Comments on: My problem with Twilight http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/ Who loves palindromes? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:35:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MaryA. http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-583346 MaryA. Mon, 10 May 2010 21:40:46 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-583346 Twilight is a creepy, dangerous story. It idealizes pedophiles (Edwards is centuries older than Bella), stalkers, (he watches her while she sleeps. He follows her.) And abusive relationships (they both know the relationship is a bad idea, and will hurt them both. Does that stop them? No!) The biggest problem is adolescents, to teenage girls, to adults have made this relationship their dream. This creepy, twisted and altogether exactly what should be avoided in a relationship! There are many situations in all the books, and subsequently the movies that are the romantic apexes, which in reality, should be the warning flags that this is NOT a good thing! I could go on and on about this, but on a less emotional level, the books are, in short, awful, awful literary works. The grammar, the consistency, the climax, the characterization, everything is simply a disaster. The books can't even keep the story straight, as things that happen in one book are recalled very differently, or not at all, in the books following. Although I could go on and on and on about why Twilight is a disaster on all levels, I would hope that this will at least make those who are passionately for it think again. Twilight is a dangerous book, and, if nothing else, a poor work of literature, if it can be called that, and those reading it are filling their heads with poor English, grammar, and story lines, when they could be reading real books. Twilight is a creepy, dangerous story. It idealizes pedophiles (Edwards is centuries older than Bella), stalkers, (he watches her while she sleeps. He follows her.) And abusive relationships (they both know the relationship is a bad idea, and will hurt them both. Does that stop them? No!) The biggest problem is adolescents, to teenage girls, to adults have made this relationship their dream. This creepy, twisted and altogether exactly what should be avoided in a relationship! There are many situations in all the books, and subsequently the movies that are the romantic apexes, which in reality, should be the warning flags that this is NOT a good thing! I could go on and on about this, but on a less emotional level, the books are, in short, awful, awful literary works. The grammar, the consistency, the climax, the characterization, everything is simply a disaster. The books can’t even keep the story straight, as things that happen in one book are recalled very differently, or not at all, in the books following. Although I could go on and on and on about why Twilight is a disaster on all levels, I would hope that this will at least make those who are passionately for it think again. Twilight is a dangerous book, and, if nothing else, a poor work of literature, if it can be called that, and those reading it are filling their heads with poor English, grammar, and story lines, when they could be reading real books.

]]> By: Janice Yu http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-575029 Janice Yu Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:20:02 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-575029 Twlight is really a great movie and i watched it several times. I love Kristen Stewart and also the rest of the cast of Twilight, they are really superb. Twlight is really a great movie and i watched it several times. I love Kristen Stewart and also the rest of the cast of Twilight, they are really superb.

]]> By: Kristiene http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-574396 Kristiene Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:06:05 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-574396 Kristen Stewart is the perfect Bella .. All around the casting was perfect, everyone had so much so much angst that they fit the story perfectly Kristen Stewart is the perfect Bella .. All around the casting was perfect, everyone had so much so much angst that they fit the story perfectly

]]> By: Seychelle http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-574176 Seychelle Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:47:15 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-574176 Twilight is the best movie i ever watched. I really love the vampire love story theme and i like Bella Swans character. Twilight is the best movie i ever watched. I really love the vampire love story theme and i like Bella Swans character.

]]> By: maureene http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-567293 maureene Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:23:54 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-567293 Twilight is simply the best movie and i am so much addicted to it. Kirsten Stewart is very pretty and Robery Pattinson is so handsome Twilight is simply the best movie and i am so much addicted to it. Kirsten Stewart is very pretty and Robery Pattinson is so handsome

]]> By: michelle http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-566717 michelle Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:18:12 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-566717 Twlight movie is a very very good movie to watch. i love the whole story plus the actors and actresses are all gorgeous. Twlight movie is a very very good movie to watch. i love the whole story plus the actors and actresses are all gorgeous.

]]> By: Girls, Fandom, Twilight, and Shoujo Manga http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-563020 Girls, Fandom, Twilight, and Shoujo Manga Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:46:52 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-563020 [...] concerns about the relationships portrayed in Twilight, and while I share the concerns about stalking being portrayed as romantic, I also think that the push back about Twilight in comics fandom is happening because it is from a [...] [...] concerns about the relationships portrayed in Twilight, and while I share the concerns about stalking being portrayed as romantic, I also think that the push back about Twilight in comics fandom is happening because it is from a [...]

]]> By: momo-chan http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-544684 momo-chan Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:34:38 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-544684 Edward like a stalker cuse follower Bella around and try read bella mind and watch she sleep but Edward HOT!!=D Edward like a stalker cuse follower Bella around and try read bella mind and watch she sleep but Edward HOT!!=D

]]> By: Anna http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-544482 Anna Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:52:36 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-544482 I think the visual imagery of the movie actually magnified the creepy stalker thing. The whole "Edward watching Bella when she sleeps" scene and the way they talked about it afterwords was particularly icky. I think the visual imagery of the movie actually magnified the creepy stalker thing. The whole “Edward watching Bella when she sleeps” scene and the way they talked about it afterwords was particularly icky.

]]> By: Maura http://www.tangognat.com/2009/01/05/my-problem-with-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-544452 Maura Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:17:32 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=2403#comment-544452 Here via WFA! "While reading an escapist fantasy about a paternalistic vampire stalker might be fine for older teens I can see why someone might be concerned if they had a preteen daughter that was reading Twilight without much of a critical filter, since it doesn’t present a very balanced view of how relationships work." This is exactly how I felt about the books, but never see any criticism on it! My major issue with the series is that what teens and other fans see as Edward protecting his love is actually really creepy! He breaks her truck to prevent her from seeing her best friend--a friend that makes her feel confident and happy! Or he has his sister 'kidnap' Bella and keep her at their house while he is away so she won't "escape" to La Push! Bella even said a few times how she was scared of his "wrath" when she took off to see Jacob. Sorry--but aren't those warning signs of abuse? How is that romantic? And yet when the film came out and the media interviewed the young fans, they all said teh same thing: they loved how Edward "protected" Bella! CREEPY! Here via WFA!

“While reading an escapist fantasy about a paternalistic vampire stalker might be fine for older teens I can see why someone might be concerned if they had a preteen daughter that was reading Twilight without much of a critical filter, since it doesn’t present a very balanced view of how relationships work.”

This is exactly how I felt about the books, but never see any criticism on it! My major issue with the series is that what teens and other fans see as Edward protecting his love is actually really creepy! He breaks her truck to prevent her from seeing her best friend–a friend that makes her feel confident and happy! Or he has his sister ‘kidnap’ Bella and keep her at their house while he is away so she won’t “escape” to La Push! Bella even said a few times how she was scared of his “wrath” when she took off to see Jacob. Sorry–but aren’t those warning signs of abuse? How is that romantic? And yet when the film came out and the media interviewed the young fans, they all said teh same thing: they loved how Edward “protected” Bella! CREEPY!

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