Writer's Block: Crepuscular Drama

[matrixrefugee]

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Will not be seeing it. At all. Tried reading the books and I couldn't get past the first three chapters: Bella has to be the most whiny protagonist imaginable. Thanks for perpetuating the "vampire fiction = emo" trend, Stephanie Meyers. Also, a few opinions I've formed based on what I've heard:

--Vampires do *NOT* sparkle. What part of "children of the night" goes well with having skin that sparkles?! If there's any fantasy creature that sparkles, it's probably either elves or mermaids.

--Also, I can't help seeing Bella as being analogous to those sort of girls who stay with meth users or abusive guys "because I love him". I'm not throwing stones, because I used to be that girl myself, till I learned I needed to love myself enough realized I needed to be with a guy who really loved me and wasn't using me emotionally.

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[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Heh, agreed on that last bit: She's gone through no more than the average American teenager who goes onto MySpace whinging about how mean their parents are. When I posted an review on Amazon of the first, I tagged the book "Mary Sue".