5 Things I'm sick of hearing about Twilight

Twilight is one of those topics on which everyone has an opinion. It is also one of those things you don't discuss in mixed company, like politics or religion. What I find more amusing and annoying than any obsessive Twilight fan is the ardent and vocal backlash from the Twilight haters. When you find someone who hates Twilight, chances are they *really* hate Twilight. Many times I can laugh at the awkward teenage boys who whine about Twilight while secretly resenting this fictional vampire for attracting girls in a way they never could, or the "intellectuals" who condemn shallow teen literature for insulting their intelligence while using the very intellectual work "Twitard." However, it does bother me that I hear more Twilight talk from the haters than anyone who likes it. Here are 5 things I'm sick of hearing about Twilight.

1. "Harry Potter is sooo much better!"

You can't compare apples to oranges. First of all, I would put Harry Potter in the category of literature and Twilight in entertainment. That's like saying Newsweek is so much better than Cosmo. They're not trying to compete. They cater to different audiences with different interests. They serve different purposes. Also, I could whine about Harry Potter fans just as these Harry Potter fans whine about Twilight. Twilight is overhyped, but I got sick of hearing about Harry Potter in 6th grade. Anything that's talked about too much becomes annoying. Everyone should just shut up, stop making it into a competition and leave the two alone.

2. "These kids think they like vampires but they don't know anything about vampires!"

It's kind of ridiculous to complain about the factually inaccurate portrayal of a fictional monster. If you feel like fighting for social justice, leave the sparkly vampires and take up gay rights or something. If you really care that much about Twilight tarnishing the good name of vampires, maybe it's time to reevaluate your life.

3. "Twilight is so stupid blah blah blah Twitards blah blah blah blah blah blah blah vampires suck blah blah blah..."

People who talk endlessly about how much they hate Twilight and roll their eyes at any mention of it. Shut up. The difference between pro-Twilight babble and anti-Twilight babble is that one is positive and one is negative. People would always rather hear positive babble than negative, so shut up and don't drag your personal rain cloud over the rest of us.

4. "They copied other books! There are other books like this! It's not original!" *points fingers*

So? There's a reason this one became popular and those didn't. You want to sell a book? Make the people like it. There's definitely something about Twilight that makes people like it. When they sue Stephanie Meyer for copyright infringement, you can picket outside the courthouse.

5. "Stephanie Meyer is a bad writer who doesn't deserve to be famous!"

She repeats the same adjectives and verbs endlessly, her ideas weren't original, and the whole thing is teenage fluff. But the combination of elements she threw together hit a serious chord with girls. I think she definitely deserves her fame. If you can throw together a book that is so frivolous and simple but pushes just the right buttons to make girls obsess, more power to you. You deserve fame. She pulled strings, pushed buttons, and hit chords with the simplest things. It won't win her any Pulitzers for literature, but it is the entire goal of the entertainment industry to bring people something that interests them to the level of obsession.

Basically, people would rather hear about how much you love something than how much you hate it. Compulsive negativity is annoying, more annoying than any teen obsession. I'm sure soon everyone will stop talking about Twilight and move onto their next target. Watch out Justin Bieber with your baby face and childlike smile. If you keep spreading sunshine to children, the world's former Twilight haters will beat you with copies of the newest Harry Potter.

Love,

Juliana

Yet another Twilight Spiel

I have to stop talking about Twilight, I know, but this is all I have to show for my boring week.

I was reading this interview in Cosmogirl magazine with the three guys from Twilight who play Edward, Jacob, and Emmett. They open the article saying how Jacob actor Taylor Lautner (I call him Sharkboy cause of that movie he was in) showed up early for the 5:00 PM interview, Kellan Lutz was on time, and Robert Pattinson showed up an hour and a half late with the excuse that he overslept.

Overslept...at 6:30 at night...that doesn't make him look too good. They were trying to use it in his favor, saying that they totally forgave him when they heard his sexy British accent. Oh, please. I'm usually the first one to say "sexy British accent," but Rob...he's just cocky.



I don't know. He just bothers me a little. He says "um" a lot, doesn't he?

Interesting fact I just learned while looking for a Rob interview to share. In case you didn't know, someone posted the Midnight Sun unfinished manuscript to the internet without Stephenie Meyer's permission. Well, O just discovered that she gave Robert Pattinson a copy. The video (below) was added in May. She said she only gave out a few and she knows exactly who she gave them to. I'm thinking it was someone on the movie who leaked it to the internet. That would be incredibly plausible.



Around 1:10. Not saying he did it, but if he got a copy, I'm sure the directional people on the crew got copies. The writers and them. Poor Stephenie. I know I would be furious if someone did that to me.

Oops, I'm Twilight babbling again.

Finally, the event I've been waiting for since July 18th...drumroll...

MY BORDERS SHIPMENT CAME!!

I am now the proud owner of The Brady Bunch Movie ("They're back to save America from the 90's!" I laughed the whole movie.), "Third Rock from the Sun" Season 3 (The classic waiting room show. Aliens come to Earth in human form to study human life, but have to convince people they are a normal human family. If you've never seen it, I implore you to watch an episode.), and a second copy of New Moon. Even though I've already read it, seeing the pretty new copy of the book got me excited.

I was listening to Miley Cyrus' "7 Things" song today, and it reminds me so much of Bella and Jacob. I mean, seriously, look...

The 7 things I hate about you!
You're vain, your games, you're insecure!
You love me, you like her!
You make me laugh!
You make me cry!
I don't know which side to buy!
Your friends, they're jerks!
When you act like them, just know it hurts!
I want to be with the one I know.
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do...
You make me love you.
And compared to all the great things that would take too long to write,
I probably should mention the 7 that I like...
The 7 things I like about you!
Your hair, your eyes, your old Levi's!
When we kiss, I'm hypnotized!
You make me laugh
You make me cry
But I guess that's both I'll have to buy
Your hands in mine
When we're intertwined everything's alright!
I want to be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I like the most that you do...
You make me love you.

I know she ends up with Edward and everything, but I mean, if someone was going to give a theme song to the Bella/Jacob relationship New Moon through Eclipse, this would work, line for line. I'm sidetracking...my point is that if someone were to make a Bella and Jacob You Tube video, "7 Things" would be the song. "i want to be with the one I know"...that's totally Bella's fellings about Jacob.

I love Jacob, but I think Bella really did belong with Edward. I have about 50 pages left of Eclipse, but so far, Jacob keeps losing brownie points for doing something stupid, then gains them back by being all sweet. I just passed the part where he left Bella to go to the fight after she, uh, proved to him how much she wanted him around. That was mean of him to trick her like that. Gah, it's a fictional character, why am I talking about him like he's real?