'Twilight' breeds rabid fans. Seriously, someone get a muzzle.
The anonymity of the internet makes people into heartless wretches, Twilight fans being the worst. xD
Chillax, not really. I just have a story to tell.
There was a comic making fun of the series, and the 50+ pages of comments weren't really on the comic, but more on the 'unfairness' of her opinion towards the series. She openly admitted she didn't read the books, stating that the first bit she managed to get through was so horrible that there was no need to continue, the best part of all this being that her comic was basically true.
Now... I can relate, because my opinion of the books is solely based on the very bit I read (like, half of the first, if even). I tried, I really did. But with what I got through resembling nothing more than a fiction written by some young adolescent passing the time on Quizilla (apologies to those who can actually write and left because Viacom suckified the site), I had no motivation to read the rest. There were simple things that I just didn't get.
Bella's plain, yet attracts oodles of guys.
Her friends are void of any solid personality, serving as foils to either make her look better or are used so we pity and love Bella more.
Edward is bi-polar, I swear.
Meyer describes everyone's appearance, rather then spending any meaningful time with who they actually are.
[insert generic argument here]
And even though I understand that the setting is high school, within ten pages, there was enough angst to fuel all of livejournal.
Yes, these are arguments that have been spewed from the lips and pour from the anxious fingertips of the anonymous entities on the internet, and yet very few have actually sat back and wondered why they are so common.
Because they're true.
You can state fact over and over again, and very few Twilight fans can come back with either direct text from the book that can somehow defy the logic. Maybe they actually can, and I've just never been in the right place to see it. But it's really annoying that everyone says the same thing because no one on the other side of the argument can address it.
And you know what the worst part is? People who debate intelligently and do nothing more than debate with excellent structure always have that one person who comes forward and says, basically, "I'm so sick of you people who think you know everything when you really don't, blah blah blah." Intelligence can be expressed without arrogance. I wish people would understand that. Then, after that little jab has been thrown, it becomes a petty exchange of personal attacks, rendering any hope of understanding dead and buried.
But we've strayed really far from the initial point. Yeah, I have my opinion of the series. It's not very good, but it has some ground. People who've sat through and read the books have much more to say and better arguments to make, but the end result should be: I don't like them, and if you do, and I don't care if you do, so why care if I don't? It's like anything else. I'm not a huge fan of some TV shows, but no one jumps on my throat for that. Why's a book so different? Is it because it's a fantastical way to fuel the imagination, and I'm devaluing it with my opinion? I understand that if anything's worth liking, then it's worth defending, but it doesn't require such venomous responses like the ones I've read.
Opinions differ. Respect, discuss, and move on.
Chillax, not really. I just have a story to tell.
There was a comic making fun of the series, and the 50+ pages of comments weren't really on the comic, but more on the 'unfairness' of her opinion towards the series. She openly admitted she didn't read the books, stating that the first bit she managed to get through was so horrible that there was no need to continue, the best part of all this being that her comic was basically true.
Now... I can relate, because my opinion of the books is solely based on the very bit I read (like, half of the first, if even). I tried, I really did. But with what I got through resembling nothing more than a fiction written by some young adolescent passing the time on Quizilla (apologies to those who can actually write and left because Viacom suckified the site), I had no motivation to read the rest. There were simple things that I just didn't get.
Bella's plain, yet attracts oodles of guys.
Her friends are void of any solid personality, serving as foils to either make her look better or are used so we pity and love Bella more.
Edward is bi-polar, I swear.
Meyer describes everyone's appearance, rather then spending any meaningful time with who they actually are.
[insert generic argument here]
And even though I understand that the setting is high school, within ten pages, there was enough angst to fuel all of livejournal.
Yes, these are arguments that have been spewed from the lips and pour from the anxious fingertips of the anonymous entities on the internet, and yet very few have actually sat back and wondered why they are so common.
Because they're true.
You can state fact over and over again, and very few Twilight fans can come back with either direct text from the book that can somehow defy the logic. Maybe they actually can, and I've just never been in the right place to see it. But it's really annoying that everyone says the same thing because no one on the other side of the argument can address it.
And you know what the worst part is? People who debate intelligently and do nothing more than debate with excellent structure always have that one person who comes forward and says, basically, "I'm so sick of you people who think you know everything when you really don't, blah blah blah." Intelligence can be expressed without arrogance. I wish people would understand that. Then, after that little jab has been thrown, it becomes a petty exchange of personal attacks, rendering any hope of understanding dead and buried.
But we've strayed really far from the initial point. Yeah, I have my opinion of the series. It's not very good, but it has some ground. People who've sat through and read the books have much more to say and better arguments to make, but the end result should be: I don't like them, and if you do, and I don't care if you do, so why care if I don't? It's like anything else. I'm not a huge fan of some TV shows, but no one jumps on my throat for that. Why's a book so different? Is it because it's a fantastical way to fuel the imagination, and I'm devaluing it with my opinion? I understand that if anything's worth liking, then it's worth defending, but it doesn't require such venomous responses like the ones I've read.
Opinions differ. Respect, discuss, and move on.