Comments on: Twilight Remixed: A New Point of View

By: spieklover

spieklover — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:59:53 +0000

I like twilight not as much as other people but it’s okay the issue with twilight it has horrible actors and it copy’s Buffy and Dracula i hate that so when it come to the twilight vs buffy point i am team buffy all the way

By: Adrenaline Junkie

Adrenaline Junkie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:39:39 +0000

Jeez, some chick must have cut your balls off and traumatized you, huh? Shut the **## up.+

By: Dixie

Dixie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:07 +0000

Well i have read the books and i think that the idea of Edward being controling is unreal. Me i love having a man just like him. Everything Edward did was to keep the love of his very long life safe.And its kinga sweet the whole jacob thing, Edward is just jealous. I know its fiction but tell me that a guy would not get jealous over another guy trying to take his place. Bells acts the way she does because she is completely in love with a man, tell me no one would do the same. i love the books and the fact that Edward for the most part is someones “perfect” man, at least that’s how i look at it. I also agree that either u love it or u hate it!

By: DP13

DP13 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:32:08 +0000

You’re very welcome, Moonlight!

By: Moonlight

Moonlight — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:20:03 +0000

Thank you for that mature and very well written opinion. :) I can respect your view on it and I actually agree with most everything you said. I suppose it really is a matter of how you look at it.

Thanks again for the wonderful comment :)

By: DP13

DP13 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:54 +0000

I have read the whole series a few times over. I love the books. I love that Edward is so devoted to Bella, and vice versa.
I don’t think of Edward as being “possessive, dominating and manipulative…” Throughout the series, the things he does that can be perceived this way are all to protect Bella. Ex: In Eclipse, when Bella goes “behind Edwards back” to see Jacob, he stops her by removing part of her engine. The reason for this is because he knows how dangerous a young werewolve can be. Edward has found love for the first time in this frail, clumsy human. The reality of Twilight is this: Bella IS weak. She IS graceless and uncoordinated, even more so than most humans. But that is Bella, and I think girls in real life can differentiate.
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I don’t know the authors full intent, but maybe Twilight was a way for her (Meyer) to fight all the feminist ideals of today. Annimi mentioned “a woman acting like a woman.” To me, that means not submitting to the pressure that women may face to be independent and “just as good as a man.” I think a lot of women feel that if they lean on a man they will be looked down on in our society, so they try to be tough and independent. I don’t see anything wrong with a woman depending on a man to keep her safe and secure and even happy. If someone were to break into my house right now, I would be comforted by the fact that my husband is here to protect me.
I depend on my husband for security, protection, love, and happiness. I count on the fact that he will make me laugh when I am down and do the things that I can’t- that he will complete me. And I complete him. I think that Bella also feels this way. She depends on Edward, and he needs her. But it is a novel, so the feelings and emotions portrayed are intensified. Hence, Bella freaking out when Edward leaves, etc.

By: Erzebet

Erzebet — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:35:05 +0000

i have also read all the books and i think that just because bella was perhaps waiting for prince charming doesnt mean that she is therefore not taking control of her own life or a bad role model for girls…. thats simply ludicrous.

Being romantic and liking the idea of being a “Mary Sue” as you call it is not weak!!
Its called being female.

By: Moonlight

Moonlight — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:46:16 +0000

A woman acting like a woman? Who says that’s what a woman should act like? What, did we go back in time when women were men’s little bitches? You can have a dominant man in your life and still hold onto your independence and strength. Being a strong woman doesn’t mean being manly, it means not letting someone control you and being able to take care of yourself, so that whole “if a man wanted to fuck his equal” thing is insane. Perhaps you need to lay off the meds if you think that.

And while most of us know it’s fiction you still have countless little girls learning from the books and basing reality on them. That’s not so much the book’s fault though.

By: annimi

annimi — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:24:10 +0000

I have read all the books, and I don’t understand why there’s such a bi-polar response to Meyer’s work. It seems like women either hate the books, or love them. For one thing: what’s wrong with a woman -acting like a woman-? In today’s society, where women strive for equality, it’s refreshing to read a female writer who wants to break away from the Buffy archetype, and bring back a classical male dominant over female, vampire relationship. I look at the whole ultra-feminist movement like this: if a man wanted to fuck his equal, he’d be gay. Women need to get over it, or get a sex change.

The last point I want to make is, –Twilight is fiction. If you’re worried about being oppressed by a male vampire, or a werewolf, or even oppressed by today’s male society composed primarily of beta males, it’s time to stop mixing your prescriptions.

By: Moonlight

Moonlight — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:51:41 +0000

As I said this is only one view of Twilight, not everyone agrees. I don’t personally think Bella is a strong woman or a good role model for girls. And yes, girls are attracted to Edward for multiple reasons but not only because Robert is hot, because the series was incredibly popular long before the movie and before he was even signed on for the role.

In response to the second part of your comment; this wasn’t directed at all vampires in fiction and all women. This is about Twilight and Twilight having a weak female. That doesn’t mean that those that enjoy Twilight are also weak and it doesn’t mean that all female leads in a vampire novel are weak either. I never said Sookie or any other female lead was co-dependent and in need of a price charming, only Bella.

And the attraction to strong vampire men isn’t something I need explained to me *points to her massive collect of vampire romance novels* lol ;)