Twilightism... And some emotional shit.

Dracofangxxx's picture

Look, I really don't feel good. There's something bizarre going on in my room and in my body and I don't know if I'm just psyching myself out cause I read too much scary shit or what. But I'll get to that later. Personal stuff at the end, some social psychology stuff at the beginning.

Okay I know I addressed this earlier, but I think I have more to say.

can't even believe I used to love this series, what was I even thinking

So, Twilight. Let's examine the main character.

Bella Swan has some serious problems. She's ALWAYS sad about SOMETHING, even though her mom is like her best friend, her dad cares about her, and her stepdad even likes her.
She complains that she doesn't know anyone in Forks- Yet she's been going there for the summer for QUITE A FEW YEARS
I MEAN THAT IS A GLARING PLOT HOLE, HOW DOES SHE NOT KNOW ANYONE.
Anyways.
So then she complains that she's lonely.
And then ALL TEH GUYS pay attention to her.
And then she's annoyed with all the attention.
BITCH WHAT DO YOU WANT.

And then,
OH THEN,
She MAGICALLY FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE *ONE* DUDE THAT HATES HER
I MEAN COME ON TALK ABOUT A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT

anyways
this book really glorifies being a drama queen. Nobody ever acknowledges it, nobody ever hates on it. It's not even brought up, but it's there! She's ALWAYS sad about SOMETHING. Or worrying.

I mean, THIS is what is getting slapped into teenagers' mind's today. That being dark and mysterious and sad is cool.
IT REALLY ISN'T, BROS.

See, the point of "damaged" characters like this is that they're supposed to do supreme good and yet be a miserable character. Two prime examples of this are Severus Snape and Dr. House.

Snape is like, an asshole of a character.
But that's because he was mistreated all of his teenager years! He fell in love with the douchebag who hated him's girlfriend, and then had to watch them get married and have kids and die. The one person who ever really showed him any kindness. I can UNDERSTAND that. I sympathise. I see why he's hurt. In the end, he's been doing great good all along.

Dr. House is a MISERABLE old asshole, and EVERYONE knows it. But yet he saves lives every day. He can't hold a relationship down, he abuses drugs, all that goodness. But yet he's a miracle worker with patients (most of the time). He's witty and funny, yet just a jackass.
I connect with House alot, I suppose.

Anyways, I have no time for my personal stuff so maybe I'll do it tomorrow if I have time.

What are your greatest phobias?

As of right now, I'm really scared. I've been scared every night this week.

I'm afraid of alot of things. I'll tell you later.

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Ambition15's picture

My phobia....

Any kind of creepy crawly. Insects, spiders, bees, centipedes ect. I can handel rodents and snakes, but not anything like the above---except flies and ladybugs---I can deal with them.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win." -M. Gandhi

625539's picture

the most immature thing

the most immature thing ever but it's fucking hilarious

Riku's picture

Twilight also manages to

Twilight also manages to glorify abusive relationships and sexisim among other things.

I mean, if I listed all of the things wrong with Twilight we'd be here for a while...

Soyeah.

But yes, Bella Swan is -really- irritating. She's always like "look at me I'm so sad and I mope about everything even though my life is pretty decent and I'm inexplicably attractive to everyone ever and a lot of other things. I'm also emotionally masochistic."

Nevermind that she isn't even a little bit weirded out when she finds out that Edward HAS BEEN WATCHING HER SLEEP EVERY NIGHT. I mean, what the fuck? You hardly know this guy and he's been sneaking by to WATCH YOU SLEEP and you're totally okay with that? That's not romantic. That's bullshit.

Sorry.

Anyway... I'm afraid of a lot of things; almost all of them are social things. XP Like phone calls and chat rooms and people and stuff.

I don't have many other kinds of phobias though. I'm cool with bugs and spiders and snakes and rats and heights bother me a little but not a lot (unless we're on a ferris wheel. I hate ferris wheels.) and needles and blood make me kinda queasy if I think about them too much but they don't freak me out really. Hm.

I know what it's like to spend a lot of time scared though and I'm sorry. I hope you feel better soon.

radiosilence95's picture

I'm ashamed to say this, but

I'm ashamed to say this, but I actually use to like Twilight. Then I realized that it's way too melodramatic and I basically agree with everything you said, Shelby. There are so many reasons why I would never let my preteen daughter read Twilight.

I have a on-and-off fear of the dark. I think everyone is scared of the dark, at least a little bit. And I have a fear of my nightmares. They REALLY scare me, because I think they're really happening. I'll wake up crying or sweating and I swear I can't breathe.

Other than those two things, I'm not afraid of anything! :)

lonewolf678's picture

Twilight haterz 4 life!

MacAvity's picture

Hmmm...

I don't actually hate Twilight. I just think it should have faded into oblivion a few weeks after being published and read by a few people who would all realise how it isn't actually a great book, just like all the other books of its kind, of which there are many.

Snape may very well be my favorite Harry Potter character, although I do tend to forget what an asshole he really is, especially in the early books. And I don't care about House at all.