My opinions on Twilight
Because I'm an idiot and think people actually care about my opinions.
5 Reasons why I read The Twilight Saga:
1. It's addictive. Sometimes, whether you really like something or not, you just can't stop. Often this will happen with food - you're eating something seriously gross but you just keep on shoving it into your mouth, thinking that eventually, it will get better (it doesn't). The Twilight saga, despite it's continuous use of "dazzle" and "chagrin", still manages to stick to you like peanut butter on bread. I have a friend whom I convinced to read it and subsequently finished all four books in a weekend. I have another who refuses to read it, not because she thinks she won't like it, but because she's afraid she'll get sucked in. Thanks, SMeyer, thanks.
2. The Twatlight Effect. I'm not part of ONTD Twatlight, but that doesn't stop these people from being funny. I remember first describing Twilight to my mom, when she asked what books I'd been reading. "Well, there's this girl and she's like completely obsessed with this vampire dude, and he's all like I vant to suck your blood, only also in love with her. And then the rest of his family is all, omg get her out of here you're gonna kill her and then we'll have to move and YOUR SO STUPID, EDWARD. And some evil vampires come in, too, cause, you know, the boy is like totally good and doesn't eat humans - yeah, I know I said he wants to mom, but he's a vegetarian - and then some werewolves and some devil spawn and, you know, they sparkle."
Taking advantage of the fact that Twilight is, on most levels, extremely sitcom-worthy seems to have created an uproar in icons.
3. The Bella Theory. Everyone's heard it: Blahblah, Bella symbolizes all teenage girls, who then get to put themselves in her shoes blahblah. Even knowing it, it's kind of hard to pretend that I haven't imagined a world where everything goes my way.
4. Jacob. Like I said, I'm a J/B shipper. This is not to say that I don't like Edward, or any of the other vampires. In fact, I'm more of a crackfic shipper than anything else, despite the fact that pretty much all of my fanfictions are J/B. I simply like the characters with the personalities - which is why the werewolves tend to stand out. The disaster that was Breaking Dawn merely enforced this for me, because, let's face it, the second part of that book merely solidified Jake's complete status of Living Awesome. And, you know, there's Seth. And Leah. I also like the Denali sisters, only kind of more in my head than anything else. And pretty much all the other characters that never get to be talked about. Because apparently Stephenie is only good at DENYING US ANY CHANCE OF GETTING TO KNOW THE AWESOME ONES. THANKS, REALLY.
5. The fandom. Despite the fact that some of the craziest fangirls in the world live inside the Twilight fandom, it's still a pretty amazing thing. Even just on fanfic.net, I've encountered a few of the sweetest, most intelligent, funniest, and most incredible people. Not to even mention the twitubers - I live for them.
5 Reasons Why I Wish I Didn't:
1. Bella. Okay, so this isn't exactly a mystery to anyone. SMeyer's protagonist is freakin' annoying. And even though, in general, I tend to find secondary characters more interesting, I know that she is capable of creating a girl who isn't completely dependent on a guy, personality-void, and whiny. The Host, anyone? Seriously. Try it. I've heard a lot of people say that they stopped reading after, like, the first chapter because it was boring (um, does anyone even remember the first five billion chapters of Twilight?), or basically because there was no Edward. But, come on. It's a little slow at first but I think I respected SM a lot more after reading it - and that's saying something.
Anyway, off-topic. The point is that there was no need for Bella to be just so damn annoying (And actually, I think she grows progressively worse throughout the series, ending with her lust-crazed honeymoon in BD. I'll give her the second Bella book - as a vampire, she's a lot less whiny).
2. The editing. Seriously, SM, ever heard of continuity? CAUSE ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING IT, I SWEAR.
3. The reputation. Immediately after anyone, save other twilighters, finds out you've read the Twilight books, you are dismissed as Immature, Unread, Obsessed fangirl. Frankly, I don't like being called names. It's just not fun, you guys.
4. Bella + Edward = True Love. I'm sorry, but does anyone else find their relationship seriously creepy? I mean, even forgetting the fact that Bella is completely codependent, the premise of their marriage is sex. And the weirdest part is NOT, in fact, that this girl wants to bed someone who has told her multiple times that he is going to kill her, but that this marriage is meant to be seen as "the mature thing to do." But if the main driving force of the wedding is teenage lust, then doesn't that make the marriage, well...not the mature thing to do? (
The mature thing to do, would, actually, be to never get involved with a vampire in the first place. But let's not get into that right now.)
5. Bella's fashion sense. This probably isn't helping my fangirl case much, but has SM, like, never seen Project Runway? Bella is supposed to be "comfortable" in her jeans, and even Alice, the fashionable one, dresses her up the most ridiculous monster of a prom dress. And don't even get me started on Edward. THERE ARE OTHER COLORS BESIDES TAN, OKAY?
5 Reasons why I read The Twilight Saga:
1. It's addictive. Sometimes, whether you really like something or not, you just can't stop. Often this will happen with food - you're eating something seriously gross but you just keep on shoving it into your mouth, thinking that eventually, it will get better (it doesn't). The Twilight saga, despite it's continuous use of "dazzle" and "chagrin", still manages to stick to you like peanut butter on bread. I have a friend whom I convinced to read it and subsequently finished all four books in a weekend. I have another who refuses to read it, not because she thinks she won't like it, but because she's afraid she'll get sucked in. Thanks, SMeyer, thanks.
2. The Twatlight Effect. I'm not part of ONTD Twatlight, but that doesn't stop these people from being funny. I remember first describing Twilight to my mom, when she asked what books I'd been reading. "Well, there's this girl and she's like completely obsessed with this vampire dude, and he's all like I vant to suck your blood, only also in love with her. And then the rest of his family is all, omg get her out of here you're gonna kill her and then we'll have to move and YOUR SO STUPID, EDWARD. And some evil vampires come in, too, cause, you know, the boy is like totally good and doesn't eat humans - yeah, I know I said he wants to mom, but he's a vegetarian - and then some werewolves and some devil spawn and, you know, they sparkle."
Taking advantage of the fact that Twilight is, on most levels, extremely sitcom-worthy seems to have created an uproar in icons.
3. The Bella Theory. Everyone's heard it: Blahblah, Bella symbolizes all teenage girls, who then get to put themselves in her shoes blahblah. Even knowing it, it's kind of hard to pretend that I haven't imagined a world where everything goes my way.
4. Jacob. Like I said, I'm a J/B shipper. This is not to say that I don't like Edward, or any of the other vampires. In fact, I'm more of a crackfic shipper than anything else, despite the fact that pretty much all of my fanfictions are J/B. I simply like the characters with the personalities - which is why the werewolves tend to stand out. The disaster that was Breaking Dawn merely enforced this for me, because, let's face it, the second part of that book merely solidified Jake's complete status of Living Awesome. And, you know, there's Seth. And Leah. I also like the Denali sisters, only kind of more in my head than anything else. And pretty much all the other characters that never get to be talked about. Because apparently Stephenie is only good at DENYING US ANY CHANCE OF GETTING TO KNOW THE AWESOME ONES. THANKS, REALLY.
5. The fandom. Despite the fact that some of the craziest fangirls in the world live inside the Twilight fandom, it's still a pretty amazing thing. Even just on fanfic.net, I've encountered a few of the sweetest, most intelligent, funniest, and most incredible people. Not to even mention the twitubers - I live for them.
5 Reasons Why I Wish I Didn't:
1. Bella. Okay, so this isn't exactly a mystery to anyone. SMeyer's protagonist is freakin' annoying. And even though, in general, I tend to find secondary characters more interesting, I know that she is capable of creating a girl who isn't completely dependent on a guy, personality-void, and whiny. The Host, anyone? Seriously. Try it. I've heard a lot of people say that they stopped reading after, like, the first chapter because it was boring (um, does anyone even remember the first five billion chapters of Twilight?), or basically because there was no Edward. But, come on. It's a little slow at first but I think I respected SM a lot more after reading it - and that's saying something.
Anyway, off-topic. The point is that there was no need for Bella to be just so damn annoying (And actually, I think she grows progressively worse throughout the series, ending with her lust-crazed honeymoon in BD. I'll give her the second Bella book - as a vampire, she's a lot less whiny).
2. The editing. Seriously, SM, ever heard of continuity? CAUSE ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING IT, I SWEAR.
3. The reputation. Immediately after anyone, save other twilighters, finds out you've read the Twilight books, you are dismissed as Immature, Unread, Obsessed fangirl. Frankly, I don't like being called names. It's just not fun, you guys.
4. Bella + Edward = True Love. I'm sorry, but does anyone else find their relationship seriously creepy? I mean, even forgetting the fact that Bella is completely codependent, the premise of their marriage is sex. And the weirdest part is NOT, in fact, that this girl wants to bed someone who has told her multiple times that he is going to kill her, but that this marriage is meant to be seen as "the mature thing to do." But if the main driving force of the wedding is teenage lust, then doesn't that make the marriage, well...not the mature thing to do? (
The mature thing to do, would, actually, be to never get involved with a vampire in the first place. But let's not get into that right now.)
5. Bella's fashion sense. This probably isn't helping my fangirl case much, but has SM, like, never seen Project Runway? Bella is supposed to be "comfortable" in her jeans, and even Alice, the fashionable one, dresses her up the most ridiculous monster of a prom dress. And don't even get me started on Edward. THERE ARE OTHER COLORS BESIDES TAN, OKAY?