Twilight

[mary_v]

Open letter to all Twilight fans.

Dear Twilighters, Fanpires, Death to Twilighters, and any other person who happens to read this post,

Alright so I haven't really been part of the Twilight fanworld for a few months now, thanks to a little thing called Escuela. And as I've been reading through you guys' posts, I've seen a division in general opinion

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[victorialupin]

To the latter, jsyk, the friendship is over.

*sobs* Well, if that's the way you really feel! ... Just kidding. ;)

I can't imagine how anybody could actually lose a friend over Twilight. It's a book. If the friendship can be destroyed because of different opinions on a book, it's honestly not a very strong friendship to begin with.

I'd got to say, I actually do think that Meyer is a really bad writer. The plot and characters fall completely flat (though I'm only speaking of the first book here -- I haven't read the others). But, I recognize that everybody has different tastes and I'd never let a friendship end over such a silly difference of opinion. Plenty of my friends adore Twilight (the online ones usually because it can be mocked; many of the RL ones are actually fans). I often have really different tastes than my RL friends, who are always dragging me to movies I can't stand. But that's kind of a part of friendship.

Anyway, I think that this whole issue is really tied to personality types. No matter how obsessive my friends and I can get about our different interests, none of us has ever let is affect our friendships. Even at the height of my HP obsession I never resented any friends who didn't like the books.

P. S. Sadly, if you post a Supernatural letter, I'll be a hater there too. ;)

[mary_v]

To be honest, I joined ontd_twilight, and that was just a crack-tastic fest. There were some very amusing times, and the mockery of the books went through the roof, but people really took the hating far. They practically started a war. (unsurprisingly, the group no longer exists.:P)

And to be honest, I don't really think anyone on my flist gave up on someone over Twilight, but you never know! I actually went to a Twilight party hosted by the "Be safe" friend of a friend, and it was fun! Except the farthest I went in my obsession was to make a t-shirt for the release. Partly because I wasn't about to pay 20$ for a t-shirt to fuel the money making machine they were milking, and partly because, well, I wanted a T-shirt. I don't have the time or energy to organize a full on party, complete with movie trivia and twilight-themed food.

And I have a few choice friends who don't believe in the going to a movie they don't want to see but will go anyways to not ditch you thing. But they expect you to entertain their fancies, even if you don't want to.

And honestly, at least you read the book, and you're basing your opinion on what you know, and not what everyone else is saying. And I totally respect that! Listen, the point of the post is basically that life doesn't revolve around twilight. And people just don't get it!