First time poster, but totally annoyed so couldn't help it

[theblackraven.livejournal.com]

I was an old school Anita Blake fan. I'm totally edgy (have pink streaked hair yo, lol) but couldn't take her books once plot started to become non-existent (I haven't read really since NiC). So I did what she recommended people to do on her negative reader oh so long ago. I gave up the books and read other ones (Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison) to sooth the urban fantasy crave. Way way better ones. Most of what I hear now, I hear from this list because you guys are awesome. I used to hold on to the hope that maybe the books would get better, but that's gone now because of Kiss the Dead.

There's just one little thing about me. I was an Asher fan. It's how I met my best friend, he'd rp Jean Claude, I played Ash. (This was quite some time ago, we've now been friends for over 10 years and I haven't done an RP for quite some time). So a bit sentimental in my attachment there too. Ash was my only hope of the series, since he's the only one who's ever stood up to Anita and didn't get shipped off as an Anita-hater.

So when I heard on the review on Amazon that Asher got in a fight Anita in Kiss of Dead, I had to go look. Now I wish I hadn't. Is it just me or does LKH need to rid the story of anyone who opposes Anita? And the whole time she's trying to make Asher sound like a douche in the story, it just reads to me that Anita is throwing a, to steal the phrase from LKH, Whiner Baby Tantrum, about him not falling in line with the rest of the sheep and questioning the multi-horde-of-people thing.



So they're sending him away for a month so he can go through the same mind control as Richard maybe? However I do like that he says goodbye to Jean-Claude and makes Anita butt-hurt because he doesn't want her with them. Also...is it just me or is this like the whole re-hash of the fight in NiC but instead of Asher winning, Anita called a do-over so she could break any shred of decent characterization left in him away so Anita can make everyone around her feel sorry for her and hate him for being a 'meanyhead'.

Usually I don't hope for characters I like to leave a series. But I really hope he takes the job in the other city. He'll be 'The Awesome one' that escaped her vagina of doom. Or at least, that's how I'll remember him, as the whole thing in KtD just made me angry.



Any characters you guys hope Escape from Anita too? Am I the only one who really likes Asher? =D

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[kyoko-minamino.livejournal.com]

It's because it's just a low budget little project where I have fun. Plus, the Anita Blake fandom is kinda small so word doesn't really spread. And I don't find you creepy--I love new followers and I'm glad you like the reviews.

I LOVE the song that I chose for the opening credits. It's actually from the 2007 Beowulf film. It's called "Gently As She Goes" and it's composed by Alan Silvestri. Fantastic music, so no judgment here.

[plastraa.livejournal.com]

Wish I had seen your Snark Theater vids earlier they are awesome!

The only problem I have with them is that they sort of makes me think I want to read NiC again, even though I hated it the first time I read it. Somehow you made it sound a tiny bit interesting and I'm not sure that was your plan. :-P

[kyoko-minamino.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you like them. ^^;

If you do, don't say I didn't warn you. Honestly, the only entertaining bits are Jason's one liners. Everything else about that novel is 100% wretched.

[plastraa.livejournal.com]

Crisis averted, I finished watching the rest of your vids and remembered again why I hated it! :) (Love your stuff though.)

I haven't had the strength since that book to read any more Anita books. I do a walk by of amazon every time she writes a new one, hoping it will be better...alas :(