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07 Jul 2010, 2:28 am

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Not only am I far from being a Twilight fan, I am sick of vampires in general, especially when they're portrayed as sex symbols. The current vampire craze borders on necrophilia.

Well, I did see one T-shirt that described the Twilight tales as "one girl's choice between necrophilia and bestiality."

That sums it up perfectly! :lol:

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08 Jul 2010, 2:07 pm

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The only thing original about the book is the idea that a vampire lives in a forest, doesn't drink blood, and sparkles in the sun. Except that's not a vampire... that's a blooming Fairy! Fairies are what girls like; and unicorns. When I was in grade school I remembered most of my female classmates covered their binders with fairy and unicorn stickers. But in our increasingly jaded culture teenage girls have also taken a liking to darkly things like Vampires and werewolves. The only original thing Stephenie Meyer did was blend vampires (something evil) with fairies (something good) into one.

Everyone says that Twilight vampires are like fairies because they live in a forest and sparkle. They are not fairies, because fairies are actually scary.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFairFolk

The bottom Q&A summarizes very nicely. http://hot-choc.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2bqdgc

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08 Jul 2010, 4:46 pm

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What is the extended L in the Twilight logo supposed to symbolize? Is that a nail?

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08 Jul 2010, 5:24 pm

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What is the extended L in the Twilight logo supposed to symbolize? Is that a nail?

Well as it is silver and sparkly I would assume it is Edwards Reproductive Organ judging by the fact that the whole series is a Mormon erotica fan fiction novel

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09 Jul 2010, 5:52 am

That could very well be it.

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09 Jul 2010, 6:35 am

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12 Jul 2010, 12:53 pm

Bad writing, bad movie series. You wouldn't catch me "undead" reading or watching any of it!

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12 Jul 2010, 3:21 pm

Yep, Twilight is terrible.

Robert Pattinson, on the other hand, seems to be a pretty cool guy. He realises how terrible the books and films are, and how crazy Stephenie Meyer is. In fact, he and Kristen Stewart both do. Pattinson has RL-trolled the crazier fans a number of times.

They both basically did it for Money Dear Boy.

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12 Jul 2010, 5:18 pm

Guys, I'm badly tempted to read the first book just so I can read for myself how terrible the writing is...

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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12 Jul 2010, 6:11 pm

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Guys, I'm badly tempted to read the first book just so I can read for myself how terrible the writing is...

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Well when people say terrible it doesn't mean illegible it means the writing is written by 13 year old on fanfiction.net but written just so plainly that even the stupidest person in capable of reading it. She also tries to seem intelligent by using words that are completely ridiculous and often times don't work with what she is writing.

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13 Jul 2010, 6:17 pm

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A waste of vampires and werewolves.. and the English language - I just hope she doesn't decide to write a book about zombies.

It'll probably be a hybrid of zombies and unicorns. Teenage girls will be all over it!

i sincerely hope that thought never enters in to her head. then we'll be getting mummies and phoenixes.

Someone post that Penny Arcade comic with the Twilight mummy!

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14 Jul 2010, 2:06 am

raisedbyignorance wrote:

Guys, I'm badly tempted to read the first book just so I can read for myself how terrible the writing is...

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I am obsessed with Vampires, but I HATE Twilight vampires and the whole thing about them.

On the other hand, I have all 4 books, and they're a pretty good read. They're nowhere near Anne Rice and classic stuff like that, but the books aren't half bad. It's the films that are terrible and give the books an even worse name.

I've had all the books since they came out. You could say I was on the bandwagon before a film was even being thought of, and I reccomend anyone who thinks it's interesting to read them, but I warn you that if you're like me, who loves the books, you will sit through the movies feeling like you want to kill someone. because the films are BARELY true to the story. They add things and miss important bits that, in the books, would kill the story completely.

So yes, I would read it if I were you, but with caution that you might not like the films after!

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14 Jul 2010, 1:45 pm

For me, I thought the first book was so badly written, that I didn't finish it, nor do I have any desire to see any of the movies. Then again, I like classic vampire stories where they burst into flames if they're exposed to sunlight. I can understand why Mormon women love the books and movies, as Bella is the ideal "Molly Mormon" in that she has no ambitions other than to marry someone, which she ends up doing after high school graduation.

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14 Jul 2010, 6:56 pm

I find it easier to read terribly written books.

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14 Jul 2010, 8:26 pm

I wouldn't make a habit of it. It can't be good for your vocabulary or your ability to form coherent sentences.

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15 Jul 2010, 6:25 am

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Why do so many women drool over these two incredibly homely men? Why am I bothering about it? I ask myself this. It's just a thing I do... when a huge group of people love something that I dislike for some reason it rubs me the wrong way. Live and let live, I tell myself... But it isn't that they like it. Let them like it. There are Elvis fans the world over that don't bother me in the least, people who enjoy mint, or raisins, or Cher...

But it's just that every time I check my Facebook, my silly niece has a post up gushing about one or the other of these genetic throwbacks (she also puts up regular posts wondering when her prince charming will come along, it's pretty hard to stomach all the way around). When my kids watch tv, there are commercials with old women stealing Twilight toys to fuel their obsession (yeah, at least they're making fun of it, but still). And the commercials they have for all movies these days, with the same old lines in them, everything is a danged event, a big deal... dude, it's a 2 hour film. Such a lot of fuss... So Mary Shelley's body (or something like that) is walking around without its brain, gushing over guys that look like Percy Shelley and Lord Byron? Oh, no indeed... Shark Boy and Cedric Diggory... Shark Boy looks like they just pumped him up a little and now he's an adult, same caveman mug, and Cedric looks like he's been run over a few times and brought back from the dead with electrodes and in his close-up on the movie review page you could SEE the foundation on his skin... Aren't they dreamy?!?!?!

Alright, I feel better now. I suppose the trouble is, summed up, that the whole nonsense would be silly enough (but no big deal, it's always something) if they really were hotties, but they flex muscles and look severe, respectively, and ladies swoon, and it puzzles me.

What i don't get is why so many girls drool over the kind of guy who in real life they would consider a creep.

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