Twilight is awesome
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See, the thing about it is that there are books, and then...there are books.
Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Whether you hate one, hate both, love one, love both, they are incredibly well-written, popular stories with interwoven plots and amazing character development. I can certainly see high schoolers studying HP and LotR.
Twilight...what does it have? Cheap lust disguised as love, vampires that get their nickname "Meyerpires" from the fact that they're such failures at being what they are, a cast of totally static Mary-Sues, and a popularity that only came from the movies made about them that were only sightly better than the books themselves. I cannot see anyone studying Twilight for anything besides what not to read.
Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Whether you hate one, hate both, love one, love both, they are incredibly well-written, popular stories with interwoven plots and amazing character development. I can certainly see high schoolers studying HP and LotR.
Twilight...what does it have? Cheap lust disguised as love, vampires that get their nickname "Meyerpires" from the fact that they're such failures at being what they are, a cast of totally static Mary-Sues, and a popularity that only came from the movies made about them that were only sightly better than the books themselves. I cannot see anyone studying Twilight for anything besides what not to read.
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That sounds good!SoccerLOTR wrote:No...you can just come with me in my rocket to a universe without twilight!IDANCE4JESUS wrote:That will be the day of my death
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The latter the setting the more I like them. Courtship of the old days was so elegant and had more taboos that can allow a good story to flourish.Marvin D. wrote:Rad and I were talking about it...and she does.Shadowfax wrote:Nah, Twilight won't be a classic. The only reason we like it now is because it's modern romance. Do you like reading romance books that were written in the days of your grandparents?
Anyway, feel free to get back on topic.
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...for a werewolf.
The one you kidnapped?Shadowfax wrote:Don't you use that love smiley when referring to my husband!IDANCE4JESUS wrote:Jelly, you're amazing.
...for a werewolf.
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Okay. Normally, I'm no Twilight fan... but I have to object to a few things in your post, Tiger.
Er, did you mean "as love" there? "cheap lust" and "hormonal obsession" are pretty close in my book.TigerintheShadows wrote:Twilight...what does it have? Cheap lust disguised as the hormonal obsession of a teenager,
In her defense... y'know, the sparkle-dream.TigerintheShadows wrote:vampires that get their nickname "Meyerpires" from the fact that they're such failures at being what they are,
Hey. I will give you Edward and Bella -- that is to say, the two main characters who take up most of the plot -- but it does have good supporting characters, and whatever Bella may be, I think she dodged the "totally static" label when she had a total depressive breakdown for a major chunk of New Moon after Edward left, and for a time, actually became interesting on her own terms.TigerintheShadows wrote:a cast of totally static Mary-Sues,
If nothing else, I'm afraid that this is patently untrue. The books were extremely popular, deserved or not, before the movie adaptations.TigerintheShadows wrote:and a popularity that only came from the movies made about them
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True love at its finest.Marvin D. wrote:The one you kidnapped?Shadowfax wrote:Don't you use that love smiley when referring to my husband!IDANCE4JESUS wrote:Jelly, you're amazing.
...for a werewolf.
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Aww...kidnapping to show true love. How...sweet.Jelly wrote:True love at its finest.Marvin D. wrote:The one you kidnapped?Shadowfax wrote:Don't you use that love smiley when referring to my husband!IDANCE4JESUS wrote:Jelly, you're amazing.
...for a werewolf.
"I still see Marvin as a newbie that is just as cool as an oldie." --snubs
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They were popular, yes, but not extremely so. I suppose we all have our definitions of extremely popular, but mine is that second grade girls are reading them, as they are doing now--that just didn't happen back before the movies came out.Caswin wrote:Er, did you mean "as love" there? "cheap lust" and "hormonal obsession" are pretty close in my book.TigerintheShadows wrote:Twilight...what does it have? Cheap lust disguised as the hormonal obsession of a teenager,
Yeah, I know. Haha. Tiger, you failure.
If nothing else, I'm afraid that this is patently untrue. The books were extremely popular, deserved or not, before the movie adaptations.TigerintheShadows wrote:and a popularity that only came from the movies made about them
But yeah, I'll give you those other two, although most readers felt like Bella's constant Wangsting over Edward in New Moon wasn't really angst, it was just annoying.
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He's my werewolf.Shadowfax wrote:Don't you use that love smiley when referring to my husband!IDANCE4JESUS wrote:Jelly, you're amazing.
...for a werewolf.
I helped her, too.Marvin D. wrote:Aww...kidnapping to show true love. How...sweet.Jelly wrote:True love at its finest.Marvin D. wrote:The one you kidnapped?Shadowfax wrote:Don't you use that love smiley when referring to my husband!IDANCE4JESUS wrote:Jelly, you're amazing.
...for a werewolf.
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Kidnapping is the best way to tell a girl you like her.
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Especially since she basically has no choice but to sit there and listen.Steve wrote:Kidnapping is the best way to tell a girl you like her.
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It sounds like an awfully boring few minutes. I'd have to bring along a book.Laurie wrote:Especially since she basically has no choice but to sit there and listen.Steve wrote:Kidnapping is the best way to tell a girl you like her.
"Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" "So he can sneak up on people. Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking..."
"And now the spinning. Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile."
"It unscrews the other way."
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Twilight is a sad tale of beastiality and statutory rape.
Me too!!TigerintheShadows wrote:It sounds like an awfully boring few minutes. I'd have to bring along a book.Laurie wrote:Especially since she basically has no choice but to sit there and listen.Steve wrote:Kidnapping is the best way to tell a girl you like her.
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"A girl's choice between beatiality and necrophilia" is what I've heard...lol. That might be inappropriate to say here though...dunno...I apologize if it isEK wrote:Twilight is a sad tale of beastiality and statutory rape.
Agreed. Complex stories with diverse characters and individual personalities, all with some end goal to work for the good of others. Not pointlessly wandering around with the only goal being romance (with a side of drama/adventure to try to prove that it's not just a romance).TigerintheShadows wrote:See, the thing about it is that there are books, and then...there are books.
Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Whether you hate one, hate both, love one, love both, they are incredibly well-written, popular stories with interwoven plots and amazing character development. I can certainly see high schoolers studying HP and LotR.
Twilight...what does it have? Cheap lust disguised as love, vampires that get their nickname "Meyerpires" from the fact that they're such failures at being what they are, a cast of totally static Mary-Sues, and a popularity that only came from the movies made about them that were only sightly better than the books themselves. I cannot see anyone studying Twilight for anything besides what not to read.
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Did someone say Twilight is awesome?? *uses last of mod power to cause chaos to thread*
I'm really curious, how come some of you like it? o.O
I'm really curious, how come some of you like it? o.O
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Personally, the reason I am doing my best not to get into it is because I can't stand this whole fad for vampires. I mean when did vampires get so popular?
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When they became shiny creatures who obsessively adore human girls; not the blood-sucking, sun-allergic monsters that they really are.
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Ooh! They're also Sues with magical powers!
"Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" "So he can sneak up on people. Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking..."
"And now the spinning. Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile."
"It unscrews the other way."
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