So I saw the new contest for Mentalward- and it got me thinking. Twilight is a great fandom for mental illness. Our romantic lead is sorta stalkerish, Rosalie suffers PTSD, Alice was committed to a mental asylum, blah blah blah.

What do you think about mental illness in fanfic? Are there disorders that you just can't read about? Eating disorders, for me, are really tricky. Reading about Bella with an eating disorder makes me flash back to conversations in highschool with my most insecure friends, and I sorta would rather stab my eyes out.

Are there stories that you won't read because Edward has a disorder that makes him less than sexy? What if Edward had the eating disorder- would you read about a bulimic Edward?  An Edward with gender identity issues? Tourette's?

On the flipside, are there disorders that are -ahem- sexier to read about? We like obsessive Edwards. We like depressed Edwards (aww baby, you're broken? how about a big cup of Bella to perk you up) We're ok with drug use (doesn't it just complete the Doucheward image?)

BRATTY-VAMP BROUGHT THIS PIC TO OUR ATTENTION & TAYLOR ISN'T THRILLED THAT IT LANDED HERE! SORRY.........

DISCUSS THE HILARITY OF THIS SHIT!!!

EDIT: Have another still of Taylor. 

 We all know about Hot Topic

(I am the proud owner of a Twilight slap bracelet from the lovely wtvoc) 

but have you ever perused the inner bowels of Etsy for Twilight Merchandise??

You know, those homemade treasures from Superfans or just crafters hoping to cash in??

Here are some fantastic examples:

A sparkly Edward Pin! (Yes, that is really the description)

Shoes adorned with the faces of Edward AND Jacob

(actual retail price: $199)

A Jacob Black Dolly complete with Wolf hat and six pack abs!

and....

quite possibly the scariest baby gift of ALL TIME.

So I challenge

ALL CAMPERS

you too, rangers

to SHOW ME YOUR FAVORITE FUNNY, BEAUTIFUL, INTERESTING OR I-ACTUALLY-KINDA-LIKE-THIS piece of

Twilight Merchandise

hey, you.  have you made your playlist yet?

don't forget about ADF's first official contest!

make us a new moon playlist!

winner gets high fives from the rangers, their playlist becomes a part of the website... and you get a goodie bag delivered by yours truly, including a new moon calendario!  save yourself the 17.99 plus tax that i paid at borders!  and yeah, i bought 3 copies.  eat me.

official rules here:

http://adifferentforest.com/Campfire_Comment.aspx?ID=98

contest ends midnight PST on wednesday, november 18th.  good luck!

ask any questions here.  and no, Kimvi, your status as my new favorite chat buddy wins you no points as i am not judging this here contest.

for everyone's time:

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS REALLY NOT INTERESTED, NOT THE TINIEST BIT, NO, IN WATCHING NEW MOON?

I mean, I'll go watch it, just because I wanna get a serious laugh out of it, like I did when Twilight came out. And because I don't want people to tell me about it, so I'll just go, watch it, and whenever someone starts a conversation about it I'll just cut them off. But seriously, I'm not interested in the slightest.

I'm not gonna say THE TWILIGHT MOVIE RUINED IT FOR ME! That'd be a tad bit overreacting, because.. it didn't. Whenever I think of Edward or Bella or whoever, the first thing that comes to my mind certainly isn't anyone in the cast. I don't really like Rob. I hate Kristen, I think Taylor looks like he did one of those 'I GOT RIPPED IN 40 DAYS, NO EXCERCISING OR SHIT! TRY IT!!' thingies, Jackson.. umm.. not. Nikki. Don't even get me started on Nikki.. etcetcetc.

I only saw Twilight twice, and I plan on keeping it that way. I think New Moon will be a one-time thing though. Too much Jacob, so little Edward? NUH-UH.

I am reading Afterlife right now (anyone else reading it?) and I sort of freaked when Edward died. I wasn't expecting it but will keep reading because I am curious about where the author is going with it. So I want to ask, will you read a fic where Edward or a major character dies?

I am adding this picture because he is cute in it.

So, I posted A Request  in the wee hourse of the night last night, asking you to give me recs for Newbie Twific readers, and boy did you give me some F*Tastic fics! 

And after getting all those amazing stories, I decided to make a Community for first time readers.

I tried to stay true to my criteria, but it was so damn hard.

Here's the link: http://www.fanfiction.net/community/First_Timers_Venturing_into_the_Twific_World/75621/

If you find more fics that you would like to rec, I would gladly add them to the list.

Anyway, I wanted to share it with you guys because YOU helped create it and in case you wanted to reel in some new readers.

So basically, there are fics in there that have some smexin in it, but they're all vampire stories. Either true to the books or AU. And there's some cussin in there too :)

Thank you guys again!

 (And I hope you know, you guys and ADF are F-ing awesome! Just saying.)

And just cuz:

                       aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand ETA: this genius from the hat...

I didn't see this in Pixievamp's post about the article in Harper's Bazaar.  Here is a video to go with the shoot and article. 

I need a good fanfic to start reading......can you please help I like the ones that are human and normal pairings....smut preferred!!! lol

I read a bunch that are good but so far today I tried to read 3 that didn't hold my interest....Please help!!!

Oh and the story about Pillow humping.....Hilarious!!!

NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, YOU LADIES NEED TO KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T GO TO CONTROL PANEL AND CHANGE YOUR BIRTHDAYS, YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF LIKE ME: I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T ACCESS A RATED R FIC DUE TO MY AGE. 

COMPLETE WTF MOMENT RIGHT HERE. 

 Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, and Nikki Reed recently posed for an article in Glamour magazine's Relationship section. 

And the pictures are PRECIOUS. 

I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT JACKSON AFTER I MAKE OUT WITH HIM THIS WEEKEND. =)

AND AREN'T THEY ADORABLE?

Depressed about his recent breakup with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson has taken to humping pillows.

According to sources, Pattinson checked himself in to a Motel 6 in Valencia, CA on Friday. Since then, other motel guests have been complaining about the loud sobbing that comes from Pattinson’s room at all hours of the night. The only time the crying seems to stop is during one of Pattinson’s vigorous pillow-humping sessions, which happen three-to-four times a day, and last for about five-to-seven minutes each.

During the hump sessions, guests and staff members can clearly hear Pattinson’s bed creaking violently while the star yells out at the top of his lungs, “I am humping a pillow.”

Pattinson reportedly comes out of his room for 10 minutes each day in order to allow the housekeeping staff to replace his soiled pillowcases, and to stock up on Lipton Cup O Soups from the motel vending machine.

Motel workers who have seem the inside of the room say it looks like a war zone, with empty Cup O Soups strewn about and the palpable stench of semen and tears lingering in the air.

It is also reported that the walls of the room are covered in Kristen Stewart’s Twilight posters, with the exception of the space on the ceiling directly above the bed, which is reserved for a poster of Pattinson’s shirtless Twilight co-star, Taylor Lautner.

Friends of Pattinson say the star needs to pull himself together, and suggest that he should find fat girl to use as a “slump buster,” adding that there is no shortage of eager fat girls among his “Twihard” fanbase.

SAUCE

THIS IS THE BEST. ARTICLE. EVER.

My man-meat, John - the guy who made this little site

is an uncle again!

ETA: babies are yummy

his sister had a baby girl today. 10lbs, named payton.

plz to be congratulating him here.

i love you, dork.

Hey campers!

So, most of you out in the US may not know (or really care), but here in the UK they decided not to bother will a New Moon premiere, rubbish huh?

So instead they are having a 'fan party' with Rob, Kris, Taylor and some of the bands. We have a magazine called Heat over here and they are running a competition to get tickets for this party, now here is the reason for my post:

The question you have to answer is: What is the third Twilight saga book?

Breaking Dawn, Eclipse or THE LOST BOYS

What do you think? Complete coincidence? Or someone at the mag is a Hwimsey fan?

STILL FANGIRLING OVER THIS.... JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW. 

Asked about the endless rumors of her supposed off-screen romance with Pattinson, for instance, Stewart got nicely fired up. “I probably would’ve answered it if people hadn’t made such a big deal about it,” she said. “But I’m not going to give the fiending an answer. I know that people are really funny about ‘Well, you chose to be an actor, why don’t you just f—ing give your whole life away?! Can I have your firstborn child?’”

Pattinson himself, who clearly loathes confrontation, tried to softly interject with philosophical statements about the need for an actor to hold onto his individuality. But Stewart cut him off. “I’ve thought about this a lot,” she said. “There’s no answer that’s not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: ‘Okay, we are. We aren’t. I’m a lesbian.’  I’m just trying to keep something,” she said. “If people started asking me if I was dating Taylor, I’d be like ‘F— off!’ I would answer the exact same way.” Without missing a beat, Pattinson looked at Lautner, promising “Me too.”

Fiending.  Hmm.  Lots of people are fiending for the answer I suppose...and i support her keeping personal things personal...again, it's noted she interrupts Pattinson (my pet peeve)...

Thoughts?

So I know this isnt Twilight related, but it is awesome.  And definitly made me laugh.  It makes me wonder when there are going to produce a Twilight version.

Cue the jokes about ice cold vampire boyfriends....

ranger edit: this message is approved even though it's non-twilight.  i love weezer, okay?