yankeegirl93 brings up THE TWILIGHT ISSUE again to call all you Twilight-haters to the stand. Word!—Sparkitors
Look, if you hate Twilight, that’s awesome. Good for you, really! I'm sure the books are really appreciative of your passionate loathing. The world is much better off now, thanks to you. But this is a free country, and what’s great about that is you CAN have an OPINION (Note: the thing about opinions is they aren't facts. As in, they're not necessarily right).
Personally, I really enjoyed Twilight. I read the series and thought the books were great, stupendous even! However, loads of my friends hate Twilight. Some have good reasons (vampires aren’t their thing, Harry Potter is the only fictional world they have time for, Robert Pattinson is just plain creepy, etc.), but some of my friends have ridiculous reasons, reasons with no logic to back them or reasons full of literal and figurative crap. If you hate Twilight for their reasons, I probably want to slap your mind in the face.
Dumb Reason #1: Ignorance
ME: “I LOVE Twilight, what about you?”
FRIEND: “Ugh. HATE IT!”
ME: “What didn’t you like about it?”
FRIEND: “Oh, well, I never really read it...”
No. Nope. Sorry, but your mother was right on this one, my friend. How can you tell you don't like something if you've never tried it?! Answer: you can’t. That's all there is to it.
Dumb Reason #2: Superiority
“I don’t like Twilight because EVERYONE else likes Twilight." In other words, you don't like Twilight because you are superior to the opinions of everyone else. While you might think you are the most awesome thing ever, you are not. NOT liking something because everyone else LIKES it is almost the exact same thing as LIKING something because everyone else LIKES it. It’s such a follower move. Get off the anti-bandwagon! BE YOU OWN PERSON! If you like Twilight, say so! If you think wearing spots with stripes is fashionable, work it! If you think Miley Cyrus is a talented musician—seek professional help! Just don't assume that you're above the fads of us commoners.
Dumb Reason #3: Grammar-Nazism
“It is so poorly written! I could not even make it through a page without getting confused”
If you think you picked up Twilight believing it was going to be a mind-blowing literary work full of symbolism and depth, you're fooling yourself. Also, if all us teenage girls can read it and love it, you might want to consider why you couldn't understand it. Just sayin'—what's your reading level? Side Note: When did Stephenie Myer claim that Twilight should replace the classics? She gets eaten alive for catering to her (teenage) audience, when that’s what would get any other author praise.
In closing, I don't dislike you if you hate Twilight. I only dislike you if you hate it for a dumb reason. Also, Dan is still amazing.
What do you think? Is it okay to dislike Twilight for any reason?
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