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[cuvalwen]

Am feeling not-playing-well-with-others at the moment, so rather than watch Twilight in order to not enjoy it, I'm watching Hancock and Unbreakable.
Although given some of the shit I've had to deal with over the last couple of years, werewolves and vampires seem like light relief.

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[friend_of_tofu]

Bah! IKWYM though.

Sometimes, I very much enjoy having something to hate when in the right mood. But it does lack cheer. Cheer is important when grumpy and isolated, I know this.

[cuvalwen]

Thanks, hon.
My problem is- I don't hate the Twilight books. There's no elegance in the writing, true, but I can recognise the emotions. I've been there for some of it. Not quite the same, but I recognise it.
And basically- I don't hate it. I'm yelling at a lot of the characters, yelling "Just communicate, you dickheads!!!", but I can't hate something aimed at teenagers for being, well, aimed at teenagers.
And I can't shake the feeling that the writer's been there, been that hurt.
The heroine is basically a placeholder for the reader, just like every romance heroine. Objecting to that is a bit like objecting to sci-fi for being set in a scientific future.... "I'd like 'Star Wars', if it wasnt' for the space ships...."
Um. Babbling.
Will contact you re you-and your's availability over Xmas?

[friend_of_tofu]

Sounds good, would love to hear from you. A is away 24-26th, I think. I will mostly be at home, prob, although I may pop round to my mum's for a bit, but will mainly be panicking about essay-writing. Would be nice to be distracted with lovely company at some point, if you were at a bit of a loose end and not feeling totally unsociable :-)

[friend_of_tofu]

The heroine is basically a placeholder for the reader, just like every romance heroine.

Well said.

I guess the thing to hate is not 'Twilight' or Meyer, but the romantic conventions which cause them to happen?

[ceburaskas]

Happy Birthday!
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