I simply enjoy torturing people on this forum, so I find myself obliged to spread the news that Sara Shepard is writing alternate timeline Emison shorts for the PLL book series. In my interaction with PLL fans, nobody really believed me, but she actually followed through on her promise and is writing them. Can't wait. Emison 4EVER.
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It's kind of weird, though, right? I know Shepard was saying she would write something for the Emison fans, if Marlene never came through for them. However, since it looks like Emison will get together in the series, that is no longer an operative cause. I love Emison, but even I think it is a little odd. Not that I am not thrilled to read them, but...
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I hate the idea of this, and not just because I'm firmly anti-Emison. She's literally rewriting the background of her own books. I guess it's not too different from Fanfiction, really, but considering she's the actual author it carries a lot more weight. I think this is going to take away from the original series, particularly the pure diabolicalness of Alison's character. It's kind of gross, too - to consider that Ali did everything she did to Emily in the books because she was driven by some kind of insane "love."
shareShe created these characters, so she can do whatever she wants with them.
She posted this tweet today: "Emison is all over the books! Sometimes I think people forget!"
Personnaly though, I would have prefered an Emison fanfiction following the series, rather then the books.
Sure she can, but it feels wrong to me for her to go and essentially rewrite history for her series that has already been published and established. If she really wanted Emison to end up together, she should have written the original series that way. This feels like pandering to me.
That tweet is kind of disgusting. I've read the entire series multiple times and there was absolutely no hint of Alison having any feelings for Emily. She was a conniving, manipulative psychopath.
If she were to write a Fanfiction following the show, as you said, I wouldn't mind that nearly as much, considering how different it is from the books.
How can that tweet be disgusting? There are interactions between Emily and Alison in the books. That's all she's really saying. Emison does exist in the books. It's not the same Emison as in the series, but it is still there. The "ship" name is just the combination of 2 names put together.
It's just like talking about Spanna, Sparia, Monalison...
You must have interpreted that tweet in a different way than I did, then. I took it to mean romantic interactions, which is generally what people think of when they use ship names.
After all, no one makes gif sets of that scene of Emily cutting off Ali in 5x10 and tags it with "Emison!!" for example.
Actually they do. It still is an Emison scene:
https://twitter.com/PieterseBliss/status/743521122675728384
Those "ship" names are not used just for the good moments. They even used them for friedships and ennemies as well.
I do not imagine that is Sara's intention. She has stated on multiple times that "Emison" in the books is not the same as Emison in the tv series, because Ali is the villain in the books, and it is merely manipulation. I think the question for the books, though, is whether it will be Emily with Courtney or Emily with the real Alison.
shareWhile originally, mashing names together always meant romantic interaction, it's not the case anymore. People use it for any time two people have scenes together. When people for instance say "I love Sparia" they aren't exactly talking about wanting them together as a romantic couple ī¦
I've got nothing against God, it's his fanclub I can't stand
we've discussed this when it was announced a few weeks a go, and the respionse was generally negative, garnering an 18% 'rotten' rating and all that jazz.
seriously though its a pretty bad idea. not because of emison itself (though there is clearly issues) but fanfictioning your own story for the sake of money is pretty bad.
but in the end i suppose thats all PLL is, some cheap imitation of a real story that only exists in our minds. considering the basic idea of PLL wasn't even sara shepards to begin with it carries a little less weight.
it still feels wrong though. as someone else said JK rowling came out and changed her mind about who she thought hermione should end up with, but she didn't go back and write soem alternate time line or revision. the cursed cihld wasn't about hermione leaving ron for harry (at least as far as ive heard).
*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?
t still feels wrong though. as someone else said JK rowling came out and changed her mind about who she thought hermione should end up with, but she didn't go back and write soem alternate time line or revision. the cursed cihld wasn't about hermione leaving ron for harry (at least as far as ive heard).
but in the end i suppose thats all PLL is, some cheap imitation of a real story that only exists in our minds. considering the basic idea of PLL wasn't even sara shepards to begin with it carries a little less weight.
i liked the idea of harry and hermione together though it may be because the first book I read was prisoner of azkaban. It didn't have any romantic undertones but knowing it was just harry and hermione at the climax just kinda set that in my mind. little thigns like that. i could hardly say i shipped them, I wasn't really disappointed with who ended up with who.
The shipping mattered so little to me and it seemed like the least relevant party of the story. I'm glad that Ginny's involvement didn't get elevated, though I do also felt like it was weird it happened.
all in all it was kind of true to real life, seemingly random, people just ending up with the people around them, and that having little to nothing to do with the the big problems in life.
*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?
The shipping mattered so little to me and it seemed like the least relevant party of the story.
NEville x Luna is the kind of weird ass shipping i can get behind. i mean i never really thought of it til now but yeah it kinda sounds like they'd be a match.
i feel ya on the bickering though. the only time i got the 'hint' was when hermione was upset with Ron in book 4 i believe around all that ball nonsense.
im just glad the ending didn't become *beep* like ginny getting kidnapped by voldemort and Harry's final arc being about romantic love and shiz.
*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?
Yeah I just didn't care that much about the romance in Harry Potter. I acknowledged it but I couldn't bring myself to care that much. Same with Neville and Luna. I actually like those two together but I was mostly just waiting for everyone to get together so people would stop arguing. Romance is always secondary for me when I watch TV shows or movies.
"When life gives you lemons"
Jessica D: sleep with their fathers and have secret lemon childrenĀ
i like to think that was JK rowlings intent considering what shes known for, for it to just be below the surface, not as important. an interesting comparison to the other YA stuff that is pretty romance heavy if not the entire focus.
*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?
seriously though its a pretty bad idea. not because of emison itself (though there is clearly issues) but fanfictioning your own story for the sake of money is pretty bad.I understand the concern, but I do not imagine these Emison stories will alter the timeline. I believe they are supposed to be non-canon. Coming from someone who enjoys anime, I honestly like the idea of alternate timelines. The anime paradigm is not to write sequels, but merely write a redux for the original story. Instead of continuing the book series after book #8, I would have preferred if Sara just wrote an alternate timeline series. share
even if its 'non cannon' it just has a bad vibe to it. i know its fan fiction of her own work but it still doesn't sit right. something about it reduces the integrity of the original story, especially considering the whole idea is pandering.
anime does sequels all the time. of the classic 90s anime (pokemon, digimon, sailor moon, dragonball) all of them got sequels instead of rewrites save for sailor moon, and that was rebooted mostly because the manga had never had a faithful adaption.
reboots are common in anime but its more out of a desire to create a more faithful adaption (in most cases). not saying there aren't outliers but even those don't sit well me personally.
*when life gives you lemons*
Sara: are you a sour lemon?
Personally I don't get what the big deal is. She's writing a fan fiction because of the big response to the relationship and it's not changing anything cannon. She's writing this for the people who love the ship so if you don't like the ship or care for it can't it just be ignored?
I mean no one's saying anything about JD and his fan fiction about paily. I don't like or care for the couple so I don't care that it exist and have no opinion on it but it's cool for those who like paily. That's how I see it. I mean it's a bit bigger because she's the creator of the book I guess but it's the same. It's just fan fiction for a big fanbase. I also think it's cool she's writing for the fans, something nice