01 Dec 2011 12 Comments
Follow Friday: 12-02-2011
Welcome to Fictitious Musings. Follow Friday is a wonderful little meme that brings us book junkies closer together so we can spread our wings or our book knowledge, make new friends, and find some of the most awesome book blogs in the blogosphere.
This week’s FF question is:
What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books? Maybe you don’t like love triangles or thin plots? Tell us about it!
Me and Hubby are sort of on common ground with this one. He just flat can’t stand love triangles. It seems like ever since Bella was torn between Edward and Jacob, every paranormal and urban fantasy has a love triangle. While Marty doesn’t like them in any shape, form, or fashion, I can work with it if the story doesn’t become overwhelmed by our heroine, who can take charge any other time, getting lost between two guys. Meanwhile, while she suffers all this emotional angst, the world is still being overrun by demons or zombies or something. Can we focus just a little bit? Save the world and worry over which guy is your dream hunk later. It’s called priorities.
What are your pet peeves? Leave a comment with a link to your blog and I’ll stop by to see what drives you batty.
Dec 01, 2011 @ 22:30:31
Hopping through. I sometimes like love triangles if they’re done well, but they’re usually not. I like the Twilight triangle mostly b/c it was the first love triangle I read.
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Dec 01, 2011 @ 22:56:42
Booooo Love triangles! BOOO!!!
Great week! Happy Follow Friday!!
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Dec 01, 2011 @ 22:59:38
Hi! Happy follow Friday. I’m a new follower.
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Dec 02, 2011 @ 01:35:10
I don’t hate love triangles on sight, but I need them to be well done… and I always seem to want the protagonist to end up with the opposite person to the one she DOES end up with. Alas!
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Dec 02, 2011 @ 06:47:59
morning! Oh the Bella, Jacob, Edward thing bothered me, as do most love triangles, but I try to keep an open mind in case one comes along that’s really well done and I can see the heroine with either of the strong male leads. Just, that never happens. We get one strong male lead and then the other guy and we’re always like, huh? Why does she even need to choose? There’s zero competition! Anyway, happy friday!
Dec 02, 2011 @ 11:34:41
I totally agree with your answer, have a great week-end.
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Dec 02, 2011 @ 11:55:32
Love triangles are overdone but I think that they still have their place if done properly.
I’m a new follower.
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Dec 02, 2011 @ 12:33:38
Fun question, isn’t it?
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Dec 02, 2011 @ 15:08:22
I think it depend on the book fir the love triangles. I don’t like it in twilight but there are other books where it’s well done.
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Dec 03, 2011 @ 17:10:39
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Dec 04, 2011 @ 08:34:21
I’m okay with love triangles, but I like it when the two guys have equal chances. Like everyone knew Bella was going to end up with Edward. Mostly because she’d throw herself off a cliff if she didn’t, but still. I like not knowing till the end which guy they’ll choose. And like you said, having priorities.
Jan 23, 2012 @ 03:25:38
That\’s a sharp way of thnkinig about it.