My God, WHY

[jen0va99]

I just downloaded the Twilight series because of fandom_wank.

UGH Why am I even thinking of reading this crap?

...no offense to anyone that actually likes this series.

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[mykaa]

The first three books are actually pretty enjoyable, the last one though... my distaste for it grows every day.

[jen0va99]

I wouldn't mind so much if Bella wasn't so... Bella. If the series wasn't in her POV I'd probably have a higher opinion of her, as little of what I've read for myself.

[emerald_embers]

You're lucky - I made the mistake of BUYING the first book just to see what all the sparkly vampire lulz were about.

It's abysmal :(. The only lulz in it were whenever she kissed him for the sheer wtf overreactions, and the first sparkly vampire scene, which... yeah. I couldn't stop laughing for a good five minutes because it hurt so bad that it REALLY WAS REAL.

[mogumogu]

Download? Ooh, bad girl. Well, I borrowed the books from work, and... I'm glad I didn't pay, either. XP I'm still debating whether or not I should continue reading and borrow the third book.

Actually... the whole "Jacob" thing of the second book is pretty interesting, a lot more intriguing than "Edward's a sparkly dreamboat vampire!" Too bad it didn't really lead to anything.

[jen0va99]

Pfft, you think I'd be assed to leave my house for Twilight?

I read that post! I thought I commented on it? D: WTF. Anyway, yeah, I heard of the random switch to Jacob and thought it was a little... weird. But hell I'd rather read about anyone other than Bella Edward the century old virgin stalker of love, no matter how sparkly he may be.

Note that I haven't read anything past the prologue of book 1 thus far.

[mogumogu]

Well, for the first book... it actually gets a little interesting when Edward's family is FINALLY introduced, since they have backstories and stuff. Really, a good third or so of the book from the middle could be excised.

(The random switch from Jacob was even weirder)

With Jacob, I felt there was a WHOLE trunkful of drama (loss of identity and freedom, loyalty to the pack vs. loyalty to friends, bodily urges) that the author just totally missed out on using... or maybe she'll get to it (along with an ACTUAL using of the triangle she supposedly set up here) in the third book.

You know, I have the feeling it's probably a bad idea to introduce an idea in one book and not even address it or handle it until the next book, at least when there's no other visible plot. Remember what I said about a good chunk of the first book being optional? Well, so far it feels like the series could lose a LOT of unnecessary fluff and be put into one book.

[anriko]

It caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. 8D

[jen0va99]

Yay!! Isn't it hotter IRL? Awesome genderswap is awesome.

[anriko]

Fricking absolutely.

I'm breaking the spine right now - I'll let you know once I clean up the scans a touch. ♥

[synthetic_worms]

BUT DO I DAZZLE YOU?