Reading Twilight So You Don't Have To: Epilogue

[raykel]

Chapter Twenty-Four

I'll start by saying I'm giddy--giddy, I tell you--that I have finally reached the end of this awful, dreadful book. Although I like snarking as much as the next snarky person, this was not fun, this slogging through an awful book with awful characters, an awful message, and awful writing. But if it helps anyone learn a few

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[carlalute]

Praise the Lord!

But thank you for doing this. It has been extremely entertaining. And now I don't have to read the book! (not that I was planning to but...)

[raykel]

Yes, save yourself the trouble. It's like how Yav and Liz went to Tatooine Tunisia so we don't have to. ;)

[julietvalcouer]

You know, one of your notes made me think--in real life, I go for Alpha males. And the thing about real alpha males is--they don't pull the "I can mess with you" shit that Edward does. They don't HAVE to. People know they're in charge. You see someone acting like a macho twit trying to throw his authority around, that's a beta with delusions of grandeur who is desperate to convince SOMEONE he has authority over them. Edward is Carlisle's bitch and knows it, and he's probably subordinate to all the rest of the Cullen clan, too. He needs to find someone he can be boss of, and voila, here comes Bella "I am nothing without a man" Swan.

Plus, nothing says "manly-man macho" like a hundred-eight-year-old indestructible immortal bossing around a seventeen-year-old high school kid.

[raykel]

Good point.

[kwg]

This is very true! True alpha males do not need to speak of their alphaness.

Which is why he really is a creepy emotionally abusive bastard.

Alpha males are just that - alpha males. They are not inherently scary or weird. I think of Cary Grant in SOOO many films. I would bring up other people I know in real life, but no one would understand those real life people! haha

Thanks for bringing up this point!

[julietvalcouer]

One of my dance teachers was absolutely an alpha male. He owned the place, yes--but his business partner also taught, and he didn't have the same aura. We just all kind of knew who was at the top of the food chain, and he didn't have to throw his weight around to establish that. He also never felt the need to constantly tell other staff how to do their jobs, be it the receptionist (me), the other teachers, or the managers. He hired us, he trained us, he assumed we weren't stupid and that we were able to the jobs without being constantly nitpicked. The only person who ever seemed to challenge that was another male teacher, who didn't last long--he went to open his own place (that's something of a failure) because he made the mistake of thinking that 'alpha male' means 'blustering, bossy, pushy, and controling.' Now, who does THAT sound like.

Yet another thing where I do not think a term means what Stephenie Meyer thinks it means...

[raykel]

I could tell she's not a fan. Yeah, that book sounds awful with her trying to kill herself. Just reading a SUMMARY of the MOVIE made me want to kill MYSELF. ;)

[kwg]

The elders in the church help the new almost wives with their prep. They are often unknown to the new almost wives. Just another parallel for you.

And I have been to TWO proms in Phx (technically Scottsdale and Tempe) and I will have you know, I would have preferred a freaking gym to the ballrooms. WHY? Because the ballrooms are all the same. they all look the SAME. (Which is why we did not hold our reception in a ball room in PHX.) The gym is CHEAPER and more memorable. The ball room is - eh - a ballroom. It would be different if we could have stayed the night. But no one's mom, except the sketchy ones, lets them stay the night at the hotel. NO ONE. So it's more pricey and just as LAME!

end rant

I still do not GET WHY MY seemingly SMART, STRONG women friends like this book! DO NOT GET IT!

[raykel]

Our proms in Michigan were in hotels, too. Not that I went to my junior or senior prom, but...

Honestly, I didn't think ANYONE did gym proms anymore. I think I'd prefer the elegant ballroom to the tacky gym myself, but the point is that if Bella has made her choice, then can she JUST GET OVER THE SUPERIORITY COMPLEX TO ALL THINGS FORKS, PLEASE????

[raykel]

I've gotta finish reading the Perry v. Schwarzenegger transcripts before I read anything else, and then I want to read something I might possibly hope to LIKE. I'm thinking the Percy Jackson series, since my kids are into it. I enjoyed the movie, but Carly is rather put out by how far it deviated from the book.