Poll Results - or - Why Do You Hate Meredith So Much, Anyway?
Okay, so not all of you hate Meredith, but it did give me pause to see that so many of you do. It's cool, though--I don't really have an opinion of Meredith just yet. And now...the results of my "What do you think of Meredith?" poll:
66 of you voted.
6.1% (4 votes) had no idea who Meredith was (which means you either haven't read my books--SHAME ON YOU!!!--or you felt Meredith comes off as a distant stranger.
10.6% (7 votes) thought Vlad should dump Meredith (which means you either dislike her, feel she's ill-matched with Vlad, or you'd rather it were YOU who were dating him...).
13.6% (9 votes) loathe Meredith with every fiber of your being. (Seriously, is it the pink obsession? Cuz that's totally not my fault...)
24.2% (16 votes) think that Meredith is the perfect girl for Vlad.
and 45.5% (30 votes) think that Meredith is okay...just okay, nothing special.
So...what this tells me is that I need to spend more time with Meredith, getting to know her as a character. I won't tell you what will happen between she and Vlad, or if anything will actually happen at all. But I will tell you that I absolutely appreciate your honesty as I charge forth with this manuscript. Fangs so much, Minions! :)=
66 of you voted.
6.1% (4 votes) had no idea who Meredith was (which means you either haven't read my books--SHAME ON YOU!!!--or you felt Meredith comes off as a distant stranger.
10.6% (7 votes) thought Vlad should dump Meredith (which means you either dislike her, feel she's ill-matched with Vlad, or you'd rather it were YOU who were dating him...).
13.6% (9 votes) loathe Meredith with every fiber of your being. (Seriously, is it the pink obsession? Cuz that's totally not my fault...)
24.2% (16 votes) think that Meredith is the perfect girl for Vlad.
and 45.5% (30 votes) think that Meredith is okay...just okay, nothing special.
So...what this tells me is that I need to spend more time with Meredith, getting to know her as a character. I won't tell you what will happen between she and Vlad, or if anything will actually happen at all. But I will tell you that I absolutely appreciate your honesty as I charge forth with this manuscript. Fangs so much, Minions! :)=
posted by Heather Brewer at 8:18 AM
11 Comments:
Thanks for the poll. xD
BTW: I sorta like Meredith, but only the nice part about her. Other than that, I don't like her. Sorry.
Anyways, I'm glad you're writing more. My friends and I are anxiously waiting. ((BTW: My friend, Emma, has been hogging me to borrow my books. She keeps asking over and over to. *But, at school though* So, the publishing company better hurry. xD
There is absolutely nothing wrong with disliking any of my characters. (Well...I kinda hope you like Vlad, but other than that, it's free reign--and you're totally entitled to dislike him too) Can I ask what it is about her specifically that you don't like?
Yay, you! And yay, Emma! My publisher won't hurry fast enough, it seems, for you Minions--TENTH GRADE BLEEDS will be out July 2009, just over a year away. Sorry! :)
Okay. it's not so much that I hate Meredith the character, it's more like I hate how Vlad thinks of her. It's like I can picture pink hearts floating all around her when ever Vlad sees her. He can go on for a whole page about how beautiful she is, when to me, she sounds like a pink nightmare. It's *really* off putting when Vlad gets all mushy.
To tell the truth, I'd really love to see Vlad find a girl who has a real personality beyond being a walking pink cloud.
An excellent answer! And it makes perfect sense--it also ties in well with the work I'm doing on ELEVENTH. Thanks!
Yeah like I said before maybe loath was harsh....it's not really her that I loath. It's Vlad ending up with her. I'd rather see him find some friends before he got the girl and I'd love to see who he ends up with as one of his good friends. You know a relationship that might just last beyond high school.
Meredith as a character and not her being with Vlad I think I see her as a popular but nice kind of person. One of those people that could end up being hated because she has "everything"
What great food for thought, K8! Thanks!
You're welcome! I can't wait to see what happens!
Meredith is slowly growing on me. In the EGB she was sort only an ideal, the object of Vlad's crush, but in NGS we get to see more of her character. The part when she "rescues" Vlad from the boiler room is one of my favorite scenes. It shows that she is a really strong person and doesn't care about what other people think about what she does or who she is friends with. Also, Vlad response was very sweet, he gladly accepts the help without trying to look like a macho jerk.
I don't know what the future holds from them, after all any serious relationship would have to lead to Vlad disclosing his secret otherwise there could never be any trust or honesty, but I can't wait to find out!
Thanks for the great stories!!
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I really enjoyed writing the boiler room scene. It was one of those moments that surprised me. I initially had planned for Henry to come to the rescue, demonstrating that Vlad's skills were growing....and then Meredith popped in. So yeah...i think there's more to her. More that we'll see as we move along.
Or not. ;)
I like Meredith, but you're right about the two reasons that I don't like her.
#1. she does wear wayyyyyy too much pink
and
#2.Yeah, I do think Vlad is too amazing for her, if you know what I mean ;)
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