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Twilight Series
SayWhat:
--- Quote from: michi-love on 10 Jan 2009, 14:05 ---I finally read Twilight&New Moon&Eclipse during my last year of high school, since all my friends were insane about it... The style was, well, interesting, in that same way that reading Harry Potter fanfictions written by twelve year olds is interesting. Though maybe not quite that bad. I read every book, and what struck me was the fact that it had the potential to be as good as everyone made it out to be... but it really wasn't even remotely near reaching that level.
I just don't get why people are so insane over it. I mean, I kind of get the Harry Potter craze. The plot's amazing for that, especially when you take into account that the woman worked on those books for seventeen years - longer than most of her target audience's lives. But these things?
It's just... there seems to be so little thought put into it all. I simply don't understand what's got the rabid fangirls out in the droves.
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I think that part of it is because the books are very, very uncomplicated, plot wise. There's no deeper thought necessary, you just read the books and it's laid out for you, it's really predictable. There isn't anything new or surprising about the plot, and that's the attraction; it's really really simple. Another part is that it's so full of emotion (everyone knows your average teenage girl is just bursting over with drama queen tendencies, after all). The 'relationship' and all the emotional ups and downs it brings speaks to girls who are living in the world of junior high.
tl ; dr, Twilight is popular because its targeted audience likes simple yet dramatic things, and Twilight is very simple and dramatic.
michi-love:
Ugh. That's so stupid. The whole constant inner drama queen thing, I mean. I get what you're saying, and it definitely makes sense, and lines up with the girls I knew... but it doesn't make the concept (and the fact that it is true) any less stupid.
I mean, I'm sorry, but I got enough daily dramatics from my idiot friends, and they were frankly much less annoying than Bella. Not to mention they didn't go on constantly about how breathtakingly perfect their boyfriend of perfection always, always is.
Ladybug:
This made me laugh. It sums it up pretty brilliantly.
JD:
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you tWHYlight
Nodaisho:
Besides pocky and fanfic? Unthinkable!
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