『Ian』【纠结】原著作者LJ Smith被开除，TVD小说结局很纠结

首先上LJ Smith给大家的信
WRITTEN BY L. J. SMITH | 09 FEBRUARY 2011
First, I want to thank my readers for all their messages of support. I’ve gotten far too many emails to answer, and I really appreciate the kindness and emotional sustenance you’ve given to me at this difficult time.
首先，感谢我的读者们的支持，邮件太多我回复不过来，我真的感谢你们在我困⊥难时期给予的关怀。
Second, if you’ve asked me a question about the future books or the endgame of The Vampire Diaries and I’ve been vague about what’s in store, I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize. I really wasn’t looking forward to the day when I would have to talk about this.
其次，如果你问我关于TVD书的未来结局的问题，我也很迷茫不知道未来会发生什么，我想借此机会道歉，我真的不希望这一天的来临。


这部分是LJ Smith写给DB粉的信，里面有些东西值得看一下
Here’s an email my friend received from L.J. Smith.
“Hi Emily—
Thank you for your beautiful email. I completely understand why some fans get overeager—and especially if they think there is bad news for them. I hope that you will enjoy Midnight, as it is truly the story of Damon finding his deepest feelings for both Elena and Bonnie—and his feelings are definitely not platonic. In fact, to be blunt, without Bonnie and something that Bonnie does at the end, Damon would be permanently dead.
感谢你的邮件，我非常理解为什么一些粉丝焦急了，而且特别是他们认为这对于他们是坏消息的时候，我希望你喜欢Midnight，这是一个讲述Damon发现自己对E和B的深刻感情的故事，并且他的感情绝对不是柏拉图式的。事实上，直言不讳的说，如果没有最后B的努力，Damon可能真的就真死了。（注：LJ最近出的Midnight最后结尾处DE深情告白，大萌差点死了，但又活过来了，大家有兴趣可上本本吧主的贴吧看结尾扫描版XD）
But right now I have to tell you something that makes me so sad and devastated—as bad, in fact, as I have ever felt except for when my mother died. It’s confidential, but it’s been so long now that I just can’t keep up a charade with good-hearted readers like you.
To put it briefly, I’ve been fired from writing the Vampire Diaries. And I’ve been fighting and fighting this since last fall, but there is absolutely no recourse. Midnight is the last L. J. Smith book in the Vampire Diaries series.
但是现在我得告诉你让我悲伤又无助的事情，简言之，我被从创作TVD中开T除了，从2010年秋我一直在抗T议，但是毫无疑问没有结果。Midnight是LJ Smith创作的TVD系列最后一部了。


So last fall when I gave them the book Phantom, they didn’t bother to give me edits. Instead, I was given a letter addressed to the ghostwriter by name, telling her to completely rewrite my book. They wouldn’t even listen when I pleaded and promised to do Phantom as they required. The simply took the series and gave it to the ghostwriter . . . to write not only The Hunters trilogy, but whatever comes after that.
所以去年秋天当我把TVD接下来的三部曲中的一本Phantom给了他们之后，他们甚至都没想给我改，我直接被给了一个ghostwriter的姓名地址，告诉我这个人将会把我的书重写一遍。他们也不听我的解释，他们直接把Phantom给了那个ghostwriter…她不仅要写接下来的TVD三部曲Hunters，还有更多。
They have always tried to minimize my participation in The Vampire Diaries. On the very first original books in 1990 my name was almost invisible on the cover. And now they have my manuscript of Phantom, and the book the ghostwriter writes from it may even sound like I wrote it in places, because they have the right to use my work as they see fit. But the book after that … that will be pure ghostwriter. I would guess that they think you readers won’t see or care about the difference in writing styles and skills.
他们总是试图减少我在TVD里的参与。在1990年的最开始的一本TVD书上我的名字几乎在封皮上看不见⊙﹏⊙b汗。现在他们有了Phantom的我的手稿，这样那个ghostwriter在我的手稿上修修改改也看起来像我写的，因为他们有按他们的口味修T改我作品的权利，但是在Phantom之后的书，就纯粹是ghostwriter写的了。我猜那些图书包装商觉得读者根部看不出来或者不关心写作的方式和技巧的区别。


I even had the last book in that trilogy plotted out, where Stefan’s worst nightmare comes true and he takes so much blood from Elena that has to be taken to the hospital for a massive transfusion. He then decides to Influence Elena so hat she will forget his existence, and he does so, to Damon and Bonnie and Meredith’s consternation. I wanted to show how this affected each one of the characters, and how Bonnie once again begins to write in her diary, since Elena’s diary is also forgotten, along with Stefan. I like to write things from Bonnie’s point of view, as I did in Dark Reunion. But none of these things will happen, beause I won’t be around to write it. And I just can’t keep up the pretense any long with wonderful fans like you. I can’t pretend that Bonnie and Damon’s relationship will continue to grow as Damon learns to respect her as well as to love her. She has become “his girl” but I can’t follow up on that. I had to tell the ghostwriter that he would address Bonnie as “little redbird” when he speaks to her.
我甚至都把三部曲中的最后一部情节想好了，那时S的噩梦成真，因为他吸了太多Elena的血，然后Elena被送到医院输血急救去了（KAO），然后S决定compel Elena让她忘记他，他在DBM的惊愕下这么做了，我想要描写这件事如何影响了每一个角**如何又写起了她的日记，因为Elena的日记随着S被遗忘了。我想从B的视角写些东西，像我在Dark Reunion里那样。但是这一切都不会发生了，因为我不能再写了。而且我实在不能对你们这么好的读者伪装了，我不能再假装因为Damon试着去尊敬爱护B因而DB的关系会继续，我继续不下去了。我还得告诉那个ghostwriter Damon对B说话的时候会称她为“little redbird”。
Sorry for the long rant, but the charade is over for me. I don’t know how Phantom will turn out, with a blend of my manuscript and the complete rewriting of it by the ghostwriter. But I dread it, and even more do I dread what the next books will be like. I’ve worked so hard to make Vampire Diaries a good series, only to have the unthinkable happen to me. And I have no one but myself to blame for not being submissive enough.
实在抱歉我长篇的抱怨，但是我受够伪装了，我不知道下面的Phantom会如何继续—混合着我的手稿和ghostwriter的修改，但是我很恐惧，恐惧下一部书会是什么样子，我一直很努力让TVD成为一部好书，结果就是发生了这样难以置信的事情，我只能不停的责怪我自己没有对那些图书包装商惟命是从。
Lisa
L. J. Smith”


这部分是LJ Smith写给DE粉的信
One of my friends (who wants to remain anonymous) who consistently writes to L. J. Smith about The Vampire Diaries series recently wrote her a letter complimenting her on the book Midnight that was released in Australia. LJ’s response turned out to be way more than my friend ever thought it would be:
“Thank you for writing me such a beautiful, kind email. Yes, I think epic is the word for the love Elena and Damon have for each other in Midnight. I mean, she completely destroys a moon for his sake. I wrote a lot about Damon and Elena—and Bonnie and Damon, too—to show that Damon is finally discovering his deepest feelings. In the case of Elena, they amount to three simple words that makes Stefan think that Elena no longer loves him. He thinks that she simply wants to be with Damon now—and after all she does, it’s hard to blame him.
But authors don’t go free of consequences. This is still confidential, but In my case, the consequence is that I have been fired from writing the Vampire Diaries.
Midnight is the last book you will ever see by L. J. Smith in this series. I even wrote the next book, Phantom, for the book packagers and my publishers, HarperCollins, but instead of sending me edits, they sent me a letter addressed to the anonymous ghostwriter who will be taking over the Vampire Diaries series. Because I wrote about Damon and Elena’s love—and Damon’s feelings for Bonnie, too, no doubt—I have been dropped from the series.
谢谢你给我写了这么美好的一封信。是的，我觉得“Epic”这个词就是在形容Midnight中Damon和Elena对彼此的真爱。我的意思是，她为了他几乎倾尽所能。我写了很多Damon和Elena—还有Damon和Bonnie—为了表现Damon最终发现了自己最深的感情。对Elena来说，那三个简单的词让S知道E不再爱他了。他现在知道Elena想要和Damon在一起—在她所作的一切之后，这也很难责怪S。
Midnight是你看到我写的最后一本书了，我甚至写好了下一本Phantom，给了图书包装商和我的publisher，然后他们把我fire了，因为我写了DE的爱情，还有Damon对B的感情。


You may wonder how they can go on writing books without me. It’s because when I was originally called by an agent to write the first trilogy, that agent was from a book packager (someone who puts together books and sells them to publishers) and what I wrote, I wrote “for hire.” Although I didn’t even know what that meant back in 1990, when I wrote the first books, I found out soon enough. It meant that even though I wrote the series, Alloy Entertainment (the book packager) owns the series. I own nothing. And Alloy and HarperCollins wanted me to write straight Stelena, and doubtless less about Bonnie, and I wouldn’t do it. I had to follow the characters and what they were telling me in my heart. But it was a very expensive and reckless thing to do. Book packagers like meek, obedient authors who do exactly as they are told. I’m not that way. And so now the rest of the Vampire Diaries series, however long it lasts, will be written by an anonymous ghostwriter, and not by me. I have fought and fought until even my agent wouldn’t back me. But Harper (the publisher) and Alloy are in perfect agreement. They think that you readers won’t be able to tell the difference, or won’t care. And since I wrote Phantom before they told me, that book may even sound a bit like my writing, because the ghostwriter can do anything she likes with it, all the while making every coming book strictly Stelena. I was told explicitly that I should have Elena realize that though she is fond of Damon her one true love is Stefan. I chose not to do that because it wasn’t what I felt in my heart. But that’s what the rest of the series will be because I won’t be around to say any differently.
这段前面还是在讲LJ Smith被图书包装商和出版商欺骗，然后现在被开除了。而且他们想要严格的SE，少写B，LJ不同意，然后她被开除了，接下来的TVD小说不管写多长多久，都是别人ghostwriter写的了，而这个ghostwriter唯一遵循的就是要严格的SE。那些图书商曾经很明确的告知LJ Smith：书里Elena虽然喜欢Damon，但是她只能爱S（KAO），LJ不去那么写，因为这不是她心里想写的。结果现在她再也写不了了。
I am very, very sad—sadder than I have ever been since my mother passed away—but there is absolutely nothing I can do. There will be no more Delena in the series—although Elena may be fond or physically attracted to Damon. I don’t know what it means for the Bamon faction. All I know is that I’m sad and hurt and horrified all at once.
By the way, don’t feel guilty because Delena moments were undoubtedly a big part of the reason I was fired. I simply wrote about Elena, and Bonnie, too, what I chose to write. And I can’t bring myself to regret writing Shadow Souls and Midnight, even though I’m desolated now.
我极其伤心，但是我无能为力，在TVD系列里不会再有DE了—虽然Elena全身心的被Damon吸引着，我不知道这对DB意味着什么。我所能感觉的就是我很伤心惊恐。
另外，不要愧疚的认为我写了DE的感情是我被开除的毫无疑问的重要原因，我只是写了Elena, 还有Bonnie, 写了我想写的。我永远都不后悔我写了Shadow Souls 和Midnight, 即使我现在很沮丧。（注：Shadow Souls 和Midnight这两本极其好，Shadow Souls里面几乎没有S，因为他被抓走关起来了XD， 里面DE超级有爱；Midnight结尾DE互相表白，极其浪漫）
Lisa
L. J. Smith”


TVD剧和书是两码事，大家不用担心，因为书和剧里除了人名一样，其他没有一样的地方~
感谢西子提供的LJ Smith事件的资源，给DE,DB fan的信都是从你的贴子里找出来的，mua~~
现在还没有具体的定论，没有官方的回答是否能让LJ Smith重新上岗。希望一切都是假的都是炒作都是待定。
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回复：14楼
没有拉着原著不放啊，就是一个新闻。
在现在剧里DE飘忽不定的时候，而且如果小说真的给了DE结尾了，我们会很高兴的，顺应民意吧~~

回复：20楼
你看得真多，我只看了一本Shadow souls，读后感就是小说情节太狗血，但是那本里面的DE恋非常浪漫。

回复：22楼
对，第一本我就看了个开头，因为Elena在那里的性格实在让人讨厌，第一本我都没看到大萌出场就放弃了。

发帖太纠结了，我把LJ Smith的给DE,DB，和最后的公开信都翻译了。度娘不让我发。。。

回复：27楼
啊其实你慢慢看都能看懂的，就是费时间。
所以我特佩服吧里那些写文，翻译同人文、新闻的同学。真的要很多时间。
不过为了Ian大萌大家都乐在其中哈哈~~

回复：30楼
本本~~~
LJ Smith真的最爱大萌，虽然TVD小说情节很狗血，但是里面的大萌绝对魅力非凡，和我们小伊演出来的大萌不相上下~~而且小说里DE的吸引力也不亚于剧里的，所以我难过啊、··
我看外饭那个讨论LJ被fire的贴子，他们都很难过，有人说好吧SE党你们就看那被强迫写出来的SE+DB结尾吧，有人说Midnight就是他们心中的结尾了，以后的TVD小说都是fanfiction，坚决不看，唉~~

回复：32楼
回复：33楼
大家都别弃剧啊，只要大萌还演我们就还看，顶多SE的地方跳过去