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In October 2015, changes to the Buzznet platform resulted in all of his Twilight and Harry Potter reviews being removed from the internet. They are still available for purchase at his online store, ''MarkDoesStuff.com''.''[=MarkDoesStuff.com=]''. That said, they are still available on archive.org, [[http://web.archive.org/web/20110903095943/http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4400301/mark-reads-twilight-preface-chapter/ like so]]
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* [[ActuallyPrettyFunny ActuallyPrettyFunny: Actually Pretty Well-Written]]: Well-Written: He may not be that big of a Twilight fan, but he did find himself enjoying Chapter 5 of ''New Moon''. [[LampshadeHanging He was quick to comment on this.]]
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In the blog of ''Mark Reads Twilight'', [[SanitySlippage WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]'' '''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''' [[BigOMG OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] [[OverlyLongGag why WHY why why, why WHY]]. Intrigued? [[http://bit.ly/MRTarchive Then it's time for Mark to read Twilight.]]
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In the blog of ''Mark Reads Twilight'', [[SanitySlippage WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]'' '''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''' [[BigOMG OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] [[OverlyLongGag why WHY why why, why WHY]]. Intrigued? [[http://bit.ly/MRTarchive [[http://markreads.net/reviews/2010/11/complete-mark-reads-twilight-archive/ Then it's time for Mark to read Twilight.]]
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** By ''Breaking Dawn''? By the ''sixth chapter'' of ''Twilight'', he declared there was no way to redeem the story anymore!
** By ''Breaking Dawn''? By the ''sixth chapter'' of ''Twilight'', he declared there was no way to redeem the story anymore!
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In the blog of ''Mark Reads Twilight'', [[SanitySlippage WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]'' '''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''' [[BigOMG OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] [[OverlyLongGag why WHY why why, why WHY]]. Intrigued? [[http://markreads.net/reviews/2010/11/complete-mark-reads-twilight-archive/ [[http://bit.ly/MRTarchive Then it's time for Mark to read Twilight.]]
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* YouAreNotReady: ''You Are Not Prepared'', his fanbase's CatchPhrase, which carried over to his Harry Potter blog and has since become "You en't prepared." for HisDarkMaterials, got translated into Dwarvish runes for ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and became "You aren't frakkin' prepared!" for Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}.
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** Mark went ''[[FreakOut absolutely batshit]]'' when Meyer quoted OrsonScottCard in [[ItMakesSenseInContext the preface to chapter 19]] of ''Breaking Dawn''.
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* YouAreNotReady: ''You Are Not Prepared'', his fanbase's CatchPhrase, which carried over to his Harry Potter blog and has since become "You en't prepared." for HisDarkMaterials, got translated into Dwarvish runes for ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and became "You aren't frakkin' prepared!" for Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}.
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* YouAreNotReady: ''You Are Not Prepared'', his fanbase's CatchPhrase, which carried over to his Harry Potter blog and has since become "You en't prepared." for HisDarkMaterials, got translated into Dwarvish runes for ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and became "You aren't frakkin' prepared!" for Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}.Galactica|2003}}.
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* BerserkButton: The Church of Latter Day Saints, and Mormonism in general, [[FreudianExcuse due to a run-in with a homophobic Mormon missionary who tried to recruit Mark as a young man.]]
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* BigWhat / FlatWhat: A common reaction to some of more idiotic moments in the series.
-->Ok, this is the most common thing I write. I've said it 34 times in my notes. Nothing else. Just that single word, followed by a lack of any punctuation. Not a question or an exclamation, just a statement of utter disbelief.
-->Ok, this is the most common thing I write. I've said it 34 times in my notes. Nothing else. Just that single word, followed by a lack of any punctuation. Not a question or an exclamation, just a statement of utter disbelief.
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* EightDeadlyWords: Some variation of them is used more and more often as the reading progresses.
* FlatWhat: A common reaction to some of more idiotic moments in the series.
-->Ok, this is the most common thing I write. I've said it 34 times in my notes. Nothing else. Just that single word, followed by a lack of any punctuation. Not a question or an exclamation, just a statement of utter disbelief.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Mark in Chapter 3 of New Moon.
** BackFromTheDead[=/=]UnexplainedRecovery: In Chapter 4 of New Moon.
** BackFromTheDead[=/=]UnexplainedRecovery: In Chapter 4 of New Moon.
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** In Chapter 18, when Edward tells Bella that he will hold her personally responsible for whatever happens to her, [[SanitySlippage Mark finally loses it]]:
--> [=SADL;KFJASDF;JKLASDJKL;SFADJKLXZVCMN,XVCLKSHADFJK789243$#Q%#%%$#=] YOU PSYCHOPATHIC, NO-GOOD, WOMANIZING PIECE OF [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT]].
--> [=SADL;KFJASDF;JKLASDJKL;SFADJKLXZVCMN,XVCLKSHADFJK789243$#Q%#%%$#=] YOU PSYCHOPATHIC, NO-GOOD, WOMANIZING PIECE OF [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT]].
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* AfterActionReport: Chapter 9 is done InTheStyleOf an autopsy report [[ShownTheirWork which was, at the time, the standard form for coroners' reports in Los Angeles county]] [[SocietyMarchesOn (though by his own admission, he's not sure if it's still used any more)]].
-->'''Mark''': [[{{Squick}} And yes, it’s just as creepy for me to read that as it is for you]].
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-->Fuck this. Fuck all of this. Fuck all you who support this bullshit that puts the burden of sex on the female, that ignores the right of a woman over her body, that parades as ethics when it's the utmost demonization of femininity. Fuck this nonsense that purports to state that sex is ok as long as it's used to control women. This is garbage, pure and simple. It's Mormon/religious propaganda, pure and simple. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it's just]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking '''shitty''' writing.]]''
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-->Fuck this. Fuck all of this. Fuck all you who support this bullshit that puts the burden of sex on the female, that ignores the right of a woman over her body, that parades as ethics when it's the utmost demonization of femininity. Fuck this nonsense that purports to state that sex is ok as long as it's used to control women. This is garbage, pure and simple. It's Mormon/religious propaganda, pure and simple. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it's just]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking '''shitty''' writing.]]''''writing.''
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-->Fuck this. Fuck all of this. Fuck all you who support this bullshit that puts the burden of sex on the female, that ignores the right of a woman over her body, that parades as ethics when it's the utmost demonization of femininity. Fuck this nonsense that purports to state that sex is ok as long as it's used to control women. This is garbage, pure and simple. It's Mormon/religious propaganda, pure and simple. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it's just]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shitty writing.]]''
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-->Fuck this. Fuck all of this. Fuck all you who support this bullshit that puts the burden of sex on the female, that ignores the right of a woman over her body, that parades as ethics when it's the utmost demonization of femininity. Fuck this nonsense that purports to state that sex is ok as long as it's used to control women. This is garbage, pure and simple. It's Mormon/religious propaganda, pure and simple. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it's just]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shitty '''shitty''' writing.]]''
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The result was a completely unique journey that was part {{MST}}, part AfterActionReport, part ReviewBlog, and part [[AuthorTract autobiography comparing the events in Mark's life to the story in the books.]] Initially holding a somewhat neutral view of the series as literature before he began to read it, Mark slowly [[SanitySlippage began to go mad as he progressed through the series]]. Somehow he got through all five books (yes, even Midnight Sun).
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The result was a completely unique journey that was part {{MST}}, part AfterActionReport, part ReviewBlog, and part [[AuthorTract autobiography comparing the events in Mark's life to the story in the books.]] Initially holding a somewhat neutral view of the series as literature before he began to read it, Mark slowly [[SanitySlippage began to go mad as he progressed through the series]]. Somehow he got through all five books (yes, even Midnight Sun).
''Midnight Sun'').
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* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments, often when lamenting/mocking the utter lack of suspence in the books.
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->[[HypeAversion [T]he real issue here [is that[=]=]]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[SeriousBusiness fans]], [[FanDumb most especially Twi-hards]], [[DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER have ruined the book for thousands of people]] [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch who have never even read a page]] [[FanDumb simply by being annoying]]. [[MotiveRant That's why I'm here: fan,]] [[ReviewBlog I'm going to read the book for you]].
-->-- '''Mark Oshiro''', [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4398741/mark-panasonicyouth-will-read-entire/ in his introductory post]].
In the blog of ''Mark Reads Twilight'', [[SanitySlippage WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]'' '''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''' [[BigOMG OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] [[OverlyLongGag why WHY why why, why WHY]]. Intrigued? [[http://bit.ly/MRTarchive Then it's time for Mark to read Twilight.]]
[[WMG:MARK READS TWILIGHT]]
In August 2009, Mark "[=PanasonicYouth=]" Oshiro, then community manager of the blogging network Buzznet, decided to see what all the fuss was about with those ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books.
The result was a completely unique journey that was part {{MST}}, part AfterActionReport, part ReviewBlog, and part [[AuthorTract autobiography comparing the events in Mark's life to the story in the books.]] Initially holding a somewhat neutral view of the series as literature before he began to read it, Mark slowly [[SanitySlippage began to go mad as he progressed through the series]]. Somehow he got through all five books (yes, even Midnight Sun).
He eventually started another blog with the same format, MarkReadsHarryPotter, before continuing into other books, movies and media at MarkDoesStuff.
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!!The blog and its fanbase provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbortedArc: He only got to Chapter 5 of ''Midnight Sun''. [[AvertedTrope However,]] two months later he reviewed the last seven chapters all at once, in a single video.
* [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Actually Pretty Well-Written]]: He may not be that big of a Twilight fan, but he did find himself enjoying Chapter 5 of ''New Moon''. [[LampshadeHanging He was quick to comment on this.]]
* {{Angrish}}: Very often, of the "cat walking on a keyboard" variety.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In one of his reviews he [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4589221/mark-reads-new-moon-chapter/ posts a creepy picture for every creepy thing Bella thinks]]. [[spoiler: He apologizes for the one of a man in tight golden pants.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After Bella and Edward's first time having sex, Mark wonders why Meyer refused to describe it at all. However, when she finally ''does'' attempt a sex scene several chapters later, Mark's review just ''screams'' [[MemeticMutation DO NOT WANT]].
--> I don't think sex is disgusting. I think Stephenie Meyer describing sex is disgusting.
* BerserkButton: The Church of Latter Day Saints, and Mormonism in general, [[FreudianExcuse due to a run-in with a homophobic Mormon missionary who tried to recruit Mark as a young man.]]
** Not to mention Bella's whining, use of the word "dazzle", thinking Edward or Bella are role models, poor grammar...really, it feels like every other page something seems to piss him off in one way or another.
** Mark went ''[[FreakOut absolutely batshit]]'' when Meyer quoted OrsonScottCard in [[ItMakesSenseInContext the preface to chapter 19]] of ''Breaking Dawn''.
** And in the same book, Mark viciously criticises the transphobia in [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/6467991/mark-reads-breaking-dawn-chapter/ chapter 16]], to the point that almost every sentence is either allcaps, TakeThat, BigWhat or ClusterFBomb.
* BiasSteamroller: By the time he started ''Breaking Dawn'', it was pretty clear that any sense of neutrality or critical analysis on his part was gone. [[RuleOfFunny But it didn't really affect the quality of his writing.]]
** By ''Breaking Dawn''? By the ''sixth chapter'' of ''Twilight'', he declared there was no way to redeem the story anymore!
* BigWhat / FlatWhat: A common reaction to some of more idiotic moments in the series.
* BoldInflation: A lot. One chapter review of ''New Moon'' consisted of almost nothing but large, sparkly, animated text.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Mark's description of the Volturi: They stand around, sparkle, and occasionally eat people.
* BuffySpeak: [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4597211/mark-reads-new-moon-chapter/ THE 'TWILIGHT' SERIES IS, QUITE CLEARLY, THE WORST THING TO EXIST ON THE PLANET THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A SERIOUS DISEASE OR SOMETHING.]]
* ClusterFBomb: Frequently in the later books. And the occasional PrecisionFStrike too.
-->In the seventh chapter of Breaking Dawn, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK]] [[HeroicBSOD WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK]]. [[MoodWhiplash Intrigued?]] Then it's time for Mark to read Breaking Dawn.
* DearNegativeReader: Mark did this once, after finishing the first book.
* FreudianExcuse: Mark will sometimes give these to explain why certain parts of the series infuriate him more than others. [[TropesAreNotBad They are very well-written.]]
* FourthWallMailSlot: He always reads the user comments to his posts and (usually) replies to them, sometimes referencing them in the reviews themselves.
* {{Gayngst}}: Not as prevalent as in his Harry Potter reviews, but still there.
* GenreShift: Mark's chapter reviews have been everything from straight-up {{MST}}s to plays, essays, incoherent rants, [[{{Angrish}} randomly smashing his keyboard]], [[RageAgainstTheAuthor various characters calling out Smeyer over the stupidity of the plot]], and even [[DrivenToSuicide a fake autopsy]].
* HeroicBSOD: Mark breaks down into rage at several chapters, but when he came to Chapter 18 of Breaking Dawn (the one with the vampire-tooth caesarian and Jacob imprinting on a newborn infant) he broke down in a whole ''different'' way.
-->[[FlatWhat wat]]
* HypocriticalHumour: For his review of the 'climatic' chapter of Breaking Dawn, Mark imagines an absolutely ''beautiful'' piece of hate mail to Meyer from the ghost of William Shakespeare, calling her out on all the ways in which she tries to emulate him and fails. The CrowningMomentOfFunny, if you're familiar with Shakespeare, comes right at the end:
--> PS: Spell your name correctly.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/6715321/mark-reads-breaking-dawn-chapter/ The final review of the series]], unless you count MidnightSun...
* ReviewBlog: Obviously.
* [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: ''Many.''
-->Fuck this. Fuck all of this. Fuck all you who support this bullshit that puts the burden of sex on the female, that ignores the right of a woman over her body, that parades as ethics when it's the utmost demonization of femininity. Fuck this nonsense that purports to state that sex is ok as long as it's used to control women. This is garbage, pure and simple. It's Mormon/religious propaganda, pure and simple. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it's just]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shitty writing.]]''
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Frequently invoked.
* YouAreNotReady: ''You Are Not Prepared'', his fanbase's CatchPhrase, which carried over to his Harry Potter blog and has since become "You en't prepared." for HisDarkMaterials, got translated into Dwarvish runes for ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and became "You aren't frakkin' prepared!" for Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}.
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[[caption-width:350:[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Enjoy the ride.]]]]
->[[HypeAversion [T]he real issue here [is that[=]=]]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[SeriousBusiness fans]], [[FanDumb most especially Twi-hards]], [[DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER have ruined the book for thousands of people]] [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch who have never even read a page]] [[FanDumb simply by being annoying]]. [[MotiveRant That's why I'm here: fan,]] [[ReviewBlog I'm going to read the book for you]].
-->-- '''Mark Oshiro''', [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4398741/mark-panasonicyouth-will-read-entire/ in his introductory post]].
In the blog of ''Mark Reads Twilight'', [[SanitySlippage WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]'' '''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''' [[BigOMG OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] [[OverlyLongGag why WHY why why, why WHY]]. Intrigued? [[http://bit.ly/MRTarchive Then it's time for Mark to read Twilight.]]
[[WMG:MARK READS TWILIGHT]]
In August 2009, Mark "[=PanasonicYouth=]" Oshiro, then community manager of the blogging network Buzznet, decided to see what all the fuss was about with those ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books.
The result was a completely unique journey that was part {{MST}}, part AfterActionReport, part ReviewBlog, and part [[AuthorTract autobiography comparing the events in Mark's life to the story in the books.]] Initially holding a somewhat neutral view of the series as literature before he began to read it, Mark slowly [[SanitySlippage began to go mad as he progressed through the series]]. Somehow he got through all five books (yes, even Midnight Sun).
He eventually started another blog with the same format, MarkReadsHarryPotter, before continuing into other books, movies and media at MarkDoesStuff.
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!!The blog and its fanbase provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbortedArc: He only got to Chapter 5 of ''Midnight Sun''. [[AvertedTrope However,]] two months later he reviewed the last seven chapters all at once, in a single video.
* [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Actually Pretty Well-Written]]: He may not be that big of a Twilight fan, but he did find himself enjoying Chapter 5 of ''New Moon''. [[LampshadeHanging He was quick to comment on this.]]
* {{Angrish}}: Very often, of the "cat walking on a keyboard" variety.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In one of his reviews he [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4589221/mark-reads-new-moon-chapter/ posts a creepy picture for every creepy thing Bella thinks]]. [[spoiler: He apologizes for the one of a man in tight golden pants.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After Bella and Edward's first time having sex, Mark wonders why Meyer refused to describe it at all. However, when she finally ''does'' attempt a sex scene several chapters later, Mark's review just ''screams'' [[MemeticMutation DO NOT WANT]].
--> I don't think sex is disgusting. I think Stephenie Meyer describing sex is disgusting.
* BerserkButton: The Church of Latter Day Saints, and Mormonism in general, [[FreudianExcuse due to a run-in with a homophobic Mormon missionary who tried to recruit Mark as a young man.]]
** Not to mention Bella's whining, use of the word "dazzle", thinking Edward or Bella are role models, poor grammar...really, it feels like every other page something seems to piss him off in one way or another.
** Mark went ''[[FreakOut absolutely batshit]]'' when Meyer quoted OrsonScottCard in [[ItMakesSenseInContext the preface to chapter 19]] of ''Breaking Dawn''.
** And in the same book, Mark viciously criticises the transphobia in [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/6467991/mark-reads-breaking-dawn-chapter/ chapter 16]], to the point that almost every sentence is either allcaps, TakeThat, BigWhat or ClusterFBomb.
* BiasSteamroller: By the time he started ''Breaking Dawn'', it was pretty clear that any sense of neutrality or critical analysis on his part was gone. [[RuleOfFunny But it didn't really affect the quality of his writing.]]
** By ''Breaking Dawn''? By the ''sixth chapter'' of ''Twilight'', he declared there was no way to redeem the story anymore!
* BigWhat / FlatWhat: A common reaction to some of more idiotic moments in the series.
* BoldInflation: A lot. One chapter review of ''New Moon'' consisted of almost nothing but large, sparkly, animated text.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Mark's description of the Volturi: They stand around, sparkle, and occasionally eat people.
* BuffySpeak: [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4597211/mark-reads-new-moon-chapter/ THE 'TWILIGHT' SERIES IS, QUITE CLEARLY, THE WORST THING TO EXIST ON THE PLANET THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A SERIOUS DISEASE OR SOMETHING.]]
* ClusterFBomb: Frequently in the later books. And the occasional PrecisionFStrike too.
-->In the seventh chapter of Breaking Dawn, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK]] [[HeroicBSOD WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK]]. [[MoodWhiplash Intrigued?]] Then it's time for Mark to read Breaking Dawn.
* DearNegativeReader: Mark did this once, after finishing the first book.
* FreudianExcuse: Mark will sometimes give these to explain why certain parts of the series infuriate him more than others. [[TropesAreNotBad They are very well-written.]]
* FourthWallMailSlot: He always reads the user comments to his posts and (usually) replies to them, sometimes referencing them in the reviews themselves.
* {{Gayngst}}: Not as prevalent as in his Harry Potter reviews, but still there.
* GenreShift: Mark's chapter reviews have been everything from straight-up {{MST}}s to plays, essays, incoherent rants, [[{{Angrish}} randomly smashing his keyboard]], [[RageAgainstTheAuthor various characters calling out Smeyer over the stupidity of the plot]], and even [[DrivenToSuicide a fake autopsy]].
* HeroicBSOD: Mark breaks down into rage at several chapters, but when he came to Chapter 18 of Breaking Dawn (the one with the vampire-tooth caesarian and Jacob imprinting on a newborn infant) he broke down in a whole ''different'' way.
-->[[FlatWhat wat]]
* HypocriticalHumour: For his review of the 'climatic' chapter of Breaking Dawn, Mark imagines an absolutely ''beautiful'' piece of hate mail to Meyer from the ghost of William Shakespeare, calling her out on all the ways in which she tries to emulate him and fails. The CrowningMomentOfFunny, if you're familiar with Shakespeare, comes right at the end:
--> PS: Spell your name correctly.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: [[http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/6715321/mark-reads-breaking-dawn-chapter/ The final review of the series]], unless you count MidnightSun...
* ReviewBlog: Obviously.
* [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: ''Many.''
-->Fuck this. Fuck all of this. Fuck all you who support this bullshit that puts the burden of sex on the female, that ignores the right of a woman over her body, that parades as ethics when it's the utmost demonization of femininity. Fuck this nonsense that purports to state that sex is ok as long as it's used to control women. This is garbage, pure and simple. It's Mormon/religious propaganda, pure and simple. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it's just]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shitty writing.]]''
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Frequently invoked.
* YouAreNotReady: ''You Are Not Prepared'', his fanbase's CatchPhrase, which carried over to his Harry Potter blog and has since become "You en't prepared." for HisDarkMaterials, got translated into Dwarvish runes for ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and became "You aren't frakkin' prepared!" for Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}.
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