teamsalvatore98 They were L's books in the first place. Wanna know my reaction? Here it is: FUCK YOU FIRER OF LJ! FUCK YOU TO THE DEEPEST PITS OF HADES AND NEVER COME BACK!!!! thats seriosuly what I did but I was all like PMS and shit...

deluv But we haven't hear Alloy's side of the story..only LJ. I personally wasn't a fan of the books so i don't really care i just wanna know if i'm just being harsh or are there some people that feel the same way

teamsalvatore98 Oh, I know. I didn't read it (too many words) but I kinda figured. And I wasn't trying to sound mean but when I reacted like that it was PMS fucking up my mind. Now that that's over and I'm thinking straight, I say They're LJ's books and they should remain that way, but the person who fired her had a different opinion and I respect that.

DaniKatZ I agree at some extent. I agree that she did mess up with the books, she creates unbelievable stuations and all. All this stuff that she does with both brothers? Elena acts so [i]different[/i]. I know that she's meant to be torn between both but what is all this? [i]I love Stefan, he will always be in my heart[/i], to [i]smoochy smoochy[/i] Damon all the time. I think that she was a poor writer, but she was the [i]original[/i] creator of The Vampire Diaries and you got to give her credit for that. Without it there will be no such thing as The Vampire Diaries on TV. Continuing on, I think they are being such idiots to fire her from writing.. it was something she enjoyed and it was [i]her[/i] story to tell. If she was going to make Damon & Elena endgame then I adore her for it.. they can't overtake this and change the fact that she was going to make Damon & Elena the eternal soulmates of all time in the book series. This has to be the biggest mistake they've ever done. They think that Stelena is the favourite more normal option, but most people want Delena anyway. They may think this change will effect the tv show, but we all know that majority wants what it wants and at the end of the show they will obviously be the end couple. So, in a way I didn't think she was a perfect writer, but in another way I think that she started the series, so she should have [i]finished[/i] it. :)

delenasalvatore While I didn't like the way LJ Smith would change her tune to suit whatever fan she was writing to, I think it's ridiculous to fire her because she favoured Delena over SE and Bamon. Maybe HarperTeen thought SE were a more appropriate ending for a teen audience; maybe they thought Damon was too dangerous, but if he was too dangerous for Elena to end up with, he should be too dangerous for Bonnie too, and Bamon are still going to be in the new books. At the end of the day, the majority of readers liked Damon more than Stefan. Even fans who favour SE over Delena seemed to be more keen for Bamon. Because it started out as a love triangle, it should have ended with Elena choosing Damon. Bonnie is a secondary character, although she had a very important role to play, the story isn't about her. Therefore it doesn't really make sense for her to be with Damon. Unfortunately, LJ Smith seemed to like writing about Bamon. If she didn't, she wouldn't have put the scene in the bath or the kiss in 'Nightfall', and if those scenes hadn't been in there, it's doubtful that fans would have latched onto Bamon the way they did. To be honest, the Bonnie/Damon scenes unnerved me because they seemed misleading and wrong somehow, when Damon was supposed to be in love with Elena. To some extent I agree with you about LJ's writing, it kind of is all over the place and if I had written the books, I would not have left readers in any doubt where Damon's heart lay, nor would I have let myself be open to fan influence regarding who belonged with whom. But I guess when it comes to fans, you can't disagree with them when they're telling you how much they love a certain couple. "Damon tells Elena she's the only one he's ever loved but apparently in the next book LJ was gonna make Damon fall for Bonnie to the same extent as he loves Elena." From the spoilers that have been released for 'Midnight', that would be very VERY hard to achieve without making Damon look like a 12 year-old boy who's trying to make up his mind over what sweets he likes best. Just for the record, do we have any proof that this is true? Because it doesn't make any sense. I'm not sure why people have reported LJ as saying she had no plans for who was going to be endgame. I thought the whole reason why she got fired was because she wanted DE. If she hadn't, then yes, she would still be writing the books. Didn't she send emails to at least 2 DE fans, explaining that she essentially got the sack because she favoured DE and the publishers didn't? Why would she say one thing to someone and something different to another? I'm thinking that perhaps Harper/Alloy caught wind of this, so she's not allowed to tell fans why she was fired/who she favoured as endgame in case it damages future book sales. DE have a huge book following; unless the publishers are completely ignorant, they MUST know that no Delena could equal very bad sales for them. Which just makes cutting DE out of the new series even more ridiculous. How can a publisher be that stupid?? I get that you're mad at LJ Smith, and while I wouldn't say she was the best writer in the world, I still think it's unfair that she's been fired. What's more, I think it's awful that they're still going ahead with the new set of books. Most likely, these books will still have her name on the front cover, in spite of the fact that someone else (don't know if they'll get any credit) wrote it. It's like cheating the fans twice over, and the publishers shouldn't be allowed to do it. They don't seem to care about the principle of the thing, all they care about is making as much money as possible by spinning these books out for as long as there's a market for it, regardless of whether the story is any good. Seriously, if the new series becomes a bestseller, it will be a travesty.

Maximumridefan Though I'm a DB fan, I agree with your article. L.J wasn't being honest with any of us. She told us one thing, you guys something different, and SE fans something different, to the point where I didn't know WHAT to believe anymore. I'm going to give the new books a try, but if they have crappy writing, I guess i'm just done with the VD books. But I'll always love and remember the original VD trilogy, and the Secret Circle and Night world books (in other words, the books from L.J's golden days). Maybe something good will come out of this. Maybe she can finally finish the last Night World book that i've been waiting for two years for now that she's been cut off from VD.