My own Twilight
I am so sick of 20 year olds ragging on Twilight.
Did you enjoy power rangers or barney when you were little? Sure, does that mean that you don't find parts of it completely ridiculous and fake now? Of course not, but does that make it any less enjoyable? No.
So if something isn't written for 20 year olds then why should you think that it should appeal to you in every way. For myself, I hate critiquing books. I loathe it, I hate the dissection and I hate the way it destroys my mental pictures of the characters by ripping apart their every flaw. People are insecure people are weak. This doesn't mean they're broken. As a person I hate myself, I hate the way I look and a lot of the things in my life. Most people are only superficially aware of that. Just because I try to focus on the good things in my life and the things i genuinely enjoy does not mean that I don't have those problems.
Bella has those issues that most people have, and she pushes those to the side and says whatever I'm going to think about what makes me happy. So she does. Edward is a weird freak... and he is. Yes, the movie was a piece of crap to be honest but it was also a piece of crap that honestly is heartwarming. I hate that no one can read a book and pick out the good things anymore. Like, this is a story that it shouldn't matter to you about what people are but about who they are. That's what I honestly took away from Twilight. That and a want to go snuggle with my boyfriend. Is that a bad thing? That I'm a 21 year old who didn't give a shit about the writing but about the story?
As a reader I have a movie playing in my own mind. My own visions of the characters and the scenery till eventually I honestly don't see the book or the pages or the words. My hands turn the pages automatically. So what do the words matter? Maybe they change a fractional piece of the world my brain creates.
You have to dissociate yourself from books. With great literature sure, but pulp fiction? Who cares. Let it become the literature of the future but for now can't we just enjoy it? I hated reading in school and not because all the books were bad, but because I couldn't simply enjoy the story. I'm starting to hate going into livejournal anymore because all I find is critiques and people ripping apart the work of others.
Jessica wasn't really a bitch, except I kinda thought she was, or Bella was plastic, maybe she was more human than you, or so on and so forth. I can't even face it anymore. Maybe this means I'm still more in touch with my inner child than most people anymore. I'm a 21 year old girl who just bought herself a ps3 and squees over upgrading the ram in her computer so that WoW runs like a dream. But honestly? At least I'm still enjoying almost anything I find to read.
My life may be simple and I may not be going to college and so maybe you think I'm an idiot with a double digit IQ, but in the end? Despite everything else.... I'm happy with that. How many other people can honestly say the same? So isn't it time to stop talking about what in life is so bad and start focusing on the things that actually touched you and made an imprint on your soul. I'm sick of the negativity.
Did you enjoy power rangers or barney when you were little? Sure, does that mean that you don't find parts of it completely ridiculous and fake now? Of course not, but does that make it any less enjoyable? No.
So if something isn't written for 20 year olds then why should you think that it should appeal to you in every way. For myself, I hate critiquing books. I loathe it, I hate the dissection and I hate the way it destroys my mental pictures of the characters by ripping apart their every flaw. People are insecure people are weak. This doesn't mean they're broken. As a person I hate myself, I hate the way I look and a lot of the things in my life. Most people are only superficially aware of that. Just because I try to focus on the good things in my life and the things i genuinely enjoy does not mean that I don't have those problems.
Bella has those issues that most people have, and she pushes those to the side and says whatever I'm going to think about what makes me happy. So she does. Edward is a weird freak... and he is. Yes, the movie was a piece of crap to be honest but it was also a piece of crap that honestly is heartwarming. I hate that no one can read a book and pick out the good things anymore. Like, this is a story that it shouldn't matter to you about what people are but about who they are. That's what I honestly took away from Twilight. That and a want to go snuggle with my boyfriend. Is that a bad thing? That I'm a 21 year old who didn't give a shit about the writing but about the story?
As a reader I have a movie playing in my own mind. My own visions of the characters and the scenery till eventually I honestly don't see the book or the pages or the words. My hands turn the pages automatically. So what do the words matter? Maybe they change a fractional piece of the world my brain creates.
You have to dissociate yourself from books. With great literature sure, but pulp fiction? Who cares. Let it become the literature of the future but for now can't we just enjoy it? I hated reading in school and not because all the books were bad, but because I couldn't simply enjoy the story. I'm starting to hate going into livejournal anymore because all I find is critiques and people ripping apart the work of others.
Jessica wasn't really a bitch, except I kinda thought she was, or Bella was plastic, maybe she was more human than you, or so on and so forth. I can't even face it anymore. Maybe this means I'm still more in touch with my inner child than most people anymore. I'm a 21 year old girl who just bought herself a ps3 and squees over upgrading the ram in her computer so that WoW runs like a dream. But honestly? At least I'm still enjoying almost anything I find to read.
My life may be simple and I may not be going to college and so maybe you think I'm an idiot with a double digit IQ, but in the end? Despite everything else.... I'm happy with that. How many other people can honestly say the same? So isn't it time to stop talking about what in life is so bad and start focusing on the things that actually touched you and made an imprint on your soul. I'm sick of the negativity.