Howdy Campers!

Today is the joyous anniversary of the birth of one of the

Forest's own VIP AUTHORS!

Let's celebrate & wish her much happiness!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PASTICHE PEN!!!!1!

 Director David Slade gave a rare interview to IGN online. And by rare, I mean we have heard less from him than the previous Saga directors. Like Chris Weitz, I can't help but like the guy. He talks about vengeance, Edward being "dangerous", the newborns, and Riley. 

Also, MTV caught up with Jackson Rathbone, and talked about his larger role in Eclipse. 

New WFE pics, June 9th. 

I see you Christoph Waltz.

Click to make them real damn big. Enjoy! 

EDITED TO ADD MORE:

Hiya! So I finanlly decided to try that Twitter thing that everyone seems to do, so far I'm confused. But thats not the point of this post!

While trolling through to find stuff to follow I started to think; would Edward use Twitter? What would he write? What about Rose? Or Emmett? I think I'd be more likely to follow them than Edward, I think they'd be funnier.

So, who of the Cullins (did I spell that wrong? It looks wrong....I dunno....it's been a long day....) do you think would use Twitter? Who would you follow? And what sort of stuff do you think they'd tweet?

PS. Whoops, it does have an 'e'. Cullen, not Cullin. Sorry, I'm a little spaz at the moment, Twitter may be frying my brain...

PPS. And if anyone would like to give me any Twitter pointers please do!

 ...but what ended up happening to the The One With All The Twilight Contest?

Just sayin'

One of the best writers out there in the fanfic world is taking a well deserved break, the brilliant

107yearoldvirgin

I'm not sure if anyone has done this already, but to coincide with the posting of the final chapter of Decoy, I wanted to start a campfire to discuss the pure awesomeness of Amber.

I encourage everyone to post their favourite bits of her writing, or feelings it may have inspired in you, best wishes for her break, or just presents to remind her that we love and adore her.

My personal opinions will be in the comments.

 I had a rough day/night. Sorry this is so late. So make it fun. Pimp ANYTHING that you or your friends do. Be shameless. Promote the hell out of something. Anything goes. Make Emibella proud.

I just finished "The Velveteen Mother" by krismom.  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5646054/1/ 

I have been so "blah" about Twifics lately, and feeling like I am coming down from a fanfiction high - I am sure many, if not all, of us have experienced this.  It is my first time with feeling a sense of dissatisfaction with Twifics, but I can imagine it happening periodically.  All the fics seem typical, the same, etc.  

Somone recommended to me The Velveteen Mother and given that it is a pretty short and relatively quick read, I gave it a shot - despite the fact that I immediately discovered that it starts focused on a 60-something Esme lamenting the current predicament of her children.  Honestly, that was a big turn off, but I kept going and I am so very glad I did. 

Quite simply, The Velveteen Mother is fantastic and different, told from a very interesting perspective that manages to encompass some very transformative character arcs in the short 11 chapters.  This fic ultimately presents very familiar, loveable characters with twists.  (I am a sucker for E/B pairing)  The focus is on romantic relationships, some canon and some very non-canon.  The story zips back and forth between present and different times in the past, but it is seamlessly done and each flashback really propels the current plot forward.   One of the final scenes (told in slight flashbacks) is probably one of my favorite scenes of all time, not only because of the sheer romance, sweetness and heart-tugging, but also because it shows a real character journey.  

In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I am a mom of two boys and maybe that's why I eventually became engrossed in the story.  However, putting that bias aside, I can honestly say this a beautiful story, and beautifully written. If you haven't read it, run over and give it a try.  You won't regret it!  Honestly, I have never felt so compelled to write this detailed a review (or any review) but here I am starting this campfire not only to share this fic, but to see if anyone else has other fics they'd like to share.

The Velveteen Mother has invigorated and anxious to seek out more unique Twifics, and got me back into the Twific groove.  Anybody else have any really different fics they just fell in love with or couldn't stop thinking about?  I would love to hear . . . especially if they ultimately stay true to the E/B pairing :)  Old Twi-habits die hard.

It's the Bree readalong.

Will we get to know more about Victoria?

Will SM use more cliches than a Batman and Robin cartoon?

Will there be oodles of dream scenes? (no, wait, no sleeping with these vamps)

Will it be dark and angsty and gritty?

How many times will we see the words 'furious' 'beautiful' and 'chuckle'?

Will there be lots of frowning and hand-clenching?

Will SM's writin style be markedly different with time and reflection?

Come on in

If you missed the earlier post here's how it works.

The lovely Justine Lark separated this single uber-chapter into sections.

I will make a comment for each section and then comments concerning that particular section will be made in reply to the original section comment.

Anything goes - fangirling, critique, snark, philosophy, rage, love, indifference....just so long as the usual ADF rules apply.

There aren't that many of us participating in this but we'll just comment away and see how it goes.

It's getting late in the states and we're only part way in - do you want to continue this tomorrow night? And if so would it be better to start earlier? Let me know your thoughts.

 47 YEARS AGO TODAY, ONE OF THE SEXIEST MEN ON THE PLANET WAS BORN. 

JOHNNY DEPP (dude. 47!!! he's only a year younger than my mom!!! o.0)

LET US CELEBRATE BY POSTING SOME FUCKHOT JOHNNY. K?

UNNNNFFFFF. HOW THE HELL IS THAT MAN 47?!? 

REMEMBER DON JUAN DEMARCO? 

CRYBABY!

HAPPY BDAY JOHNNY!

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!

*APPROVED BY WOLVESNVAMPS*

 I'm pretty sure that this has been done before, but I feel like doing it again. 

What do you do as a job in Real Life? List three pros, three cons and one occupational hazard. 

Me? I'm a dog groomer.

Pros: Fun environment, cool dogs, tips =D

Cons: Carpal tunnel, back pain, bitches.

Occupational hazard: Dog bites.

What about everybody else? 

FYT

http://dancingalonetopony.tumblr.com/

you're welcome

lots of love,

the absent ranger x

so, today,I had a thankyou conversation amongst friends. 

and I want to do a  thankyou post for the wonderful adf.  

what do you love about adf?  who do you want to thank?  be specific and only say ONE thing.  and try not to repeat.  

I am thankful for being able to post campfires. in purdy colours.

I may be slightly out of my mind, so sry if i dont make sense.

So, there are a couple of D/s stories out there. And most of them are hawt. The Training just finished today. I've followed all of tarasueme's D/s stories since about half-way through The Submissive.

Anyway, the only D/s stories I've read are with a Domward and a Subella.

In my mind, Rosalie would be the perfect Dom. And Emmett would be a more than willing Sub.

Domalie and Submet

Don't they just give out that vibe? They do for me at least.

Who else from Twilight do you think would fit the D/s lifestyle?

this is a true blood post

new stills for your approval/perusal/fap material

true blood premieres this sunday, eff yeah

discuss how these pics still need more pam, or alcide's potential hotness as a werewolf who often wears shirts

 hi eric, i love you

oh stackhouse.  you're prettier than your sister.

mah name is beel compton and ah do nawt approve of suffrage or women being independent but hoo boy, can i smolder

alcide, alcide.  does anyone else think this guy looks like noel crane from felicity?

jessica, future HBIC

i love tara and i wish they'd stop destroying her character on the show, goddamn

idk who that saucy little minx on the right is, but if they changed this to the pam/eric/lafayette hour, i'd watch it.  in fact... someone please make this happen.

oh, lafayette.  i really hope pam makes him a vampire.

 not a fan of the e.rach.wood, but she did truly rock this role on the show.  heh... get it?  rocked the role?  nvrmnd

this guy was in that stupid natalie portman movie that i've seen like eighty times omg i love it where she births her bb in walmart but more importantly... he shared screen time with henry cavill twice. 

seriously, only pam can rock this much pink and remain HBIC

and not related to the new stills, but still appropriate:

precisely, shakira.  precisely.

source

So it's my birthday - well it was a few hours ago in Oz, but it still is just about everywhere else in the world, so....  AND my only sibling - aka ASSHOLE brother - forgot it, and even my dad didn't call. My mum called thankfully, but no one in my family even bothered to send me a card!  I get it, I'm old, but still.....

ANYWAY - I need some cheering up, so I thought I'd put a call out for some pretty pictures of whatever you think might be cheerful (BTW I'm in love with Rob - hint hint). And also to keep this Twilight related, Bella's birthday in NM kinda sucked, too, so tell me some of your birthday FAILTASTIC stories.  Make me feel better about my family forgetting me.

THE TRAINING'S DONE

cbf getting the Twilighted link.

lol. Discuss.

Hello ladies.

Hope I've found you in the best of health and highest of spirits.

Ladies, I come to you with a simple request. You see, I have started my diet (3rd one this yea r) and in hopes of keeping my mind off food and away from real life (will be moving to a crappy apartment in 2 weeks - leaving my dream apartment) I would like you to recc me some good old ExB.

Not just any HEA, ExB though - I specifically want some Cinder-Bella. Also, being a poor [financially challenged, if you will] Bella would be preferred, with a touch of Prince Charmward.

Love,

Cranberry Shades

OK, so the Eclipse soundtrack came out yesterday.  I pre-ordered it weeks ago, then forgot to listen to it when we had the chance to preview the whole album.  So yesterday morning, it automatically downloaded to my iPod and I listened to it.  I have to say... while I think it's ok, I'm not in love with it.  I really liked the Twilight soundtrack and I LOVED the New Moon soundtrack and score.  So... I'm a bit disappointed (especially by the Muse song because I've really enjoyed the ones from them on the last 2 and really am not a fan of this one). 

So.... is it just me?? What are everyone else's thoughts??  If you had to pick your favorite song off the album, which one would you choose?

I didn't see any recent posts about the soundtrack and I've been out of the forest for the past couple of days, so I'm sorry if this is a repeat post!