AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

[Flick]

Ta forum member Dahlia discusses the opinions of a blogger after reading Twilight.
 
“And Now for Something Completely Different” by Dahlia:

Just to spice things up a bit around here, I’m going to play some defense for the series. Frightening I know, isn’t it? Don’t worry, I’ll revert back to my heartless, cruel ways once I’ve purged myself.

A friend recently sent a link for a popular blog to me. I’ll pause, briefly, for your reading consumption.
http://bamber.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-review-twilight.html

And you think I am prat! At least I am a fan of the series. Now, let me condition my commentary, first, by repeating that everyone is entitled to their thoughts, feelings and opinions. I am, in no way, a supporter of public censorship. That being said, I am slightly confused as to how Ms Amber thinks this is a review of Twilight. Being a Harvard Law Graduate, you might think she would know the difference between a book review and a political/ideological polemic. Granted, she has every right to express her disdain for Twilight, I would just think she might want to dedicate more time to the issue before she jumps all about on her (jump to) conclusions mat.

Read the complete article here:
http://twilightersanonymous.com/ta-talks-back-something-completely-different-twilight-series.html

[Greyfeld]

"Reviews" that follow the same tired pattern of tearing down a story because of the "poor values" imparted by its story, really get under my skin.  It's as if some people don't understand the definition of the word, context.  A century-old creature of the night is going to have a bit of a different view of the world than your average adult, and to completely ignore that factor is just admitting that your opinions are rooted in personal emotional bias, than actual objective criticism.

Not to mention that this whole rant is just another in a long line of people who seem to think that media is responsible for child behavior, and minimalizing the influence that the parents should have over what their children learn to be right or wrong; fact or fiction.  Again, it's all a matter of that little word called context, and it is something that children should be learning early, so they can make that distinction when they're old enough to start making decisions for themselves.

On the other hand, if somebody simply has a problem with stephenie meyer's writing style, that's simply personal preference, and nobody can be faulted for that.  However, cutting away at somebody's years worth of work like that is rude, cruel, and shows a blatant lack of open-minded understanding.

[sittingduck22]

This is horrible!  Talk about degrading a book!  Has this person even read Twilight?  I understand that some people just don't like it, but they shouldn't just go around and write stuff like this!  Edward doesn't just love Bella for the way she SMELLS, that's ridiculous!  he loves her for her, and he helps to coax her out of her shell, just as she does for him. These stories are just FICTION and aren't meant to be taken seriously.  These books are suddenly the blame for all the wrong going on in the world, but don't blame the books!

[DahliaMcAvoy]

The thing is, my darlings, Ms Amber and her zealot fan base would rather have the entire world follow their beliefs and do as they would than to have a world filled with many different ideas, beliefs and concepts.  A world where there is room to live as you choose, reading what you want-- if it happens to not fall in line with her ideals-- is strictly unacceptable.  Someone else has this very idea, once.  I seem to recall he took a cyanide pill to escape his impending doom after his grand plans of mass ethnic cleansing didn't take hold in the world.  (What? If Ms Amber and her zealots can call the Twilight series pure evil then I can parallel her to Hitler.  It's the same thing in my book)

Truthfully there is no one right path for everyone in this world, no matter how Utopian your ideals may or may not be.  What is right for me, isn't necessarily right for others and that is the beauty of freedom and free will.  Ms Amber is completely entitled to her fascist way of thinking and is free to gather as many followers as she wants just so long as she confines her desires to her own perfect world inside her clearly delusional mind and doesn't force her ideals onto others.  Meanwhile, those of us who don't particularly agree with her will go on our merry way.  Good thing our mutual paths don't often meet at the annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.  [snark]

See?  Free will is goooood.

On a side note, if any of you happened to visit her blog home page, you would have noticed Ms Amber decided to do a blow by blow "review" of the Twilight film while blitzing herself into oblivion on Brandy Alexanders. (What a truly wonderful public example to teenage-kind Ms Amber is herself, ehe?)  One must wonder why Ms Amber continually revisits Twilight so often.  Clearly, in her opinion, she is only throwing good money after bad on books, films and, possibly cheap brandy.  If it is such an evil thing, this Twilight phenomenon, then why is she wasting her oh so precious time and money on something so horrid?  One might think that if she is so above this series that she wouldn't spend one moment longer on its books or films.  Seems to me we might have a closet addict in our midst, wouldn't you fine fans agree? 

My advice, my dears, is to rise above this trite sad creature and not give her any fodder to post on her silly little site.  Unfortunately my article was used for such gains and, for that, I apologize to you all.  I hope you all know that was never my intention. 

Ciao, dears.