twilight
- By Julia Marchese
- Published 11/6/2008
Julia Marchese
Julia works at her favorite place in the whole world, the New Beverly Cinema. She can out spice you any day of the week. She wishes she had some chinese food right now. Her dream is to become a scream queen. Or Indie darling. Heck, anything involving acting would be cherry.
It happened. I joined the cult of Twilight. It was an accident.
I have always been the kind of person who shuns popular media. Harry Potter makes me puke, Oprah's book club is nauseating, Heroes and Lost pedestrian. I never give any of these things a chance, of course, because I am a tremendous snob.
I hold vampires near and dear to my heart. I always have. As a freshman in high school, I read a young adult vampire novel called "The Silver Kiss" by Annette Curtis Klause and was blown away. I wrote to her to express my love of the book, she wrote back, and for 15 years we have been pen pals. I take it very seriously. I even wear red shoelaces in my black converse because the vampire, Simon, in that novel did and I fell madly in love with him.
So when I heard about Twilight, I shrugged it off. Too mainstream, too popular. Then one of my best friends from high school, Ali, told me to read Twilight. Said it was a book written for me, that I would fall madly in love with Edward, the main vampire. Said he was as amazing as Simon. (My affinity for falling in love with fictional characters is nothing new). I didn't take it seriously, but then saw Twilight on sale in Target for $8, said why not.
I'm not kidding when I say it is a cult. The books are like crack. It's taken me a ridiculously short amount of time to finish all four books, over 2,000 pages altogether. I can't put the fucking things down. I haven't been this excited about a book in a long time, which is saying alot because I am a constant reader. I fell for Edward HARD.
And I can't really explain what it is about the books, exactly. I don't know if it's because I am a woman and the books touch something deep inside that screams that I am not good enough, not special enough (as the main character, Bella, believes about herself). I'd like to think myself intelligent enough to be able to see into any sort of romantic true love brain washing the books may use.
But i'm not smart enough. I am a hopeless romantic, always have been. Convinced I would love passionately and die for love, if necessary. I know this blog will make all of the CHUD readers puke, and I apologize for that. But if you can get past the love story, there's a great action story there too. And I think men could learn alot by reading these books. Edward is exactly what women want.
exactly.
And its not about being a vampire, or beautiful, or rich. It's about making the woman feel like she is the most glorious thing in the world, and that you would give up immortality for her.
Im trying to help you guys get a piece of tail, alright?
But be careful and take this cult very very seriously.
I have always been the kind of person who shuns popular media. Harry Potter makes me puke, Oprah's book club is nauseating, Heroes and Lost pedestrian. I never give any of these things a chance, of course, because I am a tremendous snob.
I hold vampires near and dear to my heart. I always have. As a freshman in high school, I read a young adult vampire novel called "The Silver Kiss" by Annette Curtis Klause and was blown away. I wrote to her to express my love of the book, she wrote back, and for 15 years we have been pen pals. I take it very seriously. I even wear red shoelaces in my black converse because the vampire, Simon, in that novel did and I fell madly in love with him.
So when I heard about Twilight, I shrugged it off. Too mainstream, too popular. Then one of my best friends from high school, Ali, told me to read Twilight. Said it was a book written for me, that I would fall madly in love with Edward, the main vampire. Said he was as amazing as Simon. (My affinity for falling in love with fictional characters is nothing new). I didn't take it seriously, but then saw Twilight on sale in Target for $8, said why not.
I'm not kidding when I say it is a cult. The books are like crack. It's taken me a ridiculously short amount of time to finish all four books, over 2,000 pages altogether. I can't put the fucking things down. I haven't been this excited about a book in a long time, which is saying alot because I am a constant reader. I fell for Edward HARD.
And I can't really explain what it is about the books, exactly. I don't know if it's because I am a woman and the books touch something deep inside that screams that I am not good enough, not special enough (as the main character, Bella, believes about herself). I'd like to think myself intelligent enough to be able to see into any sort of romantic true love brain washing the books may use.
But i'm not smart enough. I am a hopeless romantic, always have been. Convinced I would love passionately and die for love, if necessary. I know this blog will make all of the CHUD readers puke, and I apologize for that. But if you can get past the love story, there's a great action story there too. And I think men could learn alot by reading these books. Edward is exactly what women want.
exactly.
And its not about being a vampire, or beautiful, or rich. It's about making the woman feel like she is the most glorious thing in the world, and that you would give up immortality for her.
Im trying to help you guys get a piece of tail, alright?
But be careful and take this cult very very seriously.
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Comments
Comment #1 (Posted by an unknown user)
Fart!
Comment #2 (Posted by Rob)
Jeez, finally a sensible counter-viewpoint to Nick's blog. I actually understand your appreciation (not defense: yes!) I think there's nothing wrong with trash. I love Richard Laymon. I just think everyone should set at least a little time for great art.
Comment #3 (Posted by Alikatt)
I LOVE YOU! Maybe as much as I love Edward! I'm glad you caved! I knew that you would love him! Sometimes, being commercial isn't so bad. It took me a long time to accept that!
Comment #4 (Posted by MammaDawg.com)
LOL - I did the exact same thing. "What the h*ll is Twilight anyway?" I asked myself.
But I finally gave in - got OCD on the books and have Obsessive Cullen Disorder. That cult you were talking about? I'm right there. And not the least bit ashamed. ;)
Comment #5 (Posted by an unknown user)
Fart!
Comment #6 (Posted by sammaeal)
Great job for taking up the heavy task of the dissenting opinion on Twilight for Chud! My wife and I personally both read the book and didn't care for it. But I like the way you built your argument.
Huzzah and kudos!
Comment #7 (Posted by Lima Oscar Lima)
Ok... I certainly respect everyone's right to their own opinion. I also respect the fact that whether I want it to or not, this movie will be a major box office hit. The one thing I do have issue with is that why would this be considered romantic? Dear Lord, there are at least 9,000 better movies if you need a love and romance fix. What about " An Affair To Remember", or "Casablanca", or "Amelie"? Maybe it's me. I never found anything romantic in the least about vampires.
