The Mister as Told by The Dom

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean 2 года назад +3524

    In 50 Shades, it was plausible that Anastasia's infantilization was just a byproduct of how EL James imagines female virtue. But between emphasizing how small Alessia is, the child's nightlamp, and _the Spongebob Squarepants pajama bottoms,_ it feels a _lot_ more deliberate now.

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +1

      The way she demonizes confident, self-assured women in all of her texts is the flip side of it. Women must be modest, demure, and self-deprecating. Women are only allowed to be confident if they're mouthing off to another woman who wants to fuck THEIR MAY-UN!

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 года назад

      Which makes Alessia being sold into sex trafficking and Maxim using both that and her childlike nature to get her to have sex with him even worse.

    • @Cailus3542
      @Cailus3542 2 года назад +385

      Just when you think it couldn't get worse, she makes it worse.

    • @Nerobyrne
      @Nerobyrne 2 года назад +315

      I'm surprised she's not a 10000 year old dragon

    • @thatitalianlameguy2235
      @thatitalianlameguy2235 2 года назад +136

      @@Nerobyrne I'm just a little baby girl!
      zero?
      I'M A THOUSAND!
      NOPE-

  • @loyaultemelie7909
    @loyaultemelie7909 2 года назад +2939

    She’s not like other girls, she has horrible ptsd♥️

    • @gstonemeetsred
      @gstonemeetsred 2 года назад +23

      🤣 🤣 🤣

    • @Panda_Roll
      @Panda_Roll 2 года назад +111

      Baby got backstory ❣

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +3

      And trauma turns James on

    • @lulufan100
      @lulufan100 2 года назад +111

      What doesn't kill you makes you... sexy? 🤔

    • @Eriennexton
      @Eriennexton 2 года назад +60

      @@lulufan100 Can't confirm. Not dead - not sexy.

  • @ffnendhgrgd
    @ffnendhgrgd 2 года назад +2490

    The power disparity between a billionaire and a working class woman wasn't bad enough, so James went with an aristocrat and an undocumented immigrant. I think we all know her real kink.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 2 года назад +435

      What will be the next step? I bet for a historical romance between a master and his slave :p

    • @thegayghost872
      @thegayghost872 2 года назад +219

      @@krankarvolund7771 I’m willing to bet money she has a book like that in progress right now

    • @kaichen04
      @kaichen04 2 года назад +82

      @@krankarvolund7771 One of Brazil's most famous classic books, Slave Isaura.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +19

      @@krankarvolund7771 I'm sure she's writing that now.

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +158

      @@krankarvolund7771 remember that romance novel about the blonde, blue-eyed "Jewess" in a concentration camp falling in love with her Nazi guard, came out about 6-7 years ago? Yeah, Erika's gonna think that's a super-dooper romantic premise!

  • @izunahosaki6133
    @izunahosaki6133 2 года назад +4037

    I know you suffered for us, but just remember that for a lot of women like me, it feels so very cathartic to see someone be disgusted and horrified by these kind of stories and mentalities. It's like seeing someone get mad for us when we don't even have the energy to be mad anymore because we're so used to see these kind of tropes and mentalities throughout différent medias

    • @Remerdre
      @Remerdre 2 года назад +133

      Amen. It does give me hope just when I'm ready to go outside and set things on fire.

    • @onbearfeet
      @onbearfeet 2 года назад +257

      As a woman with abuse-related PTSD, I second this. It's incredibly validating to hear someone describe a situation similar to the one you survived as "awful" rather than "what are you whining about?" (My background doesn't resemble anything in this book, but Dom's reactions to more familiar situations in other books are a big part of why I follow him.) If it's any consolation, Dom, you actually are helping people when you are appalled by appalling things.

    • @alarcon99
      @alarcon99 2 года назад +36

      Yup. THIS.

    • @searchingfororion
      @searchingfororion 2 года назад +51

      @@Remerdre Well worded. *Many* times (it's practically a catchphrase) the individuals around me will sense the shift in my, for lack of a better word, 'chi' and proclaim, "Remember - setting people on fire is *wrong.* "

    • @xRaiofSunshine
      @xRaiofSunshine 2 года назад +68

      Especially since a guy, more guys should be mad about this (in the not misogynistic way anyway)

  • @DS-uh6ss
    @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +2436

    I'm continually astounded at how Erika, a UK resident and citizen, writes about life in England like she's a 15-year-old who's never been there before but saw an Austen adaptation on telly once.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +77

      If this hypothetical 15-year-old hasn't been to England, why would she watch telly and not TV?

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +95

      @@timothymclean Erika would watch telly.

    • @KristopherBel
      @KristopherBel 2 года назад +167

      @@timothymclean because the person who wrote the comment is from England, sort of like if I were to talk about a hypothetical person from Spain I wouldn't have to do it in Spanish.

    • @marocat4749
      @marocat4749 2 года назад +60

      Bold to asume whe did watch a jane austin adaptation

    • @samuelbarber6177
      @samuelbarber6177 2 года назад +45

      I’d say more like one or two scenes from Rebecca seeing as she took a name from it

  • @justme0910
    @justme0910 2 года назад +1675

    Can't wait for Mitchell's next book, which is probably gonna be about a woman who was literally raised by wolves being taken advantage of by the dictator of a medium-sized country or something, given her track record.

    • @Romanticoutlaw
      @Romanticoutlaw 2 года назад +317

      hell, I'm ready for her to leap straight to scifi emperor of the known universe and a woman grown from a test tube just for him

    • @vysharra
      @vysharra 2 года назад +155

      @@Romanticoutlaw that one is her end game. She has to wait for new horrible words to be invented about incredibly toxic relationships for it to really match her vision.

    • @3crowsinatrenchcoat
      @3crowsinatrenchcoat 2 года назад +113

      I'd read that if at the end the woman guts him with her wolf family and takes over the dictatorship

    • @grell5108
      @grell5108 2 года назад +89

      Even better:
      If the god of the universe had a thing for a devout follower with Peter pan syndrome.

    • @Blue_Lunacy
      @Blue_Lunacy 2 года назад +31

      @@Romanticoutlaw That was kind of the plot of Emperor of Dune.

  • @metasequoiaglyptostroboides
    @metasequoiaglyptostroboides 2 года назад +859

    So Alicia has her mind blown by the ocean, while being from Albania with a very big coast line and at most 4 hours to the sea from any point in the country... Yeah, totally... And the rest is just disgusting as well. Thank you for suffering for us 😅

    • @noahhobson4521
      @noahhobson4521 2 года назад +85

      EL James did all of her research on Albania by watching the movie Wag the Dog.

    • @fyraltari1889
      @fyraltari1889 2 года назад +129

      How did she even get to the UK without seeing the sea?

    • @MightyArgos
      @MightyArgos 2 года назад +18

      I was about to make this point myself.

    • @clouddd8053
      @clouddd8053 2 года назад +28

      To be fair, the Albanian coastline is seas with smaller waves than the Atlantic Ocean but honestly I don’t know how she’s still a writer

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 2 года назад +51

      This is basically like an Israeli having their mind blown over hummus
      Or an Italian shocked by the art in the Vatican

  • @KyleRayner12
    @KyleRayner12 2 года назад +539

    The empty gun is unironically the funniest thing I've heard this week. It's like something out of an SNL sketch that goes on 4 minutes too long.

    • @Arosukir6
      @Arosukir6 2 года назад +53

      The three screams of "No!" really bring it home for me 🤣

    • @mariefoose998
      @mariefoose998 2 года назад +29

      Omg I couldn't believe such a scene made it past editing! Like, did the publishing company even LOOK at this book...? 😶😶

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +50

      (imagine this situation in a low-end theater looking set)
      Alessia: Do not worry, everyone, the gun is empty!
      Anatoli: Drat, well I shall still try to shoot!
      Alessia: Please, no! He's my only family!
      Anatoli: Bang!
      Everybody: *screams and alarm as if it was the sound of the gun rather than Anatoli bratfully screaming the word*
      Alessia's father: I... I'm alive!
      Alessia: He's alive!
      Maxim: He's alive!
      Anatoli: Drat, he's alive! How is that possible?

    • @Eloraurora
      @Eloraurora 2 года назад +17

      @@NWolfsson This is such an improvement! The image of a bunch of community theater people playing this scene for laughs is amazing.
      ...for some reason I'm picturing stage!Maxim wearing a money-printed tracksuit and enormous sunglasses.

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +8

      @@Eloraurora By the Spirits that's an absolutely perfect version of Maxim! I'd do Gucci personally, but straight-up money-print is really good!

  • @kristinlundell9924
    @kristinlundell9924 2 года назад +606

    This makes me feel like my worries about "not being good enough to write" almost evaporate >.

    • @lelnel6242
      @lelnel6242 2 года назад +49

      Never wrote a book, eng isn't even my first language, but this story gave me courage to start writing a fanfiction and one day I'm going to publish it on wattpad.
      To be fair I'm first going to write it like a screenplay and then change it into a book format, and see how that goes.

    • @kristinlundell9924
      @kristinlundell9924 2 года назад +17

      @@lelnel6242 heck yes! Come back and post a link, ok? :3

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 2 года назад +11

      @@lelnel6242 I think you'd like the book 'Of Mice and Men', if you haven't read it already. The prose was written to easily translate as a stageplay.

    • @sigidaly9950
      @sigidaly9950 2 года назад +16

      Ngl Dom reading The Mister made me wanna write again fully out of spite. Problem is that this plus a bunch of actual play vids have been my only media consumption for a while which isn’t helping my writing all that much XD

    • @Timothy4468
      @Timothy4468 2 года назад +5

      Agreed. E.L. James is reassuring aspiring writers everywhere.

  • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
    @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 2 года назад +2120

    Erika Mitchel had thought to herself about how she could possibly make the power disparity between her leads any more uncomfortable, and eventually came to the conclusion of “I know! I’ll make him literal royalty, and I’ll make her an undocumented immigrant!”

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +163

      Technically just aristocracy. _Literal_ royalty is restricted to kings, emperors, some dukes, and their families.

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 2 года назад +160

      @@timothymclean Fine, EFFECTIVE royalty.

    • @henrygvidonas9573
      @henrygvidonas9573 2 года назад +128

      @@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick Her lawyer probably told her that she couldn't use William or Harry for her crappy BDSM-done-completely-wrong book because of personality/likeness rights...
      Just kidding! Kind of... but not really.

    • @hiddenechoes
      @hiddenechoes 2 года назад +2

      🤣

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 2 года назад +90

      @@henrygvidonas9573 More like Andrew, given his simultaneous purchase of a child’s night light and a prophylactic.

  • @Caernath
    @Caernath 2 года назад +692

    Dom: “In the unlikely even that any snipers are watching me right now, please just take the shot.”
    Sniper hired by people fooled by Dom’s The Room video: “That would be too easy for you.”

    • @BLZ231
      @BLZ231 2 года назад +82

      “Professionals have standards.”

    • @juanortiz9123
      @juanortiz9123 2 года назад +33

      NEVER FORGET PRIMA APRILYS

    • @helenacleveland3444
      @helenacleveland3444 2 года назад +6

      They are empty. No, wait - NO, don't shoot! :D

    • @EllieC130
      @EllieC130 Год назад +6

      Wait, we have the finances to hire a sniper?!

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 Год назад +5

      @@EllieC130
      Wait, you guys have *finances?*

  • @benzass95
    @benzass95 2 года назад +253

    Hey Dom, there is a thing called "Broken Heart Syndrome" in the medical field. It usually applies to older recent widows and widowers that literally give up on life and die a couple days later because they cant stand living without their love.

    • @peterknutsen3070
      @peterknutsen3070 2 года назад +56

      Yeah. A few days later might make sense. Not 4 years later, until “broken” heart is an euphemism for him seeking escape from his sorrows in a cocaine habit of unholy magnitude, which then wears out his heart over the course of 4 years.

    • @LaurenPebble
      @LaurenPebble 2 года назад +37

      @@peterknutsen3070 to my knowledge, doctors still count it as Broken Heart Syndrome for a few years after a person’s significant other passes/leaves. Days after is only in extreme cases.

    • @peterknutsen3070
      @peterknutsen3070 2 года назад +14

      @@LaurenPebble I sit corrected, then.

    • @billuraral1870
      @billuraral1870 Год назад

      Dad Travelyen: *dies of a heart attack four years after the divorce*
      Maxim: It was heart break! It's Mum's fault for being a slut!!!
      Also; for some reason, I imagine Dad Travelyen being identical to Maxim but with a bushy moustace

    • @radschele1815
      @radschele1815 Год назад

      Hah... the broken heart Syndrome is not connected to death.
      It is connected to any break up or auf, where you may have actual symptoms of a hat attack. And one can see it in EKG graphs.
      It is not a heart attack as no arterias or venes are clogged.
      It is not connected directly to death, but it shows how much the psyche can influence the body.

  • @JuanJose-bc2gs
    @JuanJose-bc2gs 2 года назад +734

    As someone with synesthesia (chromesthesia, which is the type of synesthesia Alessia has), it annoys me that this is the only example of synesthesia in media I can think of.
    Also, your current opening theme for Lost In Adaptation is blue with hints of green at the end to me. The music heard between sections is full on dark green.

    • @jackmesrel4933
      @jackmesrel4933 2 года назад +73

      There's an anime called Canaan, whose MC is a girl with synesthesia and is based on a Type Moon story so it's pretty good. Check it out, that way this terrible book won't be your only representation XD

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +55

      To my surprise, TV Tropes is insufficient to help me find additional media with synesthesiac(?) characters. Which seems like a pretty clear sign that either they're _super_ rare, or that's considered too nitpicky for even a community built around cataloguing random trends in fiction.

    • @lorekeeper585
      @lorekeeper585 2 года назад +72

      There is a YA book called A Mango Shaped Space where the main character also has synesthesia similar to Alessia and also sees letters and numbers in different colors. The main character had an embarrassing moment as a kid where other kids laughed at her for using different colored chalk while solving a math problem and after that she went out of her way too hide her synesthesia from everyone. Eventually it's revealed and the plot goes from there. It's been several years since I've read it but that's the only other book I can think of.

    • @JuanJose-bc2gs
      @JuanJose-bc2gs 2 года назад +2

      @@timothymclean I'd say it's probably the latter.

    • @JuanJose-bc2gs
      @JuanJose-bc2gs 2 года назад +18

      @@lorekeeper585 That actually sounds like a really interesting read. Thanks for the recommendation 🙂

  • @cakt1991
    @cakt1991 2 года назад +664

    This just confirms the theory I had all along: she fell in love with 1970s/80s historical romance with all its toxicity, but the industry has moved on beyond that so, she tried to have her cake and eat it by doing all of this in a contemporary.

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +91

      Her stuff reads 100% like those late-80s/early-90s Fabio bodice rippers combined with fanfic of the same era.

    • @AnnekeOosterink
      @AnnekeOosterink 2 года назад +27

      I mean, those kinds of books are still available. She could definitely write for that market.

    • @cakt1991
      @cakt1991 2 года назад +66

      @@AnnekeOosterink as a romance reader, I will say the traditional romance publishing market has changed a lot…especially since 2016 for obvious reasons. Less readers and authors want to romanticize toxic power dynamics, although it still exists in some corners of publishing, particularly in indie “dark” romance, as there’s always an audience for it. But I’d recommend looking up stuff about what authors have said recently in press for their books (plus Twitter). A good one is historical romance author Sarah MacLean discussing how the 2016 election inspired a revision of the book she was working on at the time to be less of a jerk.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад

      I completely believe that. she's one of the die-hards trying to keep the old toxic bodice-ripper tropes.

    • @petrosinella
      @petrosinella 2 года назад +57

      I've read a few Harlequin books from the 80's, and I agree about the toxic relationships. However, those books were WAY better written than Erika's stuff. The other authors I read knew how to build sexual tension to the point where you're on the edge of your seat waiting for the actual sex to start. When it does, the author describes it in a way that turns the reader on. So, the toxic aspect fades into the background, and you can have fun with the fantasy.

  • @valentinarunko67
    @valentinarunko67 2 года назад +564

    As a Croatian, I'm so annoyed at E.L. James for even marginally involving Zagreb (the capital of Croatia) in this dumpster fire she calls a book. 🙄

    • @lelnel6242
      @lelnel6242 2 года назад +22

      As someone who hates Zagreb, it deserved better than being in this book

    • @valentinarunko67
      @valentinarunko67 2 года назад +4

      @@lelnel6242 *deserve.
      Ako ćeš biti trol na internetu, barem nauči pravilnu gramatiku, srećo. 😘

    • @lelnel6242
      @lelnel6242 2 года назад +8

      @@valentinarunko67 lol na početku sam htjela napisati 'it didn't derseve to be in this book' ali je to bilo previše dvosmisleno... Na kraju zaboravim izbrisati 'didn't'.

    • @valentinarunko67
      @valentinarunko67 2 года назад +3

      @@lelnel6242 Hahha, kako se značenje lako promijeni 🙈😉

    • @stellabelikiewicz1523
      @stellabelikiewicz1523 2 года назад +3

      @@lelnel6242 ha ha! That’s some great shade on both things 😄

  • @RobinNicoagain
    @RobinNicoagain 2 года назад +274

    I had a chuckle when you mentioned the whole lordship thing in the beginning. Since James obviously does minimal amount of research, I can say that most English lords do not have money and fortune behind them these days. Only queen's family, friends and associates have any riches left among their titles.
    Most of the families just pass the lord title like a bit of family furniture. They just shrug and go on with their lives because you gain absolutelly nothing with it. My hubby's family has the title of duke and whenever they go to their old historic properties, the guides usually get excited to hear any old family stories that they have plenty of. :D The guides were also kind enough to let my hubby's gradfather to restricted parts of the property for a moment just because he lived there when he was a little and it cheered him up at the time.

    • @sorryifoldcomment8596
      @sorryifoldcomment8596 2 года назад +62

      Yeah, I thought this book was set in the farther past due to all the "Lord = fabulously wealthy" shit...until I heard "his brother died in a motorcycle accident." 😂

    • @jemdragons3120
      @jemdragons3120 11 месяцев назад +3

      Oh that's so sweet though.

    • @unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083
      @unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083 7 месяцев назад +2

      Oh yeah, I remember that EL James basically made Maxim make a point of stating how *this* family wasn't poor.

  • @jessmorgan6732
    @jessmorgan6732 2 года назад +334

    My favorite thing about this book is how often Maximuscle thinks about how attractive Alessia is and, in two or three separate instances later, thinks some version of "I want her. There. I've admitted it to myself."

    • @barryallen2240
      @barryallen2240 2 года назад +88

      I hate this book. There. I've admitted it to myself.

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 2 года назад +36

      me, having just finished my eighth litre of milk for the day: 'I want dairy. There. I've admitted it to myself.'

    • @coffeewolfproductions9113
      @coffeewolfproductions9113 2 года назад +17

      Me eating my 5th cookie today: I want sweets. There, I've admitted it to myself.

    • @bellamckenzie4433
      @bellamckenzie4433 Год назад

      @@fruitygarlic3601 this comment made me choke 😭

  • @EricaPThompson
    @EricaPThompson 2 года назад +809

    I've decided that Ms. James isn't a bad author; she's actually an excellent programmer and all her novels were written by the AI she developed.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul 2 года назад +75

      Nah... they have better grasp of Paragraph Format.

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +47

      @@lostbutfreesoul the fact that Erika usually tags one character's dialogue with another character's actions is a continual peeve.

    • @searchingfororion
      @searchingfororion 2 года назад +15

      Well thanks HAL.

    • @chartypeplays2396
      @chartypeplays2396 2 года назад +28

      Ah yes, good old MisogynyBot.

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +24

      Considering I have recently twiddled around with AI Dungeon and managed to steer it to write good fiction and engaging smut, I'd say she isn't that great of a programmer.

  • @LixiaWinter
    @LixiaWinter 2 года назад +176

    It's chilling how accurate and nuanced her writing becomes, when she writes about abuse and trauma

    • @coffeewolfproductions9113
      @coffeewolfproductions9113 2 года назад +39

      Uh do you mean the accuracy of how abusive it is, because from what I've seen of her she doesn't recognize it as abuse.

    • @LixiaWinter
      @LixiaWinter 2 года назад +82

      This is exactly what I mean. She gives so much tiny, subtle details, but then she just "and it was true love, HAPPY END"

    • @tristanhartup4936
      @tristanhartup4936 2 года назад +57

      The scariest part is the fact that she portrays said abuse and trauma as true love, and I'm sitting here thinking, "What the fuck is wrong with this woman?!"

    • @ezrastardust3124
      @ezrastardust3124 2 года назад +36

      @@tristanhartup4936 I suspect she’s got more than a few skeletons in her closet

  • @lancerguy3667
    @lancerguy3667 2 года назад +170

    That was also what put me off about the book, more than... y'know... EVERYTHING about the book.
    Anna was naive to the point of farce, but I at least believed her age. She could, on the rarest of rare occasions, occasionally show some awareness of things going on around her, and even make an attempt at sass or sardonic with. (er, 'attempt' being the key word, there.)
    Alessia 'literally' comes across as a 10-year-old girl in a grown woman's body. At no point in the entire book does she ever even offer to be able to comprehend what's going on around her. It was just so deeply, deeply unsettling.
    I won't begrudge her the Spongebob pajama pants, though. I've had more than one girlfriend who would absolutely rock those as an adult.

    • @stellabelikiewicz1523
      @stellabelikiewicz1523 2 года назад +3

      Like Buffy in her yummy sushi pajamas 😄

    • @stuffwithsoph8264
      @stuffwithsoph8264 2 года назад +15

      @@stellabelikiewicz1523 Or Willow with ANY of the outfits she wore lol, fashion taste can be youthful and fine but at least Buffy and Willow acted their respected ages throughout the show

    • @stellabelikiewicz1523
      @stellabelikiewicz1523 2 года назад +2

      @@stuffwithsoph8264 oh my god, some of Willow’s outfits 😆! Good times, and one of my favorite characters in all of fiction despite some of those questionable hats!

    • @stuffwithsoph8264
      @stuffwithsoph8264 2 года назад +2

      @@stellabelikiewicz1523 Willow had questionable drip but she was unique, Buffy, Cordelia and Harmony were always dripped out though

    • @stellabelikiewicz1523
      @stellabelikiewicz1523 2 года назад +4

      @@stuffwithsoph8264 ooh, this is me learning a new term, “drip” as a term for I assume fashion sense? Very exciting!

  • @verbena208
    @verbena208 2 года назад +214

    Mitchel missed a great opportunity here to create a memorable title. Something like Shades of Melody or the Hues of Love would have been a far better title than The Mister considering the girl can literally see colors.

    • @belagrolaub8746
      @belagrolaub8746 2 года назад +56

      you probably mean "can literally see music" because... a lot of people can see colours XD i'm sorry
      please have a nice day

    • @TheMissileHappy
      @TheMissileHappy 2 года назад +18

      No way, I can see colours too! xD

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +9

      Shades of Melody would be rejected on the basis of sounding like a 50 Shades spinoff rather than an unrelated romance novel. Though it wouldn't surprise me if Erica Mitchell had pitched the manuscript under that sort of title...

    • @asthajindal5275
      @asthajindal5275 2 года назад +3

      Kind of think she meant "the master", then changed it last moment for whatever reason.

  • @KurganMacLeod
    @KurganMacLeod 2 года назад +319

    So, fun story here: one of my favourite book series of all time is The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, its been one of my favourites since I was a small child (and it also has a shite adaptation if anyone with more money than me wants to take the hint). The thing is, the majority of the plots of books one and three of the Sequence takes place in a Cornish seaside village called *Trewissick*
    What I'm saying is that hearing the phrase 'Earl of Trevethick' caused me several levels of psychic damage and I can't focus on anything else except the question of whether E.L. James has read the Dark is Rising.

    • @aandersson9181
      @aandersson9181 2 года назад +54

      As a fellow TDIR and Susan Cooper fan; In my humble opinion, I *strongly* doubt E.L James has read any fiction that wasn't for sexually frustrated housewives.

    • @Roseforthethorns
      @Roseforthethorns 2 года назад +24

      The Dark is Rising is a MUCH BETTER SERIES by a MUCH BETTER WRITER. Now I want to reread those books again.

    • @ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023
      @ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 2 года назад +5

      @@Roseforthethorns Truth!!

    • @milliegarrett8459
      @milliegarrett8459 2 года назад +12

      They are just Cornish names, that's why they sound similar. 'Tre' means homestead/town. It's a bit like the the 'ton', 'by', 'ham' endings elsewhere in England.

    • @bradwolf07
      @bradwolf07 2 года назад +5

      I've never read the books, but I saw the trailer for the movie. What I heard was that the movie was horrendous. I'm very glad to hear that the books were leagues better

  • @Dormant_Chrysalis
    @Dormant_Chrysalis 2 года назад +299

    I am still completely amazed that she named the male protagonist "Trevelyan" - the surname of the protagonist in Dragon Age: Inquisition if a human is chosen. I have a sneaking suspicion that James came across a few too many "this is my Dragon Age OC" posts online and just stole the name. I think the Dragon Age: Inquisition hype might line up with when the book came out, too.

    • @Hombie-f6p
      @Hombie-f6p 2 года назад +54

      To me at least "Trevelyan" brings to mind the English civil servant/baronet that described the Irish potato famine as "the judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson" long before it does Dragon Age, and considering the British setting and him being British aristocracy that seems like a more likely if even more baffling derivation.
      I sincerely hope the character doesn't wasn't named for that one, but I do feel like singing 'Fields of Athenry' whenever I hear him mentioned lol.

    • @NotyourAngel162
      @NotyourAngel162 2 года назад +5

      I was wondering if someone would catch that lol

    • @joelmole3157
      @joelmole3157 2 года назад +55

      Trevelyan also reminds me of Alec Trevelyan from Goldeneye and the lines “For England, James?” and “No… for me” become a perfect metaphor for this book

    • @alexmcleod9078
      @alexmcleod9078 2 года назад +25

      I first ran across the name Trevelyan in a mystery novel, it was the name of a construction company owner who had other dirty business going on. Apparently the name is Welsh origin and not unheard-of.

    • @alexandrialeonora6542
      @alexandrialeonora6542 2 года назад +10

      @@joelmole3157 That's literally who I think of whenever I hear the name "Trevelyan". In fact, the only person I will ever think of. Sean Bean in "007: Goldeneye."

  • @denblakat9243
    @denblakat9243 2 года назад +19

    great meow by Sir Terry at 17:34, deserves a spot on the meowscars

  • @Shades14
    @Shades14 2 года назад +473

    As much as I hate James and her work, she at least has me feel more confident in my writing skills even as just a humble fanfiction writer.

    • @misscarolinasousa
      @misscarolinasousa 2 года назад +57

      I kid you not: she is one of my inspirations to finally move past the fear of publishing something. If this garbage has an audience, there are readers out there for me too

    • @stuffwithsoph8264
      @stuffwithsoph8264 2 года назад +24

      FR, I'm an amateur writer and I want to be a writer and be able to make a living off of my work but I am so scared of being bad or mediocre, but then i'm like "okay but she's done it so i think im good" 💀

    • @klaytonalexandermatthews2047
      @klaytonalexandermatthews2047 2 года назад +12

      @@stuffwithsoph8264 the book that did that for me is the smut novel about a hunky covid-19 virus that 'makes love' to the protagonist....
      And I just ... Needed to lie down about hearing that

    • @Thewritingelf
      @Thewritingelf 2 года назад +6

      @@klaytonalexandermatthews2047 That image… I don’t even need to really read this shit to know that if what I’m imaging is what’s in that book…..I might have to lay down as well LMAO.

    • @TheeKittyPie
      @TheeKittyPie Год назад

      @@stuffwithsoph8264 @Carolina Sousa
      YES, I’m not gonna say my writing is perfect at all but if 50 shades of all things can become a best seller shit let me take a stab at it, my stuff is Lord of The Rings in comparison

  • @bookishnewt8468
    @bookishnewt8468 2 года назад +39

    19:57
    This alone could have been slightly better if: only Alessia knew the gun was empty, Anatoli intended on shooting her, and without a second thought Maxim went to protect her.

  • @whiteraven562
    @whiteraven562 2 года назад +532

    Broken Heart Syndrome (or Stress Cardiomyopethy) is a real medical condition, and it can be fatal. Though usually only in old people. EL James got one (1) thing right, ish.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +130

      All she needed was to mention an underlying heart condition, or a weakened immune system, or a combination of factors. Like it made sense in Star Wars since it's someone who also just delivered twins. But James was too lazy

    • @coffeewolfproductions9113
      @coffeewolfproductions9113 2 года назад +100

      @@Tareltonlives Not to mention the fact that Anakin strangled her to the point of passing out beforehand. I'm no doctor but even I know that that probably would have made her pregnancy and delivery 100 times more dangerous for everyone involved.

    • @johannesseyfried7933
      @johannesseyfried7933 2 года назад +66

      @@coffeewolfproductions9113 On top of needing to come to terms with the Fact that your Husband not just attacked you, but is also working for a Sith-Lord *and* has just slaughtered his own Colleagues in cold blood.

    • @anna-flora999
      @anna-flora999 2 года назад +1

      ​@@johannesseyfried7933 I mean, that's nothing new. She already knows that he also tends to murder the women and children, too

    • @helloill672
      @helloill672 2 года назад +51

      @@johannesseyfried7933 and the fact that the democratic system you tried so hard to work was taken over by that sith lord who made your husband evil

  • @hurricanechild217
    @hurricanechild217 2 года назад +436

    Dom, the fact that you're so willing to suffer so that we don't have to is very wonderful, the added content of watching you decent slowly into madness is also entertaining as well (In a lighthearted, I hope you genuinely feel okay type of way.)

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 2 года назад +13

      Agreed, I love how Dom goes through so much dreck on behalf of us, and we're eternally grateful!

    • @YEDxFILMS
      @YEDxFILMS 2 года назад +3

      Descend*

    • @laureneras9523
      @laureneras9523 2 года назад +2

      It's why we raised so much many.

  • @clutchingstars
    @clutchingstars 2 года назад +149

    Just had surgery… can’t tell u how much I needed a laugh. Thx for not making me suffer alone!

    • @Flareontoast
      @Flareontoast 2 года назад +13

      Sending love, hopefully recovery goes smoothly!

  • @shymayfly2222
    @shymayfly2222 2 года назад +777

    I honestly didn't think EL James could get anymore disgusting or downright horrifying in her writing than the 50 shades nonsense but I stand corrected.
    The thing that horrifies me the most is just how infantalized the main lead actually is. I have no intentions of ever reading this book, and you are a saint for suffering through it, but just the few descriptions of her and how she's both treated by others and how she's framed by the narrative were enough to make me extremely uncomfortable.

    • @0_isha_041
      @0_isha_041 2 года назад +43

      A youtuber named Krimsonrouge made a more detailed video explaining/reviewing the book and throughout it he gets angry and though the book is disgusting, it’s amusing to see him go insane.
      His video is the first time I’ve ever heard of The Mister and watching it, like you, I couldn’t believe James could go worse. Not saying you should check it out because god The Mister disgust me but if you’re a fan of Dom then I suggest giving Krimsonrouge a watch if you like a 1 hour long man yells at a bad book

    • @shymayfly2222
      @shymayfly2222 2 года назад +14

      @@0_isha_041 Thank you for the video suggestion. I'll definitely have to watch that one next.

    • @jesusofsuburbia3675
      @jesusofsuburbia3675 2 года назад +30

      @@shymayfly2222 krimson makes like hours long very detailed reviews of horrible books.
      It's like having an audiobook but the reader is self aware to go "wtf am I reading"

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +14

      EL James: Oh right, I heard the complains, my next work will be less problematic.
      Narrator: It was not.

    • @donaldhysa4836
      @donaldhysa4836 2 года назад

      SHe is into infants dont kink shame

  • @abisnow1843
    @abisnow1843 2 года назад +47

    I watched generallypooky's videos on the Mister, and in the latest one, they point out JUST HOW MUCH Maxim asks her permission before they sleep together for the first time.
    It's like James was so hung up on the fact that people interpreted 50 shades as abusive/SA-y that she wanted to make it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that she is CONSENTING.
    Ignoring how vulnerable she is bc of all the alcohol she drank!!!!

    • @becauseimafan
      @becauseimafan 2 года назад +1

      OMG, what?!! LMFAO!!! 🤣🤣 What the hell, E.L.!

  • @prettyface146
    @prettyface146 2 года назад +112

    Your Albanian accent in that “epic standoff” elevated the material! I was DYING 😂

  • @HattiesVlogs
    @HattiesVlogs 2 года назад +48

    Just remembered that when he is going to rescue Alessia he takes time out of his day to check his instagram. Because priorities. ...

  • @theMadCEHMist
    @theMadCEHMist 2 года назад +1120

    So EL James, the author allegedly horrified at the idea anyone saw abuse in Fifty Shades, straight up wrote a rape scene in her next book…
    Yikes. 😬
    But it’s ok because, even though Alessia was super drunk and super vulnerable, she totally wanted it so it’s fine. 😬😬😬

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +181

      "It's not rape if she actually wanted it."
      -EL James, probably.

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад +1

      "It's not rape if he's hot and rich!" "It's not rape if she comes!" - Erika and her idiot fans

    • @abadenoughdude300
      @abadenoughdude300 2 года назад +1

      Apparently it's only ra pe when the perpetrator is an ugly bastard, when it's a totally sexy prince charming the readers are supposed to have hots for then it's fine. 😑

    • @amityislandchum
      @amityislandchum 2 года назад

      GOD and it is so much more disturbing that instead of writing a scene where they both get drunk, go home, and fuck, she literally took the time to write in a scene of Maxim saying, "I am aware that you are drunk and unable to consent, and that you experienced a very traumatic event today, and it would be rape for me to sleep with you," FOLLOWED BY HIM DOING THAT.
      WHY. WHAT WAS GAINED BY LETTING THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT HE MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO RAPE HER.

    • @amityislandchum
      @amityislandchum 2 года назад +79

      @@timothymclean EL James, the US justice system, the US voters, and the US politicians. (I say US because that's the system I intimately know, but let's be real... It's everywhere.)

  • @lindseyc9149
    @lindseyc9149 2 года назад +41

    That stand-off scene with the empty gun feels like it's right out of a parody. It's like that scene in Not Another Teen Movie where the mean girl dumps her water bottle on the lead girl, who is already wet, and everyone reacts in horror.

  • @SiraSpirit
    @SiraSpirit 2 года назад +21

    The standoff with everyone shouting "NOOO" at the empty gun is giving me big "My Immortal" vibes. It's that level of bad.

  • @thetypicallifeofcousins2703
    @thetypicallifeofcousins2703 2 года назад +177

    You are a saint for suffering through this for us, sir

  • @YourEvilHenchman
    @YourEvilHenchman 2 года назад +52

    the protag-kun in this story literally has a supervillain name. no, seriously, "trevelyan" is the name of the villain from goldeneye: alec trevelyan as played by sean bean.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +16

      To be fair, he's pretty much a villain in this book too

    • @becauseimafan
      @becauseimafan 2 года назад +9

      *That's* where I'd heard the name before!! Thanks!
      Goldeneye was *such* a good Bond movie!! I hadn't even realized that Sean Bean was in it my first watch, despite my obsession with The Lord of the Rings. He was so good! Goldeneye, now _that_ is a good one to introduce people to James Bond movies. 😁

    • @mateusmarinomunhol9747
      @mateusmarinomunhol9747 Год назад

      ...and the name of the sir Hugh Pembroke's plantation in the chapter "Sugar Interest" in James Michener's Family saga historical novel "Caribbean".

  • @incitossol
    @incitossol 2 года назад +33

    Dom “the things I do for charity and you beautiful watchers” Noble

  • @gabbodelaparrawrites
    @gabbodelaparrawrites 2 года назад +69

    The fact that the earldom has "thick" in its name says a lot about her creativity. 😅

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 2 года назад

      She couldn't help a reference to his dick size in his name apparently.

    • @samuell.foxton4177
      @samuell.foxton4177 2 года назад +6

      Richard Trevithick was far from thick though, he built early steam engines

    • @gabbodelaparrawrites
      @gabbodelaparrawrites 2 года назад +7

      @@samuell.foxton4177 You probably know more about that Earl than her because research is not a word she understands or acknowledges. #justsaying 😆

    • @jtothep4234
      @jtothep4234 2 года назад +6

      And he has the last name of a Bond villain.

    • @kramermariav
      @kramermariav 2 года назад +4

      Trevethicc

  • @Lucifersfursona
    @Lucifersfursona 2 года назад +61

    Yyyeessss feed me the pain
    The horror
    The tactlessness
    The part time DJing

    • @Lucifersfursona
      @Lucifersfursona 2 года назад +1

      Linkara’s maxim voice is
      - canon
      - a perfect sendoff to the streams :)

  • @shebjess
    @shebjess 2 года назад +15

    *Hears loud meow*
    Me: HI, SIR TERRY!!

  • @bepisthescienceman4202
    @bepisthescienceman4202 2 года назад +43

    10:23 I'm just imagineing maxim whining so much that the slavers get uncomfortable and leave

  • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
    @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 2 года назад +33

    You want painful? Try being at the in-person book presentation. I was the only male there besides the presenter, rest were middle and older aged women. And the event had such little turnout that they had to move from an auditorium to a smaller room in a different building. But Dom built her up so much that I just couldn’t resist the opportunity to meet E.L. James.

    • @DS-uh6ss
      @DS-uh6ss 2 года назад

      Is it wrong that I'm delighted by a mediocre turnout for Erika's abuse-porn?

    • @antonakesson
      @antonakesson 2 года назад +4

      So how was it?
      Riveting I imagine......

    • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
      @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 2 года назад +4

      @@antonakesson There’s a recording of it on my channel.

  • @Roseforthethorns
    @Roseforthethorns 2 года назад +321

    “She’s not like that. Demure and totally focused on her job, Alessia seems reluctant to engage with me”
    YEAH MAYBE BECAUSE YOU HIRED HER FOR A JOB AND ARE NOW BEING A CREEPAZOID
    smdh I’m so sorry you had to read this

  • @chach1579
    @chach1579 2 года назад +55

    10/10 segue into the ad read. Also, I thank you for your sacrifice, Dom. It couldn't have been easy to make your way through this book and give us a run down so we didn't have to.

  • @Tolly7249
    @Tolly7249 2 года назад +12

    I spent the entire episode facepalming and yelling in various levels of grossed out... And then in came Il Neige with a Beatles-style parody and I almost cried from laughing. God I love this channel.

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 2 года назад +19

    That interruption from the kitty while doing the ad was amazing.

  • @nicole-ls4jb
    @nicole-ls4jb 2 года назад +121

    A couple of things: I'm afraid to say that, for some of us, we like watching you "suffer" because your frustration is rather cathartic. And funny. You make us laugh 😂
    Secondly, I really liked a lot of the production of this video! I liked the rainy backdrop you had behind the text, the cute lead-in to the sponsor part, the fact that you just held Sir Terry during part of the video, and your explanation of the unloaded gun 😅

  • @zuulmeister8409
    @zuulmeister8409 2 года назад +18

    I remember the moment I was going through Dom's reading of this story and realized "oh, this is just Poldark".

  • @ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210
    @ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210 2 года назад +58

    i appreciate the new format. sorry i couldnt watch the livestreams, but im glad im still able to see your suffering lmao. thanks for the upload dom :]

  • @AlorrinINK
    @AlorrinINK 2 года назад +17

    Dom...Dom...Dom... my dude, you need a juice box, a cookie, and a consensual hug. That book took SO much out of you, more than it ever had right to. But, you are greatly appreciated for reading it and suffering through it so we didn't have to. Though, like I’d said before, I enjoyed suffering through the live readings. So much (tortured) fun.

  • @Crazael
    @Crazael 2 года назад +23

    21:14 If I were writing that scene, I would have the gun go off because the guy had checked and noticed it was empty and reloaded it before hand. Then he gives her a "Did you seriously think I wouldn't notice you emptied the gun?" look.
    That, or there was a bullet in the chamber that she know about so she just emptied the magazine.

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +3

      "This morning, in Zagreb [...]"
      Considering they probably travelled by car, and according to Google Maps, that means Anatoli had about 10 hours to check his gun and replace the bullets.
      TEN HOURS! Did EL James even check the time and distance between Croatia and Albania? This man is supposed to be a dangerous trafficker, not a silly Scooby Doo villain!
      If at least Alessia had empty the gun ten minutes ago, at the last stop before going to her father's house, that'd only be slightly disappointing.

  • @TeamIzlude
    @TeamIzlude 2 года назад +21

    When you said the male lead's name, I literally said - out loud - "no way that is his name"

    • @tristanhartup4936
      @tristanhartup4936 2 года назад +3

      Maxim Trevelyan, sounds like a supervillain name.

  • @KoiPuff
    @KoiPuff 2 года назад +10

    Sir Terry announcing mid ad that he’s the Main Character is just so great lol

  • @yltraviole
    @yltraviole 2 года назад +60

    To be honest, when I read about someone dying of a broken heart in fiction, I usually assume it's an euphemism for suicide or dying of drug addiction/alcoholism brought on by a depression resulting from heartbreak. It's still a bit cliché, and probably not a good way of representing mental ilness, but I'd never think to consider it an actual heart attack or something.

    • @brookelynnwu8016
      @brookelynnwu8016 2 года назад +5

      It’s actually a medically recognized cause of death. Usually happens to older ppl with much weaker hearts tho

    • @debymello4756
      @debymello4756 Год назад +2

      @@brookelynnwu8016 chances can beraised by things like pre existing heart conditions, substance abuse, some types of medication or sometypes of chronic illness. Erika would likely describe any in agonizing detail in the "pity my dad" secssion, tho

  • @mistyeyedreamer
    @mistyeyedreamer 2 года назад +15

    I remember when Jenny Trout did a read of the book, they determined a few chapters in that this book is almost definitely a modern Poldark fan fiction. At least she finally left Twilight alone?

  • @ashlingteirney7543
    @ashlingteirney7543 2 года назад +78

    I have to say watching your streams of reading this has been so cathartic as a woman. It can be hard to muster the anger at these tropes sometimes that they deserve and most of the time I just get resigned to it so it's nice seeing someone blow up about the bullshit. Feels very validating, so while I am very sorry you had to suffer through this awful book I do appreciate your reactions.

  • @greengreysolarpunk4036
    @greengreysolarpunk4036 2 года назад +32

    I’m sorry to say I’ve been ruined by the Internet and when I saw the title my reaction was not “Oh Dom’s describing the plot!” But “Oh! This is written from the perspective of the male lead!” because I come from fan fiction hell and I know EL James well enough to know the girl isn’t the dom…

  • @oli_kate
    @oli_kate 2 года назад +20

    Putting your cat into the ad read is very smart... Very evil but very smart.

  • @atiredfloridian777
    @atiredfloridian777 2 года назад +15

    You sir, are a saint for suffering through all of this for charity. You're a good man, Dominic, you're a rare gem.

  • @professoroat1310
    @professoroat1310 2 года назад +178

    Do you think James knows that Albania has a coast on a much nicer sea? Or just chose a country at random and never googled it

    • @sweetbunnybun
      @sweetbunnybun 2 года назад +36

      I think she just picked a random EE country, maybe she saw sonewhere that the uk has an albanian diaspora or something. She prolly doesnt even know where is it or talked to a person from albania

    • @thequeenofcringe1585
      @thequeenofcringe1585 2 года назад +12

      Hey, give her some credit! She knows what the capital of Albania is.

    • @billuraral1870
      @billuraral1870 Год назад +10

      She probably watched the Taken movies and took the Albanian represetetion at face value. Or, thinks place with a Muslim percentage= savage lands.

  • @tonieartemis
    @tonieartemis 2 года назад +50

    Dom, now that you've mentioned it, you HAVE to do a Lost in Adaptation of Beastly. I just read the book, and it will live rent free in my head until you talk about. I almost couldn't believe what I was reading.

    • @airari24
      @airari24 2 года назад +1

      I think he may have one. I have a vague memory of watching that video (though it could be misattributed to him)

  • @RabbitTeaPot
    @RabbitTeaPot 2 года назад +12

    Someone out there made a video thesis called “Born sexy yesterday” on YT & it was about the fifth element but they did say that was just their thesis example, other examples are seen through out diffrent forms of media…and it encapsulates the main female character perfectly. Someone who (in this case at times but in the fifth element through out) is of adult age physically and sexually but behaves in a way that is like they were born yesterday….and it’s WEIRD once it’s pointed out. Like I can’t watch that film in the same way since…and I’ve seen people irl who behave like this, have relationships like this, it’s all so very very VERY weird.

  • @Timothy4468
    @Timothy4468 2 года назад +76

    Not going to lie, I genuinely laughed at the "weaponized privilege" passage. It actually felt like a weird moment of self-awareness from James, and caught me totally off guard.

  • @myridean2k4
    @myridean2k4 2 года назад +22

    Thank you, Dom, for giving us a preview of what we're both in for the next few months (albeit if you need more recovery time between sex reads, this could take another year.) but we're here for it.
    Thank you also for posting this synopsis because I wanted to link to your last reading/reaction but realised that anyone would've had to know how the plot developed up to that point so all I could do was post my utmost gratitude for a bang up job. I'm still laughing at that one line paraphrased, "The ACLU is depending on us to get through this sex scene" LOL!

  • @vanessar.6085
    @vanessar.6085 2 года назад +8

    I saw "The Mister as Told By The Dom," then "PAIN." This sounds about right, all things considered.

  • @tv_tim
    @tv_tim 2 года назад +7

    That was one of the best "Now for a word from our sponsor" messages I've seen in a RUclips video.

  • @Shadow1Yaz
    @Shadow1Yaz 2 года назад +23

    I've heard a theory that Emperor Palpatine used the force to drain the life out of Padme to make Vader think she died cuz of his actions. Not sure if that is what Lucas intended but I thought it was interesting

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +6

      I think the combination of emotional shock (husband becomes an abusive mass murderer, government turns into dictatorship) and physical stress (pregnancy with twins in a less than ideal facility) would be enough anyway. Besides, the less to do with Rise of Skywalker the better.

    • @Shadow1Yaz
      @Shadow1Yaz 2 года назад +8

      @@Tareltonlives I believe you, having twins increases the chances of complications and from the way her death scene was portrayed, I think it's highly probable that massive blood loss also contributed.
      I just remember hearing that theory and being like, "huh..."

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +6

      @@Shadow1Yaz Yeah, it would be in-character. I've also heard that Anakin instinctually reached out to the force to her, and Palpatine used that to kill her. My pet theory is that Palpatine kept Anakin alive not only through machines but through the Force, preventing him from dying of grief too.

    • @Shadow1Yaz
      @Shadow1Yaz 2 года назад +7

      @@Tareltonlives OOOH! That theory about keeping Anakin alive makes a lot of sense!! With that much physical damage, not having the strength (emotional/physical) could do him in and it makes sense that Palpatine did that! Devious! :O

    • @tristanhartup4936
      @tristanhartup4936 2 года назад +1

      I think Rise Of Skywalker confirmed that.

  • @szaboluca5536
    @szaboluca5536 2 года назад +6

    The "falling in love over an umbrella" part made me think of Miraculous, and I just wish I could stab myself in the brain for making that association💀💀

  • @jessz7819
    @jessz7819 2 года назад +7

    Dom, I am so sorry for all the suffering you had to live through to bring us this, but I appreciate it endlessly. These videos are so cathartic in every way and I can already tell this is going to be in my regular rotation now. Hearing you tear apart these kinds of books is a very welcome reminder that the world still has some very good people in it. And hearing every possible bastardization of Maxims name is comedy gold

  • @enbyarchmage
    @enbyarchmage 2 года назад +59

    Seeing Dom being low-key possessed by Cthulhu bc of bad writing really feels very good for some reason 😈
    Don't worry Dom, your reviews of actually good books can be just as entertaining as their fire-and-brimstone counterparts 😁🤗

  • @astrinymris9953
    @astrinymris9953 2 года назад +5

    Sir Terry Pratchett is so sweet, helping defeat the RUclips algorithm with the power of his cuteness!
    Also, Il Neige has outdone himself with the outro song.

  • @SJ-jq2rt
    @SJ-jq2rt 2 года назад +8

    Can I say how much I appreciate "Mean Mr. MAXIM' Song!!!!

    • @anikibailey4624
      @anikibailey4624 2 года назад

      do you know if it's a parody of a real song? It sounds familiar but I don't know where from

  • @CameoAmalthea
    @CameoAmalthea 2 года назад +150

    Fifty Shades of Grey’s popularity is explicable. Domward (dominant Edward) was a VERY popular sub genre of Twilight fanfic at a time when Twilight was very popular. James therefor had an insanely large following from this fandom who bought 50 Shades making a hit upon release and generated buzz whereby other people read it because it was popular to see what the fuss was about/because everyone else was reading it. It also was explicitly sold as porn for women, and women don’t have things for them. Female sexuality is taboo and seen as something that doesn’t exist, the cultural framework is men like porn, men like sex, women like pleasing men and put up with sex. Women obviously can like sex and have their own desires and something mainstream that caters to their desires that’s popular (ie not seen as fringe or trashy like paperback romance novels) was intriguing. For all it’s flaws, 50 Shades does give readers a self insert for a domination fantasy (the whole book being that fantasy). Unfortunately, the book frames the domination/non consent fantasy as a healthy ideal relationship and thereby romanticized abuse. But it’s popularity does make sense. Unfortunately.
    More unfortunately there are actually amazing works out there that fall under Twilight Fanfic and I’m BEGGING you to read “Luminosity”

    • @josephdavis9234
      @josephdavis9234 2 года назад +13

      It's rare that I see a Luminosity shout-out in the wild, and it's always great.

    • @Kateiswriting
      @Kateiswriting 2 года назад +24

      Thank you for this thoughtful comment. I remember when 50 Shades came out a lot of the discussion was about female sexuality, especially for middle aged women who are often seen as nonsexual beings. And tbf it's ridiculous the way society tends to assume that a woman reading E.L. James wants that relationship to happen to her IRL, the way they wouldn't about a man watching porn. It's darkly ironic that the series that made a bunch of real women feel empowered to reclaim their sexuality featured a sexually naive woman rendered powerless by the narrative but there you go.
      I don't like the books by any means and have really enjoyed Dom tearing into them. But I think a lot of the wider criticism around them lacks nuance. Kind of like how the problem with the Twilight books was never *really* that Edward sparkled but people remember that way more than his controlling behaviour.

    • @SkySong6161
      @SkySong6161 2 года назад

      Luminosit for the win.

    • @ttthecat
      @ttthecat 2 года назад +2

      Who is the author? There are a lot of out of books with the title luminosity on kindle I can't figure out which one it is your referring to? I would like to try your recommendation.

    • @SkySong6161
      @SkySong6161 2 года назад +8

      @@ttthecat Luminosity is a Twilight fanfic, thus why it's not showing up on the Kindle. 🙂 If you're still interested it's on AO3.

  • @火星イスクラ
    @火星イスクラ 2 года назад +6

    I know that you are suffering through this and I sympathise. However, for some inexplicable reason the way you and your guests are reading this is highly entertaining. I must thank you double since, I had a terrible family event about the time you started reading this. Without this literary car wreck I would not have made it through. Now that I am facing a terrifying future for another reason I am thank full you are still working through this book. Well, up till now. This distraction is oddly soothing. Thank you, thank you.

  • @oli_kate
    @oli_kate 2 года назад +12

    Thank you for your time and effort. Genuinely. I don't know why I enjoy these videos so much. There's something to be said for getting outraged only to be immediately comforted by the fact that you are also outraged and saying why this is f-ed up.

  • @tini243
    @tini243 2 года назад +7

    I laughed tears at the shootout scene, hilarious!

  • @thomasm123
    @thomasm123 2 года назад +6

    Slightly sad there will be no more readings but excited to hear your concentrated rage! I hope it was better for your mental health this way. Looking forward to seeing what other books/adaptations you'll be covering after this, too!

  • @chelseawhite7117
    @chelseawhite7117 Год назад +1

    “sssssSSSSSSSLLLÜUUUUTs” made my day so much brighter. Thanks for your suffering, Dom

  • @MusicoftheDamned
    @MusicoftheDamned 2 года назад +34

    Lol at that "tense" scene towards the end with the emptied gun. Somehow I am still surprised the "child"'s father didn't just automatically shoot Anatoli after being told that the gun had no bullets, but that likely would have been too logical for a story clearly fatally allergic to it.
    I can't wait for E. L. James's next book to have the female protagonist be a cheerful, child-like literal slave since that seems to be what she's ramping up to unfortunately. All of the creepiness in this book isn't otherwise surprising given what a terrible person she revealed herself to be publicly while touring for her _50 Shades_ books.

  • @CassiBlack
    @CassiBlack 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for suffering on our behalf! The accents in the stand-off portion are my new favorite thing and also very Monty Python-esque.
    The good thing about James’s work is that they reassure me that my own writing isn’t all that bad! If she can get her dumpster fires published, I have a chance!

  • @curiousKuro16
    @curiousKuro16 2 года назад +11

    I wish I could have participated in the live streams more, but I'm so happy to have this!

  • @romankotas448
    @romankotas448 2 года назад +4

    (Grabs comfort blanket) “Lets’s do this.”

  • @POLE7645
    @POLE7645 2 года назад +7

    One thing that gives me hope, though.
    Back in 2019, when I was travelling, I saw copies of this everywhere, including airports.
    I travelled two weeks ago and visited several bookstores, and I didn’t encounter a single copy. Not even at the airport.
    I’m guessing either it didn’t sold all that well, or whatever popularity this book ever had was very fleeting (and judging from this video and KrimsonRogue’s, this isn’t a book that’s good at keeping your attention).

  • @taylorwilliams4179
    @taylorwilliams4179 2 года назад +6

    I was once upon a time interested in this book. You've saved money and I suffered through this with you. Thank you Dominic.

  • @acatnamedbeef
    @acatnamedbeef 2 года назад +108

    There is something called the "broken heart syndrome", maybe he was referring to that (I doubt it tho).

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +29

      I mean... It would be more coherent narratively (I know real life is complex, but we're talking writing, you have to take shortcuts) if said father wasn't presented shortly after as the kind of person to _bring his son to a brothel to teach him the intricacies of love._ I have a hard time imagining someone who does that being so infatuated with their significant other to die of grief.

    • @amityislandchum
      @amityislandchum 2 года назад +25

      Doctor here -- and also someone who suffered from Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, aka Broken Heart Syndrome! It is indeed a thing, but it's defined by a sudden, immense stress (physical or emotional) causing an abrupt enlargement and failure of the left ventricle. It's not something that would occur 4 years later. (Incidentally, it actually *could* happen in the case of Padme, but that doesn't make George Lucas any less of a dumbass.)
      People can definitely suffer from a "failure to thrive" after losing their partner, and men are especially susceptible to this since they rely on women to do literally EVERYTHING for them (cook, clean, make doctor's appts., keep track of medication, raise children, etc.).

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 2 года назад +13

      @@NWolfsson That's the plot hole there- it made sense in Star Wars, since it's also someone whose undergoing severe physical stress with delivery. Not so much here as it's simplified and the character isn't remotely nuanced or emotional.

    • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
      @judeconnor-macintyre9874 2 года назад +4

      "dead of a broken heart" says the robot.

  • @SilverDragonJay
    @SilverDragonJay 2 года назад +8

    I love the gun part, it went on longer then I was expecting and it made it at least 40% better then it if had just stopped at Alessia jumping in front of uh...the love interest (can't remember his name for the life of me). Also, good on you for raising that $44k, that's a decent amount!

  • @loyaultemelie7909
    @loyaultemelie7909 2 года назад +16

    I’ve been waiting eagerly for this because though I enjoy seeing you suffer I also was unable to make it through the livestreams due to the overwhelming urge to jump out of the nearest window

  • @yukishikabane
    @yukishikabane 2 года назад +93

    Funfact: I read 50 shades in middle school and even then knew it was hot garbage because I was the antisocial child who spent their lunches at the library.
    I legit read so much (I don't do it much as an adult) that I felt my eye twitch everytime the books got truly awful. I've seen better writing from a ya novel about a teenager falling for a civil war soldier ghost who died in his early 20s (God awful btw)

    • @happyjellycatsquid
      @happyjellycatsquid 2 года назад +21

      Funfact: Im gonna need the title of that confederate nightmare of a YA novel for… science?

    • @yukishikabane
      @yukishikabane 2 года назад +15

      @@happyjellycatsquid rebel spirits by Lois ruby. Scholastic sold the shit for 10 usd. It's no longer available from their site tho

    • @js66613
      @js66613 2 года назад +8

      Oof. Antisocial personality disorder is a thing, so I honestly don't feel comfortable reading it used as that. You're probably introverted as opposed to antisocial.
      But also, how the heck was it in your middle school? That's not a book for middleschoolers. Heck, that's not a book for anyone, but...

    • @happyjellycatsquid
      @happyjellycatsquid 2 года назад +3

      @@yukishikabane Love that Scholastic published this bloody nonsense, based

    • @mateusmarinomunhol9747
      @mateusmarinomunhol9747 Год назад

      i was too the antisocial kid who spent the lunch in the library.

  • @taekwongurl
    @taekwongurl 2 года назад +6

    I loved the livestreams the first couple of times, but happy for your mental health, that's MUCH more important

  • @valentinarunko67
    @valentinarunko67 2 года назад +23

    Can we all just appreciate the amounts of psychological torture that Dom experiences for our entertainment? 💙

  • @maladypond
    @maladypond 2 года назад +12

    As much as I can't stand James...'s writing, at least Dom's rants are amusing. And relatable.
    And then there's Il Neige's delightful song and the adorable appearance of feline cuddliness!
    💖💖

  • @RetaliationStudios1997
    @RetaliationStudios1997 2 года назад +2

    The Dom mentioning "Beastly" had me super excited, because that movie was a really good modern take on the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale!

  • @booksandtropes
    @booksandtropes 2 года назад +3

    I died laughing when you were talking about removing the bullets from the gun... god that's hilarious!

  • @shikuthetempest
    @shikuthetempest 2 года назад +5

    The fact that you mentioned Beastly, oh my god. I read the book with a friend in middle school (in like '09 or so) then we watched the movie together. We were so pissed off at the movie we did our own little Lost in Adaptation by making bullet points in a notebook. I remember when I found your channel that memory came roaring back and now it has again.
    Funnily enough, I remember nothing about the book or the movie except it was like Beauty and the Beast. I would love to see you do a video on it and remind me of the kind of trash I enjoyed when I was 12 lol

  • @laurenquigley6599
    @laurenquigley6599 2 года назад +4

    May all the God's forever be your Allies for this heroic task.

  • @lorettabes4553
    @lorettabes4553 2 года назад +7

    I hold the deepest respect for Dom. Reading the books I never will

  • @brittbereading3450
    @brittbereading3450 2 года назад +6

    Dominic, thank you for being willing to suffer through this absolutely horrendous "novel" for our amusement

  • @askarsfan2011
    @askarsfan2011 2 года назад +2

    See, even the cat knew he had to be in the video. LOL