I Read the TWILIGHT 50 SHADES Fanfiction and Now Everything Hurts

[@MGodfrey]

guys I think we should give Amanda a break, she needs time to heal her medulla oblongata

[@Sznfctm]

That's too bad, I was about to suggest a video about "master of the universe" (lol) part 2 at dunno, 15k likes? :D Edit: *gasp* I called it at the first 2 minutes of the video, believe it or not. *gasp* :D

[@jessi5872]

And soul.

[@Elizabethscaptain]

But what does her inner Godesses want??

[@sigisig3941]

well 50000 will take some time.

[@Shiirow]

maybe Colonel Sanders can help her.

[@shae8350]

Rest in peace, Amanda. We'll tell your story and how you sacrificed your sanity for our entertainment

[@ronstoppable5659]

I would’ve just recommend for her to listen to the only good thing that came out of both franchises, the first Twilight’s soundtrack as a cleanser for all this filth

[@catlover2223]

We will sing of her heroic sacrifice for generations! We will teach the songs of her heroism to our children and our children's children!!! *Drama intensifies*

[@yormpbirdhouse4407]

The ballad will become so legendary that bards of the past have sung it.

[@Lilyemaly]

We will read her story to kids

[@buscuitnaught3026]

The amount of pain I was in while listening to this actually makes the experience very immersive.

[@ronstoppable5659]

“All the pain I thought I knew, all the thoughts lead back to you, I can’t handle this confusion, I’m unable come and TAKE ME AWAYYYYYY” (Sorry had to make that reference since Amanda is a Canadian that grew up in that era)

[@bxttersweetheart]

Just the same amount of pain I feel seeing that picture of Jonathan.

[@carlamitce443]

And deeply satisfying

[@ingloriousMachina]

The profile picture really sells it.

[@luxborealis]

Can confirm, busted a muscle recently

[@dandylion1313]

i'm really exhausted with any portrayal of edward that doesn't include him being the BIGGEST virgin

[@opeygopey227]

Unus

[@cookiealexd123]

SAME. The whole attraction for us was that weird, special, obsessive love Edward had. Aint nobody needing to be the 205th woman some man has used up.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@cookiealexd123 When you put it like that it sounds really gross from your perspective 🤢

[@Starkid_hanners]

Everyone knows Bella is his top

[@ladyrepunsel4567]

@@opeygopey227 Annus

[@partygirl1161]

I didn’t know that City of Bones was originally a Harry Potter fanfic until this video...

[@emmamckenzie5503]

Me either. I'm now sitting in shock, questioning my existence as I realize that one of my fav book franchises was brought about by fanfic.

[@skleroosis]

It's also heavily plagiarised (at least the fanfic was). You're welcome.

[@bubblegum1366]

I didn't know, but somehow it isn't surprising. Does anyone know who was who?

[@Sar_bear]

@@bubblegum1366 I've heard that Clary=Ginny and Jace=Draco. I think that would make Simon=Harry...

[@bubblegum1366]

@@Sar_bear Yeah I looked it up and realized I had heard of it but wasn't sure where. Then I realized the author was caught up in the Ms. Scribe scandal 🤣🤣🤣

[@dehanrekiewiets862]

"She describes him as, 'naked except for those soft, ripped jeans.'" Amanda, almost pleadingly: "That's. Not. Naked." I SCREAM-LAUGHED

[@corinabanu7556]

THE WORD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR E L JAMES IS SHIRTLESS.

[@XxxxxsilvermistxxxxX]

@@corinabanu7556 :D

[@maria-elenagherca-rana4838]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nessyness5447]

@@corinabanu7556 i am not even an english native speaker at it seems i got more vocabulary than E.L james... and just from crosswords XD

[@Serenade2461]

So so often while reading shitty romance novels I can't help but think "you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[@Rivenlore99]

The really depressing part of this is that a lot of fan fictions are actually pretty good, but then people assume all fan fictions are this bad. Edit: thank you for liking my comment, I didn’t realize so many people agreed

[@dracofirex]

Yeah, it makes all of us who give a care about our fanfics look bad and demotivate us. :( (but it's also hilarious and I love it, I can't win!)

[@anhaaraahmed3597]

Oh my god! I read so many fanfics at least a 100 times better than many bestsellers we've had. It actually makes me so mad that they don't get the recognition they deserve.

[@vinny985]

yeah sadly thats true :( , basically 99% of romantic fanfics (but also pwp ones tbh) are better at dealing with relationships, cosent and boundaries than this mess

[@RoseBaggins]

Yes!! So much better!!

[@idkblahblahblah6026]

I wish I lived in the world that it was Auf Wiedersehen Sweetheart that was published instead of 50 Shades smh

[@Agatha-hk6ix]

"Bellastasia Swanelle" the way I ugly laughed 😭😂😂

[@Xehanort10]

Or Anastasiella Sweele.

[@agencymenace1090]

I knooowwwww I snorted so loud 😂

[@VideosByCal]

@@Xehanort10 SWEEEEEEEELE.

[@NemoTheWayfarer]

SAAAME

[@imabigfloof]

Ballann SwanElle

[@SakuraAngelPrincess]

nothing wrong with bdsm and kink, but 50 shades was abusive. safewords and consent are important

[@xx___x]

Also there's a big different between being in a dom/sub relationship and a guy that fucking tracks your phone; that's stalking. Also he's emotionally and physically abusive.

[@WierdArtistMarcell]

Not to mention aftercare.

[@SalemK]

Thank you! This book does not represent the community

[@agencymenace1090]

AFTERCAREAFTERCAREAFTERCAREAFTERCAREAFTERCARE

[@msjkramey]

@@WierdArtistMarcell yeah, if they had actually negotiated properly and he provided aftercare, then that "dramatic" spanking probably wouldn't have resulted in a break up. Instead, he would have held her, maybe drawn her a bath, maybe given her her favorite food or a warm drink, whatever comforts her, and then, after she was calm/safe, they would have had a conversation about limits, how she felt, and what they wanted moving forward. It's really not that difficult to respect your partner's consent and post-scene emotional needs

[@dannythefriendlycactus3274]

"I want to run my nose and tongue through that smattering of chest hair." * shivers in disgust *

[@tommysilvertongue42]

Eeeeeew

[@noushakitty4174]

Same

[@minty_the_sweet_alicorn7133]

My lesbian self wanted to just die inside at that

[@benjaminmadrigalperez9010]

@@minty_the_sweet_alicorn7133 my gay self want to die for how aroused i am at that.

[@fromthethirdplanet]

@@minty_the_sweet_alicorn7133 my ace self just died at that, but can’t rest in Peace

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

ME: “My books are the worst...” E. L. JAMES: “Are you challenging me?”

[@karolap1283]

Every time I want to cry over my works, I remember that this was published and feel a little better

[@5ft2mikahakkinen]

Whenever I write a romance story, I look at fifty shades and remember what exactly NOT to do

[@theinfantmetroid]

Ok listen this is the second time I see you under a video like this throwing your own books under the bus. Chin up kiddo, stop the self deprecating.

[@alexman378]

Give it a shot, if she managed to make millions out of them... You never know.

[@alexman378]

Crab I feel like a good film comparison would be Michael Bay. His movies are shallow and stupid, but goddamn do they make a ton of money.

[@labbaby189]

You look genuinely broken. I usually avoid anything Twilight/50 Shades related, but I only clicked on this video to thank you for your courageous sacrifice.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

A true hero

[@whiteraven562]

"Holy Crow" is actually something Bella says in the Twilight books, so that one's on Meyer, not James.

[@myrojyn]

Holy crow that’s amazing

[@travishimebaugh8381]

I had a friend who used this, ahem, expletive phrase, but he used similarly corny lines like "Gosh willikers" so I'm pretty sure he was being ironic

[@OMGhappiness]

I was good friends with a horse girl in highschool who would say "Holy Crow" and EVERYONE poke fun at her for it. Once Twilight came out she never let us live it down. It was Holy Crow all the time.

[@emilyb.8219]

Stephenie Meyer's Mormonism jumped out with that "curse word"

[@Talestra]

How many times did Bella say it vs the omfg so many times el did?

[@Juliett-A]

Spoiler: Erika is a terrible writer who knows nothing about BDSM.

[@indiraturner5506]

Buddies Doing Social Media!

[@berithazleton7973]

I can't like your comment, it's at 666. She's a straight girl who's in a boring relationship so she writes......this

[@myglasseskeepslipping]

I regret to inform the public at large that “holy crow” is, alas, the invention of Stephanie Meyer, not EL James. Though, to be fair to Stephanie, my sources say she only uses “holy crow” four to five times, sooooooo

[@AmandaTheJedi]

it's 4 times in twilight aha, so minimal I completely forgot and like, 70+ in this bitch it's WILD

[@rebbecawitt581]

HoLy CrOw

[@randirafaeli]

My abusive ex gf loved this book so much. That say a lot about why I will never read this book or this fanfiction. Thank you for your sacrifice and rest in peace.

[@baldr6894]

Tsihoarana Randimbivololon I hope you’re alright now

[@vikkidonn]

Same....... Always twisting things to be my fault for saying no sex..... Like I was abusing her and her love....she literally couldn't have "vanilla" sex.

[@amagicalunicorn6839]

Vivian Woods I hope you’re doing better now 👍

[@Halfdanr_H]

I used to be with a girl who wanted me to treat her like a piece of meat, she turned out really abusive and unstable. She read the first book the same time She met me.

[@daiane2649]

@@Halfdanr_H :(

[@Christa-u9c]

Man in high school I use to love reading Twilight FanFiction. Now the only one I remember is the one where Bella and the Cullens got into a 'Yo Mama' joke contest.

[@dreamgirlfriendevil]

Sounds like your brain yeeted every memory of those fics out except the important one lmao

[@VentricDual]

Please, what is it called?

[@lovebuzz4116]

I need that fanfic

[@crunchylettuce8461]

PLEASE tell us the title of the fanfic we must know

[@sadrabbit53]

Quality

[@ashleyxnicol]

My favorite part is how many different names you called them

[@AmandaTheJedi]

This is how I stay sane

[@haggisa]

Bellastasia. 👌🏻

[@axthxrn]

Omfg. This is just Killing Stalking. Abusive dude taking advantage of the other person who looks like their dead mom. But with Killing Stalking the author made it CLEAR that its not a healthy relationship at ALL, and that its not a love story.

[@caseyfoghorn6973]

Oh... my... gosh! You confirmed what I thought just now!😱 I have heard Killing Stalking, but DON'T ever planned of reading it, because it's simply not my cup of tea AT ALL. Yet while watching this video, hearing her mind crying out to understand the irrational and disgusting plot that dares to be called "literature", Killing Stalking came into mind and I wondered if that author was inspired by 50 Shades of Grey until you confirmed it.

[@serienrausch]

Oh my god it is

[@blooddragon805]

There are actually a lot of people who see killing stalking as romantic and ship the two main characters Don’t ask me how or why, this made me definitely lose faith in humanity

[@xxAryAryxx]

Killing Stalking and Fifty Shades are nothing alike. The fact that Sangwoo sees his "ideal prey" in women who look like his mother is actually a kind of common trait for serial killers whose victim type often shares similarities of some kind with the person who triggered their trauma - if they have one, or tend to recreate the situation that made them "lose it" in a way that makes them feel dominant over it. Besides, Bum's "love" is clearly depicted as an obsession that defies all logics and there is no BDSM or bullshit like 'relationship rules' going on between them (the only 'rule' comes from the fact that Sangwoo surely doesn't want to end up in jail, and Bum doesn't want that either). I'm pretty sure Killing Stalking author wasn't inspired by 50 Shades of Gray at all, also because one of Killing Stalking themes (which is deeply tied to how the characters look and act) is a critique of certain aspects of the South Korean society. Whereas Fifty Shades is simply a badly written smutty fic focusing an unintentionally abusive relationship that is portrayed as desirable.

[@axthxrn]

@@blooddragon805 Yeahh, and its rlly gross. I fr dont understand how ppl see their relationship as anything other than abusive and disgusting

[@subtlefire7256]

It's funny how E L James uses fancy words to sound intelligent but clearly doesn't know the meaning of the term "subconscious".

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Well I'm 50 Shades of uncomfortable....your commitment is admirable Amanda.

[@horrorfanatic6990]

You know how you can tell when someone is a bad writer? When they just throw in big words for no reason.

[@jeanyeap4229]

That's literally the first thing we learn in writing class. Don't use big words unless in very specific situations, i.e. a linguist character investigating big words or something. They're just really specific.

[@Xehanort10]

Yeah. Unless you know what they mean don't put them in just to make a character seem intelligent.

[@thomasraines1396]

It reminds me of this Bad Luck Brian meme where he claims “I use big words I don’t know sometimes to make myself feel more photosynthesis”.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

@@jeanyeap4229 14 year old me that used gratuitous vocab words is quaking.

[@Liam-mf4fl]

Fr tho, even when I was like 8 I knew to not use words you don't understand the meaning of.

[@paizleypeep4120]

I left a like for your sanity. You don't have to count it to the total. I know we did this to you, but I'm sorry. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@aditipawar5417]

No one: Amanda: Bellasthasia Swaneele Christian Cullen Anabelle Chrisward I love your videos

[@ricebeansrockroll882]

Anabella steelswan

[@rebbecawitt581]

Anabella Sweele

[@bhargavipba]

I am ugly laughing at this 😂😂😂😂

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Bellastasia Swaneele sounds like the most OC name ever.

[@magicman612]

Bellasthasia swaneele

[@aidanpatrickhood5562]

Came for the self-torture, stayed for that outstanding shirt.

[@jaynedavis3388]

We must “like” her into reading the rest because HER pain is satisfying to ME

[@SG-xk1vy]

You sound like our dear Mr. Christian Cullen XDDDD

[@jblue1622]

S G We are Mr. Christian Cullen**

[@BeutifulBeholder]

🤣

[@SapphireAgni]

Please don't, she almost cried at one moment.

[@noahkarpinski1824]

@@SapphireAgni Too late. 18 thousand likes at this point

[@paradoxacres1063]

_"Twilight 50 Shades fanfiction is not True Cinema"_ -Martin Scorsese (2020)

[@ronstoppable5659]

“Twilight 50 Shades fanfiction is the pinnacle of cinema, as someone that made a piece of fanfiction that made over a billion dollars, I should know” -Rian Johnson

[@ofthewilderwoods]

Bring Back KP, Animated Obviously /CrisisOnFire1977 Rian Johnson had thoughtful ideas for how to progress the Star Wars universe, unlike JJ “let’s bring back Palpatine because I can only copy the originals” Abrams. Sorry his take wasn’t a self insert where Luke kicks ass.

[@ronstoppable5659]

@Megan McClung Points For Rian for being original I guess, but his ideas for the story were much worse than any of J.J’s blatant nostalgia pandering/damage control could ever be, J.J would never have killed Snoke that early

[@ofthewilderwoods]

Bring Back KP, Animated Obviously /CrisisOnFire1977 I really liked what Rian came up with regarding the Jedi and the force bond. Killing Snoke was only a poor decision because JJ didn’t know what to do after that. I thought he would have been more creative with where he took the story instead of putting in a new dominant bad guy. All of the directors should have worked together instead of passing on the baton with no overarching story plans.

[@ronstoppable5659]

@Megan McClung I completely agree with the last part, the sequel trilogy wouldn’t have been such a clusterfuck if they had just stuck with one director

[@faithkap]

50 shades is literally just a criminal minds episode

[@solace8355]

Yeah, but the UnSub is portrayed as a good guy for some ungodly reason

[@Anna-tk7ui]

Hey, I just wanted to put this out there, the "contract" he wants her to sign? The one that says stuff like "The Dominant may use the Submissive's body at any time" and "The Submissive is the property of the Dominant"? Yeah, I think that's a standard Master/slave contract. Really hardcore people in the BDSM lifestyle may enter into Master/slave relationships, where it says the Master (Dominant) has all the control over the slave (submissive). But all that stuff in there is just for show and to perpetuate the roleplay. They establish the hard limits before the relationship begins, and the slave still has a safe word if things get out of hand. What I'm saying is, the slave is still an autonomous human being with rights, and the Master respects their wishes even though they're in such a hardcore relationship. But notice how I keep saying _hardcore_ . M/s relationships aren't for everyone, they are up there in kink. It takes an experienced Dom and an experienced sub to make a M/s relationship work, instead of verging into abuse territory. To present an inexperienced person with a contract like that is like making someone who's built model airplanes as a hobby fly a jet. They don't have the experience to know what to do or how to navigate, so doing that would be irresponsible beyond belief. Also, all M/s contracts are marked M/s. I'm pretty sure EL James copied that contract off a website, changed M/s to Dominant and Submissive, and pasted it into her fanfiction. Which is extremely disingenuous.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

You can't sign yourself into slavery, that's not how contracts work. I could sign that right now and it would mean nothing

[@Anna-tk7ui]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Exactly, it's just a roleplay. It has no legal binding. It's just to get the participants in the mood. As well as to outline the hard limits and what the relationship would entail. Christian is treating these types of contacts like they ARE legally binding, which they aren't.

[@colinmacaoidh9583]

"E.L. James" clearly has a bit of a fetish related to what is, in the Scene, a rather fringe activity... Total Power Exchange. Also, sometimes, called 24/7. I've been in the Scene a LONG time, been part of the perveratti for a spell, and while I've been a willing participant in exploring the A to Z of sex, TPE always stuck me as an off note. Although, while I'm a skilled top, I'm kinda shite as a Dom. I tend to insist my subs call me "My Tallest" if they insist on using a title

[@JadeIsChronicallyTired]

@@colinmacaoidh9583 Is that an Invader Zim reference? If so 10 points to you @anna I feel like she wouldn't be creative enough to come up with the "contract" but I hadn't considered she might have just taken it off the internet, though I can see how she would. 24/7 is a hardcore hardcore, and I've never personally met anyone in the scene who goes all out with 24/7. I'm a little newer to the scene though, given my age, but it makes me wonder where she got the contract from. Cuz I've seen some really shady shit on the internet with faux doms

[@colinmacaoidh9583]

@@JadeIsChronicallyTired It's absolutely an Invader Zim reference, I just can't take the roleplaying all that seriously. And ABSOLUTELY, the infosphere is loaded with sketchy things and people spreading bad data about the Scene

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Ha ha JK guys I said FIFTEE thousand likes, not fifteen. EDIT: OKAY! It hit 50k and I JUST managed to track the fanfiction down so still deciding when to cover it considering we have Freed right around the corner

[@Yakuzaka1412]

Yeah... you wish. :D

[@michalkatec.6841]

I really really regret telling you that you have 82K likes on this video

[@lupeb.6748]

You’re the hero we never knew we needed. Looking forward to MOTU part deux!

[@ultrafrisss]

I almost feel bad for leaving a like 😋 JK. Good luck with the next video! 😬

[@JDWilde]

RIP

[@missvoorhees7964]

"Never trust a man who can dance" DON'T DO NAPOLEON DYNAMITE LIKE THAT

[@MrIce-tl7wo]

Christian is like: "I can dance if I want to, I can leave my kinks behind Cause you don't sign and if you don't sign Well you're no sub of mine"

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

So all ways trust yusei from yugioh 5Ds

[@michiganscythian2445]

“That Boy Could Dance” by Weird Al Yankovic

[@Happymali10]

There's a common saying in writing-forums: He wanted a bite of his sandwich, but shoved a thesaurus down his throat by accident instead"

[@liveandletdice9069]

Amanda's therapist 10 years from now: So tell me, where did it all start? Amanda: *thinks of this video and the likes steadily increasing from 4k*

[@KatBaumgarten]

It's canon: Christian Grey is a never-nude.

[@cbpd89]

There are dozens of us! Dozens!!

[@rebbecawitt581]

Nude, but jeans

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Perhaps he could help Tobias get connected with the Blue Man Group or at least help out the guy's acting career.

[@KatBaumgarten]

@@thedukeofchutney468 tobias could star in the in-universe christian grey biography

[@gayghostprince]

his dj's (dom jeans) never come off

[@mariasales8528]

“I can feel his ashanham against my belly” THE PANIC HAHAHA

[@StarshineStranger]

"There's also more gasping in this than a daytime soap opera." Welp. I just sprayed masticated peanut M&M all over my shirt and my desk.

[@casual_insanity5055]

Thats... what he said?

[@src175]

@@casual_insanity5055 Masticated just means "chewed-up", if that's what you're confused about. If you're confused about nothing, I'm sorry about assuming.

[@casual_insanity5055]

@@src175 true, I didn't know the definition of the word, but I was primarily making a "that's what he said" joke

[@sadiemcc9363]

Honestly the medulla oblongata thing sounds pretty loyal to Twilight. That's what made me give up halfway through reading Twilight--it made me so mad how Stephanie Meyer thinks "smart people" talk and act. Because liking Jane Austen and listening to Claire de Lune (honestly, of all classical pieces) and understanding the difference between telophase and anaphase at 17 *does not make you special.* It just makes it clearer how not at all classically-inclined the author is and demeans those of us who are actually are by associating us with the piece of soggy bread that is Bella Swan. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[@TheFranchiseCA]

It got us the film of _Austenland_, though, so I don't complain.

[@Xehanort10]

James is one of those authors who thinks that if they look up words they don't understand in a thesaurus then put it in their books it somehow makes them smart.

[@BlueGangsta1958]

At the end of the day, Twilight is a teenage girl story. Nobody outside of that demographic should give as much of a shit about it as people do. Yes, it's cringe and Bella is just a space-holder for the reader, but so what? Let kids have their frivolous bad entertainment. The values Twilight offers are problematic to be sure, but it is a symptom of the wider issue in society, not its cause.

[@sadiemcc9363]

@@BlueGangsta1958 I am a teenage girl. That's why Bella made me so mad. But I do see your point.

[@purrgundy]

You must mean "Clair De Lune" by Debussy, right? Cause Au Clair De La Lune is a French nursery rhyme 😉 (I mean, maybe knowing nursery rhymes make you sound smart, idk) (also I just realized that the sexual undertones of the rhyme could be the start of another fanfiction of hers who knows there are candles involved in BDSM right)

[@codyconnor6981]

Amanda: make it stop Me: It’ll never stop Amanda so long as thirsty wine moms exist.

[@christieoberfeldlynch5278]

I find it quite interesting that during your rant about the abysmal portrayal of bdsm, you neglected to mention the writing itself. The butchering of the English language was an assault in itself. I had started reading this as a fanfiction but could not force myself to continue. It hurt me, I felt physical pain at the grammar alone. James should have a lifetime ban of anything used to string more than two words together!

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I read two pages out of 50 shades and was like, wow this is embarrassing to read, like I would honestly rather catch someone with weird hentai than touching themselves to this monstrosity

[@ace_of_cups4096]

My question is... Did this person have an editor? What about beta readers? Because they would catch anything that makes the story so horrid

[@Satherian]

The 'profligate' line reminds me of how I would go through my essays in middle school, right click on certain words, and use the built in Thesaurus to make it sound better. And I am convinced that she did the same thing.

[@Bane_Amesta]

What is this Thesaurus? some kind of dictionary? Never heard of it

[@ShawndaPrawn]

‘Profligate’ just makes me think of the Legion from Fallout: New Vegas. (Sigh) it’s been too long since I lobbed dynamite at wannabe Romans.

[@firefly5934]

@@Bane_Amesta It’s essentially a device to find synonyms for words to make bland words sound more interesting.

[@tjohns25]

"They have jumbo-sized aortic pumps. Signed, Baby Kangaroo Tribiani" -Friends

[@feebasfifi]

I was 'that' twilight girl in secondary school, but even I wouldn't have been able to get through this fanfic

[@sebbeboi481]

I read it myself. My little Edward, emotional waiting till marriage boy would never. My young twilight fan heart is shook haha

[@nogahbarouch938]

Aghh yes, the angry Canadian girl with a collection of shirts looking like bus-chairs is back!!

[@ronstoppable5659]

She also occasionally pulls out her Alexisonfire shirt for her videos and I always fanboy so hard when she does, I’m still pissed that them and Billy Talent never crossed over to the mainstream here in the US, I don’t even hate Simple Plan has much as everyone else seems to but I really wish that AOF and BT would have had the crossover success over here that SP got, granted I heard that SP was pretty much inescapable up north and while they were really popular in the states for a few years, it was Nothing compared to their success and ubiquity in Canada, where they apparently had NSYNC and Backstreet Boys in their prime level Of industry status, despite being a pop punk band (also unlike Blink, Sum 41, and Green Day, they were only played on pop radio), again don’t hate them but that must have sucked, since they were easily the weakest of the TRL pop punk bands

[@nogahbarouch938]

Oh, don't be mistaken, I want all of those shirts

[@captainjoy8976]

I wish bus chairs would have corgis on them...

[@Halfdanr_H]

@@ronstoppable5659 In England Billy Talent and Alexisonfire go down very well with us. Billy Talent and the Offspring I could listen to everyday for life.

[@ronstoppable5659]

@Halfdanr Hamarrhjarta Yeah, I saw that you guys had some Billy Talent Songs chart over there, lucky bastards

[@samanthafriginal3705]

What pisses me off about Stephanie Meyer and E.L. James is that they make their characters use highfalutin words that is soooooooo out of place. Like, no teenager or people in their early 20's ever say those words out loud or even think it in their internal monologue. I get that Meyer tried to build her character on "born in the wrong century" to match with Edward but holy shit she just keeps making her sound pretentious and less realistic.

[@silcrow4045]

Eh I use big words a lot. So it's understandable that a socially awkward kid with an access to loads of books might actually be using big words to clarify: this is not a flex, i suck at human communication, words are hard, its just sometimes i sound like an exposition character and other times like unga bunga the second

[@5weenies263]

@@silcrow4045 If you are unga bunga the second, who is the first??

[@silcrow4045]

@@5weenies263 my boyfriend duh

[@aliceinwoderland363]

Exactly and I noticed it in a lot of this type of books, gets really annoying

[@commandershepard5421]

During that part of the fanfiction where Bella was on her period I forgot Edward wasn't a vampire. So I thought he was just going to drink her blood as if she was a Capri Sun

[@bunnysue0404]

lololol

[@blueblank8287]

“SO THEY CAN GET... GROOMED.” Holy *shit.*

[@Doccymad]

You feeling ok? Feel like we need to check.

[@TravisMackie12ft4]

Please. Tap out. You've done more than enough. This video is probably a form of self harm, and we are concerned. Pls.

[@whatalicesaw]

The thing is, Christina Lauren & Tara Sue Me improved their writing over the years. EL James is stuck as a teen writing “naughty” books.

[@bhargavipba]

Christina Lauren have some pretty good books! Specially in the romantic-comedy genre.

[@shellie7559]

Reminds of friends when Joey uses a thesaurus for every word when writing a letter. This is exactly what she did 😂

[@aubreyrust252]

I hadn’t watched the video, but I gave a like anyway, I figured you deserved it.

[@nazarisreyes6037]

Me too, after going through that trauma she deserves it ❤️❤️❤️ we love you, Amanda

[@LevePalestinaKrossaSionismen]

Thank you for suffering for us. 🙏🏼💖🎆

[@Sweethearts4969]

so sweet 🥺👏🏼

[@MamaMOB]

She did

[@NoisyButters]

save amanda, she needs srs saving

[@CrackerJackd]

Amanda.. how can I help you get your sanity back? Update: I cri er'tim

[@thomasraines1396]

You saying “I’m fine” while reading this unholy schlock reminds me of that “they ask you how are you.” meme

[@janetb6208]

I did know that fact, being a huge twilight fan. But never actually read the fanfiction which turned into 50 shades. Struggled enough trying to read the first few pages of the book. Honestly, I would hate to see the fanfiction considering the book was poorly written.

[@hellomynemitvodanh2540]

After read 50 SoG: Man, this thing is bad After read 50 SoG "fan version": I want to die

[@dopecactus8513]

The use of uncommon words sounds like my middle school self trying to sound smarter and more "professional".

[@MrKlotzi123]

"Master of the Universe?" We are talking about He-Man here, are we not?

[@rebbecawitt581]

Skelator Grey

[@casual_insanity5055]

Well... I don't know if he could be considered a man...

[@Severalorangepeels]

I didn’t know that city of bones was fan fiction. That explains a lot

[@horrorfanatic6990]

Same! I tried reading that book, and it was awful! I got halfway through the novel, and couldn’t take it anymore! 😆

[@RenaDeles]

"fun" fact; it's Ron/Ginny hp fanfic. So that also explains a lot with all the incest kink.

[@dreamgirlfriendevil]

RenaDeles wait wait WAIT. Are you serious??!!

[@gliscorpropagandaaccount1764]

@@dreamgirlfriendevil Yeah, it's real

[@CoushattaL]

@@RenaDeles WHAT THE HECK?????????????

[@Muzik2hruRain]

The sad part is, women thinks that's how they must win a man's heart. And it's tragic and heartbreaking.

[@hollylinfor77]

I remember reading FSOG and thinking; "Wow. There are so many similarities between this and Twilight" and that was *before* I knew that it started off as Twilight fanfiction. The similarities were everywhere, from the description of what the characters looked like ie: Ana/Bella; slight, pale, long dark hair(the only difference was is the eyes) and Christian/Edward; tall, handsome, kind of copper to auburn hair(again, eyes) to the make up of Edwards/Christian's family ie: the male parent whose name starts with a "C". The doctor parent who *saved* him, an older *brother* who is very loud and outgoing(Emmett/Elliott). A younger *sister* who is described as being petite with short black hair and is "difficult to rein in". Also there's the similarities between Ana's family and Bella's. They are really everywhere. But knowing that FSOG originally started out as Twilight fanfiction just clarified things so much for me. Sorry if this came across as way too much detail, these are just some similarities that I noticed right off the bat, that not a lot of people seem to mention, and I wanted a chance to talk about them. 🙂

[@asterisque9252]

This was my exact first thought on reading the first few chapters. I was like, sh**, it was a fanfic?

[@KikiYushima]

urgh this pisses me off so much. I'm someone that's into BDSM and this is just _not how any of this works._ I know other people have said that ad nauseum so I won't go into extensive analysis over it. But just, god, this is _NOT_ what BDSM is!!!!

[@RannaIsis]

I feel you 100%

[@pianoluver1222]

Like, I know really nothing about BDSM, and I’m like, even I know that this is so wrong about submissive/dominant BDSM lmao

[@alyssapinon9670]

I’ve heard a lot of people from the BDSM community call out 50 shades for its inaccurate and toxic portrayal of it. I feel so bad for anyone who’s into actual bdsm that this book exists.

[@luxborealis]

The inner goddess doesn’t care, the inner goddess sees no difference between sexual acts and selling yourself into slavery to a stranger.

[@kiora1947]

Just....the amount of subdrop behavior alone

[@mango-zy8lw]

We must honor you after this great sacrifice

[@elleonagamingquest]

The thing that bugs me the most about this person is the following: She ripped off someone else's idea/s completely, didn't suffer the consequences because Mayer didn't want to sue, and she could've. On the other hand, Mitchel is not shy about threatening or suing anybody who even thinks about publishing anything that resembles 'her' books. So yes, Mitchel is an unredeemable, uncreative, hypocritical, ignorant person. For more on the matter feel free to watch the video 'Lukewarm defense of 50 shades', it is enlightening.

[@squirrel_killer-]

The video is by Folding Ideas. Strongly recommended.

[@Ashley-Lopez]

@@squirrel_killer- such a good video

[@twinkles190]

tbf the end product is nothing like Twilight. If Meyer actually went to court, I don't believe she could have won. Even the original fanfiction only used the names of twilight characters. Not the setting, their personalities, the story, the lore, or basically anything. 50 shades and Twilight do not share more similarities to each other than any other romance novel in the genre.

[@LxstinNeverland]

In the fanfiction world, it doesn't quite work the same. As the commenter above said, Twilight and 50 shades are nothing alike so Meyer wouldn't have been able to do much about it. That's how fanfiction works. If you change enough about the characters and world, you can legally publish it because it's different enough to not be copyrighted. I wouldn't really say she ripped off someone else's idea, considering 50 shades is NOTHING like Twilight. She just wanted to use someone else's names. As for the abuse and toxicity in 50 shades, that's a whole other issue that needs to be dealt with.

[@KevinThePilgrim]

@@LxstinNeverland Well, I agree. But you can't deny she basically ripped Meyer's idea of writing the same story from the other main character's POV. Wonder if she's ever gonna write the trilogy but gender reversed. Seeing how James is everything but creative.

[@indigostudios7851]

I wonder if Bella ever figured out that it wasn't her "inner goddess" making bad decisions but rather the devil just fucking with her

[@palaquesharma9904]

"I feel his edjshidaidjkas" IM DED LMFAOOOOO

[@rafinhapkt]

I've never read Fifty Shades, but I'm cringing even by your review. I'm really sorry for you!

[@arisenomega]

@brandon roberts Also the writing is just REALLY bad.

[@noreehix5714]

There’s some goopy stuff pouring out of my ears after listening to this fanfiction is that normal?

[@AmandaTheJedi]

It'll all be over soon

[@carlamitce443]

Just go to the goop lab for that dw

[@catlover2223]

Yup! Definitely a normal reaction.

[@VickiWeavil]

"Otherwise you'll end up alone... with cats and classic novels (sic)" -- Yeah, uhm, that sounds like the MUCH better option to me.

[@GlittzGlam7]

Okay, but guys, Amanda's singing at 17:01 ??? Our girl has TALENT.

[@SerenityAlways]

“Bellastasia Swaneele”. I Cried laughing!😂😂

[@Xehanort10]

7:13 At least with Dexter his Dark Passenger is how he describes his urge to kill. The way Ana talks about her "inner goddess"you'd think there was somebody else inside her reacting whenever Grey turns her on.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Also it actually made sense. A goddess would most certainly not be a sub, like why choose such a weird word other than to make it seem ok?

[@MezzoForte4]

This gave me anxiety, I'm not kidding. So when's part 2?

[@Jeanyinwonderland]

I'm sorry for what we've done to you 😳. Hope u recover soon

[@aucarter]

Jeanette Dirié perhaps we should start a GoFundMe page for Amanda’s therapy?

[@Jeanyinwonderland]

@@aucarter yep. But she gives us some mixed messages, she asked for likes to read the next part, I almost didn't want to like it for her sanity. Ps. There are adds on the vid now?

[@geekgirl_luv4262]

6:56 Did this woman somehow get ahold of my middle school vocab lists or something? Because I remember both “mercurial” and “profligate” being on a vocab quiz I took in like 6th grade. No clue how I remember that almost a decade later, but apparently hearing about EL James’ awful writing has somehow unlocked old memories from middle school English class.

[@alex_ze_awsumyt5484]

I wonder how Amanda will feel if she reads that one infamous Harry Potter fanfiction... *looks at My Immortal*

[@Strannik01]

Hey now - _My Immortal_ is *funny* bad

[@alex_ze_awsumyt5484]

@@Strannik01 You’re not wrong. At least My Immortal has entertainment value lol

[@ronstoppable5659]

(Tears Don’t Fall plays in the background) LET’S GOOOOOOOO!

[@hydras5947]

EL James is so bad she makes me like Stephanie Meyer by comparison, what is this

[@yugoxgc]

A lot of this Sounds like EL Has a TON of repression issues & a grooming kink

[@bethanychatman9531]

Yep, sure sounds like it.

[@yugoxgc]

@Sabrina Owens & Apparently The author of the source book of "365 days" is worse.. Sigh

[@beth7935]

@Sabrina Owens Just interested- I've read that before, about her male characters being self-inserts, & I wondered how you can tell? I can if it's the female character, but I don't think I could with a male character (& I'm not reading 50 shades of abuse to test this theory!) And she sounds stupid as well as vile- I dunno what's more embarrassing, lacking the insight to *realise* it's a self-insert, or realising but still actually *publishing* it.

[@bluslvrwolf2166]

@@beth7935 in Folding Ideas' trilogy of videos on the movies, he discusses at one point the backstage drama EL James caused on the first movie, like yelling at the director for an hour in front of cast and crew over a line of dialogue, and then replaced both said director and I think the head writer or something with a more obedient director and her own husband for the two sequels. That and some of her tweets paint her as a rather petty and controlling person, and he used those to draw parallels between her and her male leads.

[@beth7935]

@@bluslvrwolf2166 Thanks! Yuck, what an unpleasant woman.

[@emilyb.8219]

I'm not a bodice-ripper romance book reader but there's *got* to be better erotic books out there for middleaged women to read

[@agiksf.8998]

For example - Norwegian. I've tried.

[@BooksandBuns]

Basically any fanfiction other than this or My Immortal. Literally *everything* is better than this

[@elafimilo8199]

@@BooksandBuns My Immortal is art

[@threeoutoften8564]

@@elafimilo8199 My Immortal belongs in the Louvre

[@ussinussinongawd516]

@@threeoutoften8564 no it belongs in the Whitehouse toilet

[@DoubleLs617]

I’m going to be honest, as a fan of Twilight and fellow writer, I would sometimes look for genuinely good fanfiction of the novel. Though I can see why many would stray away from it due to fanfics like Fifty Shades of Grey giving fanfics a bad rep

[@blokey8]

It even hurts the repute of fic in other fandoms. It's normal folk's first point of reference.

[@maxo1034]

20:18 Big gay energy here and I am all for it, Dakota is, indeed, beautiful AF

[@sapphosscullerymaid4856]

Is Amanda the big gay? Also seconded she is very beautiful and deserves better than to be forever tied to this movie

[@Nikk-Astyr]

Pro Tip; Watch at x2 speed to experience Amanda's breakdown to the fullest.

[@bhargavipba]

I tried this and oh my god 😂😂😂😂

[@NewExile]

"I'm done. I can't" *36k likes* "Oh, but you will..."

[@glitterbitesback]

Gasping and hissing. Two things fan fiction made me grow up thinking I would use way more often in my life than I actually do.

[@Belavula]

Gosh all the comments with this explanation of this fanfiction just is beautiful art. Like, gosh this fanfiction, made me die inside. My inner Goddess is like: no

[@asheniza1168]

9:18 Bellastasia sounds like a cool name 😃

[@zoe_astra]

Better than fucking “Renesme” 😂

[@marisophi.01]

Imma write that down XD

[@kuroeltheog]

That's like... the worst takeaway from this video. :'DD

[@SkellaBella1396]

Bella naming her second child lmao

[@asheniza1168]

@@marisophi.01 lol me too. The name sounds pretty nice

[@joys4peace]

I remember reading this thing way back in my Twilight phase. Many years later, I heard about the hot new craze called 50 Shades, picked up the first book, and had an immediate flashback. I’m honestly still surprised how little they changed other than the names.

[@Rviere]

I usually watch your videos twice in a row, since I love listening to you, but this one... this was goddamn painful. And yet-- you went through all this, it's only right-

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Bless you

[@happythoughts559]

There are genuinely good fan fiction writers out there. People like E.L give them a bad reputation, sadly.

[@blokey8]

There's a good video by Jill Bearup recommending a slew of good fanfics (several years old now, admittedly). We could do with more of those for balance, given how much attention Shades and its ilk get.

[@mandyj2809]

“I can feel his hndhdnnf against my belly”😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

[@m.meghana2365]

That's my favourite part 🤣

[@Yolanda8419]

I have read a lot of fanfiction and some of those are truly well done and well written. I tried once to read what you read and by the second page I wanted to gouge my eyes out. Needless to say, I never read more than those two pages. Damn, you don’t look fine. Somebody call that girl.

[@JustPhasingBy]

I'm conflicted now. I want to leave a like on the the video to support Amanda but I worry about her sanity if the video hits 15k likes and make her read the next part of the fanfiction

[@soup4924]

YEEeeS im so excited! Ive been waiting for this trainwreck

[@katesicle]

I remember when I was still on livejournal there was this huge drama with SnowQueensIceDragon and other Twilight fic writers (angstgoddess003) because she’s awful and also they thought she was an idiot for trying to get it published...unfortunately two years later everyone had to eat their words The “blazeofglory” LJ has the whole story. It’s fascinating. I still can’t believe we live in the universe where this actually become successfully. Wow.

[@victoriashevlin8587]

Sadly, angstgoddess003 is gone. Journal deleted and purged. She had some good stories from what I remember...

[@AngstyG]

@@victoriashevlin8587 ​ I'm still around, just not participating in Twilight anymore. I'm in the publishing industry though! I've owned a book cover design business for the last 8 years, and I've just started publishing a little. I don't know what happened to my LJ. I remember logging on one day just for shits and gigs and my account didn't exist. Bummer to lose so many great discussions and comments :( Thanks so much for your kind words, though! Trippy to see myself mentioned in a KZbin comments section!

[@itsyaboiroman3345]

Me, slumped on the sofa, shovelling half-melted chocolate into my mouth, eyes glazed over, staring listlessly at the TV: “I’m fuelling my inner Goddess-”

[@wyntertheicewyvern6226]

Inner Goddess goals 👌

[@SailorPuke]

I read all the books for the first time when quarantined started (Including the ones from Greys Perspective),and I feel your pain... I thought the book was gonna be decent since they made a movie...and BOY was i wrong...RIP. You're strong Amanda..never forget that!

[@aquamarine4474]

"Because it's written, 'I can feel his....m..eh...heh....' " I'm dying XDDDD

[@fridadelgadillo8845]

Sameee😂

[@leolesley7973]

✨Never trust a man who can dance✨

[@mxbones9245]

As someone in the bdsm community, Christian Grey doesn’t read as a dominant. He reads as a little who wants a mommy. Let👏 Anastasia👏 be👏 his👏 Mommy👏

[@AugustSideling]

Do basically, stalking aside, this fanfiction/Franchise is Edward/Christian doing the exact opposite of what Canon Edward would do in every situation.