did Twilight Writer Plagiarize Her Fourth Book?
    Copying ideas isn't copyright infringement, and the points at which the similarity of expression are the greatest seem very scenes a faire. My guess? This lawsuit isn't going anywhere.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/04/09

    In reply to Did Twilight Writer Plagiarize Her Fourth Book?
    Q: What's the difference between a plagarizing writer and a vampire?
    A: One sucks the life out of the living, feeding on their blood like a parasite, and the other one is a mythical undead creature.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    08/04/09

    In reply to Did Twilight Writer Plagiarize Her Fourth Book?
    Both books contain a scene about a woman who's sick because she's carrying a child with "evil powers"
    I think Ira Levin has them all beat. Rosemary was carrying an evil fetus when Bella was just a twinkle in Stephanie Meyer's eye.
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    Image of Julie Parker Julie Parker
    08/04/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: seriously! Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite also has vampire birth that kills the mother... and a similar situation happens in Breaking Dawn. I don't think it is plagiarism, just lack of originality.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    08/04/09

    In reply to Did Twilight Writer Plagiarize Her Fourth Book?
    So; I've never read the Twilight books short of a couple pages here and there in Borders or what-not.
    So, I've finally read the spoilers online and... seriously? VAMPIRE FETUSES?! Are you fucking kidding me?!?!
    So, yeah, Jordan Scott, if you're saying Meyer copied you... keep that under wraps, dude.
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    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    08/04/09

    @LaComtesse: "VAMPIRE FETUSES?!"
    Oh, you haven't even seen. One of the fans crafted one out of textiles or whatever media. Jez did a feature on it. I'm not going to link to it. You're welcome.
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    08/04/09

    @LaComtesse: I'm pretty sure my teenage self thought up the idea of vampire fetuses when I decided I wanted to have Spikes (from BtVS) babies.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    08/04/09

    @Rooo sez BISH PLZ: *blink* *blink* *blink*
    @IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: I would have had Lestat's baby, but Ann Rice vampires have no bodily functions at all, so theirs is a chaste, but very sexy love.
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    Image of whynotshesaid whynotshesaid
    08/04/09

    @LaComtesse: Yeah, I'm pretty sure the only way I'd want my name attached to that book is if I was making a bazillion dollars off it, and even then, I'd consider a nom de plume.
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    08/04/09

    @IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: It's really not the most original of ideas, is it? I may or may not have had one similar to it during my vampire phase.
    I looked over her comparisons, and I don't think she has a case. I mean, yeah, they're similar, but they have a similar arc and both are filled with cliches. So... they both kinda blow. :/
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