In need of opinion

[a_clever_one]

So
My little sister wants to read the Twilight series.  I am against this.  Not just because I don't like the plot-line but she is only 10.  She is reading at a higher maturity level.  (I myself was reading Rebecca and Gone with the Wind at her age).  My step-mother is going to let her because her friend of the same age is reading them. 
I have not

Comments

[bainen]

Do not encourage her to read them. I have a couple of amusing comics about how bad they are. Apparently at one point, well hell...I'll just send you the links. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1205820647&ref=profile#/photo.php?pid=30323146&id=1205820647&ref=mf... )

[garr_adept]

the links your trying to reach I assume.
http://shinga.deviantart.com/art/Head-Trip-Twilight-Sucks-85504254
and
http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20080915.html

[amadareneko]

"so much fluffy bunny paganism it's disgusting. (direct quote overheard in barnes and noble: OMG, Twilight is so hot, i totally am gonna be into Wicca and get a guy like Edward)."

Agreed with everything except this; this I'm curious about. I read all the books (don't look at me like that, if you go in expecting them to be awful, they just become hilarious), and I really don't remember anything that could even be construed as paganism, fluffy bunny or otherwise. In fact, Edward is obsessed with musing over whether he has a soul and would go to Heaven if he died. I'm curious about this now.

[bainen]

As I haven't read them, just heard excerpts, I can't tell you about what's in there. I can tell you that kids started flocking to the new age section in bookstores like it's New Mecca and decided based on book covers with pictures of vampires that paganism is for them. I overheard that quote, and honestly, that's what made me hate them before I knew anything about them. I'm sure the writer would be just as horrified as I am at what this movement is spawning. And yeah. I know a lot of people are hyped about this being the new Harry Potter, and I think part of why I dislike Twilight is because I'm seeing kids with Hot Topic brand Twilight shirts everywhere these days. The new emo movement if you will. Also, check out last nights South Park about "vamp kids". It is fucking hilarious.

I understand that my argument against them is ineffective because I haven't read the things, but I'm just not willing to put my brain through that. Reading Kant again is masochistic enough.

[amadareneko]

I can totally understand that; whiny teens probably are going after anything that says 'vampire' in hopes that it will sparkle, sneak into their rooms, and watch them sleep. Also impregnate them with half-vampire children who will break their spines in labor and have to be bitten out of their uteruses. You know. Healthy things. It's really depressing to see.
re South Park: yeah, I practically ran all the way back to WCA from class to catch that the first time it aired, and I couldn't stop laughing.