Three dollars and some change

I'd have to say that I don't mind a good bash fest every so often but most of these people are still routinely bashing Narcissus in Chains which was released in 2001!

I'd have to agree with the anon post below. These books scare people because she's evolved in a way that is too hard to swallow for a lot of people.

I consider myself a fairly liberal person and some of the concepts in the later books throw me initially (though I love them) but I can't imagine what a person (no offense to anyone from the Midwest) from small town midwest thinks when they read Nathanial taking Anita when he's half changed. It's just delicious to me because she's pushing buttons and testing people to see if they can handle what they may not understand but it's a lot to take in!

This is not your regular Harlequin book! :)

1) I don't get why people who claim to like the books spend so much time railing against them. I can barely stand reading some of the threads on that group how do these people live through each day reading/writing/venting? EVERY SINGLE DAY! All I have to say is these people must be REALLY angry people.

2) I think it makes peope feel self-righteous to rail against things that the general populace would dislike. It makes them feel like "good" people. I don't honestly think it's for anything other than "hey look at me I'm such a good person and these books are naughty".

3) I tend to avoid any place that discusses the stories (Other than your LJ and a few others) because I'm not that emotional about the books. I adore them and have read and re-read them many times but I don't understand the needs of most to bash on characters they don't like (usually Micah), whine about characters they feel are being treated unfair (always Richard), Anita's lack of morals, what an evil bastard JC is, and so on.

I want to discuss how she pushes buttons, why she does it, the evolution of the individual characters and development (or lack of) in others. I don't want to do surface talk and that seems to be all that really exists. There are a few threads on the LKH forum which get me going (in a good way) and talk about the direction of the story and how the pieces fit together. It's good talk - until someone ruins it. :)

If you want a place where constructive discussions can be held on the AB books, you might consider starting your own and clearly outlining the rules of the forum. I would certainly join. :)

The fanfic forum on LKH's board is generally meant for one post that tells you fanfic is not allowed on the forum and you can't rec it either. It's worded in such a way that, to me, says if you want to write it, cool but don't tell anyone. ;)