Comments | stacia_kane: Twilight and cynicism

stacia_kane

Twilight and cynicism

Jul 01, 2010 12:59

No, really, hear me out here. This isn’t a “Twilight is great” or a “Twilight sucks” post. I’m not defending it, but I’m not raging against it either. I’ve just had a few thoughts abut it recently, and I thought they were interesting, and I thought my smart and wonderful blog readers might have some thoughts about my thoughts. So here we are.

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Comments 5

layrenelement July 1 2010, 21:46:51 UTC

I must disagree with you that when we attack Twilight we're attacking those girls as well ( ... )

heavynleigh July 2 2010, 17:04:17 UTC

I think this was a very insightful post. And I agree that the focus of the books is very much about young love and how awkward and insecure it can be in the beginning but how it should be celebrated. I do wonder how Edward could be so stupid at points when he's nearly 100 years old. Really? He hasn't learned anything about healthy relationships in that amount of time? Even watching Carlisle with Esme, or Alice and Jasper or even Emmett and Rosalie? He's surrounded by seemingly healthy and loving relationships and yet... You would think he would be just a little better at handling things than he is.

ex_naomi_ja July 3 2010, 09:32:03 UTC

I read Twilight, didn't hate it, but didn't enjoy it enough to carry on with the series. To be honest, on an initial reading, I didn't pick up too much on the problems in the text (only the problems with the style of writing itself), and it was only after discussing it with other people that the more worrying aspects of Edward and Bella's relationship became clear to me. Then I went away and thought about it, decided that yeah, there were a lot of skeevy things about the set-up ( ... )

kazeko July 3 2010, 17:04:48 UTC

can i share this? this need to be read. :)

tom_gallier July 4 2010, 01:10:32 UTC

Holy Moly. I've been working too long and hard for the last month or two (so tired, can't focus on time), so haven't checked "my blogs" much. I come back to find you are posting like 15 times a day. Too cool, but now I'm 7 years behind, can't imagine catching up on your posts ( ... )