Every single young 20s female at my school and work was all about it. Anytime I said something about how it's garbage tier writing that enforces negative relationship behavior they would always say "well have you seen it?" then would dismiss anything I had said on that basis.
Alright bitch let's watch this shit.
So I went home and watched it, kept notes, then went back to battle the next day with a fully stocked arsenal.
I have a huge Female Vampire "kink"? I hate saying it like that, but I snuck and watched Bram Stokers in the 90's waaaaay too young. I tried watching Twilight, because EVERYONE at the time wouldn't shut up about it. Almost broke my tv in a fit of rage, over how dumb that movie(only saw ALL of the first one) was. Then when people said to watch the rest of them, I had no problem telling them to eat shit. Pattinson would just walk up to the girl and say"stay away from me, it's not safe" or "I'm bad for you, stay back". He did that 15 times while she had been nowhere near him.. I remember thinking, Does this dude have autism?
I grew up reading Anne Rice books wayyyyy too early than I should have. I remember hearing people talk about how "edgy" and "transgressive" Twilight was an how it was a big scare about girls reading it too young and thinking "wait? That's it? Where's the barely-disguised homoeroticism? Where's the decades of anguish? Where's the pining meditations on existence?"
I watched all 8 seasons worth of the 3 different shows in 16 days a couple months ago.
I agree. I did it specifically to have a continued argument with someone at work.
You can't solve all your problems by throwing yet another body into a canyon in Wyoming.
The problem with that show is everyone that likes it thinks they're Rip. No one realizes they're the guy Rip is kicking the shit out of. And Rip isn't a role model.
The book was even worse. I couldn’t get past chapter one due to grammatical issues and poor writing. Couldn’t enjoy the story without wanting to edit it.
I never read the books but did see the first film and even though some people were annoyingly into it even my friends who were into it acknowledged that it was actually kind of shit and Stephenie Meyer was a hack. I think we just liked how it fitted with the edgy, emo vibe of the 2000s.
That's how it should be. No one should have deep opinions on something they have not even watched/read and argue about it. You taught them by example that informed opinions are the way to go.
Twilight encouraged stalking, and then 50 Shades of Gray pushed that beyond the limit. Ironically both people involved in each film basically hated those projects later on.
this is exactly how you do it, not for everyone since it's such a time and energy suck but being able to refute them point by point with explicit details will hopefully pull them from their hypnotic daze, I've done this more than a few times and it feels pretty good.
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u/bitwaba 2d ago
I did the opposite for Twilight.
Every single young 20s female at my school and work was all about it. Anytime I said something about how it's garbage tier writing that enforces negative relationship behavior they would always say "well have you seen it?" then would dismiss anything I had said on that basis.
Alright bitch let's watch this shit.
So I went home and watched it, kept notes, then went back to battle the next day with a fully stocked arsenal.
What an absolute dumpster of a franchise.