by NSW Reference and Information Services Group

Question: To Bash or Not to Bash That is the Question- A musing (or rant) on Twilight?
Okay recently there have been a lot of questions along the lines of why do you twihaters pick on us… yadda yadda yadda. Oftentimes the asker states that none of us have even read the book then ask to be left alone.
Is anyone else seeing a bit of irony in this? Being a bored college kid, I actually take my time to read some of the posts on here. Oftentimes the people who don’t like Twilight are the ones who actually explain why they don’t. “Twilight is a boring read because I feel asleep reading it” “Bella is a weak character whose narration is whinny and unappealing” “There is no character development; Bella and Edward remain stagnate” “Bella is spoiled and in the end gets everything she wants. Where’s the plot in that, it just doesn’t work out that way” Heck many people even note the fact that its not the books but the fanatics that are being bashed. I’ve also notice that nearly all of the time the answer that usually gets picked as best are along the lines of “I know; they are so mean”
On the verse side when is see people explaining why it is the best book ever written its usually something like “because edward is hot” “because of the romance” “because of the great writing” The answers tend to be vaguer and less…well convincing.
The other thing I am noticing is many people who are use to this board are stuck typing don’t suggest twilight for book reccomendations even with subjects such as “suggest some good non-fiction” and “what’s a book like angels and demons” and still it rarely fails that twilight is among the answers.

In the end I am left with a set of questions
-Why do Twilighters always assume that people who give a negative review of the book or are fustrated with the endless twilight postings automatically assume that they haven’t read the book?
-Why can I never get a full answer as to the redeaming qualities of Twilight? (ie why twilight is a good literary work)
-Do those who are merclessly labeled “twihaters” really out number twilighters on this board?
-Even I admit that the searchbar doesn’t work the greatest but why do we keep seeing “when is MS going to be released”?
-Why do people ask for opinions on the book and then get upset when they read a negative post?
-Why are people labeled twilhaters for making even one negative statement about the book?
-Why do people keep suggesting twilight to people who obviously aren’t interested in it?
-What is the most original Twilight question you have seen asked recently? (okay I’m mixing things up with a poll question).

I know this post favors more toward those who dislike the books because of my own biases, but I’m interested in answers from both sides.
a) how the heck does yadda yadda yadda make me old? I wasn’t even out of junior high ten years ago.
b.) ya i know it was long that’s why its a rant
c.) what else do you expect from a college brit lit major
d.)there is at least one college course at my school that has twilight as required reading (i had it)
e.)ya I did genralize a bit, but that was my impressions reading the back and forth posts between “lovers”/”haters”
f.) it’s a mark of maturity to be able to fairly answer a question about something you don’t like

Answer:

Answer by cla ro
someone asked a while ago ‘how far back has stephenie meyer sent feminism’ that was a good question.

personally i hate twlight. it’s badly written, boring, and a terrible example to women. it actually alarms me the opiniosn that meyer seems to have about relationships. it’s unhealthy.

i also hate that most of the questions are the same, and that no one likes to hear bad things. it’s a public question, so why do they ask if they don’t want to know.

i am personally very pleased to be considered a twihater. i think i will eve get a teeshirt with it one it.