AHAHAHA
Okay, so, people who're members of ONTD or Twatlight probably saw this like, last week, since both comms apparently found it hilarious, partly because they had probably a little more fun than is quite healthy trolling the hell out of it (but, they tended to be amusing comments anyway, so I personally forgive them).
But anyway, I thought this one, more recent than that (Firefox loaded the page again thanks to me telling it to open my old tabs, what can I say?), was still kind of priceless enough to share:
"Guys, I think Twilight was part of the Skrulls' plan to invade the world. This is bad news because it was obviously effective on 30% of the population.
And Stephanie Meyer is a Skrull.
We have to do something about this. Where are the superheroes when you need them?
Posted by: Concerned Citizen | Nov 20, 2008 4:54:14 PM "
Yeah, basically Lorrie whatsherface had no concept what trolleriffic, snarktastic havoc she would unleash from both allowing open comments and asking a stupid question, namely, "Which is better, Harry Potter or Twilight?" Which of course is the stupidest question ever since they have almost nothing in common, and she quite obviously only asked it at all because she's completely unoriginal and noticed that the Twitards (not Twilighters, people who just happen to really like Twilight, mind, but the Twitards) keep making the inexplicable comparison. In other words, just because HP is popular, Twilight gets not only compared to it but also gets all kinds of undeserved "OMG ITS TOTALLY THE NEXT HP" buzz. Undeserved, of course, because it's nowhere near being the instant classic that HP was, and will probably go the way of Flowers in the Attic; namely, it will someday be remembered, if at all, as a trashy little guilty pleasure a bunch of the current generation read back when they were young.
I love though how most of the pro-Twilight responses are something along the lines of (and yes, this is a real comment):
"no guys...why do you dont like twilight?.... :(
Posted by: twilight! XD | Nov 20, 2008 6:27:52 PM "
At least that one isn't incoherently bitching about how Twilight is better just because it's OMG GORNWUP LOVE STORY~!!! whereas HP is totally noooooooooot (nevermind that the fifth book was nominated for an adult book award, or that most adults could read it and enjoy it just fine. And never mind that the Young Girl Falls For Bad Boy, Cue Angst & Melodrama plot is possibly even more cliche - and even less refreshingly original in Twilight - than HP's epic heroic journey plots were. Or the fact that while Jo Rowling is hardly the world's most astoundingly good writer - that honor possibly falls to say, Jim Butcher or Eoin Colfer, lately - well, let's just say that she never used words like "dazzle" or "chagrin" more than once per page).
But anyway, I thought this one, more recent than that (Firefox loaded the page again thanks to me telling it to open my old tabs, what can I say?), was still kind of priceless enough to share:
"Guys, I think Twilight was part of the Skrulls' plan to invade the world. This is bad news because it was obviously effective on 30% of the population.
And Stephanie Meyer is a Skrull.
We have to do something about this. Where are the superheroes when you need them?
Posted by: Concerned Citizen | Nov 20, 2008 4:54:14 PM "
Yeah, basically Lorrie whatsherface had no concept what trolleriffic, snarktastic havoc she would unleash from both allowing open comments and asking a stupid question, namely, "Which is better, Harry Potter or Twilight?" Which of course is the stupidest question ever since they have almost nothing in common, and she quite obviously only asked it at all because she's completely unoriginal and noticed that the Twitards (not Twilighters, people who just happen to really like Twilight, mind, but the Twitards) keep making the inexplicable comparison. In other words, just because HP is popular, Twilight gets not only compared to it but also gets all kinds of undeserved "OMG ITS TOTALLY THE NEXT HP" buzz. Undeserved, of course, because it's nowhere near being the instant classic that HP was, and will probably go the way of Flowers in the Attic; namely, it will someday be remembered, if at all, as a trashy little guilty pleasure a bunch of the current generation read back when they were young.
I love though how most of the pro-Twilight responses are something along the lines of (and yes, this is a real comment):
"no guys...why do you dont like twilight?.... :(
Posted by: twilight! XD | Nov 20, 2008 6:27:52 PM "
At least that one isn't incoherently bitching about how Twilight is better just because it's OMG GORNWUP LOVE STORY~!!! whereas HP is totally noooooooooot (nevermind that the fifth book was nominated for an adult book award, or that most adults could read it and enjoy it just fine. And never mind that the Young Girl Falls For Bad Boy, Cue Angst & Melodrama plot is possibly even more cliche - and even less refreshingly original in Twilight - than HP's epic heroic journey plots were. Or the fact that while Jo Rowling is hardly the world's most astoundingly good writer - that honor possibly falls to say, Jim Butcher or Eoin Colfer, lately - well, let's just say that she never used words like "dazzle" or "chagrin" more than once per page).