To start with, I have read the Twilight series. I'm not one to get annoyed at something I haven't read. I read it just once, at my sister's instance. But to make certain I'm not yelled at by anyone claiming I don't know what I'm talking about, I do.
And the main idea of this post is this: Twilight and it's creator suck.
Not the most elegant way to phrase it, I know, but that's the honest to god truth. This is just part one of my rant on the series, and that is because I could discuss and rant for about ten typed pages on why I hate Twilight. This post will be about the plot and how I consider Stephanie Myer a thief. A dirty rotten no good, down-right thief.
Let's start with a basic overview of the series.
TWILIGHT: Isabella Swan is a teenager who goes to live with her dad and not with her newly-wedded mom. And so her story begins; and she moves to a town smaller than can be imagined. When she arrives, she meets all sorts of wonderful people; Jessica, Tyler(his van...one of my favorite characters...), Jacob Black, and Edward Cullen. Edward Cullen turns out to be be a vampire-and her basic reaction is, "Oh! You're a vampire who could end up killing me! That is so HOT! Let's get married!" And then, cue the evil vampires, Bella dumbly walks into trouble, and almost dies-but enter hot vampire hero, stage left! Bella gets saved, and we poor readers are in for the next novel.
NEW MOON: In which Edward decides to leave because of how dangerous for Bella to be near him, and Bella takes up extreme sports. She grows closer to Jacob Black, who turns into a werewolf every now and then, and also happens to have a crush on her. Well, Bella starts having visions of Edward when almost killing herself, so decides to keep upping the danger level. Well, Alice(another vampire) sees Bella jump off a cliff, and tells Edward that Bella killed herself, so, rashly deciding he cannot live with out her(Did I mention that she's 17 and he's 119? You'd think he'd have practice...) he decides to go the head honchos of the vampires to get himself killed. Well, enter heroine stage right, and Edward gets saved. But wait, there's more...
ECLIPSE: NEWSFLASH! Vampires and werewolves don't get along! Bella is torn between her best friend and her one true love. Until the evil vampire's mate comes back, intent on killing Bella. This new danger requires the two to work together. Well, when preparing for the battle, Bella decides to be selfish and begs Edward to stay with her...and how can you say no to those big puppy dog eyes? Well, it's a good thing he does, because evil vampire two runs across them, and where would we be with out a big battle scene? Well, long story short, Bella lives for one more book...
BREAKING DAWN: Bella and Edward get marry...and Bella get pregnant. Bet you thought that couldn't happen, huh? Well, usually the human mom doesn't survive because Baby Vampire rips it's way out of the mom's stomach! Well, unfortunately, Bella lives and gets turned into a vampire herself. But someone sees baby Vampire, Nessie, and thinks that it's not gonna grow up-and that's BAD~ Cause she goes and tells Head Vampire Honchos, who decide to kill Nessie and everyone else...So to save the baby, the Cullens decide to get every vampire friend they have! This results in a stand off, the appearance of another Vampire Baby, and once again, Bella doesn't die. Good news, though, Jacob is in love with vampire baby and quits mooning (pun intended) over Bella. And they all live happily ever after.
And when I put it that way, the entire plot sounds like a really bad harlequin romance novel...oh, wait... sorry, it is. The problem with Stephanie Myer is that these aren't even original plot lines...which with harlequin novels that are advertised as that sort of novel, it's okay. But I should hope that writers who are writing for Young adults would attempt to advance the reading minds-not bore them into oblivion. To make the matter worse these aren't even HER unoriginal plot lines-she was 'inspired' by another's works-Shakespeare, Austen and Bronte should all be turning in their graves.
She claims Shakespeare using Romeo and Juliet and A Mid-Summer Night's dream. And I've also read both of those-wonderful, and interesting. However, Myers does not only take inspiration from them, but goes as far as quoting Romeo and Juliet. In the same novel. That I just can't sanction. The division between her best friend and love, is so obviously like Tybalt and Romeo...Gah. I can't stand it.
And please, couldn't she have let Pride and Prejudice alone? I mean, just saying that she used it as inspiration is insulting to Jane Austen. If you couldn't tell before, I'm a big fan. But when a girl who doesn't fit one society first rejects, then gets rejected, then becomes friends with the love's sister, and then the heroine and the love interest end up together, that's just stealing! And a point of pride for an author is having an original plot line. I mean, I'm not a big fan of Emily Bronte, but her works should be left alone too...
These authors, in their after-life, must be joining up against Stephanie Myer in the after life. There will be a reckoning.
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