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\\#108 Left at the Alter!;
Janitor Two: Hi. Janitor Two: So, summary for 108. Jessica continues to pursue Jeremy, only more forcefully. Sue is, seemingly, oblivious. Jeremy weakens and finally gives in. Liz is a freak. Lila and Robby try to eat waffles, and the wedding gets called off at--surprise!--the alter. Janitor One: Good summary. Janitor Two: Yeah. Janitor One: So, same characters as before; Liz, Jess, Jeremy, Sue, Lila, Robby, and Todd makes an appearence. Janitor Two: Lizzie first. Janitor One: Oh God, Liz. Janitor Two: I hated her in this one. More than usual. Janitor One: Yes, I did, too. She's a hypocrite! She cheated on Todd and felt horrible about it and is dreading telling him, and he tells her he cheated on her but it meant nothing, and she's "TODD, HOW COULD YOU? I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Janitor Two: Just a little.... Janitor One: Now, she does come out and admit it, but that doesn't change anything. Janitor Two: No. I do like the part where her friends basically tell her they're gonna slap her if she doesn't quit it with the self-help crap. Janitor One: Yeah, I liked that, too. They were even getting sick of her crap. Janitor Two: So, once again, we are reminded why we hate Liz. Just in case we were starting to forget.... Janitor One: And she's back up to a 12 on the annoying meter. Janitor Two: Yeah. On to Todd? Janitor One: Poor, poor Todd. He's gonna end up in therapy. Janitor Two: I felt sorry for him. Normally I just think he's a sad, pathetic little man. But in this one I really wanted to give him a hug. Janitor One: Yeah.
Janitor Two: Hehehe. I love Todd sometimes. Janitor One: Me, too. Janitor Two: He just makes me laugh. I can't help it. Janitor One: I adore Todd, just not him and Liz as a couple. Janitor Two: Yeah. speaking of couples, let's do Lila then Robby. Janitor One: Ok. Lila was funny. Janitor Two: Lila was funny. Janitor One: Hehe. Janitor Two: .......We said the same thing at the same time. Again. Janitor One: Yeah.... Janitor Two: Anyway, I liked her a lot in this one. I love that she took Jessica's advice. Janitor One: Yeah, Jess is just an expert at love, right? Janitor Two: Really. Janitor One: I loved her story about being a poor girl, and how it backfired on her. Janitor Two: That was great. Janitor One: Yeah. And he just kept making her feel worse and worse. Janitor Two: She was really believable as a character. I like it when SV people try to pull off little tricks and schemes and they don't work. It doesn't happen often. Janitor One: Hehe. Yeah. Janitor Two: And I loved Robby through that whole thing. Janitor One: Robby "Oh, Lila. You're so strong. I love you even more!" Janitor Two: Yeah. He's so sweet. Janitor One: I love him. Janitor Two: Me, too. Janitor One: Maybe I should do a teeny, tiny Robby fanlisting. Janitor Two: We should make Robby our next spotlight victim. Janitor One: Yeah! We'll have fun Robby making up his past. Janitor Two: ^_^ Yeah. So, we loved Robby. Now to the triangle.... Janitor One: Hehehe. I'm not going to comment on Sue and Jeremy. Well, maybe I'll say a thing or two, but I don't think I can say much of my opinion without spoiling the rest of the series. Janitor Two: Ok. Then I will monologue for a minute. Coolies? Janitor One: Cool. Janitor Two: Ok. I think Sue not only knows about Jeremy and Jess, but she was encouraging it. There were some moments when she just pushed too hard to get them alone together. And then the tension...she had to have noticed. For her actual character, I don't like her very much. She was all right in the first book, but in this one, like Jess, I was getting tired of her too-sweet-to-be-true-ness. It grated on me. And I now hate the word "adorable." Jeremy is just a sad man who has major issues, though I'm starting to think he's got more up his sleeve than he's letting on. We'll see. Janitor One: *nods* Janitor Two: Oh, and if Sue thinks she's sick, she's right--in the head. I bet her mother died in a car crash and that's why she doesn't want anyone to mention it to Alice, because Alice knows the truth. Janitor One: Not saying anything. Janitor Two: All right. On to Jessica. I don't know how I felt about her in this one. I think she was purely herself, which is both good and bad. As a character, she was well-written, but, as always, I don't like her character. Janitor One: Yes. She's a little more determined than in the last book. More like the Jess we know so well. She has slightly more depth than usually, as she is desperately in love with Jeremy and will do anything to get him, and doesn't care about what happens to the people around her. Really, she was herself. The author really knows the characters. Janitor Two: Yep. Janitor One: Jessica isn't my favorite, and I don't like her, but I don't hate her in this one, and I can sympathize with her do a degree. Janitor Two: Nicely established modivation, instead of the glaze they usually give us. Janitor One: Yes. Janitor Two: In her favor, I will say that I liked that I could see where she was coming from. Janitor One: Exactly. Her motivations are explained. You don't usually get that. Janitor Two: Nope. Janitor One: It's always what Jessica wants, Jessica gets. Janitor Two: So, characters done? Janitor One: Yes. Janitor Two: Ok, I have to point out a couple things I just loved. Janitor One: Ok. Janitor Two: I loved Robby's subtly when he was eating Lila's god-awful cooking. He just chews and chews, then discreetly stands up and leaves the room. It's so subtle that it makes me laugh every time I read it. Janitor One: Hehehe. Yeah. That was awesome. The bachelor party.... Janitor Two: Yeah. The party was good, too. Once again, Robby meets sublty, and we have a brilliant scene. Janitor One: Hehe. Yeah. Janitor Two: I bet putting him and Winston in the same place would be hilarious. The little double act with Robby playing the straight man. Very nice. Janitor One: Yes, he and Winston would be brilliant together. I love it when he thinks, "The bride is dying, and the groom is in love with another woman. Some party! Now all I need is an earthqake to really finish off the night!" Janitor Two: Yeah. Irony, too. Janitor One: Yeah. Janitor Two: I think when the writers started running out of ideas and planned to end the SVH series, they were skimming old books, saw that part, and were like, "Yeah! An earthquake to end the party!" Janitor One: Hehehe. Foreshadowing. Janitor Two: Yeppers. Janitor One: So plot points? Janitor Two: Page 134. First paragraph after the break. The Bruce...is he OUR Bruce? Or did I miss some other Bruce? Janitor One: I believe so.... I didn't catch that. Bruce can play the guitar. Huh. Janitor Two: I didn't know our Bruce could play the guitar..... Janitor One: Neither did I. Janitor Two: Hehehe. Janitor One: That's funny. Janitor Two: Yeah it is. Janitor One: You'd think after ten years you'd know a guy. Janitor Two: Hehehe! We should do a "Little-Known Facts" page on the site and put that on there. Along with Todd's disappearing-reappearing-sex-changing sibling(s?)..... Janitor One: Hehe. We should. Janitor Two: And my last highlight: page 41. Janitor One: "She's right. I'm just as deceitful as Jessica." Janitor Two: Yes. I love that line of Liz's. Finally, after 107 and a half books, she admits it. Janitor One: And she quickly forgets it Janitor Two: Hehehe. Janitor One: You know, Jeremy sure is short on the cover. Janitor Two: Hehehe. And ugly. He looks like Vanilla Ice. Janitor One: Hehehehehe! Janitor Two: His hair. Janitor One: It's so 90's. Janitor Two: Yeah. I love the 90's. Janitor One: Me, too. I always thought Jeremy was cute on Death Threat though. Janitor Two: Let me look..... Janitor One: He looked like the guy that played Zack in "Saved by the Bell." Janitor Two: Yeah he does. He is cute on that one. I love the lack of character continuity on the covers. My favorite is going from Roger on Racing Hearts to Roger on Rags to Riches.....and Bruce. Bruce does the Madonna thing and switches hair color a bit. Janitor One: Yeah. At least the twins always look the same though. Most the time. Janitor Two: Mostly. So, to plot? Janitor One: To plot. Janitor Two: I liked it. There were a few things that seemed a little too obvious. Like Sue suddenly being sick. Either they went way too SV-soap-drama on this book, or she's full of it. Janitor One: I also liked it. You knew exactly what was gonig to happen in the end, but there were lots of fun twists and side stories to get you there. And I won't comment about Sue. Janitor Two: Hehe. I liked how Todd and Steven had their little moment. That was a well-placed plot device. Janitor One: Yeah, that was cool, too. Steven approves of Todd. ^_- Janitor Two: ^_^ He would.... Janitor One: I like how he tells Liz guys do make mistakes. I wonder how many times he's made a "mistake." Janitor Two: Hmm..... You know, I still laugh when I read the part where the twins walk in on Steven and Billie making out on the floor in their apartment. Why is that so funny? Janitor One: What book was that in? It sounds familiar. Janitor Two: When they were playing college life for a weekend. I think one of the titles was College Weekend. Or something like that...it was slightly later. Janitor One: Oh, that series. I don't really remember those books. Janitor Two: That's the only thing I remember about them. Janitor One: I remember Liz and Jess cheating on Todd and Ken. Again. Janitor Two: Hehehe. But we're getting off topic. Janitor One: Now favorite parts. How about we call this the best/worst moments? Janitor Two: Ok. Best: Robby and the waffle. Worst: Jessica stopping the wedding. Janitor One: Best: the bachelor party where the girls burst in expecting scantily clad women hanging over their men, but find them sitting around a table having a candlelight dinner. Worst: Liz's annoyingness. Janitor Two: Hehe. Robby is so cute. Janitor One: Yes he is. Janitor Two: He'd make a good house wife. ^_^ Janitor One: Indeed. Janitor Two: Our ratings.... Four Todd heads from me. Janitor One: Oh, four and half Bruce heads. Well, no. I'll give it five. I took off a half for Liz-ness and predictablity, and then added a half for learning that Bruce plays the guitar. Janitor Two: Hehehe! Go bruce! Janitor One: Bruce: *rocking with a guitar on the hood of his Porshe* "Teenage WASTEland!!!" Janitor Two: Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want a picture of that! Janitor One: Me, too! So next up: Double-Crossed. These titles just leave SO much to the imagination. Janitor Two: The titles are like Dragonball Z episode titles. "Will Vegeta be defeated by Boo? Find out next time in: 'Vegeta's Defeat!'" Janitor One: Dragonball Z.... It's been so long. Janitor Two: Hehe. Yeah. |
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