Given that I thinkĀ āMy Immortalā is a troll (with the reason generally being that author Tara references both Marty McFly and TOM BOMBADIL), I just reread it and Iām astounded by the effort put into it.
The spelling and grammar gets steadily worse over the course of the story, messing up simple words and even the main characterās name (variations on Ebony include Enoby, Enony, Eboby, and my favorite Enopby). The author gives frequent shoutouts in the A/N at the beginning of each chapter to someone called Raven, who she considers a friend and apparently functions as a beta. In chapter 16, Tara severs ties with Raven, expels/murders Ravenās character Willow, and changes Ebonyās full name to Ebony Darkāness Dementia TARA Way. Itās suggested that they fought because Tara stole Ravenās poster of Gerard Way. By chapter 17, they appear to have made up and Willow is brought back with no further explanation.
The plot, of course, is just insane, but the story was obviously being read; Tara begins each chapter furiously ranting aboutĀ āflamerzā leaving bad reviews, terribly misspelled. At one point, Ebony was referred to as a Mary Sue and she immediately tried to shut that down, citingĀ āSatanismā andĀ ādepressionā as flaws. She held each new chapter hostage, demanding a certain number (usually 5) good reviews before she would update. Assuming the spelling and grammar mistakes were intentional, the natural progression of them getting worse and worse is incredible. The difference between Taraās A/Ns and Ravenās edited text is also astounding, although chapter 16, during their supposed rift, is not noticeably more poorly written than the chapters immediately preceding and following it.
The misspellings of character names and general slipups get worse and worse to the point that once,Ā āEnopbyā is referred to asĀ āTaraā, and at another point,Ā āTaEnbyā, further to emphasize that Ebony is, in fact, the most obvious self insert in the history of literature. The reference to Marty McFly (he appears at the end of chapter 35 to spirit Ebony into the future) confounds me; Tara does not seem like sheād been aware of pop culture enough to have seen āBack to the Futureā, given that she describesĀ āThe Nightmare Before Christmasā as this serious, depressing, Adult movie. Sheās young enough to considerĀ āhe put his thingy into my toolā an accurate description of sex. Further, she references Tom Bombadil, a character inĀ āLord of the Ringsā who I believe just shows up and sings for a while and is strongly implied to be God and then disappears, not really relevant to anything. Heās not even in the movies. Would Tara Gilesbie have readĀ āLord of the Ringsā when she admits sheās never read the Harry Potter books?
Read through that lens (that this was an elaborate hoax), can you believe the rest of it was so organically terrible? Even now, 10+ years after the fact, no one can agree on whether this story is a troll, and until anyone finds out who Tara Gilesbie really is, itās going to be impossible to know for sure. This is just crazy to me.
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