meganbmoore | (no subject)

I will never understand why these books are popular.

Never, ever.

Because... there's a hitherto unsuspected incandescent chest kink among the world's teenage girls?

I have no idea either.

THAT FRIGHTENS ME. D:

Jeez, when I was a young teen, I still wanted to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid. Not stalked but some vampire.

It is wish fulfillment fantasy at its finest. It satisfies a kink that a lot of young girls have. Finding an incredibly handsome and beautiful guy who is head over heels for them and tortures himself over it.

I think the books are trash, but I can see how it would have the appeal to a lot of people.

It is wish fulfillment fantasy at its finest. It satisfies a kink that a lot of young girls have. Finding an incredibly handsome and beautiful guy who is head over heels for them and tortures himself over it.

But there are so many better examples of this...

There is no accounting to taste, I think sometimes it is a matter of timing and not so much the quality. Twilight hit at the right time and place and it was easily marketable. In publishing, it was is easily accessible that tends to sell. And the populace doesn't tend to know or want to look into things further.

Twilight hit at the right time and place and it was easily marketable.

Yeah. And while Meyer could certainly do with improving her writing, it's not like she's going to bother while people eat those things up. I sure wouldn't.

I find the books dreadful but it is remarkable how many women and girls of all ages and education find them irresistible. And I suspect with the economic climate the way it is, the market for this type of escapist fantasy will just grow and grow.

Which... I guess I can kinda sorta get for young girls. ~~though it still kinda creeps the hell out of me, personally~~

What I can't comprehend is the young and educated adults who think the series is literary gold. I actually had to sit and listen to a classmate talking about how "witty and smart" Bella was. It took a lot of willpower for me to turn around and ask if they read the same book.

And the college aged students and adults make up a large portion of the fandom, believe it or not.

I have a theory that people are drawn to bad fiction because it's easier to warp it into what they want, but the more solid the source is, the more they have to work at it.

Makes sense. The more flat and lifeless the main character, the easier you can self insert yourself, right? And lord knows Bella is the perfect person for a self insert. Hell, I think she is a self insert for Stephine Meyers herself...

I think she's pretty much admitted that, actually.

Wait, she did? Really?