Re: The point I was trying to make there, to some extent...
Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 14/02/2010 07:20:36 PM
...was that power for the Cullens is seen not as something they could have as human beings.
Edward, by the way, was dying of the Spanish flu when Carwhatsit took pity on him and turned him, right? <checks with you on IM> This is still a very different story from "abused, lost a baby, dying", "stuck in a madhouse, stalked" and "betrayed by fiance, raped". These women had to literally be inhuman to be able to take the lead. If Edward had lived, he might have had that ability no matter what social milieu he was restricted to use it in.
I'm just saying.
<won't argue any further, since it is not really much fun>
Edward, by the way, was dying of the Spanish flu when Carwhatsit took pity on him and turned him, right? <checks with you on IM> This is still a very different story from "abused, lost a baby, dying", "stuck in a madhouse, stalked" and "betrayed by fiance, raped". These women had to literally be inhuman to be able to take the lead. If Edward had lived, he might have had that ability no matter what social milieu he was restricted to use it in.
I'm just saying.
<won't argue any further, since it is not really much fun>
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As I don't believe we've actually had a review of this yet... Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
- 14/02/2010 04:08:51 PM
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I think the series is codswallop...and that it DID have potential
- 14/02/2010 04:59:56 PM
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As I said, the second book is better in some regards thanks to that.
- 14/02/2010 05:06:29 PM
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I normally would agree with you
- 14/02/2010 06:05:36 PM
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Well, there are a few books she explicitly references and cites as inspiration.
- 14/02/2010 07:15:36 PM
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Re: I'm going to be very unkind and possibly factually wrong here, since it has been a while.
- 14/02/2010 05:52:52 PM
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Yeah, absolutely true (spoilers).
- 14/02/2010 06:14:58 PM
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Re: I think it gets labelled antifeminist because, well, it's Bella, the heroine, and she's so young
- 14/02/2010 06:26:37 PM
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I love your point about the other "Strong women"
- 14/02/2010 06:43:05 PM
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Re: What is LDS? *NM*
- 14/02/2010 06:44:36 PM
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (i.e. Mormons). *NM*
- 14/02/2010 06:46:15 PM
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Probably, but that doesn't make them right.
- 14/02/2010 07:11:19 PM
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Re: The point I was trying to make there, to some extent...
- 14/02/2010 07:20:36 PM
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They lost me with twinkly vampires *NM*
- 14/02/2010 09:22:01 PM
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I think it could have been sold better
- 14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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- 14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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Vampires should be tragic at best monsters at worst
- 15/02/2010 04:58:15 PM
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I thought that was strange too
- 15/02/2010 09:19:26 PM
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I think I would rather just eat people then be stuck in high school forever
- 16/02/2010 09:22:07 PM
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You just had to do it, didn't you? *possible spoiler*
- 15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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*possible spoiler*
- 15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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yes *spoilers*
- 15/02/2010 02:02:27 AM
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Yeah. It's one of those things that sound worse out of context than they are in the book itself...
- 15/02/2010 10:57:47 AM
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Great way to label this series...
- 26/02/2010 07:40:47 PM
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Yes, it's amazing how shocking stuff she can get away with while still making it fluff. *NM*
- 26/02/2010 08:22:13 PM
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I read a lot of PNR (paranormal romance for you book snobs out there) and thus have read these too.
- 15/02/2010 09:55:54 PM
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Mormon fantasy...haha
- 15/02/2010 10:06:58 PM
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