Umxholo wesilumkiso: Ingxoxo ngobundlobongela obukhulu kunye nokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo.
Kutshanje ndifumene ibhokisi yebhokisi yezihlangu ezingama-24 ukusuka kwikhabhathi yam yobuntwana, onke amaphepha amthubi kunye nezembozo zenkunkuma- iifonti ze-neon ezinethontsi, ubuso obumhlophe obufikisayo buxinekile kukoyika. Ah, uChristopher Pike, inkosi eyoyikisayo ye-90's tween set. Sidibana kwakhona.
Andizange ndifunde kakhulu i-YA. Ndaphuma ndangqala ngqo Amabali ayoyikisayo ukuxelela ebumnyameni kuStephen King It . Kodwa ndichithe iminyaka embalwa — ibanga lesihlanu kunye nelesithandathu, mhlawumbi elesixhenxe ngokunjalo — ndifunda yonke incwadi kaChristopher Pike endinokuyifumana. Kwaye kwafika ibanga lesibhozo, kwaye ndilibale konke ngaye. Njengoko nawuphi na umlandeli oyikisayo esazi, nangona kunjalo, elidlulileyo lihlala libuya, ngakumbi xa umama wakho efuna ukukhupha zonke izinto ezindala endlwini yakhe.
Ke ngoku ndandikho, amashumi amabini eminyaka emva kokuyifunda okokuqala, ndijongile Ukusebeza ngokufa Isihloko sayo esibomvu esiqaqambileyo, isibhakabhaka esipinki, kunye nokuvuna okukhwankqisayo. Isigqubuthelo esimnandi esivelise uloyiko olubandayo. Ndikhumbule indawo eyoyikekayo yasentlango, kunye namabali aphazamisayo-ngaphakathi-kwamabali. Ndandiqinisekile ukuba le ncwadi yayiyeyona yoyikisayo kweli qela, kwaye ke yeyona ilungileyo.
Inoveli iqala ngoRoxanne noPepper, abakwishumi elivisayo ababini abaye bakhulelwa okokuqala xa babesabelana ngesondo (ubunewunewu beklasi yezempilo) kwaye ngoku basendleleni eya ekuqhomfeni. Eklinikhi, uRox utshintshe ingqondo kwaye abaleke kwigumbi lokuhlola ngaphambi kokuba kuvele ugqirha. Yena noPepper baqhuba bagoduka, apho bafumana idolophu yabo encinci ishiyiwe isindisa abafundi abambalwa abafunda nabo: intle uLeslie, umncedisi onobundlobongela, kunye noStan.
Yintoni abafana ngayo aba bahlanu? Bonke bawela kunye noBetty Sue, omnye okwishumi elivisayo owazibulalayo kungekudala — kwaye ngendlela emangalisayo, wazitshisa emlilweni kwisikhululo segesi. Iqela lifumanisa imibhalo kaBetty Sue, uthotho lweentsomi eziphazamisayo. U-Lati Ibhola lundwendwe olungamampunge olubambe imask yakhe ifake umlilo kunye nefus ebusweni, yambulala. UHolt uhamba ngongqameko olukhula lucutheleke ngakumbi kude kube yincakuba nje; uyatyibilika, kwaye usikwe ngokuthe nkqo esiqingatheni. USoda Radar, umgwebi wenkundla, wagwazwa wabulawa nguKumkanikazi uBhungane.
Ngamnye, amabali azaliseka. U-Leslie usweleka kuqhushumbe, uHolt ngempazamo wazidubula emiphakathini, kwaye uStan wazisikela esihlahleni — konke kunyanzelekile, kubonakala ngathi ngu-Queen Beetle ngokwakhe, umbhali onempindezelo uBetty Sue. Ityuwa noPepper, abalinganiswa abaphambili bebali lakhe lokugqibela, abami thuba.
Isimbozo asixoki: Ukusebeza ngokufa akukho mpumelelo intle kuncwadi. Kodwa uBetty Sue uyoyika. Amabali akhe ayasasazeka kwaye ayathandeka, kodwa onke anamandla ngakumbi kuwo, njengento yokudlala yomntwana enexabiso eliphantsi kwindlu eshiyiweyo. Ngokwakhe uzimela ngaphandle kwesakhelo, umzobo weenwele ezibomvu oqaqambileyo, omabini amaxhoba-uHelter wamdlwengula, uPepper walala naye emva koko wamgculela-kunye nombulali okhohlakeleyo. Ndinexhala lokuba inoveli iya kuba mbuna, kwaye ayisiyiyo, kodwa uBetty Sue wandikhupha umnqweno wam ngokufanayo.
Ekugqibeleni, sifunda ukuba uRox waye wakhupha isisu; ukuba uBetty Sue, ngandlela thile, kukubonakaliswa kwesibeleko sakhe (umbungu?). UBetty Sue ubulala uRox ngenaliti, ukubuyela emva kungekuphela nje kokuqhomfa okungekho mthethweni kodwa kuRox's ophantse waphoswa ngengobozi ebusuku yena noPepper bakhulelwe eshedini. Rox hemorrhages ngexesha lokuqhomfa kwaye uyafa. (Ipepile, kufanelekile, nayo ifumana eyayo.) Ukusebeza ngokufa yi-Anti-Woman Horror 101. Abasetyhini abalala ngesondo kufuneka bafe, kwaye ukusweleka kwabo kufanele ukuba babe ngamadoda.
Ewe, ukuba ungumfazi, uyazi ukuba olu hlobo lokungcatsha. Ubugcisa kunye nokuzonwabisa kungqubana nobufazi bethu ngokufuthi kunokuba kungenjalo. Ukuba besinokujonga iincwadi ezingesosini, iimuvi, umculo kunye nomabonwakude, ngekhe sibe nobugcisa obuncinci kubomi bethu. Andikho purist. Ndiyathetha, ndibukele amaxesha alishumi elinanye angaphezulu kwendalo, kucacile ndiyayazi indlela yokuyekelela.
Kodwa Ukusebeza ngokufa yahlukile. Ayisiyo eyokukreqa isisu, umyalezo ochasene nokwabelana ngesondo (kwaye uPike wayengoyena mntu utshatileyo, engafani nolo lutsha RL Stine!), Kodwa ukuba andinayo kwaphela inkumbulo yayo. Ndicinga ukuba umntu wam oneminyaka elishumi elinanye okanye elishumi elinambini, ndichukunyiswa njengoBetty Sue xa ecacisa ukuba lonke udlame kunye nokubandezeleka yimpazamo kaRox. Ukufa kukaRox kufuneka ukuba waziva, ngandlela thile, kunjalo, okanye ngekhe ndiyikhumbule le ncwadi njengenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo zikaPike. Idolophu eshiywe kunye neentsomi ezibulalayo zahlala nam. Intombazana eneentloni yahlala kwindawo engezantsi, kwi-subconscious yam.
Oko kuyandoyikisa ngaphezu koBetty Sue.
Ndiva ngathi kufanelekile ukunika uPike umzuzwana wokuphikisana egameni lakhe. Ngo-2012, wabhala kwi Iposi kuFacebook :
Ukukhupha isisu kunzima ukuxoxa. URox wabelana ngombono wam-wokuba abo bayenzayo, kunye nabo bachasene nayo, balungile kwaye bobabini baphosakele. Ndiyalixhasa ilungelo lomfazi lokukhetha. [sic] Kodwa abantu abaninzi babhale kwaye babuza ukuba ndamqalekisa na uRox ukuba ahlupheke ezandleni zikaBetty Sue kuba uRox wakhetha ukukhupha isisu. Kodwa, ngomzuzu wokugqibela, uRox uthathe isigqibo sokugcina umntwana, nangona mhlawumbi wayemkile kakhulu-enye into ebambekayo. Incwadi igcwele ngabo.
Uyaqhubeka nokuthetha ngobuThixo, kunye noNqobo, kunye nemiphefumlo emibi. Uthi amabali kaBetty Sue amphazamisile kwaye wayenombulelo xa incwadi igqityiwe.
Izimvo zikaFacebook azifane zindicenge, kwaye iposti yomfana weSigaba esitsha malunga nokuba sonke silungile kangakanani kwaye ukungalunganga kancinci akukho ngaphandle. Xa uPike ebonisa ukuba uthumele into embi, kuyacaca ukuba uyazicingela. Kwaye u! UBetty Sue, kuyo yonke ipolitiki yakhe ye-retro kunye nebali elingenantsingiselo, uyothusa kakhulu. Mhlawumbi woyika kuba kwezopolitiko zakhe ze-retro kunye nemvelaphi engacacanga.
Ndiyathandabuza ndiza kulanda Ukusebeza ngokufa kwakhona, kodwa kukho ezinye iincwadi ezingama-23 kule bhokisi, ngoku ehleli phantsi kwedesika yam yokubhala (akukho sikweko sijolise kuso). Ndiyavuma: Ndinomdla wamabali abawabambayo. Kodwa ndonelisekile, okwangoku, ukuchitha imizuzu embalwa ndikhangela kula maqweqwe angenangqondo kwaye ndizibuza ukuba ingaba loluphi ulutsha oloyikisayo-abalinganiswa, abafundi-abanokulufihla njani.
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UStephanie Feldman ngumbhali we Ingelosi Yelahleko , I-Barnes & Noble Discover Great Great Writers Selection, ophumelele i-Crawford Fantasy Award, kunye nowokugqibela kwi-Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Ufundisa ukubhala ngamabali kwiYunivesithi yaseArcadia, kwaye uhlala ngaphandle kweFiladelphia kunye nosapho. Ungamfumana kwi-Twitter njenge @lukhanyiso .
