Comments on: Twilight Saga: TwiLite

By: TheNargle

TheNargle — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:59:44 +0000

@Najma Please do so, and replace them with the Harry potter books! That would easily do my year, THANKS!(:

By: Najma

Najma — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:56:59 +0000

I work at a library after school and I’m seriously tempted to take the Twishite books we have and hide them. In a hole. In Timbuktu.

By: Greyhero

Greyhero — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:28:48 +0000

Greyhero wishes that all the Twilight fangirls would figure out that Edward is a STALKER, and the relationship between him and Bella is the most unhealthy “romantic” relationship in all of fiction!

Also? Vampires DO NOT SPARKLE!

By: ILuvMJ

ILuvMJ — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:09:51 +0000

twilight is the reason that the abusive jock men like edward and jacob get all the ladies and the nice caring men like MJ are being ignored and called names. twilight can kiss my ass.

By: ILuvMJ

ILuvMJ — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:07:04 +0000

….sneaking in your house to watch you sleep? yeah, men should learn manners from edward. twilight is so stupid.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:19:46 +0000

Perfect!!

By: amber

amber — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:35:28 +0000

I LOLed.

By: reeedins fer suxers

reeedins fer suxers — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:15:08 +0000

Amber, yes, but those books are not good.

By: amber

amber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:41 +0000

oh, jesus christ. it’s a storybook vampire, not the wifebeater-clad, drunken, one-armed drummer of def leppard. calm fucking down.

the issue here is less that Edward is some creepy, postmortem, much-hotter Ike Turner waiting to jump out of the coffin and give Bella a black eye. the issue is that if Twilight is a reminder of a cultural subtext that makes girls think it’s okay to be a possession to a man, or to accept abusive, creepy behavior from a man, then we have a lot more to worry about. like commercials and other forms of advertising, books they’re reading in school, and for god’s sakes, guess-the-flabby-female-celebrity-ass on the cover of the enquirer.

i think it makes much more sense to teach our girls how to have high standards and expectations, a realistic self-view, and how to separate fantasy from reality. then we won’t need people taking the piss out of good, fun novels.

By: Lolita

Lolita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:28:14 +0000

@jenna: But they’re not healthy standards. The kind of behavior romanticized in the books– “I want to kill you, but I won’t, because I love you… You mean EVERYTHING to me… etc.”– and the sense of ownership on the part of the male lead over the female lead are behaviors that, in real life, would indicate a potentially abusive relationship. I used to volunteer at a women’s shelter and the kinds of cultural ideas that let women think abusive behavior in their husbands’/boyfriends’ is normal or acceptable (or even desirable and manly!) when it’s, well, abusive, is NOT harmless.

By: jenna

jenna — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:39 +0000

God forbid Teenage girls should have standards.

By: Freya

Freya — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:45:41 +0000

In general, it’s good that kids are reading. However, the issue here isn’t that they’re poorly written or that the vampires sparkle – if that was all that was wrong with the books, I’d take the “At least kids are reading” stance, too.

The problem is that not only do the idealised, romanticised leads give girls completely unrealistic expectations for relationships (just as porn gives boys unrealistic expectations for sex), these guys who every teenage girl are “SOOOO in love with!” also display creepy, manipulative, and potentially abusive traits. Seriously, go find a checklist of warning signs for future abuse, and try applying it to Edward or Jacob, then ask yourself if you’d want your daughter or sister or best girl friend dating that kind of guy. THAT is what’s wrong with Twilight.

By: 12345678910

12345678910 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:19:33 +0000

I mean I get that the whole trend is starting to get old, but shouldn’t people at least be happy that kids are reading and attempting to educate themselves, at least they will end up being smart fat chicks, ones that you will eventually call boss, and kiss their fat asses while you beg to keep your minimum wage job because you never took the time to open a book, not even one that has a grade 5 reading level… I dont think someones weight reallllyyyy has much to do with their reading preferences, when did this research take place? really when?

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:31:16 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By: Flesh Tea

Flesh Tea — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:14:15 +0000

What IS it with fat chicks and Twilight.

By: Grape Pooper

Grape Pooper — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:44:06 +0000

What would be funny is if you liked it.

By: Penny Lane

Penny Lane — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:26:43 +0000

I plan on reading Twilight thoroughly so I can defend my hate. YES my hate is ignorant because I haven’t read it. I don’t need to eat a piece of shit to know it will make me vomit. But it will make me more educated on how to explain to shit eaters that what they are eating is indeed crap.

By: EB

EB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:47:03 +0000

I’m afraid that nowhere in my comment did I imply that I love twilight

By: The Chad

The Chad — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:20:28 +0000

And to all you twilight lovers: It’s not real, get lives instead of moaning! Losers

Fixed that up for you EB

By: EB

EB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:50:02 +0000

To all of you twilight haters: Its not real, get lives instead of moaning! Losers

By: IJ

IJ — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:32:44 +0000

jeez… you people are dramatic.. it’s actually quite funny to compare you people whining about disliking Twilight and the people whining about liking it..

By: silverblink

silverblink — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42:24 +0000

@103 i worked in a bookstore where parents were asking me if the series was appropriate for their 10 year old. i was also taking two young adult literature classes….lets just say i didn’t have a choice.

By: boz

boz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:23:22 +0000

Chicks who dig Twilight are, statistically, 87.7% more likely to take a cock up the ass in order to protect their vaginal virginity.

By: Boz

Boz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:34:49 +0000

@56

You’re fat.

By: Boz

Boz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:48 +0000

Thanks Tristan, I appreciate it when people recognize me over my impostors.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:16:45 +0000

I want to start a bromance with Justin so that his pwnliness rubs off on me somehow, then I can be almost as cool as Boz (the real one, not the imposters).

By: o_O

o_O — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:59:14 +0000

I laughed until it hurt, and then I laughed some more.

By: pBIZZLE

pBIZZLE — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:21:30 +0000

my girl asked me to be more like edward
i told her vampiress are not real
then i told her to make me a sandwich

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:12:56 +0000

I find the Twilight books creepy.

I mean, Edward is obviously a dirty old man with control issues.

He keeps tabs on her. He’s ridiculously older than the girl. He tells her where she can and can’t go.

If this was a real guy and not a vampire her friends would all be giving her numbers for a woman’s shelter.

By: Boz

Boz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:30:55 +0000

It’s a book?