IM conversation from this afternoon - about Twilight of course

[wendyzski]

[13:17] wendyzski: I'm still trying to get around the idea that it's sooooo romantic that he BREAKS INTO HER HOUSE TO WATCH HER SLEEP!!!
[13:17] gaivs_petronivs: it's a teenage thing?
[13:17] gaivs_petronivs: afik
[13:17] wendyzski: If that had happened while I was in HS I would have tried to brain him with my wall-hanger sword
[13:17] wendyzski: of course, this may explain why I'm still single..

(and just finished book 3, in which things even out because I wanted to strangle pretty much EVERY major character at some point)

Comments

[capi.livejournal.com]

*raised eyebrow*

Maybe it's a teenage thing, but it's not even remotely in touch with reality. Let's glamorize illegal behavior! Let's make it COOL to break the law! Yeah, we need MORE of that crap around here!

I'm with you, Wendy.....

[capi.livejournal.com]

BTW... *chuckle* That little baby bunny with the brown markings? I've never seen a bunny that looked like a pug dog before! *LOL*

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

heee - baby bunnies make EVERYTHING better!

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing about Free Willie.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Like I said - on the one hand these can be read as over the top teenage fluff.

On the other, there are a LOT of teenage girls obsessing over these books, which have some pretty absurd and/or downright unhealthy things to say about relationships. There is a post slowly forming in the back of my head linking screaming teenage girls, repressed sexuality, sex in the media, the appeal of these books, and all the wrong messages.

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

Oh, goody. There's some stuff in #4 that should light you up enough to be seen here in the twin cities.

I think what is supposed to be romantic is that he wants/needs to be with her, but doesn't have sex with her. **shrug** I just thought it was a teenage rebellion thing because 1) you're not supposed to have boys in your bedroom and 2) you're not supposed to see your boyfriend after curfew.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

but combined with his overcontrolling and manipulative behavior, it's not sneaky-romantic, it's creepy-stalker.

Like I said - there will be essays

[wifeofset.livejournal.com]

RENESMEE! RENESMEE! MARY SUUUUUUUE

[jlsigman.livejournal.com]

I had an ex-boyfriend try to get into my house during high school one night. I got so freaked out by him tapping on my window I told my parents, who called the cops. :-p

[rileybear67.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm gonna get blasted here... (no offense will be taken)

Am I the only one of my friends who thought that it was an okay book? True, it was incredibly juvinile (it is a YA fiction after all) but I read it for the sake of reading it.

Young girls went bloody nuts over Harry Potter and the whole magic thing and look at how quickly that passed. Teenages will do what teenagers will do and no book or romantic fantasy will alter that much.
Just my double penny though!

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

I keep saying I enjoyed the series. There were a couple of things that made me go huh? I **liked** the idea of Vampires sparkling...it made me giggle. Sparkling fairy vampires. It sounded like a kids costume. OOOOHHHH, he's all SPAAARLLLYYY!!! I laughed about the sports shop and the schools acceptance of the family camp outs.

I just thought the series was fun. I suspended belief and got through the horror parts of it and went along for the ride.

PS. I also like werewolves.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I personally think the werewolf pack are the most "normal" group of people in this whole bookiverse! And I did laugh a lot at the pissing contest between Edward and Jacob. I'm kind of annoyed that he decided to go all manipulative to try to get his way though. Like there isn't enough of that going around in these books.

And I'm nor scared of the "horror", I'm horrified that there are teenagers out there who will internalize this kind of crap and go all "it doesn't matter what he does because we are meant to be together", which combined with teenage loneliness and a desire to "belong" makes a recipe for disaster.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

But Harry Potter's subtext was "anyone can be special with the help of their friends" where as this is "it doesn't matter what he does if you were meant to be together".

She literally has "no life" without her sparklepire - do you remember "I was like a lost moon--my planet destroyed in some cataclysmic, disaster-movie scenario of desolation--that continued, nevertheless, to circle in a tight little orbit around the empty space left behind, ignoring the laws of gravity.

Any hypothetical daughter of mine said that and she'd be in therapy faster than you can say "dazzle"!

[wifeofset.livejournal.com]

I read it. I liked it. I still think the writing is crap :P

[markellynch.livejournal.com]

I had a guy who broke into my house to watch me sleep (among other things). It wasn't sexy or attractive...it was stalking and scary and eventually he escalated and move 800 miles to lose the bastard.
Note to self: Never read the Twilight series.
Hugs-
Kell

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I really can't say enough about how bad the messages in this book are.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Remember that most of the great love songs are about people with really bad self-attitudes - "Can't live / If livin' is Without You", etc. This may have something to do with the fact that these things are aimed at teenagers.

[surlywench.livejournal.com]

L M A O :)

[sisucore.livejournal.com]

OMG! There's a new Southpark on right this second, where the goths of Southpark are totally annoyed by the new vampires in the school. If you're into that show you should check it out. I'm sure it will repeat tomorrow and next week.