Ian Somerhalder and his ego.

So, first things first; I'll explain what this post is about.

A few seconds ago, I read this post on a website about Ian Somerhalder and his comments on the new Vampire Diaries spin-off, The Originals. 

And, as much as I'm also 'not thrilled' by the new show, I think that he's saying things that aren't necessary, and that he's being contemptuous and self-involved. 

So, I'll just get down to the part of his interview that got under my skin, and leave a link to the page where I read it after I'm done ranting.

He's worried about casting, I guess, and the future of Vampire Diaries, what with Joseph Morgan and Daniel Gillies moving on to the spin-off. (Insecure much?)

Particularly, I think that between Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Candice Accola, we're good, even though I'm really going to miss Joseph Morgan on TVD. But, let's get on to Ian's comment...

"Who are the other people who are gonna be coming on to this show? Are they gonna be good? Everyone has to be pretty, and there aren't a lot of pretty people who can act."

Okay, excuse me? Last I checked, beauty is relative, and it's certainly not anyone's place to judge someone else's looks (or acting skills, I guess) based on their looks, especially not Ian's.

And, why does everyone have to be pretty? Does it really matter, if they're talented and nice? 

I mean, seriously...could Ian Somerhalder be any more shallow and narrow-minded? (Beauty is relative, people, and so not the most important thing in the world.)

So, contradicting what he just said...

"I'm a selfish actor (duh) - I'm not a producer on the show (thank God), I'm not a writer (obviously). My only concern is Damon, and my show."

Hmmm, you're not just a selfish actor, you're a selfish person, and I just decided that I like you a lot less now.

And, let's face it; Ian Somerhalder probably doesn't care what I think, but that's not the point of this post.

The point of this post (besides ranting) is to pick apart the things he says, because the audience (or part of it, anyway), some of them his fans, are young, as in, teenagers.

I know I am one, that's for sure. But my point is that someone who has an audience of young people shouldn't say things like this on an interview.

Because, when you're young, you want approval, and if you look up to someone, you hear what they have to say. 

I know I did.

And so, when an actor (or a singer, or a model, or whoever) says stupid things like this, some teenager will read it, and think that beauty is more important than it actually is.

"Oh, so, if you're not pretty, then you can't be on the show."

Maybe that's not what he meant, but that's what it sounded like to me. 

If you're not beautiful, then you can't do this. If you're not beautiful, you don't deserve to be happy.

Which is really not true. Beauty is relative, and it's usually inside, not outside.

For instance, Ian is gorgeous, but when he says things like that, it makes him a little bit more ugly in my eyes, and it turns me off, because I don't like shallow, contemptuous people, no matter how beautiful they are.

Moving on, though, I'll get on to his next statement.

"Now they're going to be taking these characters that mean so much to our show. I'm insanely happy for everyone, but I'm not thrilled. [...] I just don't want to lose all of these amazing actors on our show."

Okay, my next thoughts are assumptions, and I know I shouldn't assume, but I will for the sake of arguments.

So, first he says he only cares about Damon, and about his show - which, by the way, it's not - and then, he complains that 'all of these great actors will be taken away from our show'.

So, a minute ago, it was 'this is my show', and now it's 'our show'?

If he only cares about Damon, and his show, then I don't see why he cares if other actors go off to do their own thing.

So, what I get from this is that Ian Somerhalder is worried that the spin-off is going to get more attention than the Vampire Diaries.

It has nothing to do with losing the actors, it has to do with losing the audience.

Well, if I didn't love Nina, Paul, and the rest of the cast (not Ian Somerhalder), and the show itself, I would refrain from watching it because of these statements.

Anyway, you might think that this is childish of me, and maybe you're right. But the thing is, a person who says things like this (famous, or otherwise), doesn't deserve my time, even if they are beautiful or talented.  

Until next time... :)

This is the link of the page I read, if you want to check it out.

www.sugarscape.com/main-topics/film-and-tv/939859/ian-somerhalder-talks-vampire-diaries-spinoff-series-'i'm-not-thrille

The Originals Spin-Off: My Thoughts

So, this is a random post that I thought I should write about because it's been bugging me.

I'm going to admit something that makes me feel a little ashamed; I used to like the Twilight series.

Yes, I was twelve. Yes, I was stupid, and though I never refuse dares, if someone dared me to read the Twilight series again, I would run from the room screaming to chase after the Gone series by Michael Grant (which, by the way, I need to review sometime), and refuse the dare.

So, like many other people who watched the spin-off pilot have said, I was extremely enraged and disgusted by the 'the baby twist'.

And, of course, it had to be Hayley, officially the most bland character in the history of The Vampire Diaries.

Honestly, I like Phoebe Tonkins. Sort of.

I don't really know her, I've never seen The Secret Circle (which I guess her 'debut' show), and I've only ever watched one movie with her in it, in which she was fine.

But, I'm sorry. I honestly hate Hayley. And not even because of the things she did to Tyler or anything (I know some people really hate her because of that), but because she's boring, and now they're trying to make her important with this baby twist thing. With poor Klaus, of all people. 

If you read my review on The Vampire Diaries episode I did (I don't really remember which one it was anymore), you know how disgusted and annoyed I was at that dumb sex scene between Hayley and Klaus.

At the time, I thought it was useless waste of screen time, but of course it's impossible to think that after that stupid pilot.

Okay, I'm working myself into a rage, and I need to sleep soon, so I'm just going to try and talk about the other characters we saw in The Originals (the new ones, too).

So, I'll start with Marcel, who we see first. I'll ignore his bitches (his vampire family) because they're ridiculous - like many things in this spin-off are, apparently - and talk about him.

Honestly, he pissed me off, big-time. Self-centered, annoying, bland, and dumb.

A very pretty package - and a very talented actor - playing another stupid, annoying character. Like Hayley, actually.

And then we have the main witch (who dies) and her annoying I-spend-all-my-time-crying sister whose name I honestly don't remember and couldn't care less about.

I thought she was needy, and entitled, and flat-out annoying. 

And that thing where her sister died for a spell? That was inconsistent, and unnecessary, honestly.

Camille - Klaus's love interest, I'd guess, given the Caroline blondness vibe - is mildly interesting, though a little forced.

I mean, the karate thing? Seriously?

I think they're trying to make me laugh, with a cast like this. Sorry, with characters like this.

Because I'm sure all of these actors are fantastic. But I'm also sure there's very little to work with when it comes to poorly -written characters.

Overall, I'm upset that Klaus is no longer going to be on my (Vampire Diaries) screen when the show comes back. 

And, if it's not obvious after all my ranting, I have no intention of watching the spin-off, because it's just too Twilight, and the other characters (outside of the Twilight story, I mean) are not compelling enough to get me into it.

So, I'll talk to you later. And try to finally write that review of Gates to Paradise and everything when I reread that book during the Book-a-Thon a few days from now. Bye. ;)

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

I'm going to start by saying that this is a very good book, part of a very amazing series. If you haven't read it, you should.

Anyway, don't read further unless you don't mind being spoiled, because I am so going to spoil this.

I loved every single part about Will and Magnus, and Will, in general. I can honestly say that, though I was very sad that the series is over, I was pleased with how it ended.
There wasn't anything lacking, like I felt there was with the Fallen series (because I wanted to know more about Cam), and that thing with Jem was brilliant.
I never, ever expected that. I was so shocked, I nearly started sputtering and muttering about Silent Brothers.
I thought I would fall off my chair. Although I can't actually remember if I was in a chair.

Oh, and Will with Tessa. Oooh, the excitement! I loved, loved that. Enough said, I don't think there are enough pages or words to describe how much I loved this book.

And, Gabriel Lightwood, Lightworm...I always liked him, even when he was annoying, ever since that conversation he had with Will outside de Quincey's house in Clockwork Angel.

Tessa's memories of her life with Will were heartbreaking and so amazing...oh, I loved it. And then like, Jem, Jem coming out of nowhere...looking like Jem!
I nearly fainted, or fell off my chair again, remembering how the Silent Brother thing went. This book is all about falling off chairs, honestly.

Oh, and Bridget's songs...and the fighting. Oooh...I get overexcited about this. I can get excited over everything in this book, if need be.

When Sophie mentioned how Bridget was always singing songs with Will's name, oh...I thought that was so funny! I always liked the way the songs always somewhat relate to what's going on in the story, and I think they're so funny and random sometimes.

Anyway, I really look forward to seeing Jem and Tessa in Cassie's future books. I think that it's going to be very awesome if that happens, even though I'll miss Will.

I guess we'll all miss Will. Because, you know, I love Jace, but no boy compares to Will.
Maybe that's just because I read The Infernal Devices before The Mortal Instruments. Oh, well. It's just the way it is.

& I think I'm done now. I want to write another long, rambly review about Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz, which I finished, like, five seconds ago, and loved so much.
I just thought I needed to finish this review first, since I started writing it last week, and it was an amazing book.

Too amazing to be forgotten. I am still waiting for my copy to arrive, but because I was too desperate to wait for it, I read it on my iPod. Which was annoying, but, you know...it's the way of things.

Anyway, bye!! ;)

The Vampire Diaries Rant (S04E16 - Bring It On)

Okay, so I know that this is a book review blog, but I really need to vent after watching the latest Vampire Diaries episode, Bring It On.
If you haven't seen it, I suggest you stop reading this so you won't be spoiled.
Normally I would say go watch it, but today I'll suggest that you don't watch because I couldn't be more disappointed in this episode if I tried.

Now, on to my reasons for disliking this episode.

First of all, where are all the characters? Soon we'll be left only with Damon, Stefan, Elena and Caroline, and I love them as much as the next person (okay, that only applies to the Salvatores), but there's only so much you can get with so few characters.
And, yeah, there is Klaus and Rebekah, and that annoying bitch Hayley (seriously...I think soon enough I'll be nick naming TVD as The Bitch Town, since there's no shortage of those), but, from what I gather, soon enough they'll disappear to join the spin-off...which I seriously won't watch.
The last thing I need is more of the joke that The Vampire Diaries became. I miss the old days of the first two seasons (and a little bit of the third season) when everything was so amazing and lovely.
Now I'll get lucky if I don't drool through an episode or yank my hair off in disappointment.

Getting off-track. So, it's been a while since I've felt like Vampire Diaries no longer had me like it used to. Now every character is being cut off.
Tyler's mom, Jeremy, Tyler, Kol...what is going on? At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they cut off the main three.

And, Julie Plec. Money-loving writer of my once-loved Vampire Diaries. I can't say how mad I am at what the writers are doing to the show.
Thursdays used to be filled with vampires, and ice cream in front of my laptop. Now Thursdays are filled with wondering how ruined my favorite show will be by the end of the night.

Now, the whole thing of Caroline calling Tyler...seriously, no. He's gone, he's gone. At least let us accept that. Don't throw it in our face. Four phone calls, five? It's obvious that he won't answer, and so it's pointless waste of screen time.
And then that note from him, to give a conclusion to the phone calls? Please. It's almost like the writers know that they fucked up in writing Tyler and Jeremy off, with the memorial flyer and the phone calls. Trust me, I got it.

Elena's humanity is something I miss. Actually, let's just say I miss human Elena, the character I hated and loved in equal measure. Now she's nothing, worse than nothing, she's annoying.

Elena was the anchor for me, the only girl in the cast that I related to other than Katherine. Well, I related to her when she was human, and now there's no pull for me because not only is she a vampire, she's a vampire with the switch off.

Oh, and the whole Klaus and Hayley thing. Hated that. Forced, unnecessary, boring. I actually got so revolted that I skipped past their scenes. And the sex scene? Oh, gross. And pointless. More pointless screen time, TVD. Not pleased.

Rebekah and Damon hunting Katherine? Oh, yeah, pointless. "He's too far gone..."
Yeah, riiight, Damon. That's stalling. Klaus' blood would have healed the vampire.

Unfortunately for us, Damon's not the only one stalling. The writers are stalling, too, prolonging a storyline that has nothing to it. Whatever happened to our beloved fast-paced show? Now it's all slugs and crawly things. Ew.

So, other than that, there was all the Elena babysitting and bad-behaving...oh, dear pointlessness, the Vampire Diaries loves you.

Well, I think it's time to stop ranting and go to bed. I'm sure I could go on forever about the wrongs, but I think my time is better spent sleeping, since I have to go to school in the morning. (Sigh.)

Anyway. If you agree, or disagree, please comment telling me what you think.

Oh, and BTW, I'm sorry if I was really negative. I'm just generally very disappointed, and that flares my negative right up to the surface.

Okay, so goodnight, and I hope you are all having a great day, or great night. Bye... :)

The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz

 

Okay, so before I start rambling about how much I loved this book, I just want to make it clear that this is book four in the Blue Bloods series (which I love), so if you haven't read the other three, I highly suggest, highly recommend, that you do.

AND, of course, to explain why I decided to write a review even though I never reviewed the other ones (which I might, because they're really, really good), it's really just because I finished The Van Alen Legacy, like, five seconds ago, and I loved it. So I decided to share my love of the series, and of this book.
Beware, because there will be SPOILERS. Read at your own risk.
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Okay, so I'll start by saying that I loved the parts that were set in Rio, because I'm Brazilian, and it's very nice to see a city in my country featured in a book series that I love. Also, I've never been to Rio, so it's always nice to read about a place you've never seen.

And Kingsley and Mimi, my favorite characters ever. I wish I had seen a lot more of them than I actually did in this book. I think there was way too much Schuyler (that's just a fancy way to write Skyler) and Jack, and way too little Mimi and Kingsley, whom I find are way more interesting.

I felt really sad for Oliver at the end of this book. In the first two books, I really didn't like him at all, it was sort of like I felt about Simon from The Mortal Instruments in the first book, like he was just in the way of Clary and Jace (in this case, Jack and Schuyler).

But when I read Misguided Angel (which I read before Revelations and The Van Alen Legacy because I needed to know what would happen, but couldn't find them in my bookstore), I started to totally switch sides. I started to like Oliver and Mimi a lot more than I had in the first two books.

And I guess that's sort of why I like them better now. But that's to be talked about another time, so I don't go off topic.

Anyway, you probably want to hear about plots, and character development, and I am rambling endlessly about the characters. Oh, well. The characters are my favorite part.

Anyway 2.0, my favorite of the three storylines (or plots, if you prefer), which go like Mimi, Schuyler and Bliss, was Bliss's, even though I loved the Kingsley/Mimi moments, I also loved that Dylan was around, and her general plot was more interesting of all three.

I liked the idea that Lucifer was there with her, in her body, and in her mind, and I thought it was interesting to read about Bliss's perspective when the Visitor (Lucifer, the Morningstar *roll of eyes*) was speaking to her father (annoying Forsyth Llewellyn) through her.

And (MAJOR SPOILER) the sacrifice that she did when she was supposed to kill Schuyler was exactly what I wanted her to do. Obviously, though, I didn't want her to die, but deep down I knew she wasn't going to, what with reading Misguided Angel (book five) and Lost in Time (book six), even though she wasn't really a part of those books much.

I know that Bliss has her own series now, (MAJOR SPOILER 2.0) to search for the Moon's Children (which is TVD speech for werewolves) that Allegra told her are important to save the Blue Bloods legacy from the creepy Silver Bloods.

And you know, now that I think about it, it would be cool to either have a book about the Silver Bloods' perspective, or Kingsley's, because I think it would be interesting to know exactly what it is to be a Silver Blood.

Obviously, if you've read these books that I'm rambling about, you know that they feed on other vampires, and their blood turns silver, and that they carry other people in their minds. Which is probably very crazy, depending on how many people you've killed, or fed on, or whatever.

So that would be really interesting, and I'm getting off topic thinking about what I would like to know about the Blue Bloods series, which I love so much, and can't believe it took me so long to buy it, and get into it.

Anyway, I'm going to take my rambly brain to listen to some music, and think about all the spin-off Blue Bloods series I would love to read.

Like, maybe a spin-off of their past lives, like there was in Lost in Time, with Allegra, and Charles. I think that was a past life, at least.

Off topic again. ANYWAY, I hope you liked this rambly long review, and that if you've read this book you'll tell me what you think, and if you haven't and you got this far and got spoiled (shame on you), I hope you will read it now, because it is a very amazing book.

Bye!!

The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

The beginning of this book actually started with the end of it, and I liked that, because it made for a very surprising ending. The sort of ending I couldn't imagine in a million years, because the first chapter gives you this idea that stays in your head, and when you're coming close to the end, you're like how the hell could that happen, and then you realize that it didn't really happen at all.

I loved the little newspaper pieces that were inserted before each chapter. I thought they shared insight into other things related to the chapters, and the story, in general.

I also loved the dynamics between the couples, which I won't spoil, because they're not mentioned in the description. They're realistic about their situations, but passionate, too. It's something that could totally have happened in real life, back then. At least, I think it is.

Character wise, I really, really liked Diana. Because she's different, and not dull, or extremely crazy, like some other characters that frustrated me to hell in all three books from this series that I've read so far.

Anyway, she is a very amazing character, the coolest character for me. She's witty, out-of-control, and so very fun to read about. She's the sort of character I would love to be, because she gets to do crazy things that I would love to do.

Elizabeth is very mature, and very nice. I can't relate to being nice that much, but I totally suffered with her, and hated her enemies more than she did, which is crazy. She was an interesting character, with a backbone, but a bit of a nice-girl complex, with that tendency to live hell just to save her family. It's justified, but sad, too.

And Henry had me from the beginning. I'm a sucker for bad boys with soft sides, and that is more or less what he is, sort of. And that's not to say that he's typical. He's his own bad boy, and not a copy of the many others we read about. I'm sort of not the best person to talk about him because I am a sucker for witty boys with good hearts. Think Will Herondale.

And my most hated character of all, Penelope. I think I have never hated a character as much in the life of me. That I can remember at least. Every time she came around, I was like 'Will someone please drown this bitch?'. It didn't happen, but she has to go down eventually.

This book was a very intense trip in many ways. I felt everything, from anger to happiness to sadness, and all other things in between.

There were times that I seriously wanted to throw this book at the wall and start screaming (which I didn't do - although I really wanted to), in a good way.

Because if you read a book, you have to get into it, and feel everything. Well, at least that's what I expect.

I loved the way it was written, the way it captured things just right, and the way the character's feelings were described, and everything else, really.

As soon as I was finished, I was dying to buy the second book. I just wanted to run to the bookstore and buy it, and it didn't go exactly like that. :(

Anyway, I highly suggest and recommend this book. It was amazing, and I was hooked from the moment I saw it at the bookstore (well, more like after the first two words).

This book reminded me of why I love books. Because it's so exciting to read books you really love.

Anyway, I hope you consider picking up this book, because you won't be disappointed. There's something in it for everyone, and the intrigue is crazy and so fun to read.

Okay, so bye. I hope that you enjoyed this review, and thank you for taking the time and putting with my rambling. Thank you, if you got this far, and even if you didn't. Bye. :)

BTW, if you read this book, please tell me what you think. Even if you didn't like it, I would like to know why. Other people's perspectives are always interesting to hear about. Maybe you'll see something I don't. :)