Lover of Snark

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

Hello, new member here. I recently got myself roped into LKH by reading The Harlequin. I wrote a book review about on my own journal and needless to say was curious for more. That book was probably one of the most explicit mainstream porn books I have ever read. LOL! I mean I was just so fasicinated that she would spend so much time on sex.

So I started to read the books from the very beginning and I have to say that while Anita is one MAJOR bitch with mental problems and issues, the books were still good to read.

So anyway, I have to ask you follower snarkers: When was the moment the series Jumping The Shark?

BTW, was I the only one who kinda got the feeling that the author was trying to set the scene for Anita sleeping with Edward's adopted son?

Comments

[roguetailkinker.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's one of the few remaining things in the books that does make sense to me. I mean, think about it- the vampires are all magically powerful, the Council members ridiculously so. So what do they do, spend eternity hunting each other? Have vampire 'society' be nothing more than a constant free-for-all? That's a pretty lousy way to spend eternity.

Hence, rules. They can fight, and do, but they have to abide by the boundries of polite combat. It keeps them able to be around each other without the whole thing turning into one big mess.

Maybe it's my anthropology geek coming out, but American society is one of the few that doesn't put much stock in ritual. However, there are benefits to ritual, including creating structure and order where there might otherwise be none. It can also be a way of bonding people together, which is helpful when you have to work together to survive. (And vampires as a whole were hunted by humans for centuries. Kind of hard to deal with that threat if the vamps are too busy at each others' throats all the time.)