I am a senior in college, about to receive my bachelor of arts in English. I have read countless pieces of literature, both classic and modern, and have analyzed them till I could barely feel the tips of my fingers from typing. I love reading, and I read all different kinds of books.
My last semester in college, I took an advanced creative writing class, which I enjoyed quite a lot…except for the Twilight talk.
Of course, in an advanced level class, you can expect several of the students to believe that they are the brains of the world and that their opinion matters more than others. They have the highest class of taste, and they are so intellectual that if you don’t like what they like, it just means you’re too dumb to understand it.
Obviously, I am a Twilight fan, so the several times that Twilight was brought up as the example of what lower intelligence readers read…I was just a bit offended. Of course, the class would also go on to describe in detail all of the things they believe make Twilight stupid – Mainly sparkling vampires, vegetarian vampires, and Stephenie Meyer’s writing.
(By the way, I love how all of your arguments are things that have no bearing on what makes a book good. You claim Stephenie Meyer is too wordy and descriptive. That’s called a style of writing. Some people like it. If you don’t, then don’t read it and get over it. And seriously? You’re mad because Meyer decided to be creative with her vampires instead of making them just like everyone else’s? I thought creativity and individualism were supposed to be good things. Yet, you’re so annoyed that she didn’t make her vampires “how they’re supposed to be,” meaning just that she didn’t do them how YOU want them. News flash guys, vampires AREN’T REAL. So, just stop with the whole “Real vampires burn in the sun and have to drink human blood” thing. No, real vampires don’t do that…they sit on a page in a book being fictional, just like Stephenie Meyer’s vampires. Sorry for the rant…it’s what I needed to say all semester and never did. Moving on…)
What makes you so much better than me, twi-haters? Why is it that for the simple reason that I like a series of books or movies, you shove me into a group that you feel is not only beneath you, but as such is meant to be walked all over? Liking Twilight doesn’t mean you are stupid. It doesn’t mean you are insane. It doesn’t mean you have the maturity of a pre-teen girl. It’s a matter of taste, and nothing else.
And I’m sorry, but the phrases “good taste” and “bad taste” (if you were just about to say, well then, Twilight fans just have bad taste) do not have ANY substance. There is no such thing as good or bad taste. It is opinion. If you believe someone has bad taste, it simply means that their tastes do not line up with yours. And who cares? Just because someone doesn’t like what you like DOES NOT mean they are stupid or weird.
I am so tired of being degraded for liking a book series. The haters have become ridiculous at this point, and whether they simply want someone to laugh at or they need someone to feel superior to, it shouldn’t come to this, where people get their feelings hurt or feel like they can’t express themselves as I always felt in that class.
I know I'm not the only one out there. Twilighters, if you know want to add your two cents about the post or share a hater story of your own, here's the link to the forum. Go ahead, vent away!
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My last semester in college, I took an advanced creative writing class, which I enjoyed quite a lot…except for the Twilight talk.
Of course, in an advanced level class, you can expect several of the students to believe that they are the brains of the world and that their opinion matters more than others. They have the highest class of taste, and they are so intellectual that if you don’t like what they like, it just means you’re too dumb to understand it.
Obviously, I am a Twilight fan, so the several times that Twilight was brought up as the example of what lower intelligence readers read…I was just a bit offended. Of course, the class would also go on to describe in detail all of the things they believe make Twilight stupid – Mainly sparkling vampires, vegetarian vampires, and Stephenie Meyer’s writing.
(By the way, I love how all of your arguments are things that have no bearing on what makes a book good. You claim Stephenie Meyer is too wordy and descriptive. That’s called a style of writing. Some people like it. If you don’t, then don’t read it and get over it. And seriously? You’re mad because Meyer decided to be creative with her vampires instead of making them just like everyone else’s? I thought creativity and individualism were supposed to be good things. Yet, you’re so annoyed that she didn’t make her vampires “how they’re supposed to be,” meaning just that she didn’t do them how YOU want them. News flash guys, vampires AREN’T REAL. So, just stop with the whole “Real vampires burn in the sun and have to drink human blood” thing. No, real vampires don’t do that…they sit on a page in a book being fictional, just like Stephenie Meyer’s vampires. Sorry for the rant…it’s what I needed to say all semester and never did. Moving on…)
What makes you so much better than me, twi-haters? Why is it that for the simple reason that I like a series of books or movies, you shove me into a group that you feel is not only beneath you, but as such is meant to be walked all over? Liking Twilight doesn’t mean you are stupid. It doesn’t mean you are insane. It doesn’t mean you have the maturity of a pre-teen girl. It’s a matter of taste, and nothing else.
And I’m sorry, but the phrases “good taste” and “bad taste” (if you were just about to say, well then, Twilight fans just have bad taste) do not have ANY substance. There is no such thing as good or bad taste. It is opinion. If you believe someone has bad taste, it simply means that their tastes do not line up with yours. And who cares? Just because someone doesn’t like what you like DOES NOT mean they are stupid or weird.
I am so tired of being degraded for liking a book series. The haters have become ridiculous at this point, and whether they simply want someone to laugh at or they need someone to feel superior to, it shouldn’t come to this, where people get their feelings hurt or feel like they can’t express themselves as I always felt in that class.
I know I'm not the only one out there. Twilighters, if you know want to add your two cents about the post or share a hater story of your own, here's the link to the forum. Go ahead, vent away!
RedPieces
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