You, dear readers, clearly know this about us and have been sending us quite a few links to the news stories about the Fifty Shades novels, making the safe assumption we are unaware of the hullabaloo. Shockingly, we have been privy to the latest news on that front, and our official Twitarded stance is... (wait for it) ... We are Team Switzerland.
I was going to put up a pic of the Swiss flag, but then it looked like we were Team Red Cross, and that didn't make any damn sense. Then I was going to post a pic from The Sound of Music, but that looked like we were aiming for Team Nazi, and we don't need that kind of trouble. Google says those are the Swiss Alps and I believe them. Because the internet does not lie.
We like our quiet, drama-free little corner of the fandom (save for the *cough*panties*cough*, natch). A lot of people have a lot of strong opinions on the matter, and we'd like to stay out of the melee. The end.
This is where a television show would insert a musical interlude. I can't do that, so here is a link for instructions on how to make your own dental dam. Don't question it. Just go with it. It's a little Martha Stewart meets Macgyver meets Ron Jeremy. It's also decidedly NSFW unless you work in an adult toy store or make amateur porn in your garage for a living.
Get out your crafting scissors and let's discuss.
I took the pruning shears to my follow list on twitter in order to remain Team Switzerland on this. I have enough to juggle IRL and enjoy this blog and twitter as my happy, drama-free place, so I was gleefully unfollowing with reckless abandon last week. I also chopped off my hair and cleaned out my closet hardcore. I feel eleventy billion times lighter :)
ReplyDeleteNow listen, can you maybe do a throwback Robporn post? In the midst of all this drama (which I'm pretending does not exist), I think we could use a picture post. Kthxbye.
Mmmm, Robporn. It's the best thing at a time like this, I agree. :)
Delete"The Bandwagoneers." As in, we jump on nerdy, slighty pre-pubescent bandwagons....... *crickets*
ReplyDeleteI keep trying to convince everyone we should just give in and start our Justin Bieber blog - it's TIME and I am tired of hiding my true feelings - but we can't agree on a name for that, either.
DeleteI am not so much Switzerland as I can see points to all sides...and..ummm..whatevs...
ReplyDeleteThankfully I spend most evenings inebriated so I just really don't give a fuck...as long as I have porn...the rest is just details...which really have no place with the whole porn thing...am I right???
Damn -I keep forgetting - this is fanficzombie - one day all my crap will match up lol
DeleteHurray for Team Switzerland!! From NYT best seller to possible multi-million dollar movie deal. Please, just the facts Mam. Not interested in opinions or emotions, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteWow am I ever out of it, I don't even know what was going on.
ReplyDeleteI posted the link to the book review on your facebook page -- not because I thought you had some controversial opinion -- but just because I thought it was interesting that a Twilight fan fiction has become such a popular book...
ReplyDeleteYou're totally right! It IS an interesting point that this book has become so popular. There has been so much so said about this and we're glad for the debate it spurred. :)
DeleteSee, I never read this stuff when it was fanfic, but I knew of the title. And I hadn't heard anything about the book until a few days ago. So, i was mostly curious if you all thought it was good or not. But now I see that there is some debate I am unaware of ;)
DeleteI think it's fascinating and deserving of comment. This community and the fandom tapped into something that it turns out speaks to many, many women out there. Without your encouragement, it might never have gotten big enough to reach them. I think you should be patting yourselves on the back. I love that 50 is making so many women happy!
ReplyDeleteI rely on you for my hullabaloo, melee and gossip, ergo ... no idea what's going on.
ReplyDeleteNormally that would bother me and I would have to spend the rest of the day googling and what not but today some crazy insurance auditor is coming to waste my time at work. Time I could be wasting with you h00rs. FML.
I'm just weirded out that my friend's moms are reading 50 and that my massage client started talking about it during her massage with me today. And she has NO clue about Twilight.
ReplyDeleteThat freaks me out.
I rec'd 50 Shades to a friend who always scoffed at fic & after reading it she has asked for links to my fave fics lol!
ReplyDeleteOk, so I am totally showing my age, but 50 is the new 9&1/2 Weeks which was the new Story of O... just sayin', women of any generation need a naughty novel of edgy stuff!
ReplyDeleteGirls, I gotta tell you. I love this blog. Been a long time lurker, first time poster. And I'm not ashamed to say that I'm writing this from Portland (about 1500 miles from home for a work conference) and reliving the last four days I spent exploring Forks, La Push, and the river gorge. I relied on your blog for some pointers and am stoked that I did. Hooray for you all, keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteTHANK you! Seriously.
DeleteAnd we will try to keep up whatever work it is we are doing, good or bad. ; )
YAAAAY!! I hope you had a great time at Forks, etc. And I'm glad we could help!
Delete:)
I'm wondering who's going to make a bundle offering the "50 Shades Tour" of Portland and Seattle. We were in Portland last weekend and I was stealing coasters from the Heathman Hotel!
DeleteIt's like an old marriage now. We acknowledge each other with a grunt and a quick ass grab. Still love you just as much, but I'm too tired.
ReplyDeleteGuess we need a date night.
I love you guys. Just keep on keeping my Happy Place happy and drama free XOX
ReplyDeleteThank god you're drama free. I don't have to worry about how I'm going to balance the line of "I don't give a shit," "This doesn't affect me so let's drop it," and "Why can't we just read dirty sexy fuckhawt awesomeness?"
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with Switzerland. When is Osa Bella gonna be on the NYT list??? That is how I found this wonderful country of yours.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I guess I'm woefully out of the loop as well, other than apparently being one of the legion who sent you a link to the news story. Will some kind soul please let me in on what all the drama/controversy is about - off-blog, please, to protect our "happy place"?
ReplyDeleteI knew this drama was happening a long time ago but had no idea it resurfaced. I've been MIA on twitter lately but I guess it turns out that's a good thing. Save the drama for RL...not twitter. or blogs.
ReplyDeleteI'm over the drama, that's for sure. The '50' in my name makes it fairly clear that I'm a fan, but I'm a fan of someone who does the best for themselves in their life and will support that.
ReplyDeleteNixHaw wrote a really awesome piece on her blog about this whole curfuffle. If I were you, I'd get your arse over there and check it out. *curtsies*
http://saducky.blogspot.com/2012/03/fifty-shades-of-fed-up.html