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I just finished reading this and I'm a bit mad that I wasted my free morning reading a non HEA fic, and god that ending. I don't know why I did not see it comming, i sometimes read the last bit of the last chapter just to make sure its a HEA, but for some reason I didn't for this one.

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I read this last year and wanted to scream at the end of it. This fic was one of the rare times that I started reading it without checking the last few chapters first (which I normally always do as I need to know if a book or fic is a HFN/HEA), I could see what was going to happen by the end before it actually happened but kind of hoped that the author was going to steer in a direction. 

I think the epilogue is the problem.

Plus, I think some of these non-HEA are subject to interpretation.  Like Dusty...and The Elusive Mr. Cullen.

I think Dusty's and The Elusive Mr. Cullen's ending is kind of perfect for the type of fics they are, but I know nearly everyone here probably doesn't agree.
I was reading a book last week and finished mid-sentence which I thought was a good way to end the book but I know about 99% of peeps reviews I've read on GR don't agree.

So I totally agree with FFG that some of the fics Booked listed are totally subjective to what you like for a HEA.

Watching the Superbowl.  It's being played a couple of miles from my house.  When the planes flew over the stadium as part of the opening show, it sounded like they flew directly over my house.  Since neither team is a Texas team, I've chosen which team to support purely on political grounds.  The coach and QB for the NE Patriots are vocal Trump supporters, so I'm rooting for the Atlanta Falcons.  Based on the current score, I've made the right choice.  However, I don't want to count my chickens too soon.

BTW, the foregoing comments are not intended to start a political discussion here.  I know we all want to keep this a happy place.  Feel free to support whichever team you want for whatever reason you want, or ignore the whole silly spectacle altogether.

Watching the Superbowl.  It's being played a couple of miles from my house.  When the planes flew over the stadium as part of the opening show, it sounded like they flew directly over my house.  Since neither team is a Texas team, I've chosen which team to support purely on political grounds.  The coach and QB for the NE Patriots are vocal Trump supporters, so I'm rooting for the Atlanta Falcons.  Based on the current score, I've made the right choice.  However, I don't want to count my chickens too soon.

BTW, the foregoing comments are not intended to start a political discussion here.  I know we all want to keep this a happy place.  Feel free to support whichever team you want for whatever reason you want, or ignore the whole silly spectacle altogether.

I live in "the rest of California that is not San Francisco or the LA/OC basin"  My vote doesn't count.  They called the state before I even voted.  I pretty much don't care, they are all bad.  But remember, Congress makes the laws. And Congress mostly listens to the people who put them in office - all those corporations and special interest groups. It is a mess that only works because no one can agree on anything. If they ever start agreeing, we may be in big trouble.   

That said, I was rooting for Atlanta, because New England are known cheaters and it really bugs me that they keep winning.  Unfortunately, Atlanta's defense ran out of energy in the 4th quarter.  They did so well up until then. 

Anybody know what's going on with Twibrary?  I can't get into the archives.

Try the mobile version.  I usually have better luck with it. And it is working on my phone.

I was just about to ask that. I tried to open it but told me it no longer existed or that I no longer have acess.

When I tried it last week I could only get in through the mobile version. Click on that and it brings it up.

I have copies of the majority of the spreadsheets.  Not so much the non-B/E ones. But the others.  A lot of the stories have been pulled and a number have never been finished.  I guess I could load them on the other thread if they totally disappear off of Google. 

Someone on another board was asking if the author of Words With Friends also published original fic? I knew that author was Nolebucgrl, but I'm not sure if she writes original stuff? Does anyone here know, and what her pubbed name is? Thanks!

Yes, it's on her FFN profile. Code Red, but I don't know if she published anything else.

Yes, it's on her FFN profile. Code Red, but I don't know if she published anything else.
Apparently she published another book The Hot Corner.

Thank you! I didn't think until I hit post that she probably had the info on her ff.net profile, doh! I'm more used to AO3, so I forget that they put a lot more info on their profiles on ff.net.

Who's watched 50 shades darker and what did you think.

BTW were there any major changes from MoTU and the 50 shades books?

I saw it yesterday and enjoyed it.  Although I've read the story both as Master of the Universe and as 50 Shades Darker, I don't remember all the details, so can't give you the blow by blow.  However, they definitely captured the gist of the story.  The writer of the screenplay is E.L. James' husband, so you know he was faithful to her vision.

Who's watched 50 shades darker and what did you think.

It was really meh to me (granted, I wasn't that big a fan of the books or first movie. I got to watch it for free so I thought why not, lol).

I think it was a bit choppy. I think they could have omitted a few things (Ana's Skype with her friends, Mia shopping for a tie for Christian, some of the random walking scenes) to spend a bit more time fleshing out more important parts (the scenes just after the crash, basically everything to do with Elena and Leila).

I also feel like they sacrificed some dramatic tension by wrapping up all of the conflicts too quickly. I think the first movie was more successful in this; better edited and paced.

Visually, FSD looked much better than FSoG. Dakota's hair looked better longer and Jamie looked a lot more fit (maybe only in my eyes). They also did a much better job with wardrobe.