anyway i was just talking to my lovely julezy about twilight, and then i remembered what a crappy book it is.
seriously
you know, people always compare twilight to harry potter
and I say HA
RIGHt
because... you know what... harry potter is a brilliant story with flawed characters who are actually pretty believable.... twilight on the other hand... has one UNBELIEVABLY perfect character, and one UNBELIEVABLY flawed character.
í speak, of course, of bella and edward
now edward is supposedly the perfect gentleman... hes handsome, hes strong, hes protective...he lives for ever, he doesnt sleep, he always has time for those he loves, he plays piano and composes songs for those he loves, he reads a lot, hes intelligent... ETC ETC. yes, we have established that hes perfect. BUT THAT MaKES HIM A PROP
he is no longer a character in the book because there is pretty much nothing complex about him - the one thing that has a potential for him being a little bit flawed is his past when he killed the bad guys... and stupid stephanie meyer doesnt even really delve into that, she just mentiones it in passing. god forbid we even suggest that edward is anything less than perfect...
so he is now practically as interesting a character as a refrigerator.
(of course thats once you get over the fact that he is amazingly sexy and perfect and dream-worthy and all that...)
and now i move on to the STUPID CHARACTER OF BELLA
it starts off with her being stupid, and ends with her being stupid.
when she is a human, she is all.... "oooh look at meeeeee im a poooooooooooor little weeeeak person who everyone looooves" for some reason.... but she just CANT take care of herself. not only that shes also really stupid. like REALLY stupid. book one: wandering into dark allys, walking right into the most obvious trap that was ever written in a novel in the history of novels
"hi, its me james, the vampire who wants to kill you... come meet me in the ballet studio so i can kill you. even though im a sneaky bastard and you know how conniving i am, trust me when i say that if you let me kill you, ill leave your mother alone... MOAHAHAHA. just kidding, if your mother was here, i would still kill her..." remember that????... book two: EVERYTHING SHE DOES from the beginning to the end.
"Bella, we need to talk..." Says edward
"you know all those stuff ive been telling you eversince we first met? yeah, you know... about you being the love of my life and all that... well, i was lying. i dont love you. byyeeee"
Bella: "OH NO WHAT AM I GOING TO DO??? i know, ill jump off a cliff...."
...Book three:
"sure ill make a commitment to you and live with you for ALL ETERNITY as a vampire, never being able to change or have children or die or age... sure, ill make that commitment. but sign a piece of paper?? NEVER" - Bella
... book 4: same thing except that she turns into a vampire
but... even as a vampire shes still SO ANNOYING. shes the opposite of how she used to be - but instead of being one negative extreme she is the other... like before she was all full of he false modesty - now shes as vain as rosalie. etc, etc.
im tired of writing about this because it pisses me off the more i think about it.
harry potter will always be better than twilight. ALWAYS.
peace.