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Okay, so I'm not a pure Twilight fan, and have only read the first and second books, but I still enjoy the series. This has been making me wonder since the very beginning: Why does Edward love Bella? There really is no reason why he should love her--she's described as not that cute, sort of Tomboyish, and there is nothing really written in the book that describes how fun/sweet/awesome/etc that she is to Edward that would actually attract him to her in the first place.

The only reasons I was able to come up with were that he loves her scent, and he can't read her mind. But that doesn't seem like that would make a relationship grow strong and last.

Personally, I believe the movie to be a bit of a let-down. After all they hype and everyone pre-ordering their tickets, it was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen--I thought the plot was okay and that it flowed pretty smoothly; although I felt that had I not read the series, I would have wondered how they went from loathing each other to in love with each other. Not to mention that that was a little confusing--the cast was bad! Robert Pattinson is the last thing from "perfect" that I can ever imagine--why didn't they just go with Tom Sturridge in the first place? In addition, Bella was too pretty.

Could Twilight be polluting the minds of naive teenage girls? If you read the book and take everything for exactly as it's written on the page--Edward is a stalker and he wants to kill her in the beginning. Could this be sending the wrong message to the girls who use this book practically as their dating bible? Personally, if I woke up and a guy I didn't know so well was standing at the foot of my bed--the last thing I would do is fall in love with him!

I recently found some comments here, toward the bottom of the page, that suggest that the plot of Twilight (as well as some dialogue and scenes) could've been plagiarized from the Vampire Diaries series written by L.J. Smith.

Some excerpts from the comments:

J. Wilson:

"Not only are they similar in plot and with respect to mythical creatures but Twilight steals characters, events and even dialogue!!!"

"The iconic Meadow scene from Twilight = the scene with Stefan and Damon (he rips a tree from the ground and whips around the forest to show his spead and stregnth)"

"The ballet studio with the mirrors where James waits for Bella = a dream where Elena is walking down a mirrored hall to meet Damon (both the bad guys)"

Kate L:

"Both feature a female protagonist who falls in love with a Vampire who is actually hundreds of years old, but pretends to be a normal teen, who is incredibly good looking, strong, good senses ect… Both try and only feed off animals, leave humans in peace and try to be good. Both are morally guilty, and consider themselves evil. Both are incredibly drawn to the female protagonist, like they are soulmates, but at first try to hold back to protect her."

"The plot in both books features a strong evil vampire who wants the female protagonist, who is madly in love with a weak good vampire."

"This is just what I came up with in 10 minutes, the similarities don’t stop there. Some of these things are associated with the genre, but are still relevant, there are plenty of series’ for example, the Vampire beach series that avoid these cliches."



Just thought it would be interesting to discuss, especially if anybody has read the Vampire Diaries and can provide further insight.





Hey. I just say your thread in the ED and I want to ask a question.

I personally loathe Twilight and what the fans have done to other Vampire novels, but something gets to me. Has any of the Twilight fans read any of the other Vampire books?

Dracula, The Anita Blake series and other great works. Is this your first fantasy/Vampire/romance/Teen/overall novel? What did you think of these other novels if you have read them or why you wont read the others?

I'm glad I haven't read the Twilight books, I've heard many bad things, so how do you stay strong, reading a book that is literally split?

How do you react to Twilight fans abusing people who dont love the book wholly? Do you feel embarrassed that 'Twi-fags' try to relate to you when you express a minor interest.


Just something to mull over. I will pop in and have a look if my questions are posted and I'll hold my tongue on the matter.





In a very long-winded and ridiculous pseudo-science explanation for her "Meyer-pires"*, Stephenie Meyer states that the crystal-like "scales" of a "Meyer-pire"'s skin are held together by a mysterious fluid. What I would like to know is what would happen if we--(humans/mortals/non-"Meyer-pires" wink --were to develop a solvent for this mysterious fluid?

What would happen to a "Meyer-pire" that was doused in said solvent? Would it disintegrate? Would it melt? Would it just feel a bit itchy like an allergic reaction since "Meyer-pires" appear to be practically perfect in every way?

I'd very much like to get some die-hard fans' ideas on the matter.


*Meyer-Pire-Stephanie Meyers' version of Vampires, with the glittering skin, 'vegetarianism', etc., as opposed to the stereotypical vampire with the garlic and crucifix and stake through their hearts and the like.

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i love the twlight books!!!!!!!i dont really know why he fell for her but the twlight books are the best books ever read them all!!!!!!!

The Twilight series is made of fail. =|

And its fandom has made me lose hope in humanity. =[

((Well I havn't lost ALL hope. Just being dramatic. =P ))

The books are poorly written; my 12 year old cousin writes better stories. They're full of purple prose and some parts are so pathetic I can't help but laugh.

Bella is the biggest Sue to ever Sue her way down Sue Street.

Edward is a creepy, freaky stalker who I would Falcon Punch if I ever knew he was watching me sleep.

Edward and Bella together have all the chemistry of a piece of cardboard. I don't find them, or any of the characters, intriguing or even remotely interesting.

It's rabid fanbase makes me weep for humanity.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg for reasons I hate Twilight.

What I don't like about the books is that I think they're sexist.

Why? Because every female wants the same thing-- a family, children, a big strong man to love them, and are willing to do unthinkable things for it. ((Well, Meyer never talked about what Jessica and Angela want, but every female she did show wanted the same thing))

Rosalie-- Rosalie wanted someone to love her and babies and a family. Of course, this is also due to the role of women in the time period that she was raised in, but even as she experiences a longer, different version of life that spans seventy years, she still wants children so badly that she will result to MURDER to get a child. Edward and Jacob prove that in BD as Jacob thinks snide thoughts about Rosalie, and Edward reads Rose's thoughts and tells Jacob that he was correct.

She saved Emmett because he remotely resembled the baby of a friend that she used to envy, because that friend had a home, a baby, and a big strong man to provide for her. Emmett goes on to be one of THE strongest vampires. He also is shown later in BD to only talk about Rosalie when he's talking about sex. He never once calls her his angel or anything (like he does in Meyer's outtakes that tell his story about how he was changed)-- I don't think. He might have said something, but if he did, it wasn't anything big enough for me to actually REMEMBER, which proves my point.

Also, she doesn't even really save Emmett, because she does not trust herself to have the self-control to change him. Instead, she takes him to Carlisle, a big strong man with massive amounts of self control, because in Meyer's universe, the only people with self-control are the men.

Jasper has self control because he, although unstable and used to a diet of human blood, is around humans all the time, and even though it's really hard for him, he abstains. Even though there is at least one girl on her period all the time at Forks High (if you think about it), and thus bleeding. Jasper smells the blood, and does nothing, because he has self-control.

And we all know Edward's self-control. He's trained himself to ignore the most potent smell of blood to him ever and be around Bella and love her, and even have sex with her.

Carlisle is the Vampire doctor-- the one who's around blood ALL DAY LONG and has developed huge amounts of self control to deal with this.

None of the girls are portrayed as having self control. In fact, Alice is constantly being shown as having NO control over herself, going overboard, and over the top ALL THE TIME. But I'll get to her later.

Anyways, back to Rosalie. She's shown as only thinking about herself. This is showcased in Midnight Sun where Edward describes her thoughts as being a shallow pool because she is only concerned with how pretty she is. Yeah, I realize that there ARE women like that, but if you couple that with all the other women in the book who are only concerned with clothes and fashion, that really is demeaning.

Alice-- Alice says that in one of the books that the minute she opened her eyes after becoming a vampire, she saw Jasper's face in her mind, and knows she's destined for Jasper, who's a warrior. AKA a big strong man. So she doesn't worry, and instead goes to wait for him, and subsequently, she's waiting for her chance to join a peaceful family led by a big strong man.

Alice shows that all women are supposed to do is sit around like Rapunzel in a tower and wait for a guy to come by and save us. Alice had the potential to be a really cool character, but Meyer turned her into someone who would sit around, waiting for a guy, and when he shows up, she's supposed to reform him and turn him into a good person. After she does that, she, like Rosalie, is concerned about clothes and fashion ALL THE TIME. Her mind is filled with having sleepovers, and throwing parties, and fluff. The only time it's shown that she has something REAL on her mind is at the VERY END of BD, when she goes to help her family.

Esme-- She tries to kill herself because her baby is stillborn. Either that, or it dies shortly after it was born. I think it says somewhere that her husband used to beat her. Or, otherwise, it was in a fan fiction that I read. But let's just go with that, and say that he did beat her. She threw herself off a CLIFF (aka TRIED TO KILL HERSELF) because she did not get the ideal family, husband, and child.

And then Carlisle comes out of no where and saves her and turns her into a vampire, and she lives happily ever after with a bunch of "Kids" who aren't even kids because they're all like 70 years old, which fulfills her desire to be a mother. And it shows that all she wants to do is be a mother figure.

I can understand wanting to be a mom, because I want to be a mom, and I'm sure she's good at it, because she's helped stop these people from murdering innocent humans, along with Carlisle. However, I find it ridiculous that she will KILL herself if she doesn't get to be a mom.

Esme teaches us that "If you don't get your goal, go kill yourself, girls." You don't see any of the men throwing themselves off cliffs if they don't meet THEIR goals.