Let's Read 50 Shades of Grey (and be a b*tch about it) (explicit content)

[Jinx]

What was 'favorite' [sic]'d? The spelling? This is an American novel. xD

Baby is a horrible, horrible pet name and should never be used. Unless you're talking to your child.

[Miss Mae]

It's sic'd because my review is not American, so stylistic variation from my own writing is highlighted.

[Jinx]

Ah, makes sense. I thought you were just pointing out spelling differences, which seemed rather silly.

This book is seriously disturbing. Like, I don't understand why women are getting so turned on by this.

[Miss Mae]

I study English literature, and the academic who takes it has the stylistic preference that American spelling be sic'd and that if it isn't she will mark us incorrectly for using American spelling. She's published in journals and whatnot, so I'm assuming that way of doing it is widely accepted, but it's a pretty easy fix if she's taught me wrong.

I obviously agree that this book is terribly disturbing. It's just getting worse as it goes along. I've skimmed ahead and Chapter Eleven is entirely to do with the contract - we revisit the rules and limits from earlier and add a bunch of other legal crap. I don't understand why there are so many women addicted to this and a whole line of apparel for sale with 50 Shades branding that's doing so well. These people are insane. They mustn't know that they internet exists and that they could read better smut for free.

[Jinx]

No, no! I wasn't really critiquing. Your reasoning makes perfect sense. But before you explained, I thought you were just nit-picking the American spelling. :P Although, apparently EL James is British, so...?

THERE'S A CLOTHING LINE WHAT

Also, I'm reading the plot synopsis for the two sequels, and apparently Christian and Ana get married. This is for real supposed to be a ~love story~

[Miss Mae]

What, she's British? -Googles-

Yes, she is apparently British. The first edition published apparently had British spelling and yet for some weird reason we had the American edition in Australia?

There's a lingerie line and some other adult products. They sell all sorts of things like blindfolds, ben wa balls and other light BDSM paraphernalia. It's all stupidly more expensive than anything comparable just because of the 50 Shades tag and all of the products are in shades of grey. No, seriously. They basically look like the book covers with all that black and grey and white and more grey. I've made it a personal rule to never ever buy anything with a 50 Shades brand attached.

Yes they get married and (SPOILER)have kids. There's the whole "You can fix a man if you persevere!" thead all the way through and it's a disgusting thing to be teaching women.

[maybee]

These people are insane.

Yeah it goes with the idea that just because it's popular doesn't mean that it's good or right.


I think alot of us get caught into thinking that it's the main opinion, so we must follow.

There's the whole "You can fix a man if you persevere!" thead all the way through and it's a disgusting thing to be teaching women.

So he's a bit of a fixer upper, but this we're certain of
You can fix this fixer upper with a little bit of love

[Miss Mae]

Oh god, I had so many issues with Frozen and that song was #1. I liveblogged the experience of watching Frozen for the first time and said:

Can we not teach young girls that you can “fix this fixer-upper with a little bit of love”?

And let’s not teach guys that an engagement is something to be “fixed”?

Oh, you’re not saying that you can change people, because people don’t really change? Awesome, that’s excellent, I’m really glad you clarif-

Oh. But you’re still going on about this fixer-upper bulltrout and you basically just said that it’s alright if people are a bit different when they’re angry and stuff. Hmm. Well, you almost fixed the damage you caused. Almost.

So yes, that is a perfect parallel and thank you very much for drawing it.

[Pumpkin]

Mr. Grey makes me think of the alien in Dreamcatcher (the book, the movie was awful) so now I'm picturing Christian as Mr. Grey.


Gotta say, it's making the book a bit more interesting.

[Miss Mae]

Well I'm glad you've found something to make the book more interesting for you shion, because the source material isn't exactly fascinating.

[Freya]

I've decided that if this drivel can be so lucrative I need to get in on this action. brb smut writing.

[Shorty]

BLUEBEARD

ARE YOU smurfING KIDDING ME

FEET LICKING god in heaven

also kc: my sister wrote smut as a silly pastime once and a magazine sought her out and paid her $200 to publish it! People eat that filth up xD

[LocoColt04]

She got ripped off. Surely her smut was worth more than that.

[Shorty]

First time publisher for the genre. They thought they could take advantage of her.

[Miss Mae]

BLUEBEARD

ARE YOU smurfING KIDDING ME

FEET LICKING god in heaven

Now you see why it took a week to write this chapter up. I had to keep taking vomit breaks.