Different kind of weird. Sideways Stories are goofy kids stories.
Twilight is fanfic with ageless vampires that choose to creep on high schoolers, and werewolves that fall in love with newborn infants.
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GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 days ago
As a kid I read a book about a school with 30 rooms built sideways, so an oopsie tower, where each chapter is about a student or the teacher.
Sammy, the odd student from chapter 14, is a dead rat in many raincoats, and being a dead rat, Sammy is thrown in the trash.
Twilight is weirder than this?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Ah, ok, so it’s gross-weird?
TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have a non consensual relationship with twilight lore drops like this
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
I read a book with a school whose students were all boys whose name started with the letter A. It was literally a requirement.
I don’t remember much but I do seem to recall they had a field trip to a “hole factory” so they got to take various holes as souvenirs.
Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I loved those books as a kid! Probably my introduction to surrealism
ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Haruki Murakami would approve
Mesophar@pawb.social 1 day ago
What about a sentient bowl of petunias that is falling to its “death”, again, and is the reincarnation of a rabbit, whale, fly, and cow? Or an android monk believing everything was the same shade of pink, making it too early to move from the spot it was on for fear of falling off a cliff, so it sat on the back of the (manufactured, organic) horse it was riding?
Yes, there can be multiple books that are weird or have weird stories. It doesn’t have the be the weirdest one to still be weird.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Way to sideline things.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a genuine question. I’m only familiar with Twilight as a few clips from the movies with RiffTrax comments over them. And I loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer and read most of the Season 8 comic, so the “weird stuff + vampires” bar for me is already set high.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I assumed you were referring to Wayside School, so I made a comment using the words “way” and “side.” I didn’t doubt your intentions at all, but I understand my comment sounded like I did.
I considered preemptively adding something to indicate I wasn’t being critical of you, but thought it might detract from whatever humor might be derived. Hopefully I haven’t ruined your opinion of me.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Ahhhh, ok. Thanks. Sorry for not picking it up. FWIW, “sideline” as a single word, and seeing this prior to having enough coffee to resume normal brain activity, is what threw me. Also, not being smart probably played a role.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Hey, Sideways Stories From Wayside School is great! And weird, but good weird. Twilight was the first thing I thought of when the COVID toilet paper crisis hit.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s amazing, and Sammy’s story has stuck with me for decades for this very reason. I probably read the book a dozen times as a kid.